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Nostalgia & History > Coaling CB&Q 4960 at Mendota, IL on March 21, 1965Date: 12/14/17 23:21 Coaling CB&Q 4960 at Mendota, IL on March 21, 1965 Author: MartyBernard This coaling procedure was used for several fan trips. 6 photos.
Enjoy, Marty Bernard    Date: 12/14/17 23:22 Re: Coaling CB&Q 4960 at Mendota, IL on March 21, 1965 Author: MartyBernard .
   Date: 12/14/17 23:38 Re: Coaling CB&Q 4960 at Mendota, IL on March 21, 1965 Author: mp51w I like the cab shot and the wooden plank sidewalk!
Date: 12/15/17 08:18 Re: Coaling CB&Q 4960 at Mendota, IL on March 21, 1965 Author: kgmontreal Coaling with a dragline. I've seen everything now.
KG Date: 12/15/17 08:37 Re: Coaling CB&Q 4960 at Mendota, IL on March 21, 1965 Author: ntharalson It is interesting that they used a drag line instead of a clamshell bucket
to coal the engine. This is a first for me also. Nick Tharalson, Marion, IA Date: 12/15/17 18:02 Re: Coaling CB&Q 4960 at Mendota, IL on March 21, 1965 Author: WichitaJct The third photo looks like the engineer and conductor are conferring and approaching them is a guy who looks very much like a trainmaster.
Date: 12/16/17 05:56 Re: Coaling CB&Q 4960 at Mendota, IL on March 21, 1965 Author: SR2 About four weeks after this photo was taken, the 4960 was at Savanna, IL,
pulling passenger and freight trains through a low spot where the flooding Mississippi River was over the rails to the point that diesels with their low hanging traction motors could not pass through the low spot. A bit later, all traffic to the Twin Cities was being rerouted over the CNW through Eau Claire, WI. |