Thank heavens someone is giving the props to the Q. They weren't the biggest or the fastest. They were far from the fanciest railroad but there was something special there just like every other of the bigger roads. The Twin Cities Zephyrs matched the CN&W and MILW. Road timetables even thought the Q's route was many miles longer. NYC had 100s of Mohawks. Pennsy had 100s of K4s. CB&Q had 30 or 40 O5s? Still, they were awesome locomotives that could pull 90 car freights at 60mph or a long string of heavyweights at 85 or 90.
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