February 4, 2015
Jonathan - "Big nosed engines," I LIKE that. Very descriptive! I plan to
share some more images of the Q's Big Nosed Engines....they came in several
Classes (sizes). Guess you might say they were the "Jimmy Durante"
locomotives of their era. Lastly, Dad used the term "liquid fire" in
regard to the lignite burners coughing up their guts on a hard pull. Best
Regards - Louis
Louis Zadnichek II
Fairhope, AL
In a message dated 2/4/2015 2:19:20 P.M. Central Standard Time,
CBQ@yahoogroups.com writes:
Yeah, I guess we all got fooled on that one,
Louis. I too assumed L&B front ends were necessary for burning lignite
safely, and I had the same
reaction you did about 5030 being used as a switcher in Denver without more
elaborate spark protection. I should
have paid more attention to the symbols in the lists of
assignments.
Very
interesting comments from your father about the "art" of firing and running
lignite burners.
Regarding
the diaspora of these big-nosed engines during their final years, I'd assume
5144 and others that wound up in Centralia were burning good, southern
Illinois coal while in service there, and their L&B front ends were
retained just to make them look more beautiful.
Jonathan
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