Here's another shot of CB&Q 4-8-4 #5632 on that excursion. The train is being wye-ed for a return to Chicago. Sadly, the 5632 was scrapped in 1969. R.T. Steinbrenner Photo

Seen leading here a Burlington steam special, CB&Q was in the process of being refurbished at the Q's West Burlington shops when new company president Lou Menk ended the Burlington's steam program... (more)

To celebrate the centennial of the opening of its Chicago to Aurora, Illinois line, the Chicago, Burlington, & Quincy (very) temporarily painted its king of fan trips, Northern 5632, gold, seen he... (more)

To celebrate the centennial of the opening of its Chicago to Aurora, Illinois line, the Chicago, Burlington, & Quincy very temporarily painted its queen of fan trips, Northern 5632, gold. The scen... (more)

Chicago Burlington & Quincy O-5-A 4-8-4 5632 is seen at Kansas City, Missouri, on May 29, 1960. (Frank "Woody" Woodburn photo, Craig Walker collection)

Turning to go home.

At track speed on the Zephyr Track.

CBQ 5632 westbound on a Journeys to Yesteryear excrusion operated by the Illini Railroad Club, seen here between Galesburg and Aurora in 1962

Yes She Was Big To celebrate the centennial of the opening of its Chicago to Aurora, Illinois line, the Chicago, Burlington, & Quincy temporarily painted its queen of fan trips, Northern 56... (more)

CB&Q's Golden 4-8-4 To celebrate the centennial of the opening of its Chicago to Aurora, Illinois line, the Chicago, Burlington, & Quincy very temporarily painted its king of fan trips, Nor... (more)