Geeps would have seen very limited usage on Dinkeys..... the steam generator
was not the problem.... electricity for the car lighting was.
C&NW had special generators on their commuter GPs and SDs..... and Q Steam
had oversized/multiple generators to develop the electricity for lighting.
The first diesels were E7s (maybe even E-5s got into the act) but the EAs
(TCZ and DZ Shovelnoses) were used in that service briefly. The GPs were
used
quite a bit on the Galesburg local and other secondary trains.... both in
Blackbird and Chinese Red. There is a tape of Zimmerman films that have
quite a few
shots of them in action.
Brings up the old rumor that FM Trainmasters were seriously considered for
the Commuter Service to the point a rendering of one in CB&Q paint was
prepared (supposedly on a train crossing the DesPlaines at Riverside) but
due to some ill-feelings towards FM due to a Mechanical Department guy being
"stolen" to work for them it never happened. There is, however, a film
that someone has of an FM H10-44 demonstrator working Western Avenue Yard
and an AFE for the fuel costs for the unit floating around.
Charlie Vlk
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kenneth Fleming" <kf5632@gmail.com>
To: <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, April 30, 2010 7:00 AM
Subject: Re: [CBQ] SD's and GP's in passenger service?
> Geeps with steam generators were the first replacements for steam on the
> "Dinkeys" out of Chicago. My memory seems to recall them as being used
> there first then to freight service when the E-units took over the duty.
> Cow and calf sets were popular for branch line service, replacing the R's
> and O's.
>
> Ken
>
> On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 7:49 PM, Supplement
> <supplementless@yahoo.com>wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> I see in the BRHS that there were a number of GP7/9s and SD7/9's with
>> steam
>> generators. I have never seen these type of units in passenger service.
>> Can
>> some confirm that this is accurate and what they would have been used
>> for?
>>
>>
>>
>
>
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>
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