Very helpful, thank you!
Brian
--- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com, HOL WAGNER <holpennywagner@...> wrote:
>
>
> 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
>
>
>
>
> To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
> From: bdurham260@...
> 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:
> >
> >
> > Correct -- as discussed on this list about a month ago.
> >
> > Hol
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
> > From: clipperw@
> > Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2012 10:05:09 -0500
> > Subject: [CBQ] Re: CB&Q Switchers
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Brian,
> >
> >
> > 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.
> >
> >
> > Bill Barber
> > Gravois Mills, MO
> >
> >
> >
> > On Jun 14, 2012, at 6:03 AM, CBQ@yahoogroups.com wrote:
> >
> > CB&Q Switchers
> > Posted by: "bdurham260" bdurham260@ bdurham260
> > Wed Jun 13, 2012 5:40 pm (PDT)
> >
> >
> > 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?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Brian Durham
> >
>
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