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