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Sam et al...It was the 9769 sold by the Q to Iowa Southern..sometime in the 60's..
I worked a local from Hastings, NE to Huntley, NE 3 days'week and Hastings Sutton Lushton and Clay Center two weeks in 1956 wi;th this machine. There was no seat for a second person in the cab so both brakeman rode the waycar...Sillly me....how many times do I think.."Well, you dummy" you could have gone up and ridden the cab whenever you wanted to"...Hindsite is wonderful ain't it.
I might recognize the sound if I heard it, but I don't think it compared to a VO 5..The RI had one working in the yard at BI when I was there, but I don't think the sound was similar.
Pete
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From: apo09324 <apo09324@yahoo.com> To: CBQ <CBQ@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Sun, Mar 18, 2012 11:02 am Subject: [CBQ] Re: Motor Cars I watched the doodlebug in action across the street from the Centerville Community College tech building. When they used the doodlebug instead of electric power, it made life easier at the college ham club. Our 80 meter dipole was parallel with the overhead wire and when they turned on the rotary convertor, it wiped out the ham bands. I was not yet into railroad photography - darn.
Ken Vandevoort --- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com, Sam Cook <trains@...> wrote: > > I think I remember seeing a doodlebug in the weeds behind a chain-link > fence at Centerville MANY years ago. Sure wish I had taken a picture of > it. Might have been 9769. > Seems to have been west of the depot somewhere. Was nosed up to the > fence... couldn't see much else due to the weeds. > > Sam Cook, Milan, MO > =================== > > > Rupert & Maureen wrote: > > Pete > > > > You may think it is "totally worthless" but it is still very interesting, so please keep on giving us these titbits. > > > > There are photos of both ends of 9769 at http://rrpicturearchives.net/locoPicture.aspx?id=82434 If you know of any other photos, > > I'll be grateful to hear about them. > > > > Still on the subject of motor cars, does anyone know much about what happened to 3659 and 3664 - both being passenger baggage cars > > converted from motor cars. They are the only ex's not accounted for. > > > > Rupert > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: <Jpslhedgpeth@...> > > To: <CBQ@yahoogroups.com> > > Sent: Sunday, August 30, 2009 2:44 PM > > Subject: Re: CBQ 9769 [was] Re: [CBQ] Southern Industrial RR > > > > > >> Rupert et al > >> > >> Just as a matter of totally worthless informtion of no help to any possible material on the 9769 as of today. > >> Summer 1956 I worked the Hastings (NE)--Huntley local for two weeks...Our power was the 9769.? The "limits" for this car were 6 > >> cars or 238 tons.? Often we had much more than that..inquiry to the DS as to "what do you want us to do" always brought the same > >> response....Well..."take what you can".? > >> I well remember one hot afternoon on the west end of the siding at Sutton lying on my back under the front truck of the car > >> pouring water handed to me by the engineer in a glass jar on an overheated traction motor. > >> I think that the 9769 ended its days in active service on the Q shortly thereafter on the "deadline" near the Lincoln > >> roundhouse...Apparently it was "resusicated" and subsequently sold to the Southern Iowa and was there until IIRC about 1967. > >> If you are looking for photos there is a website of Q diesels and motorcars which includes a couple of pretty fair shots of the > >> '69....If it will help I'll look up the web address and let you know. > > > >> Pete H. > >> > >> > >> > >> HOL WAGNER wrote: > >>> When the SI (formerly Southern Iowa before becoming Southern Industrial) > >>> folded up at Centerville, the 9769 was sold to Clint Jones up in > >>> Wisconsin, who owns/owned a number of Q heavyweight coaches as well. At > >>> last report he still owned the motor car. > >>> > >>> Hol > >>> > __._,_.___
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