Jonathan
Thanks for the kind words.
JDM
--- bigbearoak <jonathanharris@e...> wrote:
> Scott --
>
> The Burlington assigned quite a number of its M2 and
> M2A
> 2-10-2s to the area around Litchfield over the
> years. According to
> John Mitchell's "The Q in the Coalfields"
> (Burlington Bulletin 35),
> they were in fact a mainstay of the power pool in
> southern Illinois,
> fromthe time of their delivery prior to WWI until
> the arrival of the
> monster M4s in 1927-29. Even after that, however,
> they remained
> important drag engines in that region, and as late
> as 1952 there were
> still a half-dozen 2-10-2s assigned to the
> Beardstown Division --
> another 3 to Galesburg. So certainly during the
> early-mid 1920s, when
> you believe your photo was taken, they would have
> been a common sight
> around your home turf. I have no record of where
> your engine 6117 was
> during that period. In the 1935 list of assignments
> (Corbin & Kerka,
> Steam Locomotives of the Burlington Route p. 292),
> it is shown as
> being a Lines-East engine, stored unserviceable.
> Presumably it was
> awaiting major shopping then, because it WAS
> returned to service,
> rebuilt (as a lignite burner, complete with the
> notorious L&B front
> end1) and sent west. The 1952 list of assignments
> (C&K p. 293) shows
> it assigned to the Sheridan Division, presumably its
> final gig, as it
> was scrapped later that year. It was, by the way, an
> M2, not an M2A,
> and one of a small number of the Q's larger steam
> engines that never
> received a feedwater heater.
>
> John Mitchell's monograph (above) has an excellent
> discussion of the
> history of the Burlington's use of motive power in
> Southern Illinois,
> plus just about anything else you might want to know
> about their
> operations in that region. I cannot recommend it too
> highly.
>
> -Jonathan
>
>
>
> > From: "Scott Millick" <smillick@w...>
> > Subject: [BRHSlist] engines
> >
> > > After looking at the various messages I am now
> convinced it must
> have been
> > a
> > > 2-10-2 The angle of the negative make it
> difficult to see if it
> was a
> > > driver or pilot in the front I am now convinced
> that the was a
> CB&Q as
> > was
> > > told this number existed on that type of loco.
> Now if I can figure
> where
> > > it was taken around here I will have it made. I
> will do some
> looking
> > myself
> > > as lived here during the railroad hayday of the
> railroad era in
> the
> > > Litchfield area. I just did not remember any of
> the steam engines
> around
> > > here having the 5 driver configuration but then
> too I was just a
> kid at
> > the
> > > time. Thanks to all that helped.
>
>
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