second chance...(HSS)
The 05 was one of the last steam locomotives used by Northwestern Steel and Wire Co. in Sterling,IL. before they switched over to oil engines in the early '80s.NWSW was one of the very last American companies to use steam. Several of these locomotives and their tenders were moved to discarded trackage behind a grain elevator in Galt,IL. in the mid '80s whereas others were scrapped.They have all been sold to various museums and collectors except for this old girl.This was thought to have also been gone-purportedly it was sold to a concern in Quncy,IL.-until a month ago when it was uncovered when the elevator cleared land to build a new grain bin. She's a complete beauty and hopefully she will get that second chance somewhere where she will be appreciated...
Please check out this link to an old photo of the 05 in action in the Sterling steel yards..
Have a great sliders sunday everyone!
second chance...(HSS)
The 05 was one of the last steam locomotives used by Northwestern Steel and Wire Co. in Sterling,IL. before they switched over to oil engines in the early '80s.NWSW was one of the very last American companies to use steam. Several of these locomotives and their tenders were moved to discarded trackage behind a grain elevator in Galt,IL. in the mid '80s whereas others were scrapped.They have all been sold to various museums and collectors except for this old girl.This was thought to have also been gone-purportedly it was sold to a concern in Quncy,IL.-until a month ago when it was uncovered when the elevator cleared land to build a new grain bin. She's a complete beauty and hopefully she will get that second chance somewhere where she will be appreciated...
Please check out this link to an old photo of the 05 in action in the Sterling steel yards..
Have a great sliders sunday everyone!