Re: [CBQ] Moving wheelsets [2 Attachments]

["LZadnichek@aol.com [CBQ]" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>]

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April 12, 2016

 

Tristan - Going back to the steam age, here's an image of CB&Q Class F-1 No. 545 coupled to a wood gondola loaded with locomotive wheel sets. The image is undated and unidentified as to location:

 

 

Then, per Hol's comments, here's an undated image of CB&Q Class O-1-A 5110 switching a flat car loaded with double rows of freight car wheel sets at Lincoln, NE:

 

 

Whereas Hol mentions that only the Aurora and Havelock Shops were equipped to press freight car axles on to wheels, I suppose then that only the West Burlington and Denver Shops were so equipped to handle locomotive wheel sets during the Steam Age.

 

I've both inserted and attached both images. Hope this gives you an idea on how wheel sets were transported to and from shops many years ago. Best Regards - Louis

 

Louis Zadnichek II

Fairhope, AL 

 

In a message dated 4/12/2016 10:04:57 A.M. Central Daylight Time, CBQ@yahoogroups.com writes:

Since only the major car shops (primarily Aurora and Havelock) had presses to press wheels onto axles, it was (and still is) indeed wheelsets -- two wheels on an axle -- that were shipped to lesser repair facilities/rip tracks.  They were shipped on company service flatcars in two staggered, interlocked rows.  I have seen a second pair of rows added on top of the first and tightly strapped down, but I believe that practice was eventually banned as unsafe.

Hol

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From: CBQ@yahoogroups.com <CBQ@yahoogroups.com> on behalf of tristan556@aol.com [CBQ] <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2016 6:58 AM
To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [CBQ] Moving wheelsets

 

 

All,

Does anyone have any information on how the Burlington shipped wheels to various car repair sites especially intermediate terminals where there wasn't a car shop? Now days I see them every now and then stacked on rebuilt flat cars with special holders

I did a search and didn't come up with much.

Thanks
Tristan

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