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Re: [CBQ] Motor cars as switchers (ex herald)

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Subject: Re: [CBQ] Motor cars as switchers (ex herald)
From: Norm Metcalf <n.metcalf@worldnet.att.net>
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2009 08:38:37 -0700
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HOL WAGNER wrote:
> Rupert:
>  
> They had to be difficult to use in switching, especially the 70-foot 
> cars (though 60-footers wouldn't have been much better).  I was in the 
> cab of 9768 a number of times, and visibility to the rear was 
> non-existent without hanging out the window.  At least in that era there 
> was always a fireman on the other side to hang out that window!  Crews 
> were well known for hating to switch with F-units because of the poor 
> visibility, and the motor cars were even worse; the F's at least had 
> rear-view mirrors.
>  
> Hol
> 
>  
>     Rupert & Maureen wrote:
>      > Hol
>      >
>      > Thanks for the confirmation on the paint scheme, and assignment.
>      >
>      > I've often wondered how well these motor cars handled switching
>     duties,
>      > given the configuration of the cab and controls, the overall
>     length and the
>      > lack of rear visibility.  I haven't researched as such those that
>     were
>      > assigned to / used for switching duties, but they certainly
>     weren't all
>      > double-ended - 9768 being a good example.
>      >
>      > Rupert Gamlen
>      > Auckland NZ
>      >
>      > ----- Original Message -----
>      > From: "Norm Metcalf" <n.metcalf@worldnet.att.net
>     <mailto:n.metcalf@worldnet.att.net>>
>      > To: <cbq@yahoogroups.com <mailto:cbq@yahoogroups.com>>
>      > Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2009 6:50 AM
>      > Subject: Re: [CBQ] Motor car herald
>      >
>      >
>      >> HOL WAGNER wrote:
>      >>> Rupert:
>      >>>
>      >>> And Nolen beat me to the punch; I was going to tell you that
>     9768, after
>      >>> leaving its Colorado assignment between Sterling and Cheyenne,
>     Wyo., was
>      >>> sent east to Galesburg, where the front end was repainted
>     Pullman green
>      >>> and the Scotchlite Burlington Route heralds applied beneath the cab
>      >>> windows.  It was then assigned to switching service in Peoria,
>     where it
>      >>> replaced Midwest centercab 9123.
>      >>>
>      >>> Hol
>      >>>
>      >>>    >     Rupert & Maureen wrote:
>      >>>      > Nolen has pointed out that Pullman green is a more
>     logical colour
>      >>>     for this
>      >>>      > unit instead of black and I totally agree.  My apologies.
>      >>>      >
>      >>>      > Rupert Gamlen
>      >>>      > Auckland NZ
>      >>>      >
>      >>>      > ----- Original Message -----
>      >>>      > From: "Rupert & Maureen" <gamlenz@ihug.co.nz
>     <mailto:gamlenz@ihug.co.nz>
>      >>>     <mailto:gamlenz@ihug.co.nz>>
>      >>>      > To: "CBQ List" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com
>     <mailto:CBQ@yahoogroups.com> <mailto:CBQ@yahoogroups.com>>
>      >>>      > Sent: Sunday, February 08, 2009 5:18 PM
>      >>>      > Subject: [CBQ] Motor car herald
>      >>>      >
>      >>>      >
>      >>>    Looking at Don Ross' "Don's Depot" >
>      >>> (http://donsdepot.donrossgroup.net/indexcbq.htm)   I was
>     surprised to see
>      >>> a photo taken
>      >         at Peoria in March 1967 of motor car 9768 in
>      >>>     switching
>      >>>      >> service with end foot boards.  Whilst a number of motor
>     cars
>      >>>     ended their
>      >>>      >> days on switching duty, this is the first photo I can
>     recall of
>      >>> one
>      >>>      >> sporting a Burlington Route herald on the side of the
>     cab below
>      >>> the
>      >>>      >> window.  Whilst heralds were the norm on steam motive
>     power, I
>      >>>     can't
>      >>>      >> recollect or find another photo of a motor car so adorned.
>      >>>      >>
>      >>>      >> Although it is a black & white photo, it appears that
>     the unit
>      >>>     no longer has the red and yellow cab but is painted just
>     black,
>      >>> although
>      >>>     the border
>      >>>      >> of the herald looks to be lighter than the surrounding
>     paint.
>      >>>      >>
>      >>>      >> Any others known?
>      >>>      >>
>      >>>      >> Rupert Gamlen
>      >>>      >> Auckland NZ



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