Burlington streamlined Aeolus 4-6-4

Mark,

That is really a beauty. One of my favorite, in fact it is my favorite, followed by any of the Q Hudson's then any Q EA's. Oh ****, everything Q is my favorite!

RAY

Please see the side view - it got knocked out from the exploded views, but is in the thumbnail photos.

Thank you Ray.  It is a handsome locomotive and model. Even the water bunker in the tender has mirrors simulating water, when the hatches are open !!

Spectacular model no matter how you look at it. My PSC S4 #4002 is the roster's queen. Yet after all the wonderful Burlington equipment that has been done in such high standards in O scale, how come we don't have a proper 9900 Zephyr? I refuse to upgrade an early sunset set, it's simply too crude.

Thanks for the pics, Mark. Beautiful model indeed.

A friend asked me to fix the tender trucks on one of those.  He was willing to pay my usual rate.  I turned him down - each truck apparently has 128 separate pieces.

One more shot....

@bob2 posted:

A friend asked me to fix the tender trucks on one of those.  He was willing to pay my usual rate.  I turned him down - each truck apparently has 128 separate pieces.

Thinking that might be a bit of an fairy tale. 127 maybe.

Simon

A very handsome engine.

A bit reminiscent of the Reading Crusader.

Chris:   the original Aeolus was rebuilt/streamlined Hudson #3002, done in 1937.  The Crusader was created in 1937.  Wonder if one was influenced by the other? But which one ? !!

Note: there were two Aeolus locomotives, #'s 4000 (1937) and 4001 (1938).

Was this locomotive called "Big Alice the Goon"?

Yes. Both #4000 and #4001 were called "Big Alice the Goon", or shortened to Alice, by railroad men.  Apparently Big Alice the Goon was a cartoon character in Popeye, from the 1930's.

@mark s posted:

Chris:   the original Aeolus was rebuilt/streamlined Hudson #3002, done in 1937.  The Crusader was created in 1937.  Wonder if one was influenced by the other? But which one ? !!

Note: there were two Aeolus locomotives, #'s 4000 (1937) and 4001 (1938).

And one of these 2 locomotives sits in a city park in La Crosse, WI with the streamline shrouding removed.  I believe it would be the former 4000 locomotive.

@Nation Wide Lines posted:

And one of these 2 locomotives sits in a city park in La Crosse, WI with the streamline shrouding removed.  I believe it would be the former 4000 locomotive.

It is the 4000.  The streamlining was removed from both locomotives 1940/41 as the E5's were being delivered.

Interesting note: The 4001 was built specifically to be an Aeolus as traffic demands were such that another Hudson couldn't be pulled from service for streamlining.  It was a different world back then.

Rusty

Yes, "Big Alice #4000 is on display in LaCrosse. #4001 had a sadder demise. We were on a Burlington fantrip with 2-8-2 #4960 in December 1960, and passed the Eola Reclamation Plant (near Aurora, IL) and 4-6-4's 4001 and 4002 were there back to back,  shorn of their cabs, with drawbars  welded together. The tenders were retained for MOW work. Believe they were both scrapped at Eola.

A few years back when talking to Scott at the O scale meet,  he had interest in possibly doing this locomotive . I'm in . lets see if we can generate enough interest to have Scott do it!!!!    Its a beautiful piece of architectural art !!

Almost positive he did it before - I will check my photos.

Yep.  Herewith:

I was talking about doing the Aeolus which was only done by precision.

Sorry.  Your post was under the 4000 post.

@bob2 posted:

Sorry.  Your post was under the 4000 post.

To be accurate, "Aeolus" was ONLY the streamlined 4000 and 4001 versions of CB&Q S4 Hudsons. Once the streamlining was removed, neither locomotive was "Aeolus" anymore. Simply 4000 and 4001.