Can anyone advise if the Q sold steam Locos to Pielet in McCook,IL for dismantling ? It's well documented that locos went to Northwestern Steel and Wire and of course the Eola Reclamation plant. I'm
Leo: I don't believe Pielet was involved in the scrapping of steam locomotives, though I could be wrong. The Q, however, did not sell any to Pielet, that I've sever seen documented. The attached let
June 5, 2015 Leo and Hol - I agree, Pielet Brothers never scrapped a Q steam locomotive. Although technically not a direct Q sale, let's not forget 5632 and 4963 being sold by the CWI in August 1969
I've got photos of several locomotives taken in the yard at Villisca Iowa in summer 1953...One of them 700? is the one featured in Jim Reisdorff's ALLIANCE AND EVERYWHERE WEST book. The story the fir
June 5, 2015 Leo and Hol - I agree, Pielet Brothers never scrapped a Q steam locomotive. Although technically not a direct Q sale, let's not forget 5632 and 4963 being sold by the CWI in August 1969
Louis: Yes, as the letter I posted hints, some C&S steam power was shipped east in the early 1950s to scrappers used by the Q. Others were sent south the Luria Bros. operation in Pueblo, Colo., adjac
Another note: Just heard from Bob Lehmuth in Utah that he has photos of steam locomotives -- though not Q -- at Pielet Bros., so they apparently did scrap steam power. Hol To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com Fro
June 6, 2015 Hol - During the early 1960s when I lived in Downers Grove, I now vaguely remember that Commonwealth Edison in Chicago sold a 0-6-0 to Pielet Brothers, but I think the locomotive later e
Pete, I for one would like to see those photos taken at Villisca. Partly because I am moving to Villisca next month and have an interest in what was there. Doug Harding www.iowacentralrr.org __._,_._
Doug..I'll get to work and see if I can find those pictures....My railfan buddy Jim Christen and I made a series of trips up the Corning Villisca branch 1949-1956 so I'm pretty familiar with how thin
The 0-6-0 in question sat on a siding just beyond the 47th Street??? Crossing. Im not sure if it is the #5 that is at IRM now. Charlie Vlk Hol - During the early 1960s when I lived in Downers Grove,
June 8, 2015 Charlie - YES, that's the 0-6-0. I recall it came from a power company, but not sure either if it was the one now at IRM. The 0-6-0 had been stripped of just about every part that could