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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