Re: [CBQ] Mr. Murphy's BIG Christmas Present To Galesburg [1 Attachment]

["LZadnichek@aol.com [CBQ]" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>]

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December 27, 2015

 

Bud and Group - Thanks for the current image of 3006 in Galesburg. She sure looks GOOD!

 

I've attached an image of 3006 taken in July 1961 when she faced a very uncertain future in the Galesburg Dead Line. Since her stack is covered with canvas, cab windows are boarded-up, plus main and eccentric rods are still connected, 3006 may've been stored serviceable in the beginning, but her flue time would've expired at some later date and she was then condemned.

 

Just "why" 3006 was selected for preservation may remain a mystery as all those Q officials at the time have passed away. Perhaps, 3006 was considered a "good" engine, or an official had fond memories of riding her cab at high speed. It might be as simple as 3006 was the easiest 4-6-4 to switch out of the dead line. As most of us know, Mr. Murphy had a fondness for Class S-4 locomotives.

 

Whatever the reason, we can all agree that 3006 was a very "lucky" locomotive to have escaped the cutting torches at Northwestern Steel & Wire. May she slumber in eternity there on display in Galesburg adjacent to the mainline she once roamed. Happy Holidays - Louis

 

Louis Zadnichek II

Fairhope, AL          

 

In a message dated 12/27/2015 1:39:22 P.M. Central Standard Time, CBQ@yahoogroups.com writes:

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Group:  Here is a more photo after the 3006 was painted last summer.  Bud Linroth

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From: "LZadnichek@aol.com [CBQ]" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
To: cbq@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, December 26, 2015 5:00 PM
Subject: [CBQ] Mr. Murphy's BIG Christmas Present To Galesburg [1 Attachment]

 

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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

 

  

 

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