John,
The Q assigned the VO-1000 to two locations; Kansas City and Chicago.
The four stack exhaust arrangement was applied in an attempt to solve
an engine overheating problem. A number of RRs operating VO-1000s,
made such modifications. On the Q, for some reason, the modifications
were only made to those locomotives assigned to Kansas City. Most if
not all of the Chicago units continued to operate with the original
single stack arrangement until they were traded in in the mid '60s.
Bill Barber
Gravois Mills, MO
On Jan 22, 2011, at 2:43 AM, CBQ@yahoogroups.com wrote:
> Q VO-1000
> Posted by: "John Manion" railbass@comcast.net manionjohn68
> Fri Jan 21, 2011 8:29 pm (PST)
>
>
>
> I am modeling D&RGW VO-660s with Stewart HO models, but I also have
> some
> VO-1000 models. I have one painted as Q #9365 and an undecorated
> model.
> I happened to be looking through the BRHS web site tonight and noticed
> several B&W photos of #9352 apparently as delivered in Dec 1943. It
> appears to be black with white lettering. Burlington Route herald
> on the
> cab sides does appear to be a white and red box. "Everywhere West"
> and "Way of the Zephyrs" are on both sides of the hood with CB&Q
> and the
> number above the rear cab windows. There was no striping on this
> simple
> scheme. Was the unit painted black and was the lettering white? Was
> the
> herald white striping outlined in red with white lettering inside? How
> long did this paint scheme last on the Q? I model the late 1940s.
> Also,
> it appears that many, if not all, of the VO-1000s received the four
> exhaust
> stacks on the hood. When did the four stacks begin to appear and
> did they
> last to the end of VO-1000 service? As I model D&RGW diesels, I am
> also
> interested in CB&Q and C&S diesels and model them. This paint
> scheme seems
> unusual and very striking.
> - John Manion
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