Bob great post. I read with a lot of interest. I used to inspect the track up
through Chugwater in the early 80's. In addition I would also say, if a piece
of flange was found, the track was backtracked, to find out a reason why the
flange broke. Most times, a chipped joint, broken corner in a diamond or
flangeway debth in a Frog may have been the cause. Flanges are also knocked off
in many cases.
Bill Jackson
--- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com, "POOTUS2010" <bearmtnbob@...> wrote:
>
> I have been going over a large lot of paperwork from the agent/operators at
> Cheyenne and Chugwater, Wyoming that originated in 1917. In addition to a
> large number of train register slips, there were numerous copies of train
> delay and other roll-by reports as to the consists of #29 and #30 as they
> rolled by Chugwater. There were also numerous copies of Form 22, which
> detailed the freight train consists out of Cheyenne. Each report lists the
> engine, cars, conductor, brakeman and flagman as well as any delays or
> problems en route (passenger got a finger caught in the vestibule door of a
> chair car. Two things, albeit trivial, that stand out is #1 Every single
> passenger train that went by Chugwater had an 800 consolidation on the head
> end (all these reports were from April, 1917) so did every freight train
> except for 1 trains with more than 11 cars which had #706 on the head end,
> two of those trains (18 and 21 cars) were double-headed. If I remember
> correctly, CB&Q 2814? appeared on #29 once. Sometimes the registers or
> reports listed tonnages, other times the number of cars were shown instead.
> On every single report on #29 or #30 the word "Coach" was never used once by
> an agent or conductor. It was always "Chair Car" or "Chair" never "coach"
> Reminds me of how we and ATS&F people always said "Way Car" while UP and
> D&RGW people used "Caboose." Another oddity is the fact that most of the
> passenger train roll by inspections showed at least three heavyweight
> Pullmans, usually four, and one time there were six. One has to wonder how a
> 2-8-0 made time with an rpo baggage, an extra baggage car, two chair cars and
> six Pullmans over that roller coaster line. Most of the Pullmans originated
> in Denver, while one or two were added daily in Cheyenne for connections to
> the Pacific NW, going in the opposite direction, one or two were dropped in
> Cheyenne, the rest seemed destined for the Gulf Coast via the FW&DC. Many of
> the "better" Pullman cars such as the "Bruges" made their way onto these two
> trains. One other interesting footnote to the operating history of the
> Wyoming lines is that operators and agents often sent unuusual requests as
> part of some train orders. I found operators requesting that track forces
> watch for pieces of broken wheel flanges between mileposts and to retrieve
> same. As an ex railroader, I can tell you they did this to recover evidence
> to be used in an investigation for somebody who missed a thin or broken
> flange during a running repair or inspection. Not that I ever faced an
> investigation, I can assure you, really, I never, ever did, really! I repeat
> this is all one form of trivia or another but it does give a bit of life to
> the familiar books we use and enjoy as students of railroad history. Best
> regards, Bob M
>
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