That's precisely how I'm using my heaveyweights. I've got two of the
coaches for trains 1 & 44 as well as a couple of RPOs (I think they were
RPOs rather than baggage cars). I've got another couple of RPOs and a NKP
baggage car kit that will be part of the Zephyr Rocket. I still want to
pick up a diner or a lounge car to bring end up the end of the ZR but
haven't invested in one yet. I'll have as much green as stainless steel on
my 1963 K-line.
Duncan Cameron
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From: <kohlj@bellsouth.net>
To: <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, September 23, 2005 1:09 PM
Subject: Re: [CBQ] Q heavy weight cars
> > The Q still
> > had lots of heavy weight cars in the '60s, how were they used in egular
> > revenue service?
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> On the K-line, heavyweight cars quite frequently showed up not only on the
Zephyr Rocket (usually baggage) but also on the daily St. Louis - Burlington
local (coach & baggage). The latter used to be the old Mark Twain Zephyr.
We're talking from mid-1950s until passenger service stopped on the K-line
(mid-late 1960s). Occasionally a steam-boiler equipped GP9 or similar
pulled the daily, and sometimes a steam-boiler-equipped frieght locomotive
even pulled the Zephyr Rocket!
>
> Cheers!
>
> Jan Kohl
> Castle Graphics
> www.castlegraphics.com
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