What roads just west of Chicago had oil-fired steam engines? I'm guessing the Burlington, any others?

Did C&NW have oil-fired engines?

Did C&NW use articulated engines on the hump at Ottumwa, Iowa?



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> What roads just west of Chicago had
> oil-fired steam engines? I'm guessing the
> Burlington, any others?

> Did C&NW have oil-fired engines?

> Did C&NW use articulated engines on the
> hump at Ottumwa, Iowa?

Yes, CNW did have oil fired engines, but I think they only saw service on lines west of Mankato, MN, in South Dakota and Nebraska.

Southern Pacific had oil fired engine was well as the Western Pacific and Union Pacific.

I would not suprise me if Great Northern had oil fired enigines.

I remember that sometime during her lifetime, CB&Q #4960 had been converted to oil, so Burlington used oil also.

I also remember that some of the Santa 3700 class got converted to oil in the 40s, so maybe they had some other too.

hi don't forget the milwakee rd 4-4-2s were oil burners.thats a good note for a change.

staybolt2@netscape.net

> Yes, CNW did have oil fired engines, but I
> think they only saw service on lines west of
> Mankato, MN, in South Dakota and Nebraska.

> Southern Pacific had oil fired engine was
> well as the Western Pacific and Union
> Pacific.

> I would not suprise me if Great Northern had
> oil fired enigines.

> I remember that sometime during her
> lifetime, CB&Q #4960 had been converted
> to oil, so Burlington used oil also.

**** Yes, the Burlington had a number of locomotives that burned oil BUT I do not believe that 2-8-2 #4960 was ever anything but coal fired while working for the Q.

> I also remember that some of the Santa 3700
> class got converted to oil in the 40s, so
> maybe they had some other too.


midlandblb@cs.com

As I recall from historical information, all of the AT&SF's western locomotives were oil-fired while the eastern locomotive were coal burners. This was mainly an economizing move to make the locomotives burn whatever type of fuel was most readily available in an attempt to avoid incurring any unnecessary costs of transporting fuel, particularly coal.

awalker2002@comcast.net

Milwaukee's steam power west of Three Forks Montana was about all oil fired.

Todd Jones


milw104c@charter.net

> What roads just west of Chicago had
> oil-fired steam engines? I'm guessing the
> Burlington, any others?

CNW, MILW, CB&Q, UP, CRI&P, SP, SSW, MP, T&P, AT&SF, SP&S, MKT, WP, IC (2 oil-fired 4-6-2's), lot's of short lines, and there are probably others.

> Did C&NW use articulated engines on the
> hump at Ottumwa, Iowa?

I didn't know CNW ever served Ottumwa, or that any railroad had a hump yard there.

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