Re: [CBQ] Re: Power Car On East End On Dinky

[STEVEN HOLDING <sholding@sbcglobal.net>]

There use to be a track west of the flour track that served the warehouse and used to load bread out.  Just after Xmas 73 I worked the East End Swing Operators job (1 Third Eola Op, 2 Third Congress Park, 2 seconds) and the Congo sometimes would switch the plant late at nite and we pulled a load of stuffing bread for Calif.  on Tuesday one of my 2nds at CP.  I billed it and we sent it on its way.  Friday morning in working at Eola a car as found in the yard with a destination as an empty to set at Pepperidge Farm for loading.  But the carman reported it had seals on both doors.  I told the TM it was a load of stuffing bread for Calif. I had billed and spun in the computer on Tuesday at Congress Park.  He said it can't be Cicero sent it out as an empty. So he decided to go out and see and when the carman opened the door the TM got hit in the head by a box of bread.  Cicero had thrown away the waybill and respun it in the computer into an empty.  Might be one of the reasons Pepperidge started to use only trucks for outbound shipments and the track was torn up. 
Steve in SC

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From: tallowpot80 <tallowpot80@yahoo.com>
To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Mon, March 4, 2013 12:40:32 AM
Subject: [CBQ] Re: Power Car On East End On Dinky

 

Bill, that is a neat photo not only of the dinky but also of Fairview ave and pepperidge farm. Did the pepperidge extend past the main elevator portion of the building and curve back behind the platform? If so what was the capacity back then? Today the wheel stops are just about even with the west end of the tall metal (white/silver) portion of the building. Also, (sorry for the random ???) I saw a picture of a car set on the Fairview ave team track (which I assume was on the north side coming off the main by Maple ave). When was that removed and were there other tracks serving the couple industries in the north side?

--- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com, William Barber wrote:
>
> Chuck,
>
> I just uploaded a photo to the photo file that makes an interesting exception to the two car rule. I took the photo in August, 1972 which shows BN E8 #9939 with three galley cars, but no power car. This was before M-K converted any of the commuter units to head end power. The photo is in an album called Bill's Photos. I have had poor success in attaching photos, but I will try an attachment with this post.
>
> Bill Barber
> Gravois Mills, MO
>
> On Mar 2, 2013, at 9:30 PM, CBQ@yahoogroups.com wrote:
>
> > Re: Power Car On East End On Dinky
> > Sat Mar 2, 2013 12:25 pm (PST) . Posted by:"chuck.zeiler" chuck.zeiler
> >
> > I received the following from Leo Phillips regarding the E-units set up to power gallery cars:
> >
> > As is often the case; I was looking for something totally different but stumbled on a 12/22/65 memo listing the E units set up for powering the gallery cars:
> >
> > Two car service
> >
> > 9937B
> > 9938B
> > 9941B
> > 9945A
> > 9946B
> > 9948A
> > 9948B
> > 9971-74
> > 9976
> >
> > One car service
> > 9946A
> >
> > The memo or notice goes on to explain the Maximum # of gallery cars to hook to the 7200 hundred series power car (5) and the 7300 series (8) to get either to a 7 or 10 car consist with these particular engines. Notice also states one copy is to be placed in each power car under glass with out fail.
> >
> > I sure wish some of the old Aurora/Eola switchman I worked with were still around to tell us why some power cars ended up on the east end of these small consists
> >
> > Leo Phillipp
>

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