Bill,
Also known as #15. The switch in the picture reminded me of how very important it became for a couple days in 1947. The whole story is in a BRHS Bulletin scheduled for later 2021.
Leo Phillipp On Dec 18, 2020, at 9:04 AM, William Barber <clipperw@gmail.com> wrote:
Scott,
I grew up and lived in Downers Grove until I left for college. I agree that most passenger trains in the Chicago area were powered with E units, but there were a few exceptions. Attached is a photo that I took of a GP7 pulling the westbound Galesburg local going through Downers Grove. Elsewhere on the system's secondary lines, locomotives other than E units were found on some passenger trains. All of the Q’s GP7s (and possibly the GP9s) had steam generators as did some SD7/9. Then, of course, the original California Zephyrs were powered by three unit F3s, nos. 9960ABC - 9962ABC. After being replaced on the CZ by E units in the early 1950s, the passenger F3s were used on the new Kansas City Zephyr for a while before being reassigned to freight service in the mid 1950s.
Bill Barber Gravois Mills, MO
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