[CBQ] Re: Gas Electri cars(pre diesel)

[Richard Kistler <rckistler@windstream.net>]

Leo - I for one will certainly be waiting for an article on motor car
operation. I have ridden in the cabs of various locomotives, and even
more trips in the passenger compartment of Burlington's motor cars, but
the one thing I well remember was the ride I took on Motor car 9767 in
June 1951 on No. 16 from Oxford to Red Cloud, NE. It was only a 64 mile
trip, but ridding with an "up front view" of the track ahead of you was
certainly different. As we pulled into each little station along the way
I would wave at who ever was on the station platform, sometimes just the
agent or custodian and one or two locals who had come to see the train
go through, and wonder who was seated on the left side of the cab. After
cream cans, mail and several pieces of express were exchanged we were
off again. Quite a treat for 15 year old boy who loved trains.  No.
16-15 were motor car trains from 1932 until off in  1958.

Richard Kistler


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