The answer is "Yes". C&S equipment could be found all over the system.
While it tended to stay on "home rails", if the equipment was needed
elsewhere, or happened to be in, say, Chicago or Lincoln for some work
or an inspection, it could go out wherever needed. There was a series of
posts sometime back between me and Karl Rethwisch about C&S U30C's (road
numbers 890-893) roaming the Q, especially the C&I between Chicago and
Minneapolis/St. Paul.
Here is what Karl told me back in December 2007:
The Q used its machines wherever it wanted. Since the C&S was a Q
property the locomotives went wherever they were needed. SD40's, C30's
or whatever was available.
The "old" SD's pretty much stayed at "home" but the newer engines roamed
the entire system. The 890's were no exception (unfortunately).
Hope this helps!
Tom Mack
Cincinnati, OH
--- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com, "petemster" <petemster@...> wrote:
>
> Hello gents,
>
> As a relative newcomer to matters CB&Q I hope my question isn't too
> basic, but here goes.
>
> Did the C&S SD40s ever wander onto the CB&Q proper - for example, to
> Council Bluffs, IA or onto the Denver - Chicago route ?
>
> I'm thinking of the period before the BN takeover.
>
> Any information or source references would be much appreciated.
> Off-list replies would be great, if anyone can help.
>
> Pete Molloy.
>
> Scotland, U.K.
>
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