Illegally Sold and Scrapped | Chicago, Burlington and Quincy 5632 and 4963 | History in the Dark
CB&Q 5632 and 4963 were two locomotives involved in the railroad's steam program that ran until the early 1960's. When those excursions ended, both were destined for the scrap yard. But a railfan named Richard Jensen stepped in and purchased them with the intention to restore them to running condition using funds he generated from his other steam engine: Grand Trunk Western 5629. However, they were illegally sold out from under his nose by the Chicago and Western Illinois Railway to the Erman-Howell division of the Luria Brothers Scrap Company. This unlawful action would lead to one of the two stepsisters being lost forever anyway.
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0:00 - Intro
0:56 - Two Different Beginnings
4:53 - Excursion Services
7:04 - The Stepsisters
10:38 - Illegally Sold
17:52 - The Last Sister
"Chicago, Burlington and Quincy 5632 was a O-5b class 4-8-4 “Northern” built in the CB&Q's shops in August 1940. It was used to pull mainline passenger and freight trains before it eventually became famous for pulling a plethora of excursion trains for the CB&Q’s steam excursion program. By the time the program ended in 1966, No. 5632 was disassembled for an unfinished overhaul, and was subsequently sold to locomotive caretaker Richard Jensen. The locomotive was stored inside a roundhouse waiting for restoration until 1969, when it was illegally moved to a scrapyard. The locomotive derailed on a switch in 1972, resulting in its scrapping and a subsequent lawsuit between the scrapyard and Jensen."
"Chicago, Burlington and Quincy 4963 is a preserved class "O-1a" 2-8-2 "Mikado" type steam locomotive originally built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1923 for the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad. It was used by the CB&Q to haul mainline freight trains before it was leased to the Bevier and Southern Railroad to haul short-distance freight trains in the late 1950s and early 1960s. It was subsequently retained by the CB&Q and used as a source of spare parts before being acquired by Richard Jensen. It was planned for No. 4963 to be restored to run again before it was sold to a scrapyard in Chicago during legal disputes between Jensen and the Chicago and Western Indiana Railroad. No. 4963 was later purchased by the Illinois Railway Museum in 1991, and as of 2023, the locomotive is on static display in Union, Illinois."
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Music credits:
🟢 Henry's Theme (Sad) -- https://www.seevid.ir/fa/w/A9Khc...
🎵 Cover by Luke Pickman -- instrumentmaniac
0:00 - Intro
0:56 - Two Different Beginnings
4:53 - Excursion Services
7:04 - The Stepsisters
10:38 - Illegally Sold
17:52 - The Last Sister
"Chicago, Burlington and Quincy 5632 was a O-5b class 4-8-4 “Northern” built in the CB&Q's shops in August 1940. It was used to pull mainline passenger and freight trains before it eventually became famous for pulling a plethora of excursion trains for the CB&Q’s steam excursion program. By the time the program ended in 1966, No. 5632 was disassembled for an unfinished overhaul, and was subsequently sold to locomotive caretaker Richard Jensen. The locomotive was stored inside a roundhouse waiting for restoration until 1969, when it was illegally moved to a scrapyard. The locomotive derailed on a switch in 1972, resulting in its scrapping and a subsequent lawsuit between the scrapyard and Jensen."
"Chicago, Burlington and Quincy 4963 is a preserved class "O-1a" 2-8-2 "Mikado" type steam locomotive originally built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1923 for the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad. It was used by the CB&Q to haul mainline freight trains before it was leased to the Bevier and Southern Railroad to haul short-distance freight trains in the late 1950s and early 1960s. It was subsequently retained by the CB&Q and used as a source of spare parts before being acquired by Richard Jensen. It was planned for No. 4963 to be restored to run again before it was sold to a scrapyard in Chicago during legal disputes between Jensen and the Chicago and Western Indiana Railroad. No. 4963 was later purchased by the Illinois Railway Museum in 1991, and as of 2023, the locomotive is on static display in Union, Illinois."
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