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Louis, Hol and other "Q' fans,
Reading this series of posts about #7020 has been very informative and I believe gets to the heart and soul of groups like this, information being shared and discussed in a positive constructive manner. Thanks to everyone who has shared their input not only about the location of the photo but other related material about #7020. I look forward to reading more conversations among group members like this one.
Thanks for an educational, enjoyable series of posts.
Later, Dave Sarther Tucson, AZ
-----Original Message----- From: LZadnichek@aol.com [CBQ] <CBQ@yahoogroups.com> To: CBQ <CBQ@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Thu, Oct 9, 2014 8:24 am Subject: Re: [CBQ] Where Was This Image Taken? October 9, 2014
Hol - OK, we've answered another question as to date. Since the coal
tower/chute was constructed in 1946 and 7020 was back on the Alliance Division
by September 1946, the image almost certainly has to date to 1946. I'm going to
ID the image as taken at the C&S Seventh Street Engine Terminal, Denver, CO,
1946.
Further, since 7020 and her sisters were leased to the Denver Road, I would
guess they were all assigned to the Texline roundhouse where they could've run
north to Denver and south to Fort Worth. I've never seen a FW&D locomotive
assignment sheet. Can anyone confirm my guess. Texline is in the middle of no
where.
Some number of images I've collected over the years have turned out to be
incorrectly identified. I'll be posting more images that I have questions on.
None of us are getting any younger (hint, I was born the same year the C&S
coaling tower was constructed), so I want to get the image IDs "right" while I
still can.
One last favor and there's no rush. The next time you look at your
assignment sheets, see if you can determine the year 7020 was converted to oil
firing. Since oil burners are keyed with a symbol on the sheets, the first sheet
showing the engine as an oil burner will give us a good idea of the conversion
date.
I've always had kind of a "thing" for the Q's orphan 4-8-2 type engines
that I've always understood to be a transitional design between the Class S-3
4-6-2's and the Class S-4 4-6-4's. The Class B-1-A's were certainly a bit "odd"
looking with their long, lanky boilers and that classic "Q" front end and
cab.
My Dad had experience with them in train service during World War
Two. Dad always said they were very slippery and "couldn't pull a tea cup
off a plate" until they got going and when they did could run with the wind. One
of my prized Q artifacts is the original framed Baldwin builder's photograph of
the 7008.
I never saw a Class B-1-A up close. They were gone from the Lincoln dead
line by the time Dad was terminal superintendent there. The 4-8-2's and the
Clyde dead line were also gone by the time Dad was division superintendent
in Chicago. Is there anyone in the Group who had personal contact
with a B-1-A?
One last bit of trivia. Nos. 7000 through 7007, the first 4-8-2's, were
Class B-1, ordered from Lima (a real departure from the Q's reliance
on Baldwin for power needs) and built with extended smoke boxes for burning
lignite coal. All were assigned to Lines West, but eventually ran system
wide. Best Regards - Louis
Louis Zadnichek II
Fairhope, AL
In a message dated 10/8/2014 6:52:37 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
CBQ@yahoogroups.com writes:
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