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Here are the two Otto Perry photos of the 2914, the first at the ash pit at Denver's 23rd St. roundhouse on May 20, 1928. The locomotive is still an S-2, with its original inside admission piston valve cylinders. As Louis noted, its smokebox has been lengthened
to assist it in burning lignite coal on the Lines West divisions to which it was assigned. The following year it would lose the L&B front end when it was rebuilt at West Burlington into a modern class S-2-A locomotive.
The second view has to be one of the greatest photos Otto ever shot -- and he shot thousands of railroad photos between 1912 and his death in 1970. The image portrays No. 47 departing St. Louis Union Station for St. Paul on August 16, 1940, with 2914 on
the point of the two-car train, which is passing the busy New York Central engine servicing facility. Trailing No. 47 on the adjacent track is Q 9903, running as the
Mark Twain Zephyr on its daily round trip to Kansas City. No. 47 must have departed late, though, as it was due out of St. Louis at 8:05 a.m., while No. 29, the
Mark Twain Zephyr, wasn't due to depart until 9 a.m. Perhaps the steam-powered train had experienced a motive power problem that either necessitated a quick repair job or the replacement of its intended locomotive with the 2914. Whatever the case,
the elements all combine to create a wonderful image.
Hol
From: CBQ@yahoogroups.com <CBQ@yahoogroups.com> on behalf of Jpslhedgpeth@aol.com [CBQ] <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
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thanks Hol..The 1914 assignment sheet should verify what I'm thinking re Alliance. As I said..My dad had noted on the back "J Hedgpeth age 9" My dad was born Jan 25, 1906 this would make the date of ;his work
1915. Since 2914 was at Alliance in 14 and again in 18 so that's what I'll use for a caption. Louis Z is helping me get a suitable photo to place alongside my dad's sketch work.
Thanks much for your help.
Pee=te
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Pete:
Sorry to be so slow in answering your query. The earliest Lines West assignment sheet I have is for Sept. 1, 1914, and it shows 2914 assigned to the Alliance Division. The next Lines West sheet I have is for 1918, and 2914 is still at Alliance.
I don't have any early views of the engine, and the only view I know of before it was rebuilt is an Otto Perry photo in Denver in 1928:
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