Trains #29 & #30 (Denver/Billings) occasionally got SD-9's if they
were short of E-units, and so did #31 & #32 between Alliance and
Casper. I saw #30 at Fromberg, Mt. being pulled by a Blackbird SD-9
in the early 60's. There is a picture taken at Guernsey, Wyo. showing
an SD-9 pulling #31 in Corbins book 'The Burlington in Transition' -
page 167. Mike Spoor's book (Vol 4 or 5??) covering Missouri, Iowa &
Illinois has several excellent photos of GP-7's & GP-9's pulling
secondary passenger trains.
John Olson
Billings, Mt
On Apr 30, 2010, at 7:34 AM, m10000_little_zip wrote:
> I was surprised to learn that SD's were used in commuter/suburban
> service on the CNW. Not so much now on the Q. The SP and Reading
> also did the same. Apparently they were well suited for the
> application in that they could handle the frequent and rapid start/
> stops without destroying the traction motors. FM trainmasters and
> SD's were used in similar service on many roads for the same
> reasons. Sorry I can't offer a more scientific explanation but
> something about HP to TE ratio and the limits of the motors.
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> Bryan
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> Subject: RE: [CBQ] SD's and GP's in passenger service?
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> OR look at any of the pst 1940's Loco assignment sheets that BRHS
> has reissued (also one appears in one of Corbin's books & look for
> those with Steam generators. Any such would have either been
> assigned to branch line pass service like the Edgemont-Deadwood run
> or as 'protection' and thus may have run at least once or even
> regularly "in the day".
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> For the record, C&NW used Geeps in local service with steam
> generators of course
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