OK, I
understand it, there were no GP-40's on the FW&D, and
I was aware of the differences in the mergers of the
C&S and FW&D into the CB&Q/BN all being on
different dates. We/I also now know there were FW&D
GP-38-2's. With all that being revisited it must have
been the GP38-2s I saw back in the 70s and early 80s
rather than the non-existent GP40's.
A huge
thanks to those who sent the photos, to me it was a
definite"blast from the past" and memories of the great
times I had railfanning when I lived in Colorado Springs.
Things were different in those days! One day while my
wife and I were photographing a coal train in the hole
south of the Springs the engineer waved us over to the
locomotives. To my amazement he invited us up into the
cab. (picture my hottie wife climbing into the cab in
short skirt) He then explained the complete control
system used to operate his mid train slaves. After
friendly railfan talk, (he was a foamer as well) we bid
farewell. I have no doubt that if I had been alone I may
never have been invited up the the cab.
Sorry
for the diversion, anyway I am wondering who in the
Society is responsible for correcting the rosters???
When can it get done?? I guess technically Society being
a CB&Q Historical Society and the fact there were no
GP-38-2's ever on the CB&Q means they should not be
included in the rosters at all since the FW&D outlived
the Q. The GP-40's should be removed from the roster
since there were never any owned by the Q or C&S or
FW&D.
Should
there be separate C&S and FW&D rosters listed by
the Society??
How
would we best (or should we)reflect existence of the
FW&D GP38-2's?
Thanks
again for all those great responses and photos.
Bill