I think we'd all like to see what photos you do have if you can post them.
Meanwhile, here's a photo of it near Castle Rock on the Joint Line, on the
June 9, 1959 excursion:
http://photoswest.org/cgi-bin/imager?00004466+OP-4466
Bob Yarger, Editor
Railway Preservation News (free website)
www.rypn.org
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Sent: Saturday, October 16, 2004 12:21 AM
Subject: Re: [CBQ] Digest Number 2192
>
> Bob,
>
> The 5626 and her train were running so late, that by the time we left
> Wray, CO. it was almost dark. (We had a 2 1/2 hr. water stop at
> Hastings, NE. where the local fire dept. did the honors since the RR
> steam facilities were out of service by that date. The problem was they
> used a 2 1/2 in. line and a large garden hose to fill the tender. The
> water filling operation was so slow that the locomotive was using up
> more water in the form of steam through the pop valves that the fire
> dept. was putting: or at least, it seemed that way.) Since the cab ride
> was mostly at night, and I had no flash, (Boy would I loved to have had
> a modern video camera!), I took no pictures during that roughly two
> hour portion of the trip.
>
> As I recall, was also had no movie runs anywhere between Chicago and
> Denver. However, I did take pictures at Lincoln, Hastings, and McCook.
> I think I also have some photos of the locomotive after she broke down
> 37 miles east of Denver on the return trip. We had about a two hour
> wait for two E units to come from Denver to replace the disabled 5626.
> I will dig through my files in the near future and will post a couple;
> or contact me directly if you have specific interests.
>
> The 5626 was scrapped at Northwest Steel and Wire in Sterling, IL, I
> believe, in 1960. I have a photo of her, stripped of all useable
> material, (bell, headlight, etc.) coupled cab to cab with the 5627
> enroute to Sterling.
>
> Bill Barber
>
> On Thursday, October 14, 2004, at 04:36 PM, CBQ@yahoogroups.com wrote:
>
> > Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 08:11:43 -0400
> > From: "Bob Yarger" <ryarger@rypn.org>
> > Subject: Re: Digest Number 2191
> >
> > Any photos from your cab ride? Or other photos taken out in Nebraska
> > or
> > eastern Colorado? Any photos of the 5626 broken down on the return
> > trip?
> > Where was the 5626 finally scrapped?
> >
> > Bob Yarger, Editor
> > Railway Preservation News (free website)
> > www.rypn.org
> >
> > During that trip, I rode the cab of O5B #5626 between Wray,
> >> CO and Denver (about 120 miles) with seven other railfans and 4
> >> crewmen
> >> at 80 mph! What a thrill for a 16 year old.
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