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Lite engine moves were still being made up until about 1980 to out laying points which hosted a switch engine, Kewanee and Monmouth were just a couple
Steve in SC From: "qutlx1@aol.com" <qutlx1@aol.com> To: cbq@yahoogroups.com Sent: Fri, April 20, 2012 9:18:37 AM Subject: [CBQ] Switchers in road freight consists
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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