Re: C&S 75 in Leadville . . . but when?

Posted by Jim Courtney on Apr 04, 2016; 11:41pm
URL: http://c-sng-discussion-forum.254.s1.nabble.com/C-S-75-in-Leadville-but-when-tp5051p5056.html

Mike,

I always enjoy your discussions about the details of the big engines.

I get your point about the new steam dome making the Leadville photo that I posted, a post-1936 wreck photo; and since "1940" is typed on the back, 1940 is probably when the photo was taken.

But these pilot-to-running board steps really have me confused. We both agree that before 1936, the 75 had a single step with an open triangular brace beneath, as in the 1931 Otto Perry photo above. The Anderson(?) photo from eBay (drat, someone else got it!) dated August, 1936, has the two simple steps on each side, a post wreck feature I would assume.

In the "1940?" photo that I posted of 75 in Leadville, I see only a single step--you believe a solid triangular metal gusset was welded on to support that step, as a 1940s feature.

But a DPL search shows the 75 with two simple steps again by November of 1941:



http://digital.denverlibrary.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/p15330coll22/id/43134/rec/3



http://digital.denverlibrary.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/p15330coll22/id/43133/rec/9


These 2 steps are still on the engine at the Morse Bros yard in 1945:


http://digital.denverlibrary.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/p15330coll22/id/42434/rec/1


So what's with this 1 step to 2 steps, back to 1 step and ending up with 2 steps stuff?  I don't think the steps to the running boards were removed when pilot plows were added (might explain a seasonal mix and match sharing of these steps among the 3 engines).

BTW, notice that the out-swinging cab door on the 75 in the Leadville picture (another rebuilding after the wreck feature?) was present only on the engineers side; the fireman's front cab door continued to swing inward.

As to the tender rear end-beam, there is this companion photo to the August 1936 photo of 75 on Boreas (It was listed on eBay a few weeks ago and I didn't get this one either!):



http://www.ebay.com/itm/121909586021?ssPageName=STRK:MEDWX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1435.l2649


It clearly shows the angled bottom of the tender end beam, as 75 running light behind a freight, passes the east bound passenger train in the clear on a siding.

I believe the 1936 eBay photos are companions to these two photos from the CRA 12, well documenting the meet at Bacon and 75's status as a light helper following the freight down the hill to Breckenridge.








Both views are attributed to Lad Arend, August of 1936,  in Colorado Rail Annual 12, page 127.  Makes you wonder if two photographers were taking photos that day, as the camera seems on both sides of the track at the same time! Or perhaps, the two eBay photos are also by Lad Arend, and not Brownie Anderson.