by ExCon90
The latest issue of First & Fastest has a photo of a C&NW Pacific pulling 3 then-new gallery cars, not enough diesels yet being on the property. I always assumed that the gallery cars used HEP; did they actually have the axle-driven generators and batteries typical of that time, or did C&NW dummy up some kind of power car to fill the gap till the diesels arrived? (You can't tell from the photo whether there's anything behind the gallery cars--something is in the way.) I considered posting this on the C&NW forum but it seemed likely that more people who are up on Chicago commuter operations would see it here.