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Re: [CBQ] Q Steam Being Scrapped At NWS&W

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Subject: Re: [CBQ] Q Steam Being Scrapped At NWS&W
From: "LZadnichek@aol.com [CBQ]" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2015 11:07:55 -0400
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October 26, 2015
 
Hol - YES, please - Louis
 
In a message dated 10/26/2015 9:41:43 A.M. Central Daylight Time, CBQ@yahoogroups.com writes:


Louis and Group:


I have a number of slides that I took in 1960-61 showing the scrapping of C&S 4-6-2 374, 2-8-0s 602 and 620 and 2-10-2 902 in the Seventh Street yard in Denver.  I'll scan and post them if there's any interest.  What the C&S did was cut the boilers into manageable sized pieces and load them into gondolas for the trip south to the CF&I steel mill at Minnequa (Pueblo), from which they eventually emerged as nails, barbwire and rails.


Hol




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October 24, 2015
 
Group - If any of you are good with math, let me ask you a question. How many 10 penny (10d) common steel nails could be made from a scrapped M-4-A at NWS&W?  From the Corbin book, figure the locomotive weighed 512,770 pounds and the tender weighed 158,600 pounds for a total of 671,370 pounds delivered as "scrap on the hoof" to the deadline in Sterling, IL. I've done the math myself and the number will absolutely knock your socks off.....
 
Shown in the undated attached image is Q Class M-4-A No. 6320 and an unidentified sister paused at Erie, IL, while in route to NWS&W. The Corbin book says 6320 was sold for scrap in May 1961, so this image was most likely taken in May or June of that year. There are three idler gondolas separating the two Texas type locomotives to spread their weight. The train would've been a local that worked between Mendota and Sterling at the time. The diesel was probably switching nearby on-line industries and had spotted the train on a passing siding at the depot. You can just see the way car cupola behind the rear scrap M-4-A.
 
There were no "funeral trains" as such that delivered scrap Q steam power to NWS&W. The locals did the work of moving one or more scrap locomotives at a time from Galesburg/Chicago to Mendota over the mainline and then onto the branch for the final trip up to Sterling to be dismantled. The cream of Q steam power all took this last melancholy journey during the late 1950s and early 1960s. Best Regards - Louis
 
Louis Zadnichek II
Fairhope, AL    
 
 
 
 
 
 



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