RE: [CBQ] Old Locomotives

["Hol Wagner holpennywagner@msn.com [CBQ]" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>]

Louis:
 
This is a really nice photo that I've never seen before, and of a member of a seldom photographed class.  But it can't be in 1898, as the locomotive carries its 1904 number, 562.  It was indeed built at the Aurora shops in 1881, one of five identical 0-4-0s turned out by the shop that year as CB&Q 409-413.  This one, the 411, was the only one to remain on the Q roster through the 1898 renumbering, at which time it became the 1411.  And then in 1904 it was renumbered to 562.  One of the others in all likelihood became KCStJ&CB 39, which became Q 563 in 1904.  Like so many of the locomotives retired in the first two decades of the 20th Century, there are no surviving records of their ultimate disposition.
 
I'll offer a bit more on the E-1s shortly, though I have no specifics on any of them going to Russia, my understanding being that it was primarily B&MR 4-4-0s that were sent to help with construction of the 5-foot gauge Trans-Siberian.  And I know nothing about any E-1s going to the Algoma Central but would love to learn what you know.
 
Hol
 

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Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2015 16:59:31 -0500
Subject: [CBQ] Old Locomotives [1 Attachment]

 

January 20, 2015

 

Hol and All - Whereas I've already shared my "really old" locomotive images earlier with the Group, here's one that's over a hundred years old from my father's collection (I've both inserted as well as attached for those who have problems with Yahoo):

 

 

Shown is CB&Q No. 562, a Class E-1 0-4-0 switch engine, at the West Burlington (IA) Shops in 1898. Posed with 562 are the engine and switch crews. In the background at right is a locomotive boiler on the ground with what appears to be a boilermaker looking into the upended firebox.  562 was constructed at the Aurora (IL) Shops in 1881. There is no record of its retirement and it may be been one of the Class E-1 switchers sold to Czarist Russia for use in constructing the Trans-Siberian Railroad.

 

Perhaps, Hol can give all of us a tutorial on the E-1 switchers, particularly those that disappeared into Russia. Also, didn't a couple of E-1s end-up on the Algoma Central in Ontario, Canada? Do any other Group members have more old Q locomotive or equipment images to share? Best Regards - Louis

 

Louis Zadnichek II

Fairhope, AL 

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Posted by: Hol Wagner <holpennywagner@msn.com>

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