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The first photo was taken in Sheep Canyon, Wyo., which is north
of Greybull, Wyo., and hard to access! One has to assume the
photographer road the train to the photo site. The second photo
was taken on Crawford Hill, Nebraska.
John Olson
On 5/20/2022 12:24 PM, William Barber
wrote:
Mark,
There were 16 four unit FT sets delivered to the Q
starting in late 1944 and continuing into 1945. During the war,
they were not broken up as they were drawbar equipped. After the
war, when the Q purchased some F2 model units, some of the sets
were separated into three unit consists with one F2 and two FTs.
I am not aware of any run through operation of the Q FTs during
the war or after it. They operated from Chicago west to Denver
and into Wyoming. There is a photo of a four unit consist in the
Wind River canyon in Wyoming pulling a train of tank cars. The
photo was taken by a Q company photographer. One of the primary
reasons for the acquisition of the FTs, was to release 2-10-4
locomotives for service in the Illinois coal fields. They also
provided greater availability, lower maintenance and fuel
savings over the 2-10-4s in main Line service. Attached are a
couple of photos from the BRHS Flickr gallery in the members
only section, showing FT operations during the war. The first is
in the Wind River Canyon and the second is an unknown western
location.
Bill Barber
Gravois Mills, MO
Re: Run through motive power -
FTs
From: sellarsmark_aus
Date:
Fri, 20 May 2022 01:06:32 PDT
Greetings everyone,
During WWII the War Production Board
allocated some FT sets to the CB&Q.
These were, I understand,
to primarliy increase efficiency of fuel oil shipments to
the Pacific north west.
I also understand the sets were used
in a power pool on other routes as well.
Can anyone add to the above scant
information?
I guess much of the SE -NW route
would be over the C&S -FW&D.
Did the sets runs as four or three
unit sets in WWII?
Mark Sellars
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