Re: [CBQ] MOW Equipment

["LZadnichek@aol.com [CBQ]" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>]

February 18, 2015

 

Hol - Yes, I noticed Simpson's Rest and it brought back many memories. Our rental house at the foot of Simpson's Rest had a coal-fired furnace in the dirt basement. My Mom hated it since Dad was gone so much as a Train Master that she had to not only keep it stoked, but had to clean-out the ashes as well. Such was life in Trinidad during that era. I'll add Golden Branch, Denver, CO, as location to the image. Best Regards - Louis  

 

In a message dated 2/18/2015 6:02:56 P.M. Central Standard Time, CBQ@yahoogroups.com writes:

Louis:
 
I managed to get Simpson's Rest centered in the background in my shot of the remains of 99104 in 1980.  The view you posted is also from the 1970s (can't remember the exact date), and it's on the Golden Branch, about a quarter mile west of the Colorado Railroad Museum; that's as close as the museum ever came to making it theirs.
 
Hol
 

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To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
From: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2015 17:35:44 -0500
Subject: Re: [CBQ] MOW Equipment [1 Attachment]

 

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February 18, 2015

 

Hol and Group - Thanks for giving us a "This Is Your Life C&S 99104." I did not know the Q pile driver had worked out its last years on the C&S. A very interesting series of images you've shared. I lived in Trinidad early in my life when Dad was Train Master there with responsiblity for tracks south to Texline. Our home was at the foot of Simpson's Rest, rattle snakes and all.... I can still remember my Mom taking my younger brother Ken and me to watch double headed steam powered C&S troop trains bound for the Korean War. Plus, Dad liked to take us on Sundays to watch Sante Fe steam power as it climbed nearby Raton Pass. Checking my image archive, I found one more view of C&S 99104 coupled to tender 99520 . There is no identification as to date or location. Too bad 99104 didn't survive long enough to become an exhibit at the Colorado Railroad Museum. Best Regards - Louis    

 

In a message dated 2/18/2015 9:32:38 A.M. Central Standard Time, CBQ@yahoogroups.com writes:

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You guys shouldn't have turned me on; you're going to pay for it now!  Attached is the Orton & Steinbrenner ad featuring the 204614, and as you can see, it was still running in Railway Age as late as the end of 1923, though the pile driver shown had been built in 1912.  Following will be a series of color shots I took at Trinidad, Colo., on March 29, 1968, shortly after the pile driver outfit had been repainted and renumbered as C&S 99104.  Interesting that both tenders were given the number 99104, too.  And the data sheet I posted yesterday incorrectly shows the renumbering of the boom car to C&S 99321, when my photo clearly shows it to be 99331.  After that will come two of about 10 slides I was given showing the 99104 at work on bridge 178.39 near Chugwater, Wyo., on Nov. 15, 1978.  Note that by this time the 99104 has a new tender, also a former Q S-1 or S-2 oil-burner tank, and it's numbered 99525.  Finally, a shot of what remained of the 99104 back home at Trinidad in August 1980 as it was being cut up.  Nice of them to leave the last three digits of the number intact so it could be positively identified.
 
Hol
 

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To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
From: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2015 22:22:06 +0000
Subject: Re: [CBQ] MOW Equipment

 

I can tell you that 204614 is an Orton piledriver purchased in the teen's. I have picture of it from an old 1920 M of W Cyclopedia. It was the Galesburg piledriver for many years. I have a large collection of company service equipment photographs. Look for a BRHS calendar featuring them in the near future. 
 

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From: "LZadnichek@aol.com [CBQ]" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
To: cbq@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2015 12:23 PM
Subject: [CBQ] MOW Equipment [1 Attachment]

 

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February 17, 2015

 

Group - The Erie ditcher shown in Duncan's earlier post spurred me to check through my digital collection of Q maintenance of way (MOW) images. Since we've lately been enjoying a banquet of wonderful steam power images thanks to Hol, why not some of MOW equipment, too.

 

I'm attaching a classic MOW image dated August 14, 1931 of steam pile driver No. 204614 with Bridge & Building Gang No. 1 at work on a timber trestle near Galesburg, IL. Does anyone recognize the exact location? The official at center wearing a tie and straw hat is the probably the Division Engineer. 

 

I'm a little surprised that the pile driver's tender with water and coal supply is not coupled to it. The tender and camp cars must be on a nearby siding as the pile driver would've been self propelled. I'd enjoy seeing any other Q MOW equipment images that any other Group members would like to share.

 

We can include steam shovels, pile drivers, wrecking derricks, bridge cranes, spreaders, ditchers, hand pump or motor cars, camp cars, track laborers, weed sprayers, construction scenes, whatever kind of machinery or equipment that the Q and its subsidiaries used to construct and maintain their right-of-ways from the Civil War era forward to the BN merger. 

 

I'm sure that some of the MOW experts in this Group can better interpret my and other's old images than I can. Let's all learn and share what we can from images depicting the Q's MOW equipment and practices. Personally, I spent two college summers on a Q steel gang in the mid-1960s. Best Regards - Louis

 

Louis Zadnichek II

Fairhope, AL       

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