Re: [CBQ] Pile driver

["Steven Holding" <sholding@sbcglobal.net>]

Of interest also is the chevy truck in the left corner.  A double cab truck no less

Steve in SC

On Wednesday, May 26, 2021, 06:52:38 PM EDT, zephyr98072 <glenehaug@msn.com> wrote:

I can't make out who is on the leads, but if it is the pile driver operator, it is a fellow by the name of McCorkle, who lived on the northwest side of Lincoln.  I think we used this pile driver in 1969 to build a wood trestle approach replacement for the west abutment of the Rulo bridge (the abutment had been settling badly for years).  My recollection is that McCorkle had no assistant operator, and he always got a lot of overtime, because he would start as early as 4:30 in the morning to fire up the boiler to have it ready when the B&B gang went to work.

Glen Haug

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From: CBQ@groups.io <CBQ@groups.io> on behalf of Rupert Gamlen <gamlenz@hotmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2021 3:09 AM
To: CBQ@groups.io <CBQ@groups.io>
Subject: [CBQ] Pile driver

 

There’s a photo on eBay of pile driver 204619 at

J64 CB&Q Burlington Route OPERATING STEAM POWER Pile Driver 1969 Original Slide! | eBay

I’ve enlarged the cab to identify its number and found that rather unusual numerals have been used. Looking through my photos, I see that a wide range of letter and numbering styles were used for pile drivers but I can’t recollect seeing this style before.

And if you are looking at the photo on-line, any suggestions for the red object behind and to the left of the pile driver? It looks like a cab with a Burlington Route herald underneath but the windows appesar to be too wide.

Rupert Gamlen
Auckland NZ

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