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Hol - Coupled behind 6319 was sister Class M-4-A 2-10-4 type No. 6322.
It, too, was awaiting the torch in July 1963 at Northwestern Steel &
Wire in Sterling, IL. From the open smoke box door and top superheater
access hatch, it certainly appears that the M-4-A had been inspected
for possible stationary boiler use at the steel mill. As far I know, this never
occurred and both 6319 and 6322 were scrapped after burners
finished cutting-up the 5609. A sad end to a very
successful freight locomotive design. No M-4-A locomotives were preserved,
although I'd heard stories in the past that one was offered to either Beardstown
or Centralia, IL, but the city authorities rejected the Q's offer as it
would've been too expensive to build a display track and preserve the
locomotive against the weather in years to come. Can anyone confirm or deny
that rumor? If true, then it's a real shame. As a teenager in the early 1960s, I
"crawled" all over M-4-A's both in the Galesburg, IL, dead line and at
NWS&W, but I never saw one in service. They must've been awesome to behold
with a heavy coal train working hard over the Beardstown Division. Is there any
one in this Group that still remembers what a M-4-A sounded like? My Dad always
said they were "whooshers" rather than having a sharp exhaust like Class O-5,
S-4 or O-1-A locomotives. Best Regards - Louis
Louis Zadnichek II
Fairhope, AL
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