The Locos We Lost - Part 2

[Kurt Maechner]

Here is the second blog post in a series on C&S/DSP&P engines that could have been saved but were lost to the scrapper. This one relates to C&S mogul No. 6. In a curious twist of fate, one piece of this engine lives on.
Enjoy,
Kurt

[Mike Trent]

Hi, Kurt. I'm not sure when #6 was set aside, but I can tell you that the "new", tender cistern on #60 today is dimensionally identical to that on #6 in pictures near the end of it's time in active service. The reason it is worth mentioning is that the tender body used on #8 and #9 were 18' long, #6's tender was only 17' long with a shorter deck behind the coal bunker. This was discovered during research for the Overland On3 Moguls in 1985. #60's current 17' cistern sits today on a tender frame designed for an 18' tender body.

Tender bodys were often switched around as they were repaired and I don't remember ever being able to confirm that #60's 17' body came from #6, but it possibly could have. #6 was scrapped in 1938, but I don't know if it was still with it's tender in the dead line whenever it got there. I also don't remember if any of the other post-1900 Cooke engines had the shorter tenders. If #6 had been sent to Chicago, it would have gone with the longer tender from #8 or #9.

So, maybe, there might be more of #6 left than we knew.....

[Lee Gustafson]

Mike,

Could you please contact me back channel I have some questions regarding the information of On3 Overland C&S locomotives and appreciate your knowledge and research. Thanks

Lee Gustafson

Email.   bagustaf at aol dot com

[Kurt Maechner]

That is fascinating, Mike! Thanks for sharing that. It's interesting to think that more of No. 6 might still be around.