Norm, could also be the shipments going to the
Rocky Mountain Arsenal guarded by the "infamous"
SCL combine, 666. (Said car being placed on the
CZ at least once - the CZ had HW cars more than a few times).
At 08:45 PM 10/10/2010, you wrote:
>
>
>Perhaps the equipment you're referring were the U.S. Department of
>Energy, Albuquerque Operations Office LO's, and such guard cars as G23.
>The Official Railway Equipment Registers have rosters of them.
>They were used for shipments to and from the Pantex plant near Amarillo
>TX. The trains you're referring may have come from Fernald OH.
>Norm Metcalf, Boulder Colorado
>
>On 10/10/2010 06:09 PM, Dan Grobe wrote:
> >
> >
> > Well, I guess I'll chalk this up to lost to history. Seems like it would
> > be ab interesting move to model.
> >
> > Dan
> >
> > --- On Fri, 10/8/10, Dan
> <<mailto:dlgrobe%40ameritech.net>dlgrobe@ameritech.net
> > <mailto:dlgrobe%40ameritech.net>> wrote:
> >
> > From: Dan
> <<mailto:dlgrobe%40ameritech.net>dlgrobe@ameritech.net
> <mailto:dlgrobe%40ameritech.net>>
> > Subject: [CBQ] Atomic trains in the 50s
> > To:
> "<mailto:CBQ%40yahoogroups.com>CBQ@yahoogroups.com
> <mailto:CBQ%40yahoogroups.com>"
> >
> <<mailto:CBQ%40yahoogroups.com>CBQ@yahoogroups.com
> <mailto:CBQ%40yahoogroups.com>>
> > Date: Friday, October 8, 2010, 7:28 AM
> >
> > Over on the EJE list one of the guys was recalling working an atomic
> > train in the late 50s. The J picked the train up from the NYC and
> > delivered it to the CBQ. Does anyone have any info on the train and
> > maybe photos of the cars used? I'm including his comments below.
> >
> > Dan
> >
> > Richard: I do not remember his name, that is a shame . We used to bull a
> > lot at Kirk Yard on layover. We both were out of East Joliet. I wish I
> > could remember, maybe I will.
> >
> > If you can remember back in the 50's nuclear was new. We had
> > a run we called the Atomic train. It consisted of about 10-12 flats with
> > Silver Lead containers on them, one to each flat. Believe me they were
> > heavy. There was also a passenger car with them, and it was full of
> > ARMED troupes. Any how, we ( I only caught it once) would pick it up at
> > porter yard. We would be called and have to wait until the NYC delivered
> > it. The only thing they would let us do is to couple up, we could not
> > cut in the air, this was done by armed Soldiers.
> > When we were ready, we stopped for nothing, I mean at Griffith
> > and so on every thing stopped as we came through.
> > When we got to East Joliet Yard, they had us all switched
> > through, and we did not stop. We would take it to Eola and drop it off
> > as the CB&Q did the same. What was nice was that we made three days pay
> > in two. That was real over kill.
> >
> > Chuck
> >
>
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