CB&Q excursion steam engines

[arkansasrailfan]

What ever happened to them? I know one went to the Grand Canyon and got completly rebuilt, but what about the Northern(5632??)

[Beach Bill]

4-8-4 #5629 is at the Colorado RR Museum in Golden.

Bill

[arkansasrailfan]

What's the number of the engine(in Burlington hands)

The tender it has now is from one of the Cotton Belt homebuilt 4-8-4s

[clash]

The 5632 class O-5a was sold to a private individual for fan trip operation but it never came to be and the engine was scrapped sometime in the 1970's.

[dknelson]

Here is information about the former CB&Q excursion engines.

http://www.steamlocomotive.com/union/jensen.shtml

Dave Nelson 

[cnwfan51]

The 5632 was scrapped in the early 70s in either indiana or I Ithink the 080s at northwestern steel were scrapped by the same firm

[oldline1]

The Q used 2-8-2 #4960, 4-8-4 #5632 and 2-10-4 #6315 and a couple C&S 2-8-0's (638 & ???) on many excursions in the 1960's. The 4960 went through several owners and finally got a good home on the Grand Canyon Ry. The 6315 was scrapped by the Q. One of the 2-8-0's was placed on display in Leadville, CO(?). The 5632 was bought by Dick Jensen and wound up getting scrapped in the late 1970's when he couldn't afford to pay the storage for her and his GTW 4-6-2 #5629. It was a very sad day for railfans when two nice locos like that were scrapped so late in the game. The 4-8-4 #5629 at the CRM was not used on Q excursions as far as I remember.

Before condemning Jensen for getting them scrapped we can at least appreciate what he tried to do and the fact that he was instrumental in getting the T&P 2-10-4 #610 running for the American Freedom Train. He was alos helpful with some other steam projects too.

My 2¢

Roger 

 

[gbrewer]

The 6315 was only used once and broke down on the way to Galesburg. A bearing on the right hand valve gear came loose and did some damage before the train was stopped. I seriously doubt the engine ever ran again.  Road engine, 5632, carried on for the rest of the day handling the 17 car train with ease after the 6315 was pushed to Galesburg. There was a memorably high speed return to Chicago because we were returning quite late. Here is a picture I took after the incident:

http://www.homestaydenver.com/MiscPhotos/Q6315.jpg

5629 was used at least once on a portion of a long distance run (Chicago to Denver I believe).

Glen