RE: [CBQ] Old Locomotives - Q 0-4-0s Sold To Other Railroads

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

Certainly appears that Louis is right: seven Q E-1 0-4-0s sold to the Algoma Central Railway in 1899 and retired in 1914-15, plus a Q E-1 acquired in 1914-15 by the Alaska Engineering Commission, charged with building the Alaska Railroad.  This locomotive, either acquired from the Q (which disposed of seven E-1s during 1914-15) or from the Algoma Central & Hudson Bay (1901 successor to the Algoma Central), became Alaska Engineering Commission No. 1 and then Alaska Railroad No. 2, likely retired and scrapped before 1920.  In the attached view of the Seward, Alaska, shops of the AEC in 1915, AEC No. 1 is at right.  The adjacent 4-4-0s are probably AEC 10 and 11, previously Alaska Northern/Alaska Central 1-2 and originally from the Northern Pacific.
 
Hol
 

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To: cbq@yahoogroups.com
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Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2015 14:27:40 -0500
Subject: [CBQ] Old Locomotives - Q 0-4-0s Sold To Other Railroads [1 Attachment]

 

January 22, 2015

 

Hol - In answer:

 

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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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The first link shows an all-time Algoma Central RR steam roster that includes seven ex-Q 0-4-0 locomotives:

 

http://www.trainweb.org/algoma/sroster.html

 

The second link speculates that Alaska RR No, 2, an 0-4-0, was of Q origin:

 

http://www.alaskarails.org/pix/ARR-picts-old-first-notes.html

 

Wonder how the Q 0-4-0s ended up in Canada and, may  be, Alaska? Quite possibly the Q sold them as surplus to used locomotive brokers at the time that scattered them out.....

 

Also, on the subject of Old Locomotives, I'm inserting/attaching an image from my digital collection that shows an early Q 0-4-0 that predates the Class E 0-4-0s:

 

 

The image shows CB&Q No. 176 that was built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in April 1871. A portion of this image appears on page 26 of the Corbin Book and states that 176 and its sister 177 were the first two locomotives the Q purchased from Baldwin.

 

I want to personally thank you for posting all the images and descriptive material. Perhaps, your images and material can be used for future articles in either the Zephyr or Bulletin. I find your postings to always be of great interest. So few of us are left that have any deep knowledge of Q steam power, particularly the early day locomotives. Hopefully, this thread will go a long ways to inspiring younger members of the Group.

 

I'll have another Old Locomotive image to share in a day or so. Best Regards - Louis

 

Louis Zadnichek II

Fairhope, AL

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

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