This reminds me of a safety poster done
by CBQ's Tom Walker.� It showed two worried men pumping a handcar
with a diesel tailgating them.� One of them something like "Are
you sure you checked the lineup?".� I also witnessed (visually and
on the radio) when a hi-railer got on the tracks, and then on a
bridge with an oncoming train headed for them.� The operator was
frantically calling them to back up and get off the tracks.� When
they saw the train they put it in reverse and complied.� Norm
Metcalf, Boulder Colorado
On 1/13/2014 7:36 AM, archie hayden wrote:
Hol, Thanks for bringing us up to speed on the motor cars. �Pun
intended. �Since we are speaking of the motor cars that our fine
brothers of the section were in charge of, old heads told me of
several burial grounds along the right of way that harbored the
remains of a wayward motor car who paid no attention to the
lineups. �I did not dig there to validate the story but often
wondered if it was that easy to "cover up" such an incident. �The
only thing I ever dug up was a pot belly stove some section men
told me about from the shelter at Lentner, Mo. �Lo and behold it
was still there about a foot below the cinders. �Kind of rusty.
�Archie also kind of rusty.
On Jan 13, 2014, at 8:11 AM, Hol Wagner wrote:
�
I'm the one who John was referring to who
changed his proper use of the term motor car to speeder
in Bulletin 35, and in hindsight,�while I did it to make
clear to today's fans what was being talked about, I
should have taken the necessary space to note that the
railroad never called them anything but motor cars,
while their much larger kin were passenger motor cars or
PMCs, not doodlebugs or any other similar term.� Sorry
if I�gave any legitimacy to the use of the term
speeder.� My bad.
�
Hol
�
To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
From: Jpslhedgpeth@aol.com
Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2014 21:56:48 -0500
Subject: Re: [CBQ] Re: Track oiling
�
John
Just before I read your message, below, I
was sitting here thinking about asking what
you and I could do about these continuing
�references to a MOTOR CAR as a
speeder...Like you I never ever heard the
term "speeder" used before I came to the
"railfan world
Guys, please for the sake of us old �guys
�ie John an Pete...could we please refer to
any � �of what is known in real railroad
parlance as a Track car by it's proper term.
� These things are MOTOR CARS....The term
"Speeder" marks you out as a railfan without
a knowledge of "real railroading....
Pete
-----Original
Message-----
From: John D. Mitchell, Jr. < cbqrr47@yahoo.com>
To: CBQ < CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sun, Jan 12, 2014 9:16 am
Subject: Re: [CBQ] Re: Track oiling
�
Just a couple of
comments, I want to make.
I realize most on the list
are not railroaders, but I
never heard a real life
railroader (at least a M
of W railroader) refer to
a motor car as a "speeder"
nor did I ever hear a push
car called a�"speeder
trailer". Some may have
but not to me. This is not
anything in the way of a
correction as we all know
what you are�talking
about. It is just my
observation as one who was
around when there were a
lot of motor cars in use.
And before you say, that I
used the term in BB�#35,
that was added by someone
else.�
�
Oiling
track bars,
etc. was a
standard
maintenance
issue. The
Fairmont Motor
Company
made/sold
equipment for
this task.
Basically a
tank mounted
on a speeder
trailer,
pulled by a
Fairmont
speeder. Had a
pump and wands
for spraying
oil. See
attached
photos. From
the photos
Bill shared,
it appears the
CB&Q just
did it on a
bigger scale.
�
Doug
Harding
�
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