I will keep that in mind.
--
David Streeter
On 3/22/2021 10:15 AM, William Barber wrote:
Dave,
The Q didn’t start adding MU to the front of their E units until the
mid to late 1950s per the BRHS E Unit Bulletin No. 10 and didn’t
finish the work until the early 1960s. Having spent a lot of time
around the Q tracks in Downers Grove in the mid 1950s and later, my
recollection is that most main line passenger trains during the latter
1950s, only had two units on them unless there was some combination
with an E5 B unit. The Builder, the NCL, DZ and others all had two
units back to back. Some trains, like the Afternoon TCZ usually had
two E7s while other trains warranted E8/9s. By the mid 1960s, when all
units were equipped with front end MU, any combination was possible.
However, if you look in the passenger train album of the BRHS Flickr
gallery, you will find several photos of the EB with two units back to
back in the mid 1960s. By then, all of the Es had red nose stripes.
Keep in mind, train size generally determined the number of
locomotives required. When they were combining all of the trains out
of the Twin Cities, they needed three and even four units. . Attached
is a photo of the EB in 1956 from BRHS Flickr.
Bill Barber
Gravois Mills, MO
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group.
View/Reply Online (#61735): https://groups.io/g/CBQ/message/61735
Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/81490430/703214
Group Owner: CBQ+owner@groups.io
Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/CBQ/leave/1544929/703214/691670059/xyzzy
[archives@nauer.org]
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
|