Re: [CBQ] Did the Q sell locos to Pielet at McCook,IL

["qutlx1@aol.com [CBQ]" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>]

Thanks Hol,

I had not heard of any steam locos going to Pielet but the Congress Park location made me wonder. I checked Corbin's Steam Locos of the Q and it shows the 547 scrapped in 1954, the same year as the photo at the "park". 

So I'll theorize that these locos were brought to the park by the Congo,left for the east end Wayfreight to take to Eola. Then the Rockfalls Wayfreight would take them to Rockfalls where the switch engine would deliver them to Northwestern steel. 

Does anyone have documentation on the final dispo of 547?

Leo Phillipp

On Jun 5, 2015, at 1:23 PM, Hol Wagner holpennywagner@msn.com [CBQ] <CBQ@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

 

Leo:
 
I don't believe Pielet was involved in the scrapping of steam locomotives, though I could be wrong.  The Q, however, did not sell any to Pielet, that I've sever seen documented.  The attached letter is typical of the dispositions of steam locomotives sold for scrap.  The only Illinois company listed besides Northwest Steel & wire is Robinson Bros. of Chicago.
 
Hol
 

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To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
From: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2015 10:30:52 -0500
Subject: [CBQ] Did the Q sell locos to Pielet at McCook,IL

 

Can anyone advise if the Q sold steam Locos to Pielet in McCook,IL for dismantling ?
It's well documented that locos went to Northwestern Steel and Wire and of course the Eola Reclamation plant.

I'm asking as there's a photo of the 547 and another dead loco at Congress Park on yard trk 1.
Congress Park would not be a storage point as every track was used multiple times a day for
Interchanges.

Leo Phillipp

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