George
According to Bernard Corbin's "Steam Locos of the Burlington Route", List
posts, etc. -
5600-5607 built by Baldwins as O-5, believed that none were
upgraded/converted to O-5-A
5608-35 built at Burlington, 5608-10 built 1936, 5611-20 built 1937, 5621-5
built 1938, 5626-35 built 1940.
5608-20 built as O-5, 5621-35 built as O-5-A
Some (or all) O-5's were upgraded to O-5-A.
Some were later converted to oil burning and reclassified as O-5-B, although
the book doesn't list this as a class.
Identified as O-5-B are 5614, 5620, 5626, 5627, 5629, 5632
Previous posts stated that there was no reference to oil burners in
assignment lists as at April 1945, but #5629 was converted about 1950.
Hopefully others on the list will be able to add to this
I have a list of photos of these locos if you want to contact me off List.
Rupert
----- Original Message -----
From: G. Walls <glwalls@f...>
To: <BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, May 09, 2003 4:58 AM
Subject: [BRHSlist] Oil burners
> Hi Folks,
> Could someone give me an idea when, if ever, did the Burlington
> start using oil burning steam engines on the Creston Sub.? When did
> the O-5-b's come into use and on what division were they used? Were
> any of the coal fired engines ever converted to burn oil.
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> Thanks,
> George
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