The Nebraska Zephyr is showing off during Diesel Days at the Illinois Railway Museum.
The conductor is giving the Nebraska Zephyr a final check as Chicago Burlington & Quincy 9911A is preparing to pull the lunch train at the Illinois Railway Museum. CB&Q 9911A is the only remainin... (more)
Starting in the mid-1960s one might encounter power from almost any railroad on Union Pacific’s Wyoming mainline. Still it was a bit unusual to find a single Burlington leading on all-UP consist... (more)
General Electric’s U28C was something of a disappointment to its builder – only 71 sold – but Burlington liked the model well enough to buy 16, more than any other railroad, and to hang onto... (more)
On a sunny November morning in 1968, the annual sugar “campaign” is at its height, and railroads are busy bringing in the beets all over northern Colorado. Rambling along Burlington’s Buckwh... (more)
Shovel Noses - 2: Though the two locomotives had many similarities, the two pre-war E-units on display at ... (more)
Not to waste available motive power, CB&Q employed motor car 9769 as a PY Yard switcher at North Kansas City, Mo. May 29, 1965.
The Circus Train is near Baraboo WI headed east to Milwaukee for the Annual Circus Days.
Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad E9A type diesel locomotive #9913 on display in Miami, FL. Picture was taken while on a trip from Buffalo to Miami (on the 'Lakeshore Limited' & 'Silver Meteor'... (more)
For the details of this CB&Q/CRI&P wreck see: http://railfan44.blogspot.com/2014/01/major-passenger-train-wreck-montgomery.html
I was passing through Chicago on my way from a Navy school in South Carolina to my ship in Long Beach. In Union Station I saw an add for this trip and fortunately last minute tickets were availabl... (more)
Coaling.
During a run by.
CB&Q Hudson #3007 peeks out of the barn at the Illinois Railway Museum.
