Gerald
Thanks for looking and commenting. It's hard to guess at this far remove what
the reporters were seeing and reporting - trying to
put things in the context of 1905 as opposed to 2010! I certainly prefer the
trolley proposition to the flanged wheel automobile
option, unless it had more than 4 /5 seats.
Rupert
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gerald & Virginia Edgar" <vje68@hotmail.com>
To: <cbq@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2010 2:25 AM
Subject: RE: [CBQ] Gasoline motor car 1905
>
> Rupert & all: I think circumstantial evidence found in CB&Q Annual Reports
> of 1905/1906 and Fielder's "RR's of the Black Hills"
> explains why a RR journal in 1905 would state CB&Q was having good results
> using a non-steam conveyance for mail/express, etc.
> The Deadwood Central became part of Burlington & Missouri River in 1902; B&MR
> was fully absorbed into CB&Q late in "04. The DC
> had 3 trolley cars that indeed carried mail & express (& passengers) between
> Lead & Deadwood, SD via Central City. Since this
> operation was now a Burlington operation, I can understand why the Q (and the
> reporter) would state in 1905 that this service was
> working well NOW even though it had been around for several yrs previous. As
> for using the term gas vs. electric, one, in either
> case it's no longer the normal steam power one would expect on a major Class
> I RR in the midwest in 1905 and two, self-propelled
> non-steam power whether gasoline or electric overhead or batteries were
> sometimes confused by reporters at a distance as any
> alternative that was NOT steam was the real news.
>
> The only non-steam power listed in those Annual Reports are 3 "motor cars"
> used by the former Deadwood Central n.g. (CB&Q showing
> a total of 58+ miles of 3' trackage at the time)
>
> If indeed there was some other pre-1920's passenger/mail/express motor car
> being experimented with by CB&Q in 1905, the fact is
> not showing up in the Annual Reports or Overton's books.
>
> Gerald
>
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