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Nostalgia & History > 'Silver Streak' on the M&StL G-E 26 in 1958Date: 05/05/15 09:23 'Silver Streak' on the M&StL G-E 26 in 1958 Author: valmont This one is labeled "M&StL #GE-26 Tr #14, Minneapolis, Minn.date 7-25-58". It's a red bordered gray mount. The lettering is clearly Bruce Black's, although he didn't add his name or initials anywhere. There is some 'speed blur' on the front end this shot.
Date: 05/05/15 09:27 Re: 'Silver Streak' on the M&StL G-E 26 in 1958 Author: mcfflyer Wow! The GE motor is pulling a trailer and two express cars? Impressive! Couldn't do that (legally) with the RDC-4s they had!
Lee Hower - Sacramento Date: 05/05/15 10:45 Re: 'Silver Streak' on the M&StL G-E 26 in 1958 Author: CPR_4000 I wonder if one of those snazzy Budd coaches was bringing up the markers?
Date: 05/05/15 10:47 Re: 'Silver Streak' on the M&StL G-E 26 in 1958 Author: mcfflyer CPR_4000 Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > I wonder if one of those snazzy Budd coaches was > bringing up the markers? I don't think so. Weren't those Budd coaches gone about the time they got the RDCs? And the GE's have passenger compartments built into them, which was right at the end of service, after the coaches and RDCs were gone. Date: 05/05/15 11:24 Re: 'Silver Streak' on the M&StL G-E 26 in 1958 Author: rrartist Date: 05/05/15 12:05 Re: 'Silver Streak' on the M&StL G-E 26 in 1958 Author: ATSF100WEST Great photo, Vince - I really like seeing "doodlebugs" towing a train. I just tried a little tweak to deminish (not eliminate) the speed blur. It involves several steps in Photoshop.
Thanks for sharing Bruce' image with us. Bob ATSF100WEST......Out Date: 05/05/15 13:17 Re: 'Silver Streak' on the M&StL G-E 26 in 1958 Author: NebraskaZephyr mcfflyer Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > I don't think so. Weren't those Budd coaches > gone about the time they got the RDCs? And the > GE's have passenger compartments built into them, > which was right at the end of service, after the > coaches and RDCs were gone. Correct. The six streamlined coaches were sold to the Rock Island in either '56 or early '57 after arrival of the RDC-4s, unique in having passenger accomodations for 16. Unable to reliably pull trailers (even aluminum-bodied ones built especially for the RDCs), the RDCs departed in about a year, traded to the C&O for 32 used coal hoppers. It was upon the departure of the RDCs that a couple of the GE motorcars were rebuilt with a modest passenger compartment and given the silver/red scheme. NZ Date: 05/05/15 14:49 Re: 'Silver Streak' on the M&StL G-E 26 in 1958 Author: CPR_4000 http://www.northeast.railfan.net/images/mstl33.jpg
Thanks for the timeline on the Budd coach/RDC question. Are the two windows on the far end of the car in this photo the "coach" section? Date: 05/05/15 15:47 Re: 'Silver Streak' on the M&StL G-E 26 in 1958 Author: NebraskaZephyr CPR_4000 Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > http://www.northeast.railfan.net/images/mstl33.jpg > > Thanks for the timeline on the Budd coach/RDC > question. Are the two windows on the far end of > the car in this photo the "coach" section? Yes. Note that end of the car has a full vestibule with stairwell for the passengers, as opposed to stirrup steps at the near end for the crew. NZ Date: 05/05/15 17:23 Re: 'Silver Streak' on the M&StL G-E 26 in 1958 Author: Atlpete My understanding this version actually ran for a little while after they got approval to pull the plug on the passenger schedule as they still had some lcl express and connecting forwarding contracts to fulfill. Great photo,
(nice painting too) Love the "Tootin 'Louis" Date: 05/05/15 21:47 Re: 'Silver Streak' on the M&StL G-E 26 in 1958 Author: bnsfsd70 Woah! I've never seen this one before!
- Jeff Carlson Date: 05/06/15 08:19 Re: 'Silver Streak' on the M&StL G-E 26 in 1958 Author: ntharalson Pardon my ignorance, but from where to Minneapolis did this train operate/ I'm thinking it was
the former Minnesota Western, but I'm not up enough on the "Tootin' Louie" to know. Nick Tharalson, Marion, IA Date: 05/08/15 19:56 Re: 'Silver Streak' on the M&StL G-E 26 in 1958 Author: DavidP ntharalson Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Pardon my ignorance, but from where to Minneapolis > did this train operate/ I'm thinking it was > the former Minnesota Western, but I'm not up > enough on the "Tootin' Louie" to know. > > Nick Tharalson, > Marion, IA Train 14 operated overnight from Watertown, SD, due in Minneapolis at 6:30am. Dave |