There is a photo of the J 913 and 3 sisters working they're way west on trk 1
in the east yard in one of either the Spoors Q books or Four ways west.
I have the Eola rdhse loco assng book of 1955-58 in my collection. It shows
each and every loco moving in and out of the rdhse by day and job.
>From August 11-18 the Fox River had 2 geeps and the 5579 and 909 each day.
>When I showed this to long time switchman,foreman,brkmn and Condr Wade Gorman
>he recalled the Fox tried the center cabs for a short time to get over Wedron
>Hill. The 900 series were the J center cabs.
This number series was not in use on the Q in 58 nor was the 5500 series. But I
have no idea what the 5579 was or where from.
Wouldn't it be a real treat to fin a photo of this lash up out on the branch ?
Leo Phillipp
> On May 14, 2015, at 7:02 PM, Scott Walker js.ygrps@runbox.com [CBQ]
> <CBQ@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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> My question is when at Eola. I was in high school in Barrington in the
> early sixties, and the daily local from the J would deliver their cars
> to the CNW interchange yard, which today is the commuter train storage
> yard. As of that time, each of the center cabs had been re-engined with
> 2-1200 hp EMD 567's with the change out to the EMD hoods, tapered from
> the top of the cab roof to the original height of the original ends of
> the locos. An interesting locomotive, especially in the orange and green
> of that time. The loco set on the J for the local was the BLH reengined
> plus an SW switcher making about 3000HP for the set, an
> ant-and-grasshopper act.
>
> Scott Walker
>
>> On 5/14/2015 9:14 AM, qutlx1@aol.com [CBQ] wrote:
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>> We have documentary evidence of the Q trying out the E.J.&E. center cabs
>> on the Fox River Wayfreight out,of Eola.
>>
>> The center cabs were routinely seen at Eola where the "J" interchanged
>> with the Q. They would come down into the east yard.
>>
>> Leo Phillipp
>>
>>
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