July 19, 2016
Hol - Yes, I'll go along with the roundhouse belonging to the
Northwestern/Omaha Road. If true, then Council Bluffs or may be Sioux City, IA,
come to mind. That LARGE steel tank still makes me wonder.... It's certainly not
for water. That would mean it was for diesel fuel. Yet, not a diesel in view.
Such a LARGE tank for what appears to be a division point roundhouse. Hopefully,
someone in this Group can pass to one of the C&NW groups and see if one of
their members can ID. Thanks and best regards - Louis
Louis Zadnichek II
Fairhope, AL
In a message dated 7/18/2016 11:46:20 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
CBQ@yahoogroups.com writes:
Louis:
I have to agree that it's really questionable if this is actually a Q
facility at all. The boxcar and steel gon beside the powerhouse are
neither one quite right for Q cars, the coal chute doesn't match any I have
drawings for (and that includes all that were around in 1952), and that
appears to be a triple hopper on the coal chute delivery track while the
Q used gons and twin hoppers to deliver company coal. To me the first
locomotive in line looks like a USRA Mike, but it's really hard to tell.
All the other Q negs from the group this person has listed on eBay are from
Nebraska -- Lincoln, Fairmont and the Nebraska City branch. I'm not
familiar with NorthWestern/Omaha Road facilities along the Missouri, but I
think that's a more likely road than the Q.
Hol
From: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
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Subject: Re: [CBQ] What
Roundhouse is This?
July 18, 2016
Hol - Doesn't look "Q" to me. The stored steam locomotive in the distance
at far right looks like a C&NW 0-6-0 to me. If indeed Q, then maybe St.
Joseph, MO, where the roundhouse was fairly close to the Missouri River. But,
that LARGE steel fuel oil tank just doesn't look "Q" to me. Best Regards -
Louis
Louis Zadnichek II
Fairhope, AL
In a message dated 7/18/2016 12:08:02 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
CBQ@yahoogroups.com writes:
[Attachment(s) from Hol Wagner
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Can anyone in the group identify this Burlington roundhouse beside
a large river -- though not as large as the Mississippi. I'm at a
loss to identify it. Of brick construction, it has 14 exhaust jacks
and therefore 14 stalls. That's a brick power plant and machine shop
building adjacent to it, and there's a Q standard 50,000-gallon wooden water
tank on steel supports, a large steel storage tank, possibly for fuel oil,
and a big wooden coal chute in the distance, along with three
possibly stored steam locomotives, though the coal chute is still
active as there are hoppers on the delivery track. The negative of
this image is currently for sale on eBay, and it's supposedly taken in
1952. Archie has confirmed that my first thought, Hannibal, is not
correct, as, among other things, the roundhouse and river are
both too small. I have looked at roundhouse lists and there are
very few possibilities. I thought possibly Greybull, Wyo., but the
Greybull River is on the other side of town from the roundhouse, which also
is of wooden construction. Gibson roundhouse at Omaha comes to mind,
but it was also wooden and the coal chute is wrong, among other
things. I'm baffled; I'm hopeful one of you can identify it.
Hol
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