I can remember riding the "BLACKHAWK" St. Pauil to
Chicago once in the 50's in a H'wt coach. It was
wintertime so maybe Xmas time. Car was 3/4's empty
except for servicemen.
--- Duncan Cameron <d.cameron@sympatico.ca> wrote:
> 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
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> 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?
> >
> > 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
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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