Re: [CBQ] Waycars and cabooses used on run-through trains

["Stephen Miller" <wabash1020@gmail.com>]

I have seen many UP cabooses on run thru in Ottumwa, Iowa in the 60s &70s. The train crews hop off and the new crews swing up on.  The usually exited the rear and the oncoming crew loaded on the front or forward end.

  I have also seen it happen on the lead engine.

They were going very slow but never stopped.  So I would image that unless the train wad taken apart in Burlington ( which I doubt) they would easy make Galesburg or beyond.

As to other cabooses. no i never saw any other road caboose.

I believe there is a picture of the getting ready to detrain between the depot and the jefferson st viaduct.  

Hope this give you some insight.

Stephen Miller

On Sun, Jun 27, 2021, 21:22 Doug Ramsay <drramsay@comcast.net> wrote:

Could anyone tell me if Union Pacific cabooses every ventured into Galesburg or points east on run-through trains out of Grand Island, or were CB&Q waycars always used? Also did cabooses from any of the other railroads that the CB&Q had run-through trains ever be seen on trains while running on the CB&Q?

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