Louis,
I took a photo of the 4978's tender sticking out of the
door of a stall at the Eola Roundhouse while it was being
moved from Galesburg to Ottawa. Would presume it was put
there to get some degree of security while they were waiting
for the right day to move it to Ottawa. While I can say for
certain it was not under steam and was as cold as can be I do
not recall whether there was any coal in the tender.
While I can not say for certain that it did not move from
Galesburg under it's own power I can not see any possible
reason why they would have taken the trouble to do so. That
would have involved a full inspection and all the paperwork
and trouble to get a flue time extension. With the expense
involved in painting it and finding all the missing parts
we should consider ourselves lucky it was preserved at all.
The 4963 was at Galesburg at that time so they at least had
one place to go for parts. I wonder how they got the 4000
patched together as a complete locomotive. When you think
about it what might have been fairly easy to do in 1958
would have been much more difficult in 1962 or 1963. Both
the 4000 and 4978 had been stored outside with little thought
given to long term care.
Russ
----- Original Message -----
From: LZadnichek@aol.com
To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, 20 December, 2004 14:52
Subject: [CBQ] Last Q Steam To Operate
December 20, 2004
Mr. McCauley - Reference your recent post stating that the 4978 operated
under its own power from Galesburg to Ottawa in approximately 1963, where did
you
come by this information? Did you personally witness the O1-a under steam or
do you have a photograph of the event? I'd very much like to know. Best
Regards.
Louis Zadnichek II
Fairhope, AL
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