Rupert,
What grade of oil did the steamers use? Was it #1, #2 heating oil, #2
diesel fuel, #5-6, bunker - C or something in between?
Myron Dudenbostel
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From: "Rupert and Maureen" <gamlenz@ihug.co.nz>
To: <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2004 10:44 PM
Subject: Re: [CBQ] O5 A & B steam
> Dave
>
> 5600-5607 were built by Baldwins as O-5, believed that none converted to
> O-5-A
>
> 5608-35 built at Burlington as follows
> 5608-10 built 1936 (O-5)
> 5611-20 built 1937 (O-5)
> 5621-25 built 1938 (O-5-A)
> 5626-35 built 1940 (O-5-A)
>
> Believed that all 5608-35 upgraded to O-5-A by the addition of light
weight
> rods, roller bearings and box-pok drivers
>
> Some were converted to oil burning and reclassified as O-5-B "in about
1950"
> (I can't find a specific date range, but the earliest reference I have to
an
> O-5-B is 1951) I'll leave it to the experts to explain the reason for the
> conversions.
>
> Identified as O-5-B are 5614, 5620, 5626, 5627, 5629, 5632. There is a
plan
> of one in Model Railroader July 1970
>
> Hope this helps
>
> Rupert
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "lickness2002" <lickness2002@yahoo.com>
> To: <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Sunday, February 01, 2004 5:01 PM
> Subject: [CBQ] O5 A & B steam
>
>
> > Does o5a mean coal and o5b mean oil. I have the new 3rd rail o
> > gauge 05 and it is # 5629 which is at the colorado railroad museum
> > and has an oil tank on it.
> > I can;t find out much as to why the railroad switched to oil and
> > what engines were converted and what were not.
> > Got the cb&q steam engine book through inter libary loan and it
> > doesn;t go into much detail at all about the engines.
> > Any info on the O5's would be appreciated. thanks Dave Roxin (new
> > member)
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