tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5622047938401309680.post1687263315889608889..comments2024-03-22T16:06:27.288-04:00Comments on White River Division: The Ambassador's Meet at White River Jct.George Dutkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05069010862738504801noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5622047938401309680.post-83278050496325747272019-04-19T16:24:13.540-04:002019-04-19T16:24:13.540-04:00Hi John:
I am thinking Ken was also working from m...Hi John:<br />I am thinking Ken was also working from memory and the time could be a bit off...but anyhow it was late afternoon...GeorgeGeorge Dutkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05069010862738504801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5622047938401309680.post-44718722387322810702019-04-19T10:45:41.445-04:002019-04-19T10:45:41.445-04:00Thanks for the extra information John...GeorgeThanks for the extra information John...GeorgeGeorge Dutkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05069010862738504801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5622047938401309680.post-72153323248422308752019-04-19T10:45:06.270-04:002019-04-19T10:45:06.270-04:00Thinking about this, I have a CV Employee Timetabl...Thinking about this, I have a CV Employee Timetable 65, dated April 25, 1965, which I guess would be the one in effect on the date the photos were taken. You indicate the NB Ambassador was in thee station at 1630. However, the SB train 76 in the timetable arrived at 1435; after turning, the NB 75 left at 1515. So the exact movements in the photos may be unusual and don't correspond with my memory, which, however, is more than 50 years ago.John Brucehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04625895756906828468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5622047938401309680.post-78100217961883559322019-04-19T10:25:04.362-04:002019-04-19T10:25:04.362-04:00I watched this process several times when I was in...I watched this process several times when I was in the area during 1965-66, and rode these trains as well. My memory is that the locos on the Ambassador were exchanged in both directions. The NB CV Ambassador in the photo has a single GP, while the Washingtonian-Montrealer had two CV units. The B&M trains, both Ambassador and Washingtonian-Montrealer always had two B&M units, an F7A and B. My memory is that the F7 set was also wyed at the time the trains were exchanged and returned south to Springfield with the SB Ambassador. The photos I took in West Leb in 1966 suggest that by that time the power for the B&M WRJ-Springfield train was about the only thing that laid over. But someone may be able to clarify this. John Brucehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04625895756906828468noreply@blogger.com