| Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad 2-8-2 Class O-1-A 5136 at Lincoln, Nebraska on May 26 1956, photograph by M. D. McCarter, Louis Zadnichek collection. Number 5136 was built by Baldwin in July 1922 ( c/n 55500 ) and sold for scrap in December 1957. It was equipped with 27 X 30 cylinders and 64 inch drivers. The extended smokebox indicates this locomotive was set up to burn Lignite coal which, due to the high ash content, required more screening in the smokebox. The following is from Hol Wagner: Known as L&B Front End ( Lignite & Bituminous), it worked for both, and that's why the extension and its "guts" did not have to be removed when a locomotive was reassigned to non-lignite burning divisions; only the grates had to be changed. And for reference, the Omaha, Lincoln and Wymore divisions were never lignite burning divisions. Alliance, McCook, Sterling, Casper and Sheridan were the only ones, but Sterling and Casper became oil-burning divisions by 1930. To the best of my knowledge, the only Q locomotives that came from the builder with L&B front ends were the class B-1 and B-1-A Mountains ( 4-8-2 ); all others were fitted with them by the railroad. |