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January 24, 2019
Bill - Pete will have to confirm this, but the Corbin Book shows that his beloved No. 440 (what an appropriate road number for a 4-4-0 American type) was built by the Q at their Havelock, NE, Shops in 1916 as a Class A-2. Only 10 years old, it was retired in July 1926 and was then bought by Pete's grandfather for further use on the family's Rockport Langdon & Northport Railroad in Missouri.
No. 440 was loaned to the Q for exhibition purposes in 1940, if I remember correctly, and displayed at various stations on Lines East. In the DVD, No. 440 is showing departing the RL&N under tow with a slope back tender, yet it was displayed and returned back with a box tender. May be Pete can explain what happened..... I'm attaching a photograph taken of No. 440 while on display in Aurora, IL.
It's unfortunate that No. 440 met the torch when the railroad was abandoned and dismantled at the close of World War Two. Yes indeed, Pete's DVD is full of, as you put it, great historical footage. I, too, thought the Q ditcher footage was excellent. Best Regards - Louis
Louis Zadnichek II
Fairhope, AL
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