[CBQ] Switchers in road freight consists

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Tom,

 

Another prototypical placement of switchers to model would be one "boxcar'd" back 5 cars from the units. This would be a switcher moving for inspection or maintenance that's beyond it's inspection cards time limits or dead.

 

On the Aurora Div. with all the outlying smaller yards, switcher shuffling moves were a weekly event,especially on the Fox River branch with switchers at Ottawa,Streator and La Salle. There was also a neat shuffling move of "lite" units regulary made on the branch on Sundays starting at Eola making a round trip by way of Ottawa,Streator,La Salle,Zearing,Mendota and back to Eola.

 

I never made the trip as it would be just an engineer and fireman but did prepare units for the trip at Eola Rdhse(see an upcoming Zephyr, I think).

 

Karl or Bob did you ever make one of these Sunday excursions ?

 

Leo Phillipp

 

 

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