Re: [cpsig] Gyralights (was Re: Domes and icicle breaker cars)
- From: "Roger Traviss" <rogertra@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <cpsig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2010 21:58:29 -0800
The Canadian usually was handled by FP's but it was handled by Geeps on
more
than one occasion. Several groups of geeps were passenger equipped
although
the Dominion was far more likely to be handled by Geeps than the Canadian.
An FP-GP-FP combination was also quite common as were FP-FB-FB's or
FP-GP-GP
or FP-GP-FB or other variations thereof. And there are lots of photos that
show an RS18 in the consist as well, but generally speaking they did not
run
RS18's west of Calgary.
Around 1978 or so, close to when I'd moved to Vancouver in 1977, there was
an RS18 in the consist when the train arrived in Vancouver. :-)
We went down from the model railway club to have a look at it, it being a
rare bird in BC.
It was the centre unit in a three unit consist.
Roger Traviss
Photos of the late GER: -
http://www.highspeedplus.com/~rogertra/
For more photos not in the above album and kitbashes etc..:-
http://s94.photobucket.com/albums/l99/rogertra/Great_Eastern/
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