GTW 5629

Does anyone know where I can find information on the 5629 or its class? I know very well of her sad history, but I still can't find anything about her specifications. Can anyone help?
 
I didn't see it on that website because I was looking for Grand Trunk Western among the list of railroads that operated in the USA, not Canada. I'll try to remember that next time.
 
Did you check on any Canadian National information? The GT and GTW, CV, and others were part of the CN family and system, though they operated in the US.

John
 
I have looked around a bit and found nothing. However, I did find blueprints to various other designs and may be on to something. I'm still looking for any documents of specifications. Though I have a lot of information already, I want to get as much as I possibly can
 
In case anyone is wondering what the locomotive is:

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Ain't that the engine that got torn up in a metro link yard or something?

maybe you could do a little kit bash with a reskin of Ben Neal's new ATSF 2-8-2, and then change the bogie kuid to a 6 wheel bogie, and grabbed the tender from somewhere else...
 
If I remember the story correctly it was being stored in one of Chicagos Metra yard and they order the owner of the engine to have it taken off their property because it was taking up space they needed, the owner refuse to because he had no other place to store it so Metra gave him a deadline that if he did not move the engine by a certain date they would scrap it on the spot. The owner tried to donated the locomotive to any museum that might want it but he could not find anyone to give it to at the right price (but I know many museums tried to obtain the engine like IRM) but they were too late to meet the deadline and the engine along with a CB&Q 4-8-4 were sadly scrap. This had happened In the 1970s and Metra is much better run these days then it was when this occurred. The owner had 3 other engines that he owned that were saved and they were CB&Q steam engines. One a 4-6-0 was sold to IRM. Another was a 2-8-2 also ended up at IRM,and finally another 2-8-2 was sold to Grand Canyon Railway.
 
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You're close. The story had a similar plot, but some parts are out of context. From what I've seen, (and according to someone who actually worked on that engine), Jensen (the owner) was stubborn and refused to let anyone buy his engine. He even went as far as having the roller bearings removed so that no one could take his train. Metra then scrapped it so that they can put a building there, but the building was actually never constructed. I'm still trying to find the location of the 5629's death but it's pretty hard to do. As for the CB&Q northern, Jensen ignored his deadling and moved it at the last minute. It derailed because they didn't properly inspect it first. It was then scrapped.
 
You're close. The story had a similar plot, but some parts are out of context. From what I've seen, (and according to someone who actually worked on that engine), Jensen (the owner) was stubborn and refused to let anyone buy his engine. He even went as far as having the roller bearings removed so that no one could take his train. Metra then scrapped it so that they can put a building there, but the building was actually never constructed. I'm still trying to find the location of the 5629's death but it's pretty hard to do. As for the CB&Q northern, Jensen ignored his deadling and moved it at the last minute. It derailed because they didn't properly inspect it first. It was then scrapped.
I heard is was torn up cause they didn't were abandoning the yard
 
I know it was a shame that happened but Metra did learn from that incident a lot and has not tried the same stunt again. They are a lot more preservative now to heritage equipment.
 
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