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Here's a question I received from Bill Kuebler kuebler@frontiernet.net who
is an NP guy.....
Charlie Vlk
> CB&Q Fans & Historians:
>
> I have some questions regarding the portable Mars light that was attached
> to the rear of the "North Coast Limited" sleeper-observation-lounge car on
> train nos. 25 and 26 during the vista-dome era, 1954-70. This light was
> mounted just above the rear coupler. The purpose for the light, as I
> understand it, was to comply with CB&Q policy for passenger trains. Since
> the NP did not have Mars lights on the rear of their passenger trains (as
> did the GN), the NP obs car was not equipped with a permanently installed
> Mars light. I was equipped only with small lighted markers installed on
> the upper sides of the car, near the rear end. The portable Mars light was
> attached to the car's coupler area during the run between St. Paul and
> Chicago. No such light was used west of St. Paul on trains 25/26.
>
> My questions are these:
>
> 1. When did this practice on the CB&Q begin? Was this done with the "North
> Coast Limited" during the pre-vista-dome, streamlined era, 1947-53? (Note:
> the earliest photographic evidence I have showing the portable Mars light
> is an image dated about 1961.)
>
> 2. What caused the CB&Q to implement this policy? Was there a particular
> accident that prompted this measure? If so, anyone have details? I have
> been told there was a bad rear-end collision of two CB&Q passenger trains
> in or near Naperville in 1947. Could this accident have prompted the
> policy, or does the policy pre-date that accident? If this accident
> prompted the policy, can anyone supply details on the accident?
>
> 3. Exactly where did the CB&Q write this policy? Was it found in
> Time-table Special Instructions, in the operating rules (Consolidated
> Code?) used by CB&Q, a Company policy manual, or elsewhere? Would
> especially appreciate it if anyone can cite the particular document that
> sets forth this policy.
>
> Thanks much for any help you can provide.
>
> Bill Kuebler
> Member, Northern Pacific Railway Historical Association
>
> kuebler@frontiernet.net
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