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Nostalgia & History > CB&Q Inbound Morning Express DinkeyDate: 08/04/15 09:34 CB&Q Inbound Morning Express Dinkey Author: MartyBernard An E8A, 5 gallery cars, a single level coach, and a coach/generator car all on the Zephyr Track flying through Westmont, IL on a frosty January 4, 1965.
Enjoy, Marty Bernard Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/04/15 09:35 by MartyBernard.  Date: 08/04/15 11:30 Re: CB&Q Inbound Morning Express Dinkey Author: Latebeans This is the first photo I have seen of heavyweight coaches (other the the gen. cars) mixed with the bi-levels.
Date: 08/04/15 11:47 Re: CB&Q Inbound Morning Express Dinkey Author: MartyBernard Latebeans Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > This is the first photo I have seen of heavyweight > coaches (other the the gen. cars) mixed with the > bi-levels. Actually it was not that uncommon on rush hour trains during the transition from single level to bi-level cars. Maybe I can did up some more. Marty Bernard Date: 08/04/15 18:17 Re: CB&Q Inbound Morning Express Dinkey Author: Atlpete I seem to remember a lot of off peak trains running with those HW converted combine power cars in the early sixities, in fact for the three odd times I road the Q to Brookfield or Downers Grove then it was the "norm. " I recall seeing three of them in the Witchita Falls, TX museum many years later looking pretty much like they did in the early sixites.
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