Bill,
I can not find a single oil burning O5A on a 01-Apr-45 assignment
sheet. At that particular time the 5632 was assigned to the Aurora
Division as was the 5629. 5614,5631,5633 were assigned to the
La Crosse Division.
Russ
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From: "bill_og" <haywarb@b...>
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Sent: Wednesday, 03 April, 2002 12:44
Subject: [BRHSlist] #5632 O-5 4-8-4: Ever Burn Coal ?
> I have read that CB&Q #5632 was an oil burner during its steam
> excursion days. Was this locomotive ever a coal burner ?
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> I looked up the 4-8-4 O-5 locos last night in Corbin's book "Steam
> Locomotives of the Burlington Route". Although it is stated that
> some of the O-5 locos were converted to oil, the roster does not
> state the fuel status.
>
> The Colorado RR Museum's website states that their CB&Q #5629 was
> converted to an oil burner about 1950, so I assume that it was built
> as a coal burner. Is this a correct assumption ?
>
> Does anyone know if the other preserved O-5's were coal burners or
> converted oil burners (or built as oil burners) ? #5614 (St. Joe,
> MO), #5631 (Sheridan, WY), and #5633 Douglas, WY) are the other O-5
> locos.
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> Were any O-5 locos originally built as oil burners ?
>
> The reason that I ask is that 3rd Rail's photo (web site stated in
> previous post) of their O-scale/O-gauge model depicts the #5632 with
> a coal tender. Even if the #5632 never burned coal, it is still a
> very impressive looking model for those of us starved for CB&Q steam
> in O-scale/O-gauge.
>
> Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
>
> Bill H.
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