Re: C&S 40 and work train

Posted by Jim Courtney on
URL: http://c-sng-discussion-forum.254.s1.nabble.com/Photos-of-C-S-6-9-and-40-at-derailment-in-snow-c1912-tp6076p6084.html

The accompanying photo on eBay of number 40 and work train attempting to rescue the derailed number 9 is also fascinating:



Looks like there is a derailed boxcar, on its side, to the left of work box 051.


And has anyone ever seen a photo of Cooke 2-8-0 number 40 before?






I can't make out a generator on number 40 either, and the domes appear rounded on top like those on number 9.  The headlight is also interesting, looks to be one of the early CB&Q box style headlights, with the protruding housing for the circular glass, the short cylindrical vent on top and the wedge-o-cheese number board above the lens housing.  It is the same style seen in Otto Perry photos in the late teens to mid-1920s on several engines, surviving on number 69 until abandonment.

This photo suggests that this type of headlight was in use quite early, before mandated electrical headlights.

Jim