X2200 South from the late sixties also mentioned that the Q was
considering the SD38, but then they went with the U23C. GE probably
gave them a better deal and quicker delivery.
Jeff
Jeff Worones
Seattle WA
--- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com, Michael Matalis <mmatalis@...> wrote:
>
> According to the Burlington Northern 1973 Annual, the Q bought the
> U23C's to power southern Illinois coal trains.
>
> Thank you kindly,
>
> Mike Matalis
> Downers Grove IL
>
>
> On Apr 29, 2008, at 8:16 PM, bkobielusz wrote:
>
> > Hi All
> > Any educated guesses on why the Q would purchase the U23C's?
They
> > were sort of an
> > odd locomotive was it maybe for the long speed runs across
> > Nebraska? If so I ended up
> > seeing them quite a bit in Sheridan Wyoming right before the
merger
> > which if anyone
> > know has has considerable grades. It does not seem thatit was a
> > good territory for them
> > with the low horsepower trying to pull tonnage over long
grades...!
> >
> > Brad K
> >
> >
> >
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> >
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> >
> >
> >
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