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

["Gordon Smith" <kc2bw@optonline.net>]

Lets not forget the silver UP cabooses that ran on the Burlington...

https://utahrails.net/caboose/caboose-paint.php#aluminum

Gordon Smith

Michael Woodruff wrote:
> Here is a discussion of the UP Pool cabooses (marked with the red "P")
> from Don Strack's site:
> https://utahrails.net/caboose/caboose-steel-features.php#pool
>
> And here is a pic (albeit, not on the CB&Q or BN):
> http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=445668
>
> msw
> wa
>
> On Sun, Jun 27, 2021 at 9:11 PM Charlie Vlk <cvlk@comcast.net
> <mailto:cvlk@comcast.net>> wrote:
>
>     Yes....
>     UP had cabooses marked with a “P” specifically (I think) for the run
>     through trains.  I remember seeing UP crummies at Brookfield.  I
>     presume that the Q waycars likewise were seen on the UP.
>     I don’t recall seeing EL or other run through partner cabooses.
>     Reminds me of the Clyde Yardmaster (?) who used to block transfer
>     run engines from getting to their caboose so they had to run home
>     without it.  We had a thread about this some time ago....maybe one
>     of you has the particulars.   I do recall seeing a number of foreign
>     hacks at the Cicero end of the yard from the inbound dinky when I
>     was commuting.
>
>     Charlie Vlk
>
>
> >     On Jun 27, 2021, at 9:22 PM, Doug Ramsay <drramsay@comcast.net
> >     <mailto: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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