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I have color movies of both the o-6-0 and the Mike switching coaches in August 54. Pete
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From: Hol Wagner holpennywagner@msn.com [CBQ] <CBQ@yahoogroups.com> To: CB&Q Group <cbq@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Sun, Sep 28, 2014 8:37 pm Subject: RE: [CBQ] Re: California Zephyr in Denver You're quite right about the way switching was done into the 1960s, and it may be worth noting that the regular switcher assigned to work the Denver coachyard and Denver Union Depot was, until 1954, a G-10 0-6-0, with an O-1-A Mike substituting at times and working occasionally into 1955.
Hol To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com From: CBQ@yahoogroups.com Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2014 22:38:09 +0000 Subject: Re: [CBQ] Re: California Zephyr in Denver Because both the ex-Q and D&RGW lines leave to the north of Union Station, the California Zephyr has always been wyed at Denver. Originally, under the Q, the switcher for the westbound train was attached to the rear of the train after it passed through the trainwash, leaving the inbound Q power to the southwest of the yard to then be moved to the engine facility for servicing. After the train was platformed in the station, a second switcher might couple to the baggage car, pulling it off to retrieve a Rio Grande coach, before coupling both cars back onto the front of the train. The Rio Grande power would then be coupled on, allowing the train to proceed north and then west.
In the 60's, probably t
o save costs, and because the Q was adding intermediate head end traffic to Denver (shown in the photo), a single front-coupled switcher did the honors of moving the train through the station. Amtrak currently uses the train's road locomotives for this purpose.
On Wednesday, September 24, 2014 1:58 PM, "Hol Wagner holpennywagner@msn.com [CBQ]" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
Chuck: Sure, you're welcome to use it. Hol
To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com From: CBQ@yahoogroups.com Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2014 10:30:46 -0700 Subject: [CBQ] Re: California Zephyr in Denver
Thanks, Hol, with your permission, I will re-post your reply with that photo.
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