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Steam & Excursion > Refueling an every day workhorseDate: 10/05/15 13:12 Refueling an every day workhorse Author: Q4960 Northwestern Steel & Wire in Sterling, Illinois roughly 45 years ago on one of my first visits there, being refueled. This would have been just before the ex-GTW 0-8-0's were converted from coal to oil. Steam lasted until 1980 and I made many trips up there.
Roger Holmes   Date: 10/05/15 13:16 Re: Refueling an every day workhorse Author: Frisco1522 I've heard plenty of stories of how worn out those engines were and of some of the "repairs" made there.
Date: 10/05/15 13:32 Re: Refueling an every day workhorse Author: Q4960 Frisco1522 Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > I've heard plenty of stories of how worn out those > engines were and of some of the "repairs" made > there. I can only imagine! Would love to read some of those stories...and about those repairs! Roger Date: 10/05/15 15:08 Re: Refueling an every day workhorse Author: patd3985 I remember seeing an advertisement for Northwestern Steel & Wire from the 60's. It read something like: "A steam locomotive in every box of nails!".. I guess they scrapped steam engines by the hundreds back in those days!
Date: 10/05/15 15:50 Re: Refueling an every day workhorse Author: glibby Thanks for this post. Do you know the dates of these photos?
Date: 10/05/15 16:05 Re: Refueling an every day workhorse Author: refarkas Two of the best NWS&W shots I have seen. I was there when they were using oil. I never thought about how they coaled their locomotives.
Thanks for posting these. Bob Date: 10/05/15 16:51 Re: Refueling an every day workhorse Author: Q4960 glibby Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Thanks for this post. Do you know the dates of > these photos? January 31, 1970 |