BQ23-7

[Anonymous]

Help!
I found some old train magazines and I saw some pictures of a Seaboard Coast Line BQ23-7. Other than the shape of the cab, what is the main difference in it, than the B23-7. Did the funny shape cab give better visibility or have more power? Talking about butt ugly, this was it.

Larry

[eolafan]

Larry the BQ23-7 was one of the original "tests" for what today is the quite common wide cab units such as the "standard" Dash9 we see so often on BNSF or the SD70M on the UP. The Q stood for "Crew Quarters" as it had an area for the conductor to work at a "desk", etc. I believe the SCL was the only road to buy these units, which were otherwise a standard B23-7 except for the cab configuration. Jim, Aurora, IL

[Anonymous]

DITTO. [:D] I guess I have to be a little quicker around here [:p][:D]

[Anonymous]

Jim,
Thanks for the info. It didn't cross my mind at the time, that this was leading up to the design of the wide body cabs of today.

Larry