May 23, 2017
Group - BB 53 arrived in south Alabama this past weekend and, as Leo says,
another AWESOME Bulletin.
I was particularly interested in the Laclede Steel Mill scrap yard
photographs on page 29, the first I've seen. I couldn't make out the road
number of the 2-6-2 type shown awaiting dismantling, but may be this
inserted/attached image is it. Pictured is Class R-5-A No. 2219 constructed
by Brooks Locomotive Works in 1907 and, according to the Corbin
Book, retired in November 1953. This image was taken at Alton, IL, on
November 25, 1953 and the newspaper photograph is dated December 9, 1953.
Very well could be the same retired locomotive.
In the image at the top of the page showing the line-up of condemned Q
locomotives awaiting their fate at Laclede Steel Mill, the first shown is a
Class O-3 2-8-2 type. I can make out the first three numerals of
the road number, 532-. I think the second locomotive is a Class O-3, too. In
checking the Corbin Book for disposition dates, there were only four O-3 in
the 5320-5329 series that were sold for scrap in 1953. They were the 5322
sold in January 1953, the 5324 sold in November 1953, the 5328 sold in November
1953 and the 5329 sold in July 1953. Since the newspaper photograph is dated
December 9, 1953, any of those four O-3's could be in the line-up.
As for the hapless 2569 shown in the early stages of being cut-up at
Laclede Steel Mill, it was a Class P-5 4-4-2 type constructed by the Baldwin
Locomotive Works in 1905. The Corbin Book lists it as having
been retired in October 1953, so that works with the newspaper date of
December 9, 1953. Laclede Steel Mill was at one time a major
US Midwest steel mill. The mill scrapped hundreds of steam
locomotives from various railroads during the early to mid-1950s. This mill
closed in 1998, but emerged from bankruptcy with new owners and a new name Alton
Steel in 2003. Best Regards - Louis
Louis Zadnichek II
Fairhope, AL
In a message dated 5/22/2017 6:23:03 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
CBQ@yahoogroups.com writes:
Another
awesome Bulletin. Kudos to the authors and Dave the editor. The Bulletins just
keep maintaining the society's high standard for publications.
Oh, and
I think the new printer did a good job too.
Leo
Phillipp
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