STEAM IS NOT DEAD IN CHICAGO

By Billy M. Byrd
Published on March 1, 1970
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Engineer Billy M. Byrd of Madisonville on Ex. G.T.W. 5629. Courtesy of Billy M. Byrd, 369 S. Harrig St., Madisonville, Kentucky 42431
Engineer Billy M. Byrd of Madisonville on Ex. G.T.W. 5629. Courtesy of Billy M. Byrd, 369 S. Harrig St., Madisonville, Kentucky 42431
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Ex Grand Trunk Western Locomotive 5629, on Fan Trip. Chicago & South Bend, Indiana on September 17, 1967. Courtesy of Billy M. Byrd, 369 S. Harrig St., Madisonville, Kentucky 42431
Ex Grand Trunk Western Locomotive 5629, on Fan Trip. Chicago & South Bend, Indiana on September 17, 1967. Courtesy of Billy M. Byrd, 369 S. Harrig St., Madisonville, Kentucky 42431
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Now here is a man you see just about anywhere they steam up an engine. He always has his big apple pealer and he puts on a good show no matter where. He looks like he's in jail here but I don't guess he was in the clink many times. He is Mr. Melvin Lutgen
Now here is a man you see just about anywhere they steam up an engine. He always has his big apple pealer and he puts on a good show no matter where. He looks like he's in jail here but I don't guess he was in the clink many times. He is Mr. Melvin Lutgen
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This engine belongs to Miss Helen Wood. Wood Bros, engine 22 hp. No. 426, built in 1917 in Des Moines, Iowa. Miss Wood's father and uncle were the builders of this engine and many other good engines and threshers. Miss Wood bought this engine in memory of
This engine belongs to Miss Helen Wood. Wood Bros, engine 22 hp. No. 426, built in 1917 in Des Moines, Iowa. Miss Wood's father and uncle were the builders of this engine and many other good engines and threshers. Miss Wood bought this engine in memory of
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Asel is threshing this year and Charlie is running the engine! Threshing about 4 miles west of Wheeling, West Virginia at the Gabel Farm. This 20 hp. Reeves is making a Jerome Case Separator sing as it chews up the oats sheaves and blows the bright straw
Asel is threshing this year and Charlie is running the engine! Threshing about 4 miles west of Wheeling, West Virginia at the Gabel Farm. This 20 hp. Reeves is making a Jerome Case Separator sing as it chews up the oats sheaves and blows the bright straw
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This photo was taken August 20, 1915, at the McCoy Farm in Archer Township, Harrison County. Chester Busby holding the horses, Vern Mattern on tank and Sherman Busby on drive wheel. Age 19 at that time. Courtesy of Raymond Laizure, RFD 3, Cadiz, Ohio 4390
This photo was taken August 20, 1915, at the McCoy Farm in Archer Township, Harrison County. Chester Busby holding the horses, Vern Mattern on tank and Sherman Busby on drive wheel. Age 19 at that time. Courtesy of Raymond Laizure, RFD 3, Cadiz, Ohio 4390

369 S. Harrig St. Madisonville, Kentucky 42431

Saturday September 16 and Sunday September 17, 1967 brought back
many memories for I helped steam up and I fired a real steam
locomotive, Ex Grand Trunk 4-6-2 No. 5629, privately owned by Mr.
Richard Jensen of Chicago who is head of the Mid-West Steam
Railfans Association. Locomotive 5629 was built by American

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