Goin' Railroadin'
May 24, 2019 22:16:53 #
The first of my pictures in this series is that of a BNSF engine, #503, pulling a special passenger train in my neighborhood. This location is only about 5 or 6 blocks from my house. Picture #2 I had taken at an outdoor railroad museum in Douglas, Wyoming. The steam locomotive is a Burlington Route O5b class, they were built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1941, and they weigh 738,000 pounds. The b class
engines were originally O5 class engines that had been converted to burn fuel oil in their fire boxes. And 4 of them have been preserved. These locomotives served the Burlington Route in both freight and passenger service. The remaining 4 pictures I had taken while I was on a tour of Alaska in September of 2003.
engines were originally O5 class engines that had been converted to burn fuel oil in their fire boxes. And 4 of them have been preserved. These locomotives served the Burlington Route in both freight and passenger service. The remaining 4 pictures I had taken while I was on a tour of Alaska in September of 2003.
May 24, 2019 22:24:44 #
alaskarailroad wrote:
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Great perspective in the 5th image.SUPERB CAPTURE!
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Love the pictures. I recognized the Alaska pictures as soon as I saw them. Good memories.
May 25, 2019 09:24:50 #
JimBo42
Loc: Tennessee
I grew up in Burlington, IA where Dad was a physician. Many of his patients worked with the CB&Q. We had several cab rides on O5s. Thanks for the many good memories.
Where is this O5 located?
Where is this O5 located?
May 25, 2019 09:57:23 #
Jim, there are 4 O5b locomotives that have been preserved; #5629. #5630, #5631 and #5633.
#5629 is sitting on the grounds of the Colorado RR Museum in Golden, Colorado, and she was
the first one that I had ever seen. These engines have 74 inch drive wheels. #5630 is located at an outdoor RR museum in Douglas, Wyoming. #5633 is located in a city park in Sheridan, Wyoming.
As for #5631, she is somewhere in the state of Missouri, but where, I don't know. But there was
another O5 class engine, #5632. She had served in pulling passenger excursions up until about
1972, but because there was a dispute involving an isssue of where and how they were going to store her during the winter months, those who were involved in keeping her in operation where told that unless they came up with the money to pay the outfit that was keeping her in storage for the winter months, she would be cut up for scrap. And this is exactly what happened to #5632, and it was a real crime!! There was a piece or an artical in Classic Trains Magazine issued a few years ago about this class of the Burlington Route's Steam Locomotives, and I have it in a pile
of RR magazines somewhere in my living room. This whole piece is very interesting.
Ray Loftesness II
#5629 is sitting on the grounds of the Colorado RR Museum in Golden, Colorado, and she was
the first one that I had ever seen. These engines have 74 inch drive wheels. #5630 is located at an outdoor RR museum in Douglas, Wyoming. #5633 is located in a city park in Sheridan, Wyoming.
As for #5631, she is somewhere in the state of Missouri, but where, I don't know. But there was
another O5 class engine, #5632. She had served in pulling passenger excursions up until about
1972, but because there was a dispute involving an isssue of where and how they were going to store her during the winter months, those who were involved in keeping her in operation where told that unless they came up with the money to pay the outfit that was keeping her in storage for the winter months, she would be cut up for scrap. And this is exactly what happened to #5632, and it was a real crime!! There was a piece or an artical in Classic Trains Magazine issued a few years ago about this class of the Burlington Route's Steam Locomotives, and I have it in a pile
of RR magazines somewhere in my living room. This whole piece is very interesting.
Ray Loftesness II
May 25, 2019 09:59:29 #
May 25, 2019 10:03:38 #
JimBo42
Loc: Tennessee
Thanks Ray. I have seen the O5 article in Trains. It's a nice tribute to a great engine. I distinctly remember that 5632 was one of the O5s we rode.
As I travel, I will check out the locations you have listed. There is a Burlington Hudson at the RR station in Burlington, IA.
Jim
As I travel, I will check out the locations you have listed. There is a Burlington Hudson at the RR station in Burlington, IA.
Jim
May 25, 2019 10:34:11 #
Jim, you just mentioned the s-4 class Hudson e engine. There are 4 of them that have been
preserved, and one of them, #3006 is sitting on the grounds of the Illinois State RR museum. And within the last couple months I learned that this museum is slowly restoring her for operation on the
museum's grounds. I kind of wonder just how much space in terms of acers this museum owns. I am a member of our local HO scale model RR club here in Sioux Falls, SD, and I have an HO scale model of this same class of engine, the S4. It is made of custom painted brass, and it had to have been manufacrured using the blueprints and photographs of the actual engines, because it looks
precisely what the S4 class engines look like, right down to every single staybolt in her firebox.
I also have the M4 class 2-10-4, also in custom painted brass, #6315. My S4's number is #3000.
I paid $675.00 for these engines, and if I were to lose them, it would be impossible for me to replace them. Our RR club is the Sioux Valley Model Engineers Society, and we are located on the grounds of our county fairgrounds. We host an open house during the Sioux Empire Fair, for the general public who are attending the fair, and this always takes place during the 1st week of August. Currently we have 38 members, and only 2 of them have been active members longer than I have been a member, and I just wrapped up my 38th year With the exception of our Black Hills, the Burlington did not serve South Dakota, but this road had it's route running from Aliance, Nebraska to Deadwood and Whitewood. A 10 mile stretch of this route is now owned and operated by the Black Hills Central, better know as the 1880 Train. They have 4 steamers,#7, #104, #110, and #108. Both the #110 and the #108 are 2-6+6-2 Mallets (pronunced as mallay). With the exception of #7, the others are all saddle tankers that were orginally used in logging operations in the lumber industry.
preserved, and one of them, #3006 is sitting on the grounds of the Illinois State RR museum. And within the last couple months I learned that this museum is slowly restoring her for operation on the
museum's grounds. I kind of wonder just how much space in terms of acers this museum owns. I am a member of our local HO scale model RR club here in Sioux Falls, SD, and I have an HO scale model of this same class of engine, the S4. It is made of custom painted brass, and it had to have been manufacrured using the blueprints and photographs of the actual engines, because it looks
precisely what the S4 class engines look like, right down to every single staybolt in her firebox.
I also have the M4 class 2-10-4, also in custom painted brass, #6315. My S4's number is #3000.
I paid $675.00 for these engines, and if I were to lose them, it would be impossible for me to replace them. Our RR club is the Sioux Valley Model Engineers Society, and we are located on the grounds of our county fairgrounds. We host an open house during the Sioux Empire Fair, for the general public who are attending the fair, and this always takes place during the 1st week of August. Currently we have 38 members, and only 2 of them have been active members longer than I have been a member, and I just wrapped up my 38th year With the exception of our Black Hills, the Burlington did not serve South Dakota, but this road had it's route running from Aliance, Nebraska to Deadwood and Whitewood. A 10 mile stretch of this route is now owned and operated by the Black Hills Central, better know as the 1880 Train. They have 4 steamers,#7, #104, #110, and #108. Both the #110 and the #108 are 2-6+6-2 Mallets (pronunced as mallay). With the exception of #7, the others are all saddle tankers that were orginally used in logging operations in the lumber industry.
May 25, 2019 13:17:58 #
Excellent photos! I rode a train like #4 from Fraser, BC to Skagway, AK in 2007.
May 25, 2019 13:20:22 #
Excellent photos! I rode a train like #4 from Fraser, BC to Skagway, AK in 2007.
May 25, 2019 15:12:55 #
JimBo42
Loc: Tennessee
Ray, During WWII, and for a while after, Dad was in England, and Mom and I stayed with her folks in Chadron, NB. Some of my earliest memories were the walk I had with Mom down to the C&NW station to watch the trains, all steam then. Railroading, especially steam, has been in my blood ever since. Recently I have been watching all the movements of Big Boy 4014.
I have had several brass model steam engines - as I remember by "Pacific Fast Mail". I too like the meticulous detail.
I love your vast knowledge of all things Burlington. Thanks for sharing. Jim
I have had several brass model steam engines - as I remember by "Pacific Fast Mail". I too like the meticulous detail.
I love your vast knowledge of all things Burlington. Thanks for sharing. Jim
Jun 14, 2019 09:44:03 #
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