I was looking this photo yesterday evening and "kind of" came to the same conclusion as Art. If it is indeed the east end of Red Oak looking Northeast, Bernard Corbin's house is very near. Perhaps someone...maybe even me.... could find a Corbin photo in about this same location and find that big two story house in the background..BTW that is not Corbin's house, but it could very well be close to it.
Red Oak, to the best of my memory, did not have a turntable. The engine house was "down below", north of the "new" mainline and the Wye was near there. I agree that there would have been no need to turn and SD type locomotive at Red Oak....and I do recall seeing a photo somewhere of the 373 "in the pit"at Gibson.
Stay tuned....just as soon as my "round tuit" arrives I'll try to find a Corbin photo that will help.
Pete
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From: Art Lischer alisch80@gmail.com [CBQ] <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
To: CBQ <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sun, Dec 13, 2015 9:25 pm
Subject: Re: [CBQ] Help In Identifying Photograph
Louis,
This looks like a SW view just east of the Red Oak Depot. There is a house on Oakwood Street just south of the yard that has a similar roof line. I wish Dad was still alive. He would know for sure.
Art Lischer
On Dec 13, 2015 4:57 PM, " LZadnichek@aol.com [CBQ]" < CBQ@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
December 13, 2015
Michael and Gordon - Thanks for further details. So 373 fell into the
Council Bluffs turntable pit. I had questioned Red Oak as it had a wye as I
recall and no turntable. Plus, a SD9 would've been too big and heavy for
most branch line turntables. Does anyone recognize where 373 and 1553 were
photographed? For modelers, here's proof that a badly damaged, yet
repairable, diesel was included in a Q scrap train. Merry Christmas -
Louis
BB 47 pg. 48. 12-13-60 it went into the pit at Council Bluffs, Ia. Was
rebuilt at West Burlington after several months.
Gordon
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Sent: Sunday, December 13, 2015 4:01
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Subject: [CBQ] Help In Identifying
Photograph
December 13, 2015
All - This unusual image shows a fire blackened SD9 coupled
to a retired 0-6-0 somewhere on Lines East in 1961. Must be winter time
from the bare trees and dusting of snow on the tracks. Information with the
image says the SD9 is No. 373 that had reportedly fallen into the
turntable pit at Red Oak, IA, and caught fire. The 0-6-0 is unidentified,
but almost certainly has to be No. 1553 that sat in the Lincoln, NE,
deadline for several years prior to being sold for scrap in December
1960.
Can anyone provide more details on 373 falling into the turntable pit
and burning, as well as its disposition. Was it rebuilt at the West
Burlington Shops, or was it used as a trade-in for newer EMD power? As for
1553, since the 0-6-0 is headed east from Lincoln, that probably means the
switcher had been sold to NWS&W in Sterling, IL for scrapping. Could the
image location be Red Oak, or was it taken further east? Comments,
please. Merry Christmas - Louis
Louis Zadnichek II
Fairhope, AL
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