CBQ 9305

Name	Type	Comments	Date

Alan Fricker	General	Wendy-that's a couple of Flexi-Vans on the flat car behind the Alco. I wonder if they came over as interchange from the New York Central.	6/1/2013 5:22:36 PM

Robert Farkas	General	That Alco was probably making-up/breaking-up that passenger train.	6/1/2013 8:35:15 PM

Chris S	General	Nice!	6/4/2013 3:36:15 PM

Jim Bruce	General	That unit apears to be CBQ 8305 and apears to be an ALCO probably an S2 or S4. Contributor Chuck Zeiler has a lot shots similar to this so he will probably be able to help you more.	6/4/2013 5:44:27 PM

Dennis Weber	General	I Agree With Chris.	6/6/2013 6:04:53 PM

Jim Bruce	General	Wendy, that unit is CBQ 9305 and is an ALCO S2, here's Chucks shot: http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=1309318. Hope that Helps.	6/6/2013 6:40:55 PM

Marty Bernard	General	And the train almost has to be the California Zephyr. But where south of Union Station was the shot taken?	4/9/2014 7:14:24 PM

Chuck Zeiler	General	According the BRHS's Burlington Bulletin #2 (edited by Hol Wagner) most of the Alco's were assigned to the Chicago area upon delivery in 1943-44. A couple (9302-9305) were assigned to Lincoln. At the end of WWII (when EMD was building switchers again) the Alco's started heading west, and by 1958 all were assigned to Denver. All were delivered with the slogans painted on the hood, and in 1958 the BURLINGTON scheme was adopted. Also, the first flexi-vans were built for the NYC in 1957. I would conclude that the location is Denver. This may be the CZ based on the domes and baggage car, mail (Flexi-vans) were generally not assigned to the CZ. But if this conclusion is correct, the photo presents another conundrum; the CZ was a run-though train at Denver and stopped to change power (from CB&Q to D&RGW) and re-stock the train with provisions and water.	9/24/2014 11:57:22 AM

Wendy Crim	General	I believe you are right Chuck. Take a look at this postcard from 1977 I found of Denver. It looks like some of the buildings match just that it is taken from the opposite side. http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=169167	9/24/2014 12:19:19 PM

Chuck Zeiler	General	I got the explanation from Hol Wagner: The CZ was wyed upon its morning arrival in Denver from Chicago. As the train reached the 23rd Street roundhouse, coachyard and servicing facilities, the E-units were cut off and replaced by a switcher, normally an Alco S2 such as the 9305 in the photo, and the train was pulled through the wash rack, which formed one leg of the wye. The photo shows the train pulling on around that leg of the wye to Prospect Junction, from which point it was shoved back around the other leg all the way into Denver Union Depot. The switcher was then cut off and replaced by the Rio Grande power, which took the train on west, heading out as far as Prospect Junction over the same track the freshly washed train had used in reaching the depot.	9/24/2014 1:51:15 PM

CBQ 9305
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Date: 6/1/1967	Location: Denver, CO	Views: 787	Collection Of: Wendy Crim
Locomotives: CBQ 9305(S2)			Author: Wendy Crim

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