Just remember, at that time, Aurora had some of the best shop forces
in the country for Budd repair. They could literally rebuild a car
that would be totalled anywhere else (look at the diner in the
Naperville wreck).
The Aurora Shops, Burnham on the D&RGW and the SCL shops were the
three most qualified shops for working on Budd cars. When the 16
Section sleepers were converted, WP sent their cars to Burnham - of
course, that didn't require a lot of stainless steel work. But
Burnham DID add the diaphragms onto the ex-Chessie dome
coaches. Say what you will about the overall looks of the
conversions, but the price (less than $10K a car) and the job done
(if you looked at where the splice was made on the roof, you couldn't
see the seams), it was a gorgeous piece of work. And, the quality
was such that Autoliner (Bill Kratville) was able to take them off
and revert them to dome-obs without trouble.
So, in 1947 - or any time from 1937 through 1968 - if you needed
Budd repair done,Burlington could do it. The photos taken by the Q
for the complete teardown of the DZ is a perfect example of
that. They did it for (I think it was the) 3 million mile
overhaul. They stripped it down to the bear frames. And completely
rebuilt it, removing any corrosion they found (not much) and
re-lubing, gaskets, wiring, etc. Not a lot of shops would have
taken that on - even fewer would have turned the trains around as
quickly and as completely as the Q did.
That is one article waiting to be written - the Q Passenger shops -
and how great the guys working there were (all over the
system). They might call the Q frugal and cheap - but they
consistently put out high quality projects that were as good or
better than anything on the rails. Often from very, very little to work with.
At 03:36 PM 6/22/2007, Stephen J. Levine wrote:
>At least it was not as bad as it was in a wreck in 1947 when the
>train, running as the Twin Cities Zephyr, hit a truck with, I
>believe, a caterpillar on it, derailed, and crashed into a commuter
>station. There apparently was extensive damage to the cars at that time.
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> sjl
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>cvlk@comcast.net wrote:
> IIRC it wasn't a collision as such.... the train was
> stopped on a spring switch and reversed direction, jacknifing the
> set at an articulated joint and the damage was caused between units
> with one of the two corners getting the worst of the injury. It
> wasn't the side fluting but rather the end sheets and structure of
> the car... it is rather simple to replace the side fluting as they
> are secured to the framing with screwed clips concealed by snap-in
> cover plates.
>Charlie Vlk
>
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>From: "Rory Murchison" <murchi209@yahoo.com>
>It was accidentally backed into some equipment on a siding. The
>stainless steel fluting was damaged.
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> > What happened to the Nebraska Zephyr that it is requiring repairs?
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> > sjl
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> > Aeolus3@... wrote:
> > Sadly the only E-5 that was saved is Silver Pilot out at
>IRM. I understand
> > the Nebraska Zephyr set has been moved to the shop for repairs. Now
>I didn't
> > find out if all the train went but I suppose it's just the cars
>that were
> > damaged. It's going to cost somewhere around $350,000.00 for the
>trip and repair
> > in the "body shop". I hope the NZ is back at Union soon.
> >
> > Other E units have been saved but the one that really troubles me
>is the
> > E-7. Only one is saved. The E-7 had the highest run of all the E
>units. If you
> > think about it the Alco PA did better than the E-7. There are two
>saved!
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