John,
>From 1883 to the tornado of 1916, the shops did have a turntable and
roundhouse. From 1931 to 1939 the West Burlington shop switcher was No. 312
a G-3 0-6-0 with a regular tender. My best guess was that SW-1 9140,
delivered from EMC in 6/39 and assigned to the Galesburg Division, assumed
duties there after the G-3 was renumbered back to 1547 in the same month. I
have no documented confirmation of this, however.
Dave
----- Original Message -----
From: "John D. Mitchell, Jr." <cbqrr47@y...>
To: <BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, February 22, 2003 8:05 PM
Subject: Re: [BRHSlist] re: Shop Swtr #303
> West Burlington had no turntable, so they didn't need
> a saddle tank "shop goat". They used standard
> switchers with tenders. The idea of a tank engine was
> that it could ride on the turntable with the dead
> engine being "hostled".
> John D. Mitchell, Jr.
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