RE: [CBQ] Re: FW: [steamlocomotivephotosandrestoration] Sandwich Fair Train

["Rob & Bev Manley" <robev1630@sbcglobal.net>]

Make sure you have the popcorn at the ticket depot. It’s the crunchiest. We have ridden the Hudson many times and that beast doesn’t even work hard. It is truly a work of art.

 

Rob Manley

 

From: CBQ@yahoogroups.com [mailto:CBQ@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of cbq_bill
Sent: Friday, September 27, 2013 8:46 PM
To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [CBQ] Re: FW: [steamlocomotivephotosandrestoration] Sandwich Fair Train

 

 

Wow ! I will have to go visit the Sandwich Fair Train in 2014 to see this live steam Q Hudson. Does anyone in BRHS have any contacts with the group that runs it ? Maybe they could have a "special event" for the BRHS as part of a future BRHS meeting in Sandwich ?

Bill H

--- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com, William Barber <clipperw@...> wrote:
>
> Noel,
>
> I have seen the Q hudson at the Sandwich County Fair a number of times. The "blue" boiler jacket is actually blued steel (Google it for a description). I believe that the hot process was used. Mr. Otto was an excellent metal craftsman. The bluing, which is also used on firearms, protects the metal from rust and corrosion without painting. The cylinder jackets are stainless steel and are also not painted. The electronic bell that you hear in one scene, is not on the locomotive, but is rather the crossing warning signal which is also part of the grade crossing lights, much like those found on real railroad crossings, now days. As you mentioned, the whistle is very close to what I remember of Q locomotives. The model was built in the early 1970's and first ran at the fair in 1974. It only operates during the fair once a year except for a few special events. Mr. Otto died in 1994, but his family carries on the tradition.
>
> Bill Barber
> Gravois Mills, MO
>
> On Sep 26, 2013, at 4:42 AM, CBQ@yahoogroups.com wrote:
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> > 1bRe: FW: [steamlocomotivephotosandrestoration] Sandwich Fair Train
> > Wed Sep 25, 2013 4:48 pm (PDT) . Posted by:"Noel Crawford" cbqsteamThat is beautiful. Whistle sounds very Q as I remember them, but that
> > electronic bell has to go! Also the engineer needs to learn how to run
> > it. Sliding the drivers at a stop is really bad. Is that boiler painted
> > blue? If it is get two ropes. One for the engineer and one for the
> > painter. Sacrilege!!! LMAO
> > Noel ( with hot valve oil for blood in my veins)
> >
> > On 9/25/2013 6:42 PM, Charlie Vlk wrote:
> > >
> > > A 15" gauge CB&Q 4-6-4, at Sandwich, IL.
> > >
> > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2_Tb182fl0
> > >
> > >
>

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