December 26, 2015
Pete and Group - As fast as time flies, it's still a little hard to believe
that 55 years ago this month Class S-4 Hudson No. 3006 was cleaned-up, painted
and donated to the City of Galesburg as a Christmas Present by then
President Harry C. Murphy:
Mr. Murphy's BIG Christmas Present to Galesburg saved 3006 from being sold
for scrap to Northwestern Steel & Wire in Sterling, IL, as was the fate of
most of her sister steam locomotives stored unserviceable in the Galesburg
Dead Line.
In the intervening 55 years, Mr. Murphy and his generation have all passed
away, the Q is now a part of the BNSF and steam-powered passenger
trains are all but forgotten. But, we still have 3006 to remind us of how things
once were.....
Does any one have a recent image of 3006, preferably decked out in
Christmas Lights, to share with our Group? Happy Holidays - Louis
Louis Zadnichek II
Fairhope, AL
