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As mentioned earlier, The Missabe would lease out the Yellowstones in the winter to DRGW. How they got there I have never heard since routing the 2-8-8-4 from the factory was rather roundabout due to clearences. My guess would have them routed over the Northern Pacfic since they had similar sized engines and then maybe UP to Denver. The Pennsy also leased ATSF 2-10-4's in 1958 to haul coal in Ohio. The main difference there was that the ATSF 5000's were oil burners so PRR had to provide oil fuel which was most likely Bunker C oil--fairly close to liquid tar used in asphalt roads. These engines were used on the Sandusky line. Moving on to the diesel era. UP & CB&Q pooled GP-7/9's on a run through from Chicago to points west. The NIckel Plate Road leased about 50 plus GP-9's from the C&O with Automatic Train Control(ATC) to implement dieselization on the Chicago Division, thereby making the fabulous Berkshires obsolete. The last regular steam run on the NKP Chicago Division was June of 1958 But remember the two rules of model railroading: 1. This is my layout and I will interpret it as I wish! 2. While discussion of layout building/design and prototypical operations are welcome, those that desire to object should refer back to Rule # ! Run Trains and Have Fun,
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