Re: [CBQ] Engineering vehicles

["John D. Mitchell, Jr." <cbqrr47@yahoo.com>]

The Washington limousine was a secession of vehicles( I think they were all Cadillacs) that were used by Q lobbyists (sometimes called "traffic agents) to haul around politicians and regulators and "entertain" them.

From: Rupert & Maureen <gamlenz@ihug.co.nz>
To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, March 30, 2012 1:07 PM
Subject: Re: [CBQ] Engineering vehicles

 



Gerald and John

Thanks for the responses. Other than inspection motorcars, the Burlington's vehicle fleet seems to be overlooked and rarely gets a mention.  John, can you expand on the Washington limousine?

Rupert 

 

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From: John D. Mitchell, Jr.

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Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2012 9:16 AM

Subject: Re: [CBQ] Engineering vehicles

Starting in the late forties and early fifties, the mechanical and stores department started getting pick up and stake bed trucks. Some of the stake beds were war surplus. By 1960, most of the signal maintainers, linemen and water service repairmen had utility trucks. By the time of the BN merger, most section gangs, signal gangs, and B&B gangs had crew cab stake bed trucks, as did most of the extra gangs. These trucks were not equipped with Hi Rail wheels so they had to keep motor cars to reach places not accessible by road. There was even a dump truck assigned to haul coal to the general office building. The traffic department and operating department had sedans and station wagons assigned to them and most were painted maroon with a Burlington Route emblem on the door. Steve can tell you about the motor vehicles assigned to the Montgomery stock yard. There was a limousine assigned to Washington, DC!

From: Rupert & Maureen <gamlenz@ihug.co.nz>
To: CBQ List <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2012 1:30 PM
Subject: [CBQ] Engineering vehicles

 

On page 24 of Bulletin 48 is a 1970 photo of wrecker 204360, in front of which there is a green International truck with gas bottles on the back, and a Burlington Route herald on the cab door. Did the Burlington have a large fleet of vehicles by this date?

Rupert Gamlen
Auckland NZ 

 

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