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Louis & Hol When I first looked at this one I immediately thought of St. Joe....that looks like the Quaker Oats building in the background, but I'm not sure of the direction the camera is pointing...The St. Joe Roundhouse opened to the south and Quaker Oats is to the east. The distance would be about right, but if the camera is looking west then the large building in the background is to the west which would make it NOT St. Joe.
If it's KC that might be the KCPL light building, which would be north of the Union Station..If it's a roundhouse in KC it would have to be the KCT's and that might make it in the right direction.
Ain't this stuff fun to think about
Pete
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From: Hol Wagner holpennywagner@msn.com [CBQ] <CBQ@yahoogroups.com> To: CB&Q Group <cbq@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Sat, Mar 7, 2015 8:36 am Subject: RE: [CBQ] Can Anyone ID This Image
Louis:
This one came as a surprise to me , too, when I saw it on eBay. I was aware of the 1525 similarly dolled up for use as the Omaha depot switcher, but this one was a shocker. Checking assignment sheets, it was always assigned to the St. Joe Division and thus would have been either the St. Joe or Kansas City depot switcher. And considering the generally lower class of the passenger trains that passed through St. Joe, my money would be on Kansas City. Such switchers were used where there was direct competition in the same facility (or, as in the case of Omaha, directly adjacent and plainly visible). UP, of course, had a similarly outfitted switcher at Omaha. And there was, for a time, a dolled up G-10 assigned to depot duties at Denver, while UP also had a fancy 0-6-0 here. Hol To: cbq@yahoogroups.com From: CBQ@yahoogroups.com Date: Fri, 6 Mar 201 5 21:38:54 -0500 Subject: [CBQ] Can Anyone ID This Image [1 Attachment]
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March 6, 2015
Group - In the attached image, note how Class G-3 No. 1506 has been all "dolled-up" with polished cylinder head covers, polished rods, polished or painted trim and gloss paint job. Could this have been for use as a passenger station switch engine? What a beautiful locomotive! Can anyone identify the large building in the background or brick roundhouse so the location can be known. This image is undated, but the Corbin book records Havelock-built No. 1506 as having been retired in October 1934. Best Regards - Louis
Louis Zadnichek II
Fairhope, AL
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