The USRAs were always coal burners, primarily used south of Denver. No. 902
was the first converted to oil, in 1947 when it was leased to the FW&D. Nos
900 and 903 were converted in 1953. As far as I know, Nos. 901 and 904
always burned coal. Of the E5Cs, 913 burned oil for about five years in the
early 1930s while leased to the FW&D, but was reconverted upon return. The
912 spent a brief period in the late-1940s burning oil on the north end.
The 911was converted to oil in 1950 and I presume remained as such. The
rest stayed coal burners until the end. All this from Hol Wagner's C&S
book.
Bob Yarger, Editor
Railway Preservation News (free website)
www.rypn.org
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Subject: [CBQ] C&S Oil Burners
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> I am modeling C&S in the late 1940s and 1950s and have a number of brass
C&S steam engines. In looking through my CB&Q/C&S books, I see a number of
photos of engines with coal and oil burning tenders. I realize that this
is difficult to document, but I am primarily concerned with the C&S 2-10-2s,
both the E5C's and the USRA locos numbered in the low 900s. I have one
picture of C&S #909 in excursion service in 1957, and it is still burning
coal. One picture of C&S #902 in 1950 seems to have a coal tender, so
conversion was late if at all for the 2-10-2s. #900, #902, and #903 were
well documented in the late 1950s, and they had all been converted to oil
prior to their retirements. Hol Wagner's The Colorado Road shows C&S #913
leased to the FW&D in the 1930s when it was converted to oil. Which C&S
2-10-2s were converted to oil and what years were these conversions
accomplished?
> - John Manion
> Denver, CO
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