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Peter- Great info! Thanks! Always love to see or hear about bizarre equipment. Others out there probably do, too. Is there a picture you can post , or maybe a link??? Looks like there's really no big difference between a KKB van and a segunda en el mixto, except the segunda didn't have partitions--the chickens, pigs and sheep just hung around with los pasajeros y el garrotero (brakemen to us, guard to you), ya know: Libertad, Equalidad, Fraternidad para todos los creaturas de Dios (en el coche segundo clase)-- Viva Mexico, Viva Queensland (????)!! Never to be seen again--they privatized FNM and the US partners saw to it they dumped what was left of the pax svc ASAP. Those cattle trains must be a sight to see. SG or NG? How far are they allowed to run before they have to put the cattle off to rest? I assume the distance is reasonable, otherwise they couldn't compete with trucks. And you're absolutely right about anything and everything on pax trains up here near the end. Some of it was intentional. Those flexi's were likely carrying bulk mail; ATSF did the same in the 60's, with a set of dedicated container flats (well before that was the "in" thing to do) carrying storage mail. Had some on the Grand Canyon and, if I recall right, SF Chief, back when I rode in 1967. ATSF still had a class operation at that time. Kozzie-- RE: RS-1's, picked up a copy of April's Railmodel Journal last night and, lo and behold, here's an article by a guy talking about the Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic (DSSA) up in the frozen north (MN, WI, MI upper peninsula) that says the locomotive of choice on their main pax run (2-car, so you can easily model it-he has a HW coach and HW comb baggage/RPO) from Superior WI through to the Soo Line (who ultimately bought them) was an RS-1. FYI, with Gunn, ATK has dropped the MHCs but is still pulling some roadrailers on some trains. Don't get me wrong--he's doing about the best anyone can, but #58 going on the ground last nite isn't going to help a bit. And, both of you, given your current spatial orientation, does being a "southerner who is just visiting" make Peter sort of like a #&%@!Yankee?????? (You don't have to answer that!)[(-D] Kozzie--are the local QL HST clone services still in jeopardy, or did the politicians see the light?? Peter, that may apply to you too--were they trying to gut your services also?? It's a lot of fun conversing back & forth with you two blokes, hope we're not getting too far afield of the subject of the string.
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