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The fact that steam locomotives operated only between division points before requiring extensive maintenance and round house time would work against "run throughs' as we think of them today. While there was extensive leasing of motive power between roads, the economics would give accountants today nightmares. Following the "leasing" of the T-1's to Pennsylvania, those engines were returned in such poor shape that they went directly to the scrap yards virtually run into the ground while Reading's home road T-1's still had some useful life left in them because of on line maintenance in Reading's shops. The reliability of the diesels that replaced steam, and the extended periods between maintenace leant themselves to the leasing and eventually todays pooled power. This was however a while in coming. The California Zephyer had dedicated power by each of its participants. The pooled cars of the train were run from coast to coast but each participating railroad supplied the locomotives for their share of the journey, with few run throughs of either WP, DRG&W, or CB&Q motive power. <br /> <br />In this time frame the presence of foreign power on the line was the execption rather than the rule, except for the short term leases to meet seasonal needs. <br />Will
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