Do these photos exist with higher resolution than you attached? I
noticed on the first one that the number plate on the smokebox door
quite obviously is indeed 504 with the 5 and 0 painted out, but the
original 4 left in place.
On the third photo, however, all three digits were painted over and a
larger 6 painted in the middle. It's hard to be sure at this resolution,
but it kind of looks to me like the original third digit was also a 4.
Given that the smokebox front is different, I wonder if this was
originally 514. I know it was stated that the practice was to just use
the last digit of the number the loco arrived with, but how hard and
fast was that rule? Might they have changed it to avoid duplication?
The fourth photo's number plate is too faint to really tell much, but I
wonder if it's more legible at higher res.
--
David Streeter
On 2/24/2021 10:45 AM, William Barber wrote:
Louis, Leo and others,
In the BRHS Flickr Gallery, we have photos of several Q G5 0-6-0s at
or in service at Northwest Steel and Wire. It is possible that not
only the original USRA G5s were sent there, but also some of the 1921
G5A copies may have been sent there.
Attached are several photos of Q G5s at NWSW in Sterling, IL. The
first shows no. 4 (504) with what appears to be a C&NW tender. We have
no photos of this tender in service with 504 on the Q. (Possibly, its
original developed a leak.) No. 4 is also sporting a non Q headlight.
The second photo shows NWSW no 6, either 506 or 516 and equipped with
a non Q headlight. We have a photo of 506 on the Q with the Q type
smokebox door, so it could be either locomotive. The third photo shows
no. 6 probably after its service at NWSW. Note the broken cab windows.
The last photo shows NWSW no. 9 which could be either 509 (Leo’s
locomotive of interest) or 519. Judging by the tender and other
details, I think it is 509. Based on this information, we have photos
of at least four Q G5s or G5As in service at NWSW; nos. 3, 4, 6, and
9. Is there any information about where the 15 G5As were sent for scrap?
Bill Barber
Gravois Mills, MO
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