Steam & Excursion > My Best 4960 Shot

CB&Q 4960 turning on the Zearing (Illinois) Wye during a fan trip, March 21, 1965

Enjoy,
Marty Bernard

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Nice shot!

I liked that old gal when she was a Q engine.  Not too wild about the silver smokebox, but she had character.  Scored a couple of good cab rides back on the Q trips out of St. Louis..

Even with the abundance of fresh silver (graphite?) she still looks like a working engine.   That is a fine photo.   Nice scan too.

Thanks.  The reasons I like the photo are because she is working:  turning herself and the train and thus the firemen had no trouble making smoke on a cold day.  There is nothing in the background.  And finally, you can see lots of light beneath her.


Marty Bernard

MartyBernard Wrote:
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> Thanks.  The reasons I like the photo are because
> she is working:  turning herself and the train
> and thus the firemen had no trouble making smoke
> on a cold day.  There is nothing in the
> background.  And finally, you can see lots of
> light beneath her.
>
>
> Marty Bernard

I see very little "smoke", but LOTS of steam vapor, which is the sign of a very good Fireman.

Lack of smoke from all that vegetable oil.    Oh wait...what year was this, 1965???

MartyBernard Wrote:
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> Thanks.  The reasons I like the photo are because
> she is working:  turning herself and the train
> and thus the firemen had no trouble making smoke
> on a cold day.  There is nothing in the
> background.  And finally, you can see lots of
> light beneath her.

That's because the wye at Zearing used a portion of the old IV&N line that once continued north to meet the Ninth Sub (Mendota-Denrock) at Kasbeer. That leg went up and over the main line on a plate girder bridge, thus giving you that nice upward shooting angle and a reason for the 4960 to work a bit.

Here is a wider view (looking east) that I found on the interwebs by searching "Zearing IL photos" Sorry, no info.

NZ

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A real beauty , Marty !
Thanks for sharing.  ---Kelly

NZ

Thanks for your comments and for finding that picture.  Too bad the photographer's name was stripped from it.

Marty

 

MartyBernard Wrote:

> Thanks for your comments and for finding that
> picture.  Too bad the photographer's name was
> stripped from it.

Appears to be by Lou Gerard, March 20,1966:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/5632/6806640771/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/5632/6725507999/in/set-72157628939440091

She'll always be a "Q" engine. Nothing can change that.
Steve

Frisco1522 Wrote:
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> I liked that old gal when she was a Q engine. 
> Not too wild about the silver smokebox, but she
> had character.  Scored a couple of good cab rides
> back on the Q trips out of St. Louis..