Louis: I have seen photos of the 0-6-0s with the CZ here in Denver, but I don't have any such shots in my collection. And yes, the attached view does show the 5143 as the DUT (Denver Union Terminal) switcher, steaming past UP 812, which sits on track 11, waiting to take No. 57, the Cheyenne local, north one day around 1954. That's DUT's office/shop building behind the two locomotives; it would have a tower added in 1959 to replace the old interlocking towers, A and B, at each end of the depot trackage. Hol
To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com From: CBQ@yahoogroups.com Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2014 11:20:54 -0400 Subject: Re: [CBQ] Re: California Zephyr in Denver
September 29, 2014
Hol - Would that mean the CZ was "steam-powered" for a mile or two through
Denver while being wyed? If so, does anyone have an image of a G-10 or O-1-A
with the CZ in tow?
Here is an undated image of O-1-A No. 5143 posed along side a UP 4-8-4
in Denver. I assume 5143 is switching the Denver Union Station that day. Best
Regards - Louis
Louis Zadnichek II
Fairhope, AL
In a message dated 9/28/2014 8:37:47 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
CBQ@yahoogroups.com writes:
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, probabl y to
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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