The Model 40 was at Old Ben #22 (former Q's Valier
Coal Co.). Old Ben #21 had a Whitcomb 45 tonner and a
GE 44 tonner.
John D. Mitchell, Jr.
--- "N. L. Pitsch" <pitschni@earthlink.net> wrote:
> I show Valier, IL as the one-time home of the only
> Old Ben Model 40 in my
> records - this is the same one that was originally
> at the Army plant in
> Ankeny, IA and along the way was at Winterset, IA
> and Zap, ND, before it
> ended up in Mohall, ND - far as I know, it is still
> there.
>
> N. L. Pitsch
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "thommack" <thommack@yahoo.com>
> To: <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Friday, December 10, 2004 9:05 PM
> Subject: [CBQ] Old Ben Mine No. 21 and EMC Model 40
> Switcher
>
>
> >
> >
> > Does anyone know if the Old Ben mine No. 21 was
> the home to Old
> > Ben's EMC Model 40 switcher? There is an HO scale
> Model 40 coming
> > from MDC/Roundhouse labeled for Old Ben Coal. Jay
> Reed, Author of
> > several books on industrial switchers told me it
> was his
> > understanding that the Model 40 worked the Old Ben
> mine around
> > Sesser, IL. From BB No. 35 it appears that would
> be Old Ben No. 21.
> > Anyone familiar with the coal fields remember
> anything about a
> > little EMC Model 40 running around one of the
> mines?
> >
> > Tom Mack
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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>
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