Leo,
If you are suggesting that the 909 in the assignment book was an EJ&E center cab, I suspect that assumption is incorrect. If EMD's SD24 demonstrator no. 5579 was in the consist with the two geeps, the 909 was most likely EMD's long time test car built in 1948 in an F3 series B unit carbody. EMD used it well into the 1980s along with other test cars that followed.
Bill Barber
Gravois Mills, MO
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Thu May 14, 2015 7:46 pm (PDT) . Posted by:
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