Santa Fe's Alco RS-1's were boiler equipped for passenger switching duty, as were the Fairbanks-Morse #'s 541-542-543. These latter three were a special order of staandard H12-44 switch engines lengthened to accommodate a short hood for the steam generator. They were known as model H12-44 TS and were specifically built for passenger switching duty at Dearborn Station. I remember seeing both types at Dearborn Station in Chicago in the 1960's
Steam switchers would already have had a ready supply of steam from the boiler. The first I remember Head End Power (HEP) was 1979, when Santa Fe/Amtrak parked an engine and some cars at Ft. Madison to familiarize maintenance forces with it. --- In [email protected], "raisinone" <raisin...@...> wrote: > > > > There was no "power source" as suchÂ… Head End Power (HEP) was still in the > future and would not have been available in the 40's and 50's. I'm also not > aware of many switchers with steam generators, although I know there were > some. > > Jim Kindraka > Plymouth, WI > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
