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Re: [CBQ] CB&Q “Night Crawler”

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Subject: Re: [CBQ] CB&Q “Night Crawler”
From: John Manion <railbass@comcast.net>
Date: Sun, 2 May 2010 16:52:10 -0600
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Kent -
Hol Wagner mentions the "Night Crawler" in his book *The Colorado Road, *as
it was a C&S train, no. 29-30, which operated until Sept 2, 1967.   I am
aware of it because I went to Colorado State University in Fort Collins
1963-1967.   I looked into riding it into Denver during my freshman year,
but you had to catch it in Fort Collins at "oh-dark thirty"  It normally
had one or two Q E7A units on the point and used HW cars, usually a couple -
or more - of HW baggage or mail cars and a HW coach.   The only C&S E units
were E5s, and they were almost never used on the 29-30.   It was a scheduled
passenger train,but it handled mostly mail and LCL north of Denver.   It
traveled through northern Colorado at night and that attracted few
passengers.   Hol has several B&W photos of unusually long consists, and Al
Holck in *Burlington Route, Color Pictorial, Vol 1, *has a TT of 29-30,
arriving Fort Collins at 5:23 am.   He also has a photo of one of the last
trains with a Q E8A.

Al mentions that with the sparse population of Montana and Wyoming, an
overnight mail train was more than sufficient.
- John Manion

On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 8:57 AM, jointline1 <kdcharles@comcast.net> wrote:

>
>
> A friend of mine is looking for information. He asks: "What was the train
> number of the CB&Q "Night Crawler" that went from Denver, CO through
> Douglas, WY to Billings, MT? Was it a passenger train and/or mail train and
> what was its consist or normal loco and car types?"
>
> Can someone verify the name (or nickname) was used and provide a source of
> info for us?
>
> Kent Charles
>
> 
>


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