RE: [CBQ] Videos

["'Charlie Vlk' cvlk@comcast.net [CBQ]" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>]

It seems to me that the CB&Q calculated that the train needed a little more oomph than the 4000hp two E7s would give so instead of doing ABA or AAA E7s at 6000 hp they went for 4500hp that the three F3s gave.

They already had FTs, F2s and F3s on the roster so maintenance and parts would not be an issue.  Some consideration may have been given to E7s as some ad art showed named E7s with California Zephyr lettering….but wouldn’t PAs ala American Flyer been nice?

Charlie Vlk

 

From: CBQ@yahoogroups.com [mailto:CBQ@yahoogroups.com]
Sent: Monday, September 21, 2015 10:03 PM
To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [CBQ] Videos

 

 

Huh?  Burlington bought 20 E7s in 1945, 11 in '47 and 13 more in '49.

http://www.trainweb.org/emdloco/e7.htm

 

msw

 

 

On Mon, Sep 21, 2015 at 10:12 PM, 'Nelson Moyer' ku0a@mchsi.com [CBQ] <CBQ@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

 

Consider that the CZ was inaugurated in 1949, and E7s were available around 1950. Advanced planning could  be the reason the F3s were chosen, since they were already available  before 1949, while the E7s were unavailable and unproven at that time.

 

Nelson Moyer

 

From: CBQ@yahoogroups.com [mailto:CBQ@yahoogroups.com]
Sent: Monday, September 21, 2015 8:52 PM
To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [CBQ] Videos

 

Also interesting to see the original power on the trains - the Q's ABA F3s and the Rio Grande's Alcos.  What was the rationale behind Burlington buying the ABA F3 sets instead of a few more E7s?

 

msw

largofl

 

On Mon, Sep 21, 2015 at 9:08 PM, William Glick Qglick@hotmail.com [CBQ] <CBQ@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

 

Thanks Rupert

 

To bad they don’t have those Dome cars any more.

 

Bill Glick

 

 

From: mailto:CBQ@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Sunday, September 20, 2015 9:54 PM

To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com

Subject: [CBQ] Videos

 

 

There a 28 minute film from 1950 showing a trip on the California Zephyr at https://archive.org/details/70922CaliforniaZephyr

And a film of the Illini R.R. Club Fan Trip on 4960 from 1959 at https://archive.org/details/HMIlliniRailroadFan98227

Rupert Gamlen
Auckland NZ

 

 

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