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