November 9, 2015
Hol - Thanks! I had a feeling the image was of a Lines West train. Can you
further explain or comment upon the band around 2954's stack that I speculate is
a cinder/spark arrestor of some kind. First time I've seen this, so probably
something the McCook roundhouse force cobbled together. I'd be interested if Leo
can research his union documents and see if Lines East local passenger trains
were ever run as extras with way cars as it was done way out on your end of the
Q prior to at least World War Two. Best Regards - Louis
Louis Zadnichek II
Fairhope, AL
In a message dated 11/9/2015 8:41:33 A.M. Central Standard Time,
CBQ@yahoogroups.com writes:
I think Pete and Michael are closer than Leo. The 2954 was a McCook
Division engine through the early 1930s, until it was converted into an
oil-burner sometime between March and June 1935 and reassigned to the Lincoln
Division. Since it's a coal-burner in this photo and flying the white
flags of an extra in a time when, out here on the west end, local passenger
trains were often run as mixed trains with waycars on the rear (though
obviously this is not a regular, scheduled train, since it has no head-end
equipment), my guess is an eastbound extra at the east end of McCook, where a
road crossing over the tracks looks much like this one.
Hol
From: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
<CBQ@yahoogroups.com> on behalf of Michael Woodruff
mwoodruff54@gmail.com [CBQ] <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
Sent:
Sunday, November 8, 2015 3:15 PM
To:
CBQ@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [CBQ] Help In Identifying Photo -
No. 2954
My knee jerk reaction was an
eastbound train at Ravenna, NE.
msw
marion, ia
On Sun, Nov 8, 2015 at 3:55 PM, qutlx1@aol.com [CBQ] <CBQ@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
Louis,
Maybe it's my Aurora Division background,
but I see three mains and two side tracks. Reminds me of just east of
Naperville depot on the North side where the lead tracks for Kroehlers
were located. That would explain the Pacific but I can't explain the
Waycar.
If so this is westbound train.
Leo
November 8, 2015
Group - I've attached an interesting Q
image that is unidentified. Can any one tell us what's going on? Note the
three "elderly" passenger coaches along with the way car on the
rear end. The baggage car looks nearly loaded with crates, or could those
be partitions of some kind? Also, there's some type of unusual spark
arrestor "cap" on the stack. White flags appear to be displayed on
the locomotive. Lastly, a Class K ten-wheeler or Class R prairie would've
been more than enough for this short train. Wonder why it rated No. 2954,
a big Class S-3 pacific? If you enlarge the image, there doesn't appear to
be any Burlington Route herald on the tender. Could this be a mixed
train without freight cars on some Lines West branch line, or some long
forgotten agricultural extra? The image appears to have been posed with
the train stopped. Perhaps, someone in the engineer's family took the
original photograph. A lot of questions here to be answered. Comments
appreciated. Best Regards - Louis
Louis Zadnichek II
Fairhope, AL
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