April 4, 2016
Harold - Being far, far away in South Alabama, I'm not familiar with the
person in Gillette, WY, who has the Wyoming Railway collection. In fact, the
last time I was in Wyoming would've been in the early 1950s when Dad was
trainmaster at Casper. Earlier, Dad had earlier been
transportation inspector at Casper and had photographed
the rotary plow trains during the Great Blizzard of
1949.
With collections of old locomotive photographs, such photographs were
often printed in multiples and widely exchanged with other collectors. I would
suppose that might be the story of the Wyoming Railway No. 103 image that
turned-up on the Internet. Such Wyoming Railway photographs must be very
rare as this one is only the fourth I've ever seen, all being from the
Internet.
Some photograph collectors I've met over my nearly 60 years as a rail fan
have been generous with sharing, some have not. Plus, the Internet has muddied
things in that so many photographs were traded around years ago that in
many instances duplicates abound today on line. Personally, I've always been
happy to share as I enjoy helping others learn about the Q. Best Regards -
Louis
Louis Zadnichek II
Fairhope, AL
In a message dated 4/4/2016 9:17:00 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
CBQ@yahoogroups.com writes:
Louis,
There is a guy from gillette that has the best picture collection
of the Wyoming Railroad. He is very very protective of his collection
will not copy, will not let you copy will not you out of his sight if you
are holding them. Name?????
Harold Huber
April 3, 2016
Ken - Much appreciate you identifying Wyoming Railway No. 103 as ex-Q
No. 1162. Isn't this a wonderful Group when it comes to identifying old
photographs!
Thanks for letting me know off-List that the Wyoming Railway had
three ex-Q 2-6-0s, No. 103; ex-1162; No. 104, ex-1151; and No. 105,
ex-1175. This is new to me.
Does anyone have images of No. 104 and No. 105? Since I have the
image of No. 103, I'd like to see what the other two looked like while
operating on the plains of Wyoming. Best Regards - Louis
Louis Zadnichek II
Fairhope, AL
In a message dated 4/2/2016 6:16:09 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
CBQ@yahoogroups.com writes:
Louis,
At the meet in Billings in 2013 Bill Tulley gave a clinic on the
Wyoming railroad. He identified 103 as ex-Q 1162 which would be an H-2
built by Pittsburg in 1898.
Ken Martin
April 2, 2016
Group - Can anyone tell me what Class H locomotive this
is?
The 2-6-0 is numbered 103, it's lettered for the Wyoming Railway,
the location is UCross, WY and the date is August 23, 1947. This
locomotive looks to me to be a Class H-3.
The "hulk" of Class H-2 No. 1175 that was Wyoming Railway No. 105
is on display in Buffalo, WY. I'm unable to find any information on
other Q locomotives sold to the Wyoming Railway.
The Corbin book roster doesn't show any Class H locomotive sales
to the Wyoming Railway. I'd appreciate knowing what Q 2-6-0 become WRy
103. Best Regards - Louis
Louis Zadnichek II
Fairhope, AL