The term "Scoot" was used by the C&NW workers to refer to their commuter trains. When I lived in the Aurora area 1973-1998 the BN (ex-Q) people always referred to their commuter trains as "Dinkies."
<< BTW, in the years 1939-52 when I lived in Riverside, and the CB&Q was an integral part of our everyday lives, I never remember any of these trains being referred as "Scoots". Perhaps that was a la
72 volt DC system provided by a Cummins diesel engine in a "power car", that was always on the west end of the train (train lighting only) as opposed to the current 480 volt 3-phase AC locomotive pro
The Q rotated their passenger diesels in "through" and torturous "commuter" service. All of the E-units I worked on had a "maximum/minimum field" knife switch in each of the electrical cabinets. Maxi
Denny, Since you really didn't get all the answers you were looking for I thought I'd take a crack. I double checked some of my data with Ed DeRouin, who had an article printed on "Land of the Burlin
I remember seeing several painted blue (may have been left over from the War Bond paint scheme). Bob Campbell [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
For society information, see Burlington Bulletin no. 1, (vol. 1 no. 1 dated Oct. 1980) which is devoted to "Dinkies in Transition." It has many photos of the equipment used in the 1940s and 1950s, in