The gen. crs are shown in Spoor's "Q" Equip. book(the
red one) on pages 38 & 39.
--- Jerry Appleman <jerryapp@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> In [CBQ] Digest Number 2917, Bill Barber
> <clipperw@EarthLink.net> wrote:
> >
> >From the arrival of the first gallery car until the
> BN rebuilt the
> >E-8/9s with headend power in the '70s, the suburban
> trains required
> >external electrical power for lighting and air
> conditioning. To meet
> >that need, Q rebuilt a series of heavyweight 6100
> series coaches into
> >power cars. Some were all coach while others had a
> small baggage
> >section, used to handle baggage and delivery of the
> local Chicago
> >newspapers to the suburban towns. In the power
> compartment was a
> >diesel engine and generator set which supplied
> power to the train.
> >These cars rode on six wheel trucks, were air
> conditioned, had round
> >as opposed to clerstory (sp?) roofs, had new sealed
> widows and were
> >painted silver. Every train over two cars had one
> at one end or the
> >other. It was usually the "smoker" car although, in
> those days, there
> >were more "smoking" cars in the train. A few of
> these power cars have
> >survived in museums.
>
> Bill (and group),
>
> I seem to remember that there were some power cars
> that were painted in
> the tan, green and gold paint scheme and had
> clerestory roofs. They
> were mainly used in solid trainds of the old
> commuter cars, though they
> may have also been used with trains that were mixed
> old and gallery cars.
> I seem to remember that the power cars were
> (almost?) always at the west
> end of the train. The gold 5632 suburban
> anniversary special had a
> power car at each end of the consist, and this is
> the only time that I
> remember seeing a power car on the east end of the
> train. On 5632 or
> 4960 fan trips using suburban cars, where the
> locomotive, but not the
> train was wyed, the power car would have been on the
> rear on return.
> This would still be the west end; but if the whole
> train was wyed, the
> power car would have ended up on the east end. This
> was somewthing that
> I never really paid attention to when I rode the
> trips.
>
> ... best,
> Jerry Appleman
>
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> 30 years ago)
>
> URL:
> http://www.jerryapp.com/rr_album.html
>
>
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