Re: [CBQ] Builder in 56

["Tom Mack via groups.io" <thommack=yahoo.com@groups.io>]

On Sat, Mar 20, 2021 at 07:38 PM, little-q@att.net wrote:
> Would they have been all facing forward?
The Q "elephant" style consists could be seen at any time, but in the late 1960's (can't recall the exact date off hand but I think it was 1968) it became the standard/preferred set-up. That being said, I have documented photos of both mixed (forward and backward) and elephant style consists on passenger trains between Chicago and Mpls/StP in 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, and 1969. In the BRHS Photo library there is a photo of westbound 31, the Empire Builder, in 1968, with five E8's and E9's with units facing both directions. So my evidence from the 1965-1969 clearly shows you could run them either way and still be prototypical.

NOTE: None of my photos, however, show the Q running the lead E-unit backwards. :-)
 
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Tom Mack
Cincinnati, OH

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