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Wed, 29 Jun 2016 20:04:28 +0000 To: "CBQ@yahoogroups.com" Thread-Topic: [CBQ] The last F unit Thread-Index: AQHR0IAnsTvoxbflWUWOZObCidOJiZ/9fudRgAHMLECAAWheJQ== Message-ID: References: ,<0C6AD0AACDDE544EBA991D4337458D41A09287A0AC@SMSERVER.sm.local> In-Reply-To: <0C6AD0AACDDE544EBA991D4337458D41A09287A0AC@SMSERVER.sm.local> Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: yes X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: authentication-results: spf=softfail (sender IP is 25.152.76.53) smtp.mailfrom=msn.com; yahoogroups.com; dkim=none (message not signed) header.d=none;yahoogroups.com; dmarc=fail action=none header.from=msn.com; X-received-spf: SoftFail (protection.outlook.com: domain of transitioning msn.com discourages use of 25.152.76.53 as permitted sender) x-ms-exchange-messagesentrepresentingtype: 1 x-tmn: [NtSrPEwGHvxytlVys4lIo4pYfasqyJt6] x-eopattributedmessage: 0 x-forefront-antispam-report: CIP:25.152.76.53;IPV:NLI;CTRY:GB;EFV:NLI;SFV:NSPM;SFS:(10019020)(98900003);DIR:OUT;SFP:1102;SCL:1;SRVR:BL2NAM02HT085;H:BY1PR14MB0024.namprd14.prod.outlook.com;FPR:;SPF:None;CAT:NONE;LANG:en;CAT:NONE; x-ms-office365-filtering-correlation-id: db2d6e16-87c6-463d-7d57-08d3a05893eb x-microsoft-antispam: UriScan:;BCL:0;PCL:0;RULEID:(1601124038)(5061506196)(5061507196)(1603103041)(1601125047);SRVR:BL2NAM02HT085; x-exchange-antispam-report-cfa-test: BCL:0;PCL:0;RULEID:(432015012)(102415321)(82015046);SRVR:BL2NAM02HT085;BCL:0;PCL:0;RULEID:;SRVR:BL2NAM02HT085; x-forefront-prvs: 09888BC01D X-OriginatorOrg: outlook.com X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-originalarrivaltime: 29 Jun 2016 20:04:28.3457 (UTC) X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-fromentityheader: Internet X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-id: 84df9e7f-e9f6-40af-b435-aaaaaaaaaaaa X-MS-Exchange-Transport-CrossTenantHeadersStamped: BL2NAM02HT085 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 29 Jun 2016 20:04:48.0252 (UTC) FILETIME=[7D0323C0:01D1D241] X-Originating-IP: 98.138.215.81 X-Original-From: Hol Wagner From: "Hol Wagner holpennywagner@msn.com [CBQ]" X-Yahoo-Profile: fhw632 Sender: CBQ@yahoogroups.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Mailing-List: list CBQ@yahoogroups.com; contact CBQ-owner@yahoogroups.com Delivered-To: mailing list CBQ@yahoogroups.com List-Id: Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2016 20:04:28 +0000 Subject: Re: [CBQ] The last F unit [2 Attachments] Reply-To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: groups-email-tradh-m Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="_000_BY1PR14MB0024FD5B8C768D63026F89A5CA230BY1PR14MB0024namp_" --_000_BY1PR14MB0024FD5B8C768D63026F89A5CA230BY1PR14MB0024namp_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Jogged my memory a bit (after all, this was 46 years ago!) and did a bit of= digging and here are two views of Q 168A in service on the BN. In May 197= 0, just over two months after the BN merger, my good friend Ken Crist journ= eyed east from Denver to Lincoln to catch the GN and Q E7s that were then r= unning in freight service out of Lincoln, and also the 168A, since it was t= he only Q F-unit to survive the merger. He got great shots of the E7s and = learned that the F-unit was working the Lincoln-Sioux City turn. So he dro= ve over to Ashland and followed the line all the way up to Sioux City, arri= ving late in the evening to find the 168A and Q GP7 265 coupled and sitting= at the GN roundhouse, waiting to head back south to Lincoln with the local= freight. Unfortunately, they were to depart during the night, so Ken had = to be satisfied with a tight shot of the pair at the roundhouse, with a ren= umbered former GN GP7, now BN 1527, on the next track, giving testimony tha= t it was indeed a post-merger photo. The 168A was pretty worn and ratty by= this time, but a month later it was far worse looking when I caught up wit= h it at the former Q 23rd St. roundhouse in Denver on a dreary, rainy June = afternoon. It had been turned on the turntable (I photographed that scene,= too) after coming in from Lincoln with a drag freight and was placed on th= e point of a remarkable power consist to take a similar freight back east. = In the intervening month since Ken photographed the old F-unit, the 168's = nose herald had been peeled of and the BURLINGTON lettering on its sides li= terally scratched off, leaving it with no ownership identification anywhere= in sight. Its builder's plates had also been removed -- no doubt by a rai= lfan -- but its F7 plates were still in place, as was its anachronistic wag= onwheel radio antenna. And the five-unit motive power consist it headed wa= s a real gem: Behind the 168A were two F7 B-units, the first a leased D&RG= W unit and the second a former GN unit in Omaha orange and Pullman green. = Next was an unrenumbered Q GP35 in Chinese red, and last came a former GN h= igh-nose GP20 in Big Sky Blue. I would not have believed it if I had not s= een and photographed it! And sadly, that would be the last time I saw the = 168A. Hol ________________________________ From: CBQ@yahoogroups.com on behalf of Scott Manley s= cott.manley@smsooland.com [CBQ] Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2016 1:49 PM To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [CBQ] The last F unit Found this on the internet regarding 168A http://www.railpictures.net/photo/259885/ From: CBQ@yahoogroups.com [mailto:CBQ@yahoogroups.com] Sent: Monday, June 27, 2016 11:22 AM To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [CBQ] The last F unit Michael: It operated several times between Lincoln and Sioux City that I'm aware of. Hol ________________________________ From: CBQ@yahoogroups.com on behalf of Michael Matali= s mmatalis@sprynet.com [CBQ] Sent: Monday, June 27, 2016 8:28 AM To: Q Subject: [CBQ] The last F unit CB&Q F7A 168A made it to merger day, but did the BN ever operate it? The 19= 71 Motive Power Annual seems to say so, there=92s a photo of it coupled to = other power a couple months after the merger but I=92m not sure if this was= for a train or if it was just being shuffled around in storage. The fact t= hat it was traded in to EMD a few months later without being renumbered see= ms to indicate that it=92s operational days on the BN were few if any. Thank you kindly, Michael Matalis Downers Grove IL You can see my railroad photography blog at http://www.chasingheavymetal.co= m/blog/ You can see my photos and my ugly mug at http://www.flickr.com/photos/prair= ierailfan/sets/ And you can now find me and my fine felines on Facebook --_000_BY1PR14MB0024FD5B8C768D63026F89A5CA230BY1PR14MB0024namp_ Content-Type: text/html; charset=Windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable [Attachment(s) from Hol Wagner included= below]

Jogged my memory a bit (after all, this was 46 years ago!) and did a bit= of digging and here are two views of Q 168A in service on the BN.  In= May 1970, just over two months after the BN merger, my good friend Ken Cri= st journeyed east from Denver to Lincoln to catch the GN and Q E7s that were then running in freight service out of= Lincoln, and also the 168A, since it was the only Q F-unit to survive the = merger.  He got great shots of the E7s and learned that the F-unit was= working the Lincoln-Sioux City turn.  So he drove over to Ashland and followed the line all the way up to Sioux = City, arriving late in the evening to find the 168A and Q GP7 265 coupled a= nd sitting at the GN roundhouse, waiting to head back south to Lincoln with= the local freight.  Unfortunately, they were to depart during the night, so Ken had to be satisfied with a ti= ght shot of the pair at the roundhouse, with a renumbered former GN GP7, no= w BN 1527, on the next track, giving testimony that it was indeed a post-me= rger photo.  The 168A was pretty worn and ratty by this time, but a month later it was far worse looking wh= en I caught up with it at the former Q 23rd St. roundhouse in Denver on a d= reary, rainy June afternoon.  It had been turned on the turntable (I p= hotographed that scene, too) after coming in from Lincoln with a drag freight and was placed on the point of a remar= kable power consist to take a similar freight back east.  In the inter= vening month since Ken photographed the old F-unit, the 168's nose herald h= ad been peeled of and the BURLINGTON lettering on its sides literally scratched off, leaving it with no ownersh= ip identification anywhere in sight.  Its builder's plates had also be= en removed -- no doubt by a railfan -- but its F7 plates were still in plac= e, as was its anachronistic wagonwheel radio antenna.  And the five-unit motive power consist it headed was = a real gem:  Behind the 168A were two F7 B-units, the first a leased D= &RGW unit and the second a former GN unit in Omaha orange and Pullman g= reen.  Next was an unrenumbered Q GP35 in Chinese red, and last came a former GN high-nose GP20 in Big Sky Blue.  I wou= ld not have believed it if I had not seen and photographed it!  And sa= dly, that would be the last time I saw the 168A.


Hol



From: CBQ@yahoogroups.com= <CBQ@yahoogroups.com> on behalf of Scott Manley scott.manley@smsoola= nd.com [CBQ] <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2016 1:49 PM
To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [CBQ] The last F unit
 
 

Found this on the internet regarding 168A

 

http://www.railpictures.net/photo/259885/

 

 

 

From:= CBQ@yahoogroups.com [mailto:CBQ@yahoogrou= ps.com]
Sent: Monday, June 27, 2016 11:22 AM
To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [CBQ] The last F unit

 

 

Michael:

 =

It operated s= everal times between Lincoln and Sioux City that I'm aware of.

 =

Hol

 

From: CBQ@yahoogroups.com <CBQ@yahoogroups.com> on behalf o= f Michael Matalis mmatalis@sprynet.com [CBQ] <CBQ@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Monday, June 27, 2016 8:28 AM
To: Q
Subject: [CBQ] The last F unit =

 

 

CB&Q F7A 168A made it to merger day, but did the BN ever operat= e it? The 1971 Motive Power Annual seems to say so, there=92s a photo of it= coupled to other power a couple months after the merger but I=92m not sure if this was for a train or if it was just be= ing shuffled around in storage. The fact that it was traded in to EMD a few= months later without being renumbered seems to indicate that it=92s operat= ional days on the BN were few if any.

Thank you kindly,

Michael Matalis
Downers Grove IL

You can see my railroad photography blog at http://www.chasingheavymetal.co= m/blog/
You can see my photos and my ugly mug at http://www.flickr.com/photos/prair= ierailfan/sets/
And you can now find me and my fine felines on Facebook



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