A subset of Q converted troop kitchen cars had freight safety appliances added
in order to serve Kable Brothers printing in Mt Morris,IL running on freight
trains. This occurred in the 1950s when the passenger train that had been
picking up the loads of printed magazines at Oregon,IL was taken off. The
wayfreights on C&I were reconfigured and a new job, nicknamed the Oregon Turn,
operated from Eola to Oregon and back each day. Upon reaching Oregon the job
ran around its train and the cars of magazines, that had been brought from Mt
Morris by the Oregon-Mt Morris job, were placed behind the waycar. The job made
a hot, direct run to Aurora where the depot engine pulled the magazine loads
off and put them on an eastbound dinky to Chicago.
Leo Phillipp
> On Sep 28, 2019, at 8:03 AM, Nelson Moyer <npmoyer@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> The attached photo was posted on one of the io groups recently, but I don't
> remember which one and I couldn't find it in the archives of several groups I
> belong to. The notable thing about this car is that it has running boards
> with latitudinals, corner grab irons on the roof, side ladders, and
> presumably end ladders, thought that's not proven by the photo. This photo is
> the only troop kitchen I've seen with ladders and running boards, and I'd
> like to know the date they were installed, and whether or not other troop
> kitchens were similarly converted. Charles Franzen photos as late as 1953 do
> not show running boards and ladders, so presumably, they were added after
> that date.
>
> Nelson Moyer
>
>
>
> <CB&Q BE-1 8808 with running board and side ladders.jpg>
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