Railway Mechanical Engineer Jan. 1945 "Burlington Uses Radio to Direct
Switching" three engines and three yardoffices. Fourteenth St., Western Ave,
and Morton Park. first started testing June of 1944 First trains tests
Chicago and Denver and Chicago to Kansas City July 1-Sept 30, 1944
Railway Mechanical Engineer Mar. 1949 "Space Radio on Freight Trains" Shows
an orange 13549 with the wagon wheel Bendix MS-144A antenna mounted 10 inch
above the cupola 31 diesel loco and 8 way cars equipped. Locos used in pool
service Chicago to Denver and Chicago to Kansas City. Waycars only used on
McCook to Denver territory. Waycar has large battery box on left side of car
with the rear window blanked out
SJH
----- Original Message -----
From: Charlie Vlk
To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2006 9:36 AM
Subject: Re: [CBQ] Waycar colors
I agree with Dave's statement. Also heard that upon viewing new NE12s in this
scheme,
officials ordered a new scheme be developed which resulted in the Silver F
Unit-inspired scheme.
Somehow the NE10s looked okay in the Orange scheme and, while some of them
got the
all-silver paint, none of them received the full treatment that the NE12 and
NE13 cars wore until
some of the graphics were dropped in cost cutting simplification of the late
60s/early 70s. The
smooth surfaces of the NE12 just didn't lend itself to Orange paint and the
cars that lost their
graphics somehow still didn't look good iin plain Silver.
Charlie Vlk
From what I understand, the waycars were originally painted orange to
indicate they were radio equipped. I've only seen photos of NE10 and NE12
waycars in this scheme.
Dave Lotz
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