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Owner: Chicago Burlington & Quincy
Model:EMD E9ABuilt As:CBQ 9988B (E9A)
Serial Number:20540Order No:2071
Frame Number:2071-A8Built:1/1956
Notes:blt 1/1956, to BN 9983, 9913
Other locos with this serial:  PPCX 9913(E9A) CBQ 9913(E9A) CBQ 9988B(E9A) BN 9983(E9A) GCOX 9913(E9A) BN 9913(E9AM)
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CB&Q E9 9988B
Title:  CB&Q E9 9988B
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad GP7 242 and E9 9988B eastbound at Naperville, Illinois on March 30, 1964, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. The GP7 is leading the East End Way Freight east, having finished switching the industries on both sides of the tracks in Naperville. Since the way freight occupies Track 3, the Dinky is on Track 2, and the commuters were briefly the main ingredient in a train sandwich at the station seen in the background. The Dinky is overtaking the way freight but will stop at Lisle, four miles further east, allowing the way freight to catch up. This will continue until Downers Grove, a likely stopping point for the way freight to perform a few more switching duties usually at Pepperidge Farm.
Photo Date:  3/30/1964  Upload Date: 3/25/2009 1:09:29 PM
Location:  Naperville, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster,Winter,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  CBQ 242(GP7) CBQ 9988B(E9A)
Views:  1392   Comments: 1
CB&Q E9 9988B
Title:  CB&Q E9 9988B
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad E9 9988B eastbound at Naperville, Illinois on March 10, 1965, Ektachrome by Chuck Zeiler. Number 9988B was built in January 1956 ( c/n 20540 ), one of the last E-units delivered to the Burlington. Sometime after March 2, 1970, it became BN 9983, a number it held for about two years. During August 1972, the BN's suburban properties, including E-units and rolling stock, were transferred to the West Suburban Mass Transit District ( WSMTD ) and were leased back to the BN for operation and maintenance. The E-units were shipped of to Morrison-Knudsen in Boise, Idaho for rebuilding, and 9988B became 9913 in September 1973. In July 1992 the E-units were retired, and 9913 went on to serve on the Spirit of Tennessee Train as number 1996. At the end of that train's tour, the 9913 was purchased by the Gold Coast Railroad Museum in Miami, Florida where it resides today painted as CB&Q 9913.
Photo Date:  3/10/1965  Upload Date: 12/28/2012 1:36:17 PM
Location:  Naperville, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  CBQ 9988B(E9A)
Views:  454   Comments: 0
CB&Q E9 9988B
Title:  CB&Q E9 9988B
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad E9 9988B at the head end of the North Coast Limited in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on an unknown day in April 1965, Anscochrome by unknown photographer, Chuck Zeiler collection. This is a slide I purchased in a hobby shop for 25 cents. It is hand labeled; 'North Coast Limited In Milwaukee During Flooding Of Mississippi River'. The date stamped on the slide mount is APR 65. I have a slide of an abbreviated Twin Cities Zephyr that I shot in Naperville, Illinois on April 19, 1965 with the same notation. The rules and agreements governing a train from another railroad require that a CB&Q crew operate the train under the supervision of a pilot from the host railroad. In this case, the CB&Q would need to transport relief CB&Q crews from their home base to locations on the Milwaukee Road where crew changes took place. If the detours needed to operate for an extended period of time, the CB&Q would put their crews up in local hotels for the duration of the detour operation. Needless to say, an expensive way to run a railroad.
Photo Date:  4/1/1965  Upload Date: 1/9/2013 2:58:57 PM
Location:  Milwaukee, WI
Author:  umknown
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  CBQ 9988B(E9A)
Views:  1276   Comments: 1
CB&Q E9 9988B
Title:  CB&Q E9 9988B
Description:  Chicago Burlington and Quincy Railroad E9 9988B eastbound on Train #32, the Empire Builder, at Rochelle, Illinois on June 26, 1965, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. I wasn't the only one photographing this train. The occasion was a steam fan trip featuring 2-8-2 4960.
Photo Date:  6/26/1965  Upload Date: 12/19/2012 2:59:15 PM
Location:  Rochelle, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  CBQ 9988B(E9A)
Views:  643   Comments: 1
CB&Q E9 9988B
Title:  CB&Q E9 9988B
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad E9 9988B westbound at Naperville, Illinois on July 25, 1965, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. Built in January 1956 (c/n 20540) on EMD Order 2071A, this was one of ten E9's (#'s 9985A,B - 9989A,B) ordered by the CB&Q in 1955, which turned out to be the Q's last order of E-units. This unit became BN 9983, was rebuilt to E9Am 9913, was retired in 1992, and moved on to other careers.

It is seen here on what may be Train #229, a Saturday and Sunday Only Every Stop train, bringing a westbound two car Dinky into Naperville at around 7:25 PM on a Sunday evening with the help of two more E's, and leaving a trail of fresh brake shoe smoke. The practice at the time was to run the E's back to Chicago after rush hour on Friday evening, service and rotate them into Zephyr service, take the E's in Zephyr service and rotate them into suburban service, and on Sunday evening run the E's out to Aurora for Monday morning's rush hour. This particular unit was reputed to have taken a two car Dinky up to 100 mph after leaving Naperville before ducking under the EJ&E bridge at Eola, a distance of roughly five miles. This, of course, was a bit over the 75 mph speed limit in that territory. Chasing the Dinky into town this day is a freight, seen in the smoky background.
Photo Date:  7/25/1965  Upload Date: 12/9/2009 12:12:26 PM
Location:  Naperville, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster,Passenger
Locomotives:  CBQ 9988B(E9A)
Views:  712   Comments: 2
CB&Q E9 9988B
Title:  CB&Q E9 9988B
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad E9 9988B eastbound on the first section of Train Number 10, the Denver Zephyr, at Naperville, Illinois on December 31, 1965, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. Hard to tell in this photo, but the class lights are lit and displaying Green.
Photo Date:  12/31/1965  Upload Date: 12/28/2012 1:01:56 PM
Location:  Naperville, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  CBQ 9988B(E9A)
Views:  417   Comments: 0
CB&Q E9 9988B
Title:  CB&Q E9 9988B
Description:  Chicago Burlington and Quincy Railroad E9 9988B westbound at Naperville, Illinois on February 20, 1966, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. This is train Number 11, the westbound Nebraska Zephyr, a daily mail train between Chicago and Lincoln, Nebraska. Usually astached to the rear was a five-car articulated trainset from the Second Twin Cities Zephyr , originally a seven-car trainset from the 2nd Twin Cities Zephyr.cbq99
Photo Date:  2/20/1966  Upload Date: 12/17/2012 1:46:08 PM
Location:  Naperville, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  CBQ 9988B(E9A)
Views:  578   Comments: 0


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