David Richardson PHOTOGRAPHY

Madame Queen AT&SF 5000 Galleries

Moving Day - 1 : 173 photo's.
A special THANKS to the Messer Family of Hereford, Texas for unselfishly donating their time, equipment, crew and materials to relocate the Madame Queen. Without them, this move would not have occured.
Their primary occupation is cleaning up train wrecks, away from the eyes of the public. We were honored to witness the second public display of their talents...truly poetry in motion; a ballet performed by rugged people with heavy machinery. It's almost unbelievable that they are able to perform such coordinated movements directed only by experience and a series of hand and body signals.

Moving Day - 2 : 102 Photo's

Madame Queen...Before the Relocation : 96 photo's.
The Madame Queen has been on display in Amarillo since 1957. The 5000 series engine is also known as the Texas type. This particular engine was the prototype built in 1930, converted from coal to fuel-oil in 1940 and was retired in 1953 after logging more than 1.75 million miles.
A Conductor of the 5000 told me that the Madame Queen would run 70 mph pulling 100 loaded cars.
Later models (5001, 5002, etc), were slightly larger, had larger drive-wheels, and could exceed 90 mph.

To see the entire Madam Queen gallery, click on "Madame Queen AT&SF 5000" in the first line of this page.

Interesting link to the the Queen in the "Old Days". http://myhighplains.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=459

Madame Queen...Before the Relocation

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