RE: [CBQ] Re: CB&Q Switchers

[HOL WAGNER <holpennywagner@msn.com>]

Out here in the Denver area it was common for both the Q and the C&S to double-head diesel switchers on transfer drags, so yes, you could see paired switchers at work, though they were not MUed.  After the cow/calf sets were split up in the mid-1950s and the calves equipped with cabs, the 9400s were mostly used singly like any other switchers, and it was only in the Twin Cities area where they regularly were MUed in two- three- and occasionally four-unit sets on transfer drags.  But when they performed regular yard switching duties they worked singly. Hope this helps.
 
Hol
 

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To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
From: bdurham260@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2012 22:37:57 +0000
Subject: [CBQ] Re: CB&Q Switchers

 

So for normal switching practice they were not MU'd unless they were cow/calf sets up until the mid 60's. That is what I was trying to get at in my original question. I saw the topic on MU'ing them with road diesels but I was trying to learn about the practical operations of these units and if they were coupled together to perform switching duties. Sorry for the confusion.

Brian

--- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com, HOL WAGNER <holpennywagner@...> wrote:
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> Correct -- as discussed on this list about a month ago.
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> To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
> From: clipperw@...
> Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2012 10:05:09 -0500
> Subject: [CBQ] Re: CB&Q Switchers
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> Brian,
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> I believe only the 9400 series units that were delivered as cow and calf sets, were MU equipped. Later, cabs were added to the calfs. The very later SW1200s, delivered about 1964 may have had MU as did the SW1000s delivered around 1966, I believe.
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> Bill Barber
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> On Jun 14, 2012, at 6:03 AM, CBQ@yahoogroups.com wrote:
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> Posted by: "bdurham260" bdurham260@... bdurham260
> Wed Jun 13, 2012 5:40 pm (PDT)
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> Were the Q switchers MU'd? I am thinking of the smaller units such as SW, NW, & VO's? If they were, did they come that way or were they modified and if so when?
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> Thanks,
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> Brian Durham
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