Re: [CBQ] What is it?

[Norm Metcalf <n.metcalf@worldnet.att.net>]

HOL WAGNER wrote:
> Norm:  Please post.
>  
> Rupert:
>  
> It's a steam shovel converted into a rip track crane for use at 
> Galesburg.  Coupled behind it is the Galesburg shop switcher, a class 
> E-1 0-4-0T.
>  
> Hol
> 
>   
>     Rupert & Maureen wrote:
>      > In the Carli Digital Collections - Knox College "Railroads in the
>     Midwest" - I found plenty of CB&Q photos including this one.  It is
>     a piece of MoW equipment on a turntable and appears to be a heavy
>     duty hoist, or something!
>      >
>     
> http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/knx_rail&CISOPTR=115&CISOBOX=1&REC=13
>     
> <http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/knx_rail&CISOPTR=115&CISOBOX=1&REC=13>
>      >
>      > Later in the collection there is also a good photo of derrick
>     crane 204202
>      >
>      > A search on the main Carli index for "CB&Q" pulled up 903 photo
>     references, most of which don't have an obvious connection.  Most of
>     the relevant photos can be found in the Knox College collection,
>     although there are also some postcards from another collection.
>      >
>      >
>      > Rupert Gamlen
>      > Auckland NZ
>      >



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