Bob,
In the later years, (after Q closed the reclamation plant at Eola),
most, if not all, of the Lincoln assigned locomotives were scrapped at
Sterling, IL. I have a sad slide, taken in Illinois, of 5626 and 5627
coupled back to back without tenders and stripped of appliances
(headlights, bells, etc.) enroute to Sterling. There is also a similar
photo in the BRHS Bulletin on the hudsons of 4002 and 4003 coupled cab
to cab (no tenders and with the backs of the cab roofs cut off) headed
to Sterling. In addition, I have a slide of the 5620 with tender, but
otherwise stripped, at Galesburg enroute to Sterling. I don't know for
sure, but I would suspect that all of the remaining Lincoln assigned
locomotives went this same way in the mid '50s to the early '60s.
Bill Barber
On Wednesday, November 23, 2005, at 08:35 AM, CBQ@yahoogroups.com
wrote:
> Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2005 14:11:41 -0500
> From: "Bob Yarger" <ryarger@rypn.org>
> Subject: Locomotive scrapping question
>
> We all know that many of the CB&Q steam locomotives were gathered at
> Galesburg, to be later towed to Sterling, to be scrapped.
>
> But what was done with the ones stored at Lincoln? Were they also
> taken
> to Galesburg, or sent elsewhere for scrap? Were many cut up in
> Lincoln by
> the RR itself?
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