Burlington in Des Moines County, Iowa — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)

Engine No. 3003 / Market Square

Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, June 25, 2021

1. Engine No. 3003 / Market Square Marker

Inscription.

Engine No. 3003, also, Market Square. . No. 3003. This S-4 Hudson class passenger locomotive was the fourth engine produced by the Baldwin Locomotive Works for the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad (CB&Q). In 1930 when the steam engine was built it was considered to be state of the art and the ultimate in rail passenger travel. The steam powered engine pulled passenger trains at speeds of up to 90 mph and was capable of traveling at speeds of 120 mph. The weight of the locomotive including the tender is 364 tons. , The Hudson 4-6-4 was an improvement from the steam locomotives designed by the American Locomotive Company. It was first used in 1927 by the New York Central. Since the New York Central mainline ran along the mighty Hudson River, the locomotives were given the Hudson name. , The locomotives represented one of the greatest technological achievements of that time. This was made possible by the commercial development of the outside bearing four wheel radial, trailing truck, and increased power output from fireboxes with grate areas so large they had previously been considered impractical. No. 3003 carried 24 tons of coal and 15,000 gallons of water. It could haul a heavy train 500 miles without replenishing the supply of coal, but needed two more 15,000 gallon resupplies of water on such a run. , The CB&Q ordered a dozen S-4 Hudson locomotives which were assigned numbers 3000 to 3011. The No. 3003 operated on the CB&Q mainline for nearly 20 years before being replaced by more efficient diesel engines. , The No. 3003 was dedicated to the City of Burlington in 1961 and refurbished and rededicated in November 1991. , Hudson Class S-4 Commonwealth Cast Steel Engine Frames, Wheel Arrangement: 4-6-4, Boiler Conical - with maximum diameter of 82" Working pressure: 250 psi Fuel: Soft coal, Firebox Length: 131-7/8 inches Width: 96 inches radial staying, equipped with arch tubes and a combustion chamber at the front., Tender Tank capacity: Water – 15,000 U.S. Gallons Fuel - 24 Tons Wheels: 12 Diameter: 36" , Cylinders: 25" x 28" 78" spoke drivers Baker long-frame valve gear Barco, B-4 Power Reverse Gear American multiple front-end throttle Locomotive Superheater Company Type E , Standard Modified Type B stoker Sellers Type K, non-lifting injector Elesco K-50 Feedwater heater Pair of Westinghouse 8-1/2” cross-compound air pumps Timkin roller bearings on spoked pilot truck wheels Franklin Type C-E booster on Delta cast steel 4-wheel trailing truck Fort Worth and Denver design five-chime whistle. . , Market Square. Historically this area was referred to as Market Square. As a joint effort in 1868 two railroads, the Burlington and Missouri Railroad (B&MR) and the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy (CB&Q), built the first Union Depot near the location of this display. It was a two-story wooden structure. The building was moved two blocks west in the 1880s to the corner of Fourth and Elm Streets and converted to a home. , A second Union Depot was built behind the first depot at this location. It was a single story building which included a hotel and dining room facilities. To accommodate increased passenger travel, a third Union Station in the Victorian style was built south of this location. It was destroyed by the fire on January 20, 1943. To construct a replacement depot during World War II, the railroad had to make application to the War Production Board for authority. A temporary wooden depot was built north of the location until the existing flagstone depot was opened and dedicated on March 28, 1944. , The sand tower displayed with this locomotive was originally located near a roundhouse and other railroad facilities along the river near the foot of Locust Street.

No. 3003This S-4 Hudson class passenger locomotive was the fourth engine produced by the Baldwin Locomotive Works for the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad (CB&Q). In 1930 when the steam engine was built it was considered to be state of the art and the ultimate in rail passenger travel. The steam powered engine pulled passenger trains at speeds of up to 90 mph and was capable of traveling at speeds of 120 mph. The weight of the locomotive including the tender is 364 tons.

The Hudson 4-6-4 was an improvement from the steam locomotives designed by the American Locomotive Company. It was first used in 1927 by the New York Central. Since the New York Central mainline ran along the mighty Hudson River, the locomotives were given the Hudson name.

The locomotives represented one of the greatest technological achievements of that time. This was made possible by the commercial development of the outside bearing four wheel radial, trailing truck, and increased power output from fireboxes with grate areas so large they had previously been considered impractical. No. 3003 carried 24 tons of coal and 15,000 gallons of water. It could haul a heavy train 500 miles without replenishing the supply of coal, but needed two more 15,000 gallon resupplies of water on such a run.

The CB&Q ordered

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a dozen S-4 Hudson locomotives which were assigned numbers 3000 to 3011. The No. 3003 operated on the CB&Q mainline for nearly 20 years before being replaced by more efficient diesel engines.

The No. 3003 was dedicated to the City of Burlington in 1961 and refurbished and rededicated in November 1991.

Hudson Class S-4
Commonwealth Cast Steel Engine Frames

Wheel Arrangement: 4-6-4

Boiler
Conical - with maximum diameter of 82"
Working pressure: 250 psi
Fuel: Soft coal

Firebox
Length: 131-7/8 inches
Width: 96 inches
radial staying, equipped with arch tubes
and a combustion chamber at the front.

Tender
Tank capacity:
Water – 15,000 U.S. Gallons
Fuel - 24 Tons
Wheels: 12 Diameter: 36"

Cylinders: 25" x 28"
78" spoke drivers
Baker long-frame valve gear
Barco, B-4 Power Reverse Gear
American multiple front-end throttle
Locomotive Superheater Company Type E

Standard Modified Type B stoker
Sellers Type K, non-lifting injector
Elesco K-50 Feedwater heater
Pair of Westinghouse 8-1/2”
cross-compound air pumps
Timkin roller bearings on spoked
pilot truck wheels
Franklin Type C-E booster on Delta
cast steel 4-wheel trailing truck
Fort Worth & Denver design five-chime whistle.

Market SquareHistorically

Marker detail: Market Square, circa 1873 image. Click for full size.

2. Marker detail: Market Square, circa 1873

In 1868 the B&MR and CB&Q built the first Union Depot at the location of this display known as Market Square. The above view taken in 1873 or 1874 shows the original two-story depot in the foreground. It was by then used for baggage and express. A new single story depot behind the first depot included an addition for a hotel and dining room facilities. Note the footbridge on the sidewalk. The new depot at that time was built over Hawkeye Creek.

this area was referred to as Market Square. As a joint effort in 1868 two railroads, the Burlington and Missouri Railroad (B&MR) and the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy (CB&Q), built the first Union Depot near the location of this display. It was a two-story wooden structure. The building was moved two blocks west in the 1880s to the corner of Fourth and Elm Streets and converted to a home.

A second Union Depot was built behind the first depot at this location. It was a single story building which included a hotel and dining room facilities. To accommodate increased passenger travel, a third Union Station in the Victorian style was built south of this location. It was destroyed by the fire on January 20, 1943. To construct a replacement depot during World War II, the railroad had to make application to the War Production Board for authority. A temporary wooden depot was built north of the location until the existing flagstone depot was opened and dedicated on March 28, 1944.

The sand tower displayed with this locomotive was originally located near a roundhouse and other railroad facilities along the river near the foot of Locust Street.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • Bridges & Viaducts • Industry & Commerce • Railroads & Streetcars. A significant historical year for this entry is 1868.

Location.

Marker detail: Victorian Union Depot<br>1893-1943 image. Click for full size.

3. Marker detail: Victorian Union Depot
1893-1943

To accommodate increased passenger travel, this Union Depot was built south of this display in 1893. It was destroyed by fire on January 20, 1943. An overheated oil burner in the waiting room caused the fire which took the lives of four railroad employees.

40° 48.418′ N, 91° 6.123′ W. Marker is in Burlington, Iowa, in Des Moines County. Marker is at the intersection of South Main Street and Division Street, on the right when traveling north on South Main Street. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Burlington IA 52601, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 10 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Hotel Burlington (approx. 0.2 miles away); Hedge's Building (approx. ¼ mile away); 20th Anniversary of the Snake Alley Criterium (approx. ¼ mile away); First Civil War Monument West of the Mississippi (approx. ¼ mile away); The First Congregational Church (approx. ¼ mile away); The Burlington Public Library (approx. 0.4 miles away); Snake Alley (approx. 0.4 miles away); Henderson County Covered Bridge (approx. 10 miles away in Illinois). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Burlington.

Marker detail: CB&Q R.R. Bridge image. Click for full size.

4. Marker detail: CB&Q R.R. Bridge

The first iron bridge across the Mississippi was completed in 1868 with funds and labor from the CB&Q. Prior to building the bridge, a ferry was used to provide connecting service from the CB&Q across the Mississippi River to the Burlington and Missouri Railroad. During reconstruction of the bridge in the early 1890s, a second track was added. Note the stacks of fresh cut lumber at the Burlington Lumber Company's drying yard. Burlington was an important location for sawmills due to the logs rafted down the Mississippi from Minnesota and Wisconsin. The lumber yard site in the photo is where The Wastewater Treatment Plant is now located.

Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, June 25, 2021

5. Engine No. 3003 / Market Square Marker

Thanks to the Generosity of:
BNSF
Burlington Lightscape Project
Burlington, IA
Friends of the Depot
Engine 3003 was illuminated Nov. 7, 2013

Engine No. 3003 - Tender image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, June 25, 2021

6. Engine No. 3003 - Tender

Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, June 25, 2021

7. Engine No. 3003 / Market Square Marker

Looking east from South Main Street.

Engine No. 3003 & Sand Tower image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, June 25, 2021

8. Engine No. 3003 & Sand Tower

Credits. This page was last revised on December 29, 2023. It was originally submitted on December 29, 2023, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 59 times since then and 23 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. submitted on December 29, 2023, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.