BR&P wrote:I can't speak to that, but a bit later (1967-68 and maybe earlier/later) CB&Q power was run through on NYC/PC. It went west on LS-3, and I can't recall what was the flip side of that - NY-4 maybe? Again, the foreign power was never in the lead, probably for the same reason that Paul mentions above.
Here's a coincidence! I was thumbing through an old bound volume of TRAINS and opened the March 1967 issue. On Page 9, there is a picture of a train powered by NYC 2537, CBQ 142, CBQ 146, and NYC 25??.
Caption reads "GE hoods of New York Central and Burlington ownership roll through Aurora IL on the Q with the roads' new NYQ. Train pools power between Elkhart IN and Galesburg IL, enabling the lines to cut up to 12 hours off transcontinental schedules and improve their locomotive utilization ratios."
I guess railfans on the CB&Q got a treat of NYC units leading, while as mentioned above the BurliQ engines always were buried on NYC. Also presume the "NYQ" was Burlington's name for the train, but it was not not on the Central.
I apologize for drifting slightly from the "leased" topic but hope since we were discussing foreign power this would be tolerated or even welcomed.