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CB&Q E5 9912A
Title:  CB&Q E5 9912A
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad E5 9910A, named SILVER SPEED, departing Union Station in Chicago, Illinois on August 21, 1949, photographer unknown, print by Willian A. Raia, Chuck Zeiler collectnon. Hand written on the back of the print is J. Scribbins, who may be the original photographer. The trailing E5B unit MAY be 9910B, named SILVER POWER, but I could not definitively make out the name. The following is from the Burlington Route!Historical Society's Burlington Bulletin No. 50, entitled, 'Overnight Every Night, Act 1: Burlington's 1936 Denver Zephyr", edited by Dave Lotz, who captioned this photo thusly:

Amplified with 174 additional chair car seats (provided by a pair of 52-seat cars and one-of-a-kind 70 seater SILVER LEAF, thb latter built for the General Pershing Zephyr), No. 1 (the Denver Zephyr) gets out of Chicago behind E5s SILVER SPEED and SILVER POWER on August 21, 1949. Passengers aboard the amplified portion of the Colorado-bound Zephyr will drink and dine aboard 36-seat diner SILVER SPOON riding first-out behind the E5B. Meanwhile, Gulf Mobile & Ohio Alco S2 No. 11 gathers head-end cars for spotting at the mail terminal (they'll go south tonight on the Advance Midnight Special to Saint Louis) as a GM&O E7 (visible immediately above SILVER SPOON's rooftop kitchen vents) awaits its next call to duty in GM&O's tiny Harrison St. yard. Photographer Jim Scribbins recorded the action from the Polk St. overpass.

Photo Date:  8/21/1949  Upload Date: 12/6/2013 10:58:07 AM
Location:  Chicago Union Statio, IL
Author:  Jim Scribbins
Categories:  Track
Locomotives:  CBQ 9910A(E5A)
Views:  27013   Comments: 3
MILW CFA16-4 27C
Title:  MILW CFA16-4 27C
Description:  MILW CFA16-4 27C at Bensenville, Illinois on February 14, 1965, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. Built in August 1951 (c/n 16L488), class 16-FF on the Milwaukee Road. It is seen smoking at the Milwaukee Road's Bensenville engine facility. According to Jim Boyd's book, Fairbanks-Morse Locomotives In Color (ISBN 1-878887-63-7), there are two possible explanations for the smoke. Unlike Alcos, which produced black smoke as a result of turbo-lag, the F-M's opposed piston (OP) diesels were normally aspired, using a Roots blower to pressurize the intake air.

While a properly maintained OP is a smooth and reliable engine, they tend to develop one distinctive characteristic: blue smoke on acceleration. This is the result of two potential causes, which are usually mixed to varying degrees. The first is lubricating oil. While the bottom crankshaft lives in an oil-filled crankcase (like an EMD), the top crankshaft is in a "dry sump", lubricated by pressurized internal passages and a surrounding spray of oil (like the top deck valve chamber of an EMD 567). When the OP idles or shuts down, some of the top sump lube oil will drip down the cylinder walls above the piston, and if the walls are scored or the piston rings are worn, the lube oil will get into the firing chamber and often pass unburned into the exhaust manifold, where it can ignite in a smoky pall when the engine is revved up. The other cause of smoke is the cooling water seeping into the cylinders from the seals where the injectors pass through the water jackets around the cylinder walls. This will also cause smoke. You could tell how well an OP is being maintained by its penchant for smoke upon acceleration.

Photo Date:  2/14/1965  Upload Date: 4/18/2009 7:16:56 PM
Location:  Bensenville, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MILW 27C(CFA16-4)
Views:  13635   Comments: 5
CB&Q E7 9920A
Title:  CB&Q E7 9920A
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad E7 9920A at the Eola Reclamation Plant on October 11, 1964, Ektachrome by Chuck Zeiler. This is the cab and first prime mover roof section of CB&Q E7 9920A (built in November 1945, c/n 2946), the lead locomotive of CB&Q Train Number 3, which struck a standing detouring Rock Island train at Mongomery, Illinois on September 27, 1964. The following is part of the ICC accident report:

The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad (CRI&P) is connected to the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad (CB&Q) at Ottawa, Ill., which is on the Streator Branch 41 miles west of Montgomery. A few days before the accident, CRI&P trains started detouring over the CB&Q tracks between Ottawa and Chicago because of a defective CRI&P bridge over the Des Plaines River at Joliet, Ill. Some time before 8:45 p.m. on the day of the accident, CRI&P passenger trains No.4 and No. 10 were combined at Ottawa to detour eastward over the CB&Q to Chicago, via Montgomery interlocking. This combined train, consisting of six CRI&P diesel-electric units and 19 cars, operated on the CB&Q as Extra RI 656 East. It left Ottawa at 8:45 p.m. with a CRI&P engine crew, a CB&Q engineer-pilot, and a CB&Q road foreman of engines in the control compartment at the front of the locomotive. A CB&Q conductor-pilot and a CRI&P train crew were at various locations in the cars.

Approximately 2 hours after leaving Ottawa, Extra RI 656 East arrived at Montgomery interlocking, where it stopped on the Streator Branch main track with the front end 675 feet west of switch 14 and 195 feet west of signal 24-23, which indicated Stop. About the same time, the men on the locomotive saw a detouring westbound CRI&P passenger train, Extra RI 634 West, stopped on track No. 1 east of the interlocking station. A few minutes later, they saw the headlight of No.3, a west-bound CB&Q passenger train, approaching on track No.2 and surmised that their train would be routed eastward on track No.2 after No. 3 passed. While Extra RI 656 East was waiting for No.3 to pass, a warning device sounded in the control compartment of the first diesel-electric unit and the CRI&P fireman went into the engine room of this unit to determine why the warning device had sounded. Immediately after the fireman left the control compartment, the CB&Q road foreman of engines noticed No.3 had been diverted to the Streator Branch main track at switch 14 and was closely approaching at high speed. He promptly called a warning to the CRI&P and CB&Q engineers and ran to a side door of the control compartment, where he started to jump from the locomotive. Before he could jump, however, No.3 struck the front end of Extra RI 656 East, killing the CRI&P engineer and the CB&Q engineer-pilot. The CB&Q road foreman of engines and the CRI&P fireman were injured.

Number 3, a westbound first-class passenger train, consisting of 3 diesel-electric units and 15 cars, left Aurora at 10:45 p.m., 3 minutes late, and proceeded westward on track No.2. A few minutes later, it approached Montgomery interlocking at 63 miles per hour, as indicated by the speed recording tape. The engineer and fireman were in the control compartment at the front of the locomotive, and the other crew members were at various locations in the cars. Signal 5-3 indicated Proceed as the train approached Montgomery interlocking, and this indicated to the enginemen that the route was lined for movement of No.3 through the interlocking on track No.2. The route, however was improperly lined for movement of No.3 from track No.2 to the Streator Branch main track, via switch 14. The engineer apparently first became aware of this when the train reached the area of the interlocking station at which time he initiated an emergency brake application. A few moments later, the train passed the interlocking station, entered the Streator Branch main track at switch 14 and, while moving at 52 miles per hour, struck the front end of Extra RI 656 East.

Photo Date:  10/11/1964  Upload Date: 12/28/2010 3:03:56 PM
Location:  Eola, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Wreck
Locomotives:  CBQ 9920A(E7A)
Views:  23644   Comments: 16
CA&E GE 2001
Title:  CA&E GE 2001
Description:  Chicago Aurora & Elgin Railroad GE 2001 and 2002 at Wheaton Illinois, unknown date and photographer, scanned from a 2¾X4½ print, Chuck Zeiler collection. This is the final CA&E paint scheme, red and gray. Number 2001 was built for stock by GE at Erie, Pennsylvania, completed January 26, 1920 (c/n 7688), sold to the AE&C (later CA&E) March 23, 1920, retired June 18, 1959 and scrapped. Number 2002 was also built for stock by GE (c/n 8067), completed May 23, 1922, ordered by AE&C July 25, 1922, retired June 18, 1959 and scrapped.
Photo Date:  12/31/1950  Upload Date: 9/10/2011 1:16:27 PM
Location:  Wheaton, IL
Author:  unknown
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  CAE 2001(Steeple Cab) CAE 2002(Steeple Cab)
Views:  1816   Comments: 3
C&EI FP7 1601
Title:  C&EI FP7 1601
Description:  Chicago & Eastern Illinois FP7 1601 at 47th Street in Chicago, Illinois on October 31, 1965, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. Number 1601 was built in August 1949 (c/n 7536) on EMD Order E1076, renumbered to C&EI 934, becoming L&N 671 sometime after February 2, 1968.

This is combined Train 93-5, The Georgian (#93) and The Humming Bird (#5), departing Dearborn Station daily at 3:45 PM, arriving at Evansville, Indiana at 9:55 PM, where it is handed over to the L&N and continues on to Nashville, Tennessee. At Nashville, it is broken into individual trains, with #93 continuing on to Atlanta, Georgia and #5 continuing on to New Orleans, Louisiana. The June 1965 edition of The Official Guide lists a Sleeping Car included for #93 (4 Section, 4 Roomette, 5 Double Bedroom), as well as a Sleeping Car for #5 (10 Roomette, 6 Double Bedroom), a Club Lounge, a Dining Car, and unreserved seat Coaches.

Photo Date:  10/31/1965  Upload Date: 6/11/2011 11:07:06 AM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Signal,Passenger
Locomotives:  CEI 1601(FP7A)
Views:  3015   Comments: 9
GM&O E7 102
Title:  GM&O E7 102
Description:  GM&O E7 102 at about 14th Street in Chicago, Illinos on March 7, 1965, Ektachrome by Chuck Zeiler. Who wouldn't like to Photoshop that baggage car to match?

This is Train Number 3, The Abraham Lincoln. According to the June 1965 edition of The Official Guide, it departed Chicago's Union Station daily at 4:50 PM (CST) and arrived in Saint Louis at 10:10 PM. Included in the consist was a Observation-Parlor Lounge Car (#30), Parlor Car with Drawing Room (#31), Cocktail-Lounge for Parlor Car and Coach passengers, a Dining Car, and Reclining Seat Coaches. Also listed is a connection at Saint Louis with unnamed MP Train Number 7 which continued on to Little Rock, Arkansas.

Photo Date:  3/7/1965  Upload Date: 5/24/2011 1:32:15 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Yard,Passenger
Locomotives:  GMO 102(E7A)
Views:  2096   Comments: 6
Wabash GP7 481
Title:  Wabash GP7 481
Description:  Wabash GP7 481 at Kansas City, Kansas on August 15, 1965, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. This locomotive was built in January 1953 (c/n 17573) on EMD Order 6442, equipped with a steam generator, became NW 3481, sold for scrap February 1984 to Cycle Systems.
Photo Date:  8/15/1965  Upload Date: 2/26/2011 10:49:31 AM
Location:  Kansas City, KS
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  WAB 481(GP7)
Views:  4193   Comments: 1
CSS&SB GP7 1504
Title:  CSS&SB GP7 1504
Description:  Chicago South Shore & South Bend Railroad GP7 1504 at Michigan City, Indiana on an unknown day in October 1978, photo by Chuck Zeiler. Number 1504 was built in November 1951 as C&O GP7 5764 (c/n 15270) on EMD Order 5085. In late 1966 the Interstate Commerce Commission granted approval for the Chesapeake & Ohio to purchase the South Shore. This transaction was completed in 1967, and several GP7's were transferred to that property. Bethlehem Steel would not allow electric locomotives into their facility so diesels were required. Several more Geeps came from C&O to replace aging electric locomotives. These Geeps wore the solid blue with yellow trim of C&O and were numbered 1501 to 1508, a reflection of their horsepower rating. They carried the South Shore logo on their car bodies, no reference to parent C&O other than the colors. Number 5764 became 1504 on the South Shore, returning to the C&O in 1977 and renumbered back to 5764, sold for scrap in 1986. In 1984 the Venango River Corporation purchased the South Shore from Chessie System.
Photo Date:  10/1/1978  Upload Date: 1/7/2011 2:20:31 PM
Location:  Michigan City, IN
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CSS 1504(GP7)
Views:  1440   Comments: 3
MP F3 745
Title:  MP F3 745
Description:  MP F3 745 at Naperville, Illinois on December 15, 1963, Kodak Tri-X negative by Chuck Zeiler. Built for Missouri Pacific's subsidiary International Great Northern as number 559 (c/n 5476) on EMD Order E906, it was renumbered into the MP roster during 1961, retired in 1966. It is seen here leased to the CB&Q, setting out a boxcar at Naperville, blocking the Loomis Street crossing for about 20 minutes or so.
Photo Date:  12/15/1963  Upload Date: 12/15/2010 12:29:54 PM
Location:  Naperville, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster,Station
Locomotives:  MP 745(F3A)
Views:  2404   Comments: 4
UP GP40 509 George's Creek
Title:  UP GP40 509 George's Creek
Description:  Union Pacific Railroad GP40 509 and 502 at Yellville, Arkansas on December 11, 1983, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. Number 509 appears to have been originally MKT GP40 203. It is pictured on the George's Creek bridge, the original bridge structure was built in April 1903, a 1900 foot long, 60 foot high wood trestle, built to accept engines weighing 86 tons, and in 1903 there was no highway below it. I'm researching when the steel replacement was built, sometime in the 1930's. Previous to the steel replacement, the speed restriction on the wood trestle was 12 mph. Quote from Mike Adams book: "One of the more far reaching programs outlined in 1915 was to fill in 47 of the 57 high trestles between Cotter and Crane. The other 10 would be re-built as steel and concrete trestles. The original trestles were built with the best grade of wood but their useful life was approaching an end. As work progressed it became apparent that earthen fill was the best method, and eventually only four of the great trestles were re-built with steel although some were a combination of fill and steel due to circumstances. Work started in 1915 and was not completed for another 20 years. The longest bridge, that spanned the George's Creek Valley, was 1900 feet long." The bridge is perhaps 50 years old by the time of the photograph, and crosses over a highway, which in turn crosses over a creek. There are several triple crossings of this nature in the US, here is one. Most of this information is from the book, 'The White River Railway', by Walter (Mike) Adams.
Photo Date:  12/11/1983  Upload Date: 10/24/2010 10:13:09 PM
Location:  Yellville, AR
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster,Bridge
Locomotives:  UP 509(GP40) UP 502(GP40)
Views:  1801   Comments: 6
D&RGW PA1 6011
Title:  D&RGW PA1 6011
Description:  D&RGW PA1 6011 at Salida, Colorado on August 25, 1965, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. Number 6011 was built in April 1947 as D&RGW PA1 601A (c/n 74686), was renumbered to 6011 March 6, 1950, traded to EMD on an SD45 order December 20, 1967. It is seen here having arrived in Salida as Train #1, The Royal Gorge. Train #1 left Denver at 9:00 AM with a couple of cars from CB&Q's Denver Zephyr attached. The Zephyr cars were cut off at Colorado Springs and the train continued on to Pueblo where it met its counterpart, Train #2. Train #2 will pick up the Zephyr cars left by #1 and return them to Denver. This train continued on to Salida and will return as #2 departing Salida the next day at 9:00 AM.
Photo Date:  8/25/1965  Upload Date: 10/18/2010 1:13:04 PM
Location:  Salida, CO
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster,Passenger
Locomotives:  DRGW 6011(PA1)
Views:  5103   Comments: 10
MP GP38-2 2010
Title:  MP GP38-2 2010
Description:  A friendly wave from MP GP38-2 2010 northbound crossing the White River at Cotter, Arkansas on July 17, 1986, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. This train arrived in Cotter with the trailing UP (#903) locomotive leading. The MP GP38-2 was added to the train to help on the 1% grade north out of Cotter.

Also pictured is the bridge over the White River, approved for construction on May 25, 1903. The Army Corps of Engineers determined that the White River was a navigable stream, so a turn span 285 feet long was designed into the 1091 foot long bridge (not including the short five panel timber approaches at each end). A contract was let out to the Phoenix Bridge Company, and the materials for construction were floated up the river on steamboat-powered barges. By June 1, 1904 the bridge was in service after a minor setback on March 24, 1904 when a flash flood caused a 27 foot rise in the river washing away the false work under one of the 80 foot girder spans, dropping the span into the river. The turn span was not yet complete, lacking the turning machinery. By June 20, 1904 the turn span was completed, tested, and never turned again. The arrival of the railroad in Cotter all but killed off the river barge business. Typical power north of Cotter in MP's steam era was double-headed 2-8-0's.

Photo Date:  7/17/1986  Upload Date: 10/27/2010 12:13:12 PM
Location:  Cotter, AR
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  MP 2010(GP38-2)
Views:  1844   Comments: 9
D&RGW F7 5654
Title:  D&RGW F7 5654
Description:  D&RGW F7 5654 and T&P E8 33 at Denver Union Station on August 20, 1964, Ektachrome by Chuck Zeiler. Number 5654 was built in June 1950 (c/n 11406) on EMD Order 6093, sold to Alaska Railroad during May 1970, becoming ARR 1530, was wrecked in 1975, rebuilt in 1976, retired in 1986, sent to Mountain Diesel and scrapped during 1990. Here's a quote from Joseph A. Strapac's book, Rio Grande Diesels - Vol. 1:

Rio Grande passenger trains #3 and #4 were in actuality a contract service for the Missouri Pacific so that its 'Colorado Eagle' train could reach Denver, rather than terminate with the MP freight trains in Pueblo, Colorado. Ready for its afternoon departure to Saint Louis, the seven car train will go out on August 20, 1964 behind D&RGW 5654 and Texas & Pacific's 1951-vintage E8 33." Texas & Pacific's E8 33 was built in August 1951 as number 2013 (c/n 14558) on EMD Order 6104, renumbered around 1961 as 33 to fit into MP's scheme, retired in March 1970 and traded to EMD for SD40's.

Photo Date:  8/20/1964  Upload Date: 9/25/2010 3:12:28 PM
Location:  Denver, CO
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster,Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  DRGW 5654(F7A) TP 33(E8A)
Views:  6500   Comments: 8
CR GP9 7391
Title:  CR GP9 7391
Description:  Conrail GP9's 7391 and 7392, and E8 4327 (DIT) heading southeast near Crown Point, Indiana on an unknown day in June 1982, Ektachrome by Chuck Zeiler. Number 7391 was built in March 1956 as NYC GP9 5991 (c/n 21004) on EMD Order 5447, was renumbered to NYC 7391, then PC 7391, then CR 7391, later traded to EMD.

I was driving south on I-65 and happened to see headlights approaching from the west. I jumped off the Interstate, but by then this train had already passed me. I had to take some liberties with the local speed zones to get this photo, and even then the best I could do was get ahead a short distance, pull over and stick the camera out the window. The hogger was working his engines. A visit to Google Earth today shows that these rails have since been removed. * NOTE * Mark E left a Comment asking if I was sure this was shot in 1984. I went back and looked at the slide mounts (there are three slides in this sequence), and they are all stamped June 1982 and sequentially numbered. According to crcyc.railfan.net the E8's were all retired in January 1978, so I'll admit there is some question about the validity of the date. I do have a couple of slides of a CR E8 in Chicago commuter service dated July 1978. I was on a business trip and these are slides from my employer's camera, so they are not as carefully marked as they should be. The slide date stamp is all I can go by at this point.

Photo Date:  6/1/1982  Upload Date: 9/14/2010 2:11:42 PM
Location:  Crown Point, IN
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster,Track,Action
Locomotives:  CR 7391(GP9) CR 7392(GP9) PC 4327(E8A)
Views:  2956   Comments: 8
AT&SF H16-44 3007
Title:  AT&SF H16-44 3007
Description:  AT&SF H16-44 3007 at Saint Joseph, Missouri on August 28, 1965, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. Built by Fairbanks-Morse in June 1951 (c/n 16L508), delivered in the black Zebra Stripe paint scheme, it was retired and traded to EMD during 1968. The Santa Fe placed two orders for H16-44's, the first order was for ten units (#'s 2800-2809, later 3000-3009) and were what would be considered Phase 1. The identifying features of the Phase 1 design includes the Raymond Loewy-styled rounded windows on the cab sides, notches in the frame to clear the brake cylinders, a slightly thicker frame (as compared to the trailing unit) . The second AT&SF H16-44 order was for another ten units (#'s 2810-2819, later 3010-3019) was a Phase 2 design, built between June-July 1952, represented by trailing unit number 3019.
Photo Date:  8/28/1965  Upload Date: 6/17/2010 1:05:50 PM
Location:  Saint Joseph, MO
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  ATSF 3007(H-16-44)
Views:  2338   Comments: 3
AT&SF F7 238L
Title:  AT&SF F7 238L
Description:  AT&SF F7 238L passing over an arroyo west of Las Animas, Colorado, August 17, 1965, photo by Chuck Zeiler
Photo Date:  8/17/1965  Upload Date: 6/13/2010 11:05:25 AM
Location:  Las Animas, CO
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  ATSF 238(F7A)
Views:  2387   Comments: 5
ICG SW14 1435
Title:  ICG SW14 1435
Description:  ICG SW14 1435, Memphis, Tennessee, March 15, 1985, photo by Chuck Zeiler.
Photo Date:  3/15/1985  Upload Date: 5/5/2010 10:52:20 AM
Location:  Memphis, TN
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster,Track
Locomotives:  ICG 1435(SW14)
Views:  1408   Comments: 6
B&O F7 4632
Title:  B&O F7 4632
Description:  B&O F7 4632 at the Robey Street Roundhouse in Chicago, Illinois on March 7, 1965, Ektachrome by Chuck Zeiler. Robey Street was renamed Damen Avenue. Left to right: B&O F7 4632 built January 1953 as 989A (c/n 17525, EMD Order 6467A), B&OCT SW1 8418 built May 1942 as B&OCT 218 (c/n 1603, EMD Order E462), B&O SW1 8415 built September 1940 as B&O 215 (c/n 1113, EMD Order E324), two unidentified GP30's or GP35's, C&O E7 4522, built June 1946 as PM 102 (c/n 2912, EMD Order E643A), later C&O 102, then C&O 4522, then C&O 1425 sold for scrap sometime in 1968.
Photo Date:  3/7/1965  Upload Date: 2/12/2010 2:24:16 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  BO 4632(F7A) BOCT 8418(SW1) BO 8415(SW1) CO 4522(E7A)
Views:  4485   Comments: 6
MILW GP9 206
Title:  MILW GP9 206
Description:  MILW GP9 206, Elgin, Illinois, March 7, 1964, photo by Chuck Zeiler. Built in June 1954 as 2432 (c/n 19595) on EMD Order 5351, it was renumbered to 206 and later to 806, retired in January 1981, held for dispostion until May 1984. Note the electrical cable attached to a receptacle just below the headlight. I presume that to be a connection to power the lights in the coaches, and after they run these units around the train, they will plug it into a receptacle on the coach.
Photo Date:  3/7/1964  Upload Date: 1/28/2010 12:21:14 PM
Location:  Elgin, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MILW 206(GP9)
Views:  1969   Comments: 7
CB&Q GP7 244
Title:  CB&Q GP7 244
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad GP7 244 switching at Naperville, Illinois on April 7, 1966, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. Built in November 1952 (c/n 14708) on EMD Order 5148, it became BN 1600 and was retired in September 1983. It is seen as the power for the East End Way Freight (to the Dispatcher, this is Extra 244 East) switching the industries in Naperville.

The locomotive is equipped with a steam generator, and has a box on the running board ahead of the engineer's front window, which I believe is for Automatic Train Control equipment. A similiar box appears on the top of the boiler on steam locomotive 4960. Here is an expanation from Karl Rethwisch, retired CB&Q Engineer: Chuck, to my knowledge the 243 and 244 were the only Q Geeps fitted with Automatic Cab Signal equipment. They would, occasionally, show up on the Galesburg Local passenger job. I know of no reasons why these two engines were so equipped.
Photo Date:  4/7/1966  Upload Date: 1/6/2010 2:36:57 PM
Location:  Naperville, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CBQ 244(GP7)
Views:  2794   Comments: 6
PRR E8 5802
Title:  PRR E8 5802
Description:  PRR E8 5802 at Englewood Union Station on the south side of Chicago, Illinois on April 11, 1965, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. The rails crossing in the foreground belong to the Rock Island. This locomotive was built in July 1952 (c/n 15666) on EMD Order 6354, later it became PC 4281, then Amtrak 289. It is seen here westbound at Englewood Union Station.

This MIGHT be Train 3-71, due at Englewood at 4:00 PM and Chicago Union Station at 4:15 PM, according to the June 1965 issue of the Official Guide. Note that there is a coach in the middle of the consist, suggesting that this may be two trains combined. Train Number 3 originated in Norfolk at 1:05 PM on the N&W, which arrived in Cincinnati at 6:55 AM. It appears that Train Number 71 originated in Pittsburgh, arriving in Cincinnati, and was combined with #3 , leaving 8:25 AM. Train 3-71 arrived in Richmond, Indiana at 9:33 AM and departed at 10:35 AM. There must have been some sort of switching at Richmond, the notes in the Official Guide indicate the following, verbatim, including punctuation:

Number 71 Daily Sleeping car Roanoke to Cincinnati (10 Roomettes 6 Double Bedrooms) (in N&W No. 3). Dining Car (Lounge) on N&W Ry. open late afternoon and evening. Coaches Norfolk to Cinicnnati. Cincinnati to Chicago. Coach Lunch Served between Norwood and Logansport. Another note indicates that Train 3-71 has a Lounge (Bar) Pittsburgh to Richmond (6 Double Bedrooms). (En route from New York to Indianapolis in No. 3) Dining Car ....Pittsburgh to Richmond Coaches .... Pittsburgh to Richmond Richmond to Chicago.
Photo Date:  4/11/1965  Upload Date: 12/18/2009 2:54:20 PM
Location:  Englewood, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster,Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  PRR 5802(E8A)
Views:  2419   Comments: 14
CRI&P GP7 1200
Title:  CRI&P GP7 1200
Description:  CRI&P GP7 1200, Lincoln, Nebraska, July 1963, photo by Dick Rumbolz,&Chuck Zeiler collection. This locomotive was built in June 1951 (c/n 14396) on EMD Order 6273, was rebuilt to GP7R 4431, and sometime during 1981 became C&NW 4106.
Photo Date:  7/1/1963  Upload Date: 10/28/2009 5:03:27 PM
Location:  Lincoln, NE
Author:  Dick Rumbolz
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CRIP 1200(GP7)
Views:  2348   Comments: 3
CRI&P E8 654
Title:  CRI&P E8 654
Description:  CRI&P E8 654, Chicago, Illinois, July 1978, photo by Chuck Zeiler. Number 654 is seen here heading the westbound Quad Cities Rocket (formerly the Des Moines Rocket) past the 16th Street Tower, crossing over the ICG's Saint Charles Airline.
Photo Date:  7/1/1978  Upload Date: 10/10/2009 2:06:30 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster,Passenger
Locomotives:  CRIP 654(E8A)
Views:  1116   Comments: 4
CRI&P RS3 488
Title:  CRI&P RS3 488
Description:  CRI&P RS3 488, Joliet, Illinois, July 11, 1965, photo by Chuck Zeiler. This locomotive was built between October - November 1951 (c/n 79264), and had provisions for train lighting power, note the step in the handrail by the radiator, which rose over the train lighting box on the running board.
Photo Date:  7/11/1965  Upload Date: 9/27/2009 7:13:15 PM
Location:  Joliet, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster,Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  CRIP 488(RS3)
Views:  1782   Comments: 3
CB&Q 2-8-2 Class O-1-A 4960
Title:  CB&Q 2-8-2 Class O-1-A 4960
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad 2-8-2 Class O-1-A 4960 at Merrimac, Wisconsin on the morning of June 30, 1966, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. Just a couple of weeks before retirement on the CB&Q, 2-8-2 4960 is seen crossing the Wisconsin River in Merrimac heading the Circus World Museum's vintage circus train toward Milwaukee on the C&NW, a proud moment for this locomotive. The 4960 will return to CB&Q rails after this trip to head a couple more fantrips before returning to Baraboo, Wisconsin, retired from the CB&Q and donated to the museum. Note two railfans in the bushes just above the water line, snapping the exact same photo. I'd like to see their shots. I didn't get to the location fast enough, so I ended up with railfans and bushes in my photo. Somehow, Schlitz Brewing Company of Milwaukee was involved in the sponsorship of this train, and their business car is bring up the markers.
Photo Date:  6/30/1966  Upload Date: 7/2/2009 11:53:13 AM
Location:  Merrimac, WI
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster,Bridge,Steam
Locomotives:  CBQ 4960(2-8-2)
Views:  2047   Comments: 5
CGW F3 113C
Title:  CGW F3 113C
Description:  Chicago Great Western Railway F3 113C in Saint Paul, Minnesota on February 5, 1966, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. Built in February 1949 (c/n 5990) on EMD Order E963A, it retained the CGW road number for a few years after the July 1968 merger, renumbered to 213 in 1971, retired, traded to EMD and scrapped by Saint Louis Auto Shredding (Madison, Illinois) in June 1985. Some folks refer to this as a model F5, however, EMD considered it an F3, built with F3 components in the latest carbody refinement which carried over to the first production F7's. It was equipped with upgraded traction motors (D27B), thus setting it apart from earlier F3's.
Photo Date:  2/5/1966  Upload Date: 6/22/2009 5:55:36 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CGW 113C(F3A)
Views:  1721   Comments: 2
MILW E9 35A
Title:  MILW E9 35A
Description:  Milwaukee Road E9 35A at Union Station in Chicago, Illinois on February 27, 1966, photo by Chuck Zeiler. Built in May 1956 as 205A (c/n 21611) on EMD Order 2075A, it was renumbered 35A and eventually became Amtrak 409 (First). It is seen here loading passengers as demolition of Union Station continues. The first part was the removal of the train sheds on the north side, exposing the Milwaukee trains to the elements for the first time since the station was completed in 1925. The next step is the removal of everything above street level to make room for glass and steel office buildings on the air rights.
Photo Date:  2/27/1966  Upload Date: 6/15/2009 12:32:57 PM
Location:  Chicago Union Statio, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster,Station
Locomotives:  MILW 35A(E9A)
Views:  2470   Comments: 3
NYC E8 4070
Title:  NYC E8 4070
Description:  NYC E8 4070, 47th Street, Chicago, Illinois, June 13, 1965, photo by Chuck Zeiler. Built in June 1953 (c/n 18528) on EMD Order 2055A, it later became PC 4070, then PC 4321, then CR 4321, then NJTR 4321. It is seen here running southbound (timetable Eastbound) at 47th Street, passing by the Rock Island's "Rocket House", the Rock's passenger locomotive facility, where I was busy snapping photos when I heard this train, turned and snapped this photo.
Photo Date:  6/13/1965  Upload Date: 6/9/2009 4:26:05 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  NYC 4070(E8A)
Views:  2645   Comments: 5
GM&O F3 880B
Title:  GM&O F3 880B
Description:  Gulf Mobile & Ohio Railroad F3 880B departing Chicago, Illinois on an unknown day in July 1978, photo by Chuck Zeiler. The sanders appear to be on as "The Plug", GM&O's commuter train between Chicago and Joliet accelerates out of Fort Wayne Junction and heads southwesterly toward Joliet. Fort Wayne Junction was the name of the location just south of the South Branch of the Chicago River, where both the Pennsylvania Railroad and the Gulf Mobile and Ohio Railroad shared a bridge. Once over the bridge, the railroads parted ways. It was so named because the PRR's Fort Wayne sub was the route into Chicago. This same junction was known as the Alton Junction to the PRR and Milwaukee Road people, named for GM&O's predecessor into Chicago, the Alton Railroad. Alton Junction also marked the southern end of CUS Company (Chicago Union Station) rails.
Photo Date:  7/1/1978  Upload Date: 3/30/2009 10:22:53 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  GMO 880b(F3A)
Views:  3140   Comments: 8
CB&Q GP7 225
Title:  CB&Q GP7 225
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad GP7 225 eastbound at Naperville, Illinois on April 8, 1966, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. Built in September 1951 (c/n 14689) on EMD Order 5072, it became BN 1581 and was retired in November 1981. It is seen here as Extra 225 East, the East End Way Freight leaving Naperville and heading toward Downers Grove. This train switched the industries between Eola and Congress Park. This particular GP7 was one of a few that was not equipped with a steam generator, and in this case, a large concrete block occupies the short hood to ballast the front truck.
Photo Date:  4/8/1966  Upload Date: 3/16/2009 12:31:58 PM
Location:  Naperville, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CBQ 225(GP7)
Views:  2469   Comments: 4
CB&Q E8 9939A
Title:  CB&Q E8 9939A
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad E8 9939A on Train Number 10, the eastbound Denver Zephyr (DZ) at Denver, Colorado on August 20, 1964, Ektachrome by Chuck Zeiler. Built in January, 1950 (c/n 9677) on EMD Order 2012A, sometime after the March 2, 1970 merger, this locomotive became BN 9939. In December, 1973, it was rebuilt by Morrison Knudsen in Boise, Idaho, returned as BN 9902, although it was actually owned by the West Suburban Mass Transit District and leased to the BN. In December 1992 it was retired and it is now on display at the Saint Louis Museum of Transportation.

This photo opportunity is the result of my parents taking me on a round trip on the Denver Zephyr from Chicago to Colorado Springs in August 1964. While the Colordo Springs Connection cars were cut into the DZ, that took about an hour, I took photos. I spent the next 12 hours behind this locomotive set enjoying the ride back to Chicago.

Photo Date:  8/20/1964  Upload Date: 5/7/2008 11:38:34 AM
Location:  Denver, CO
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster,Passenger
Locomotives:  CBQ 9939A(E8A)
Views:  3863   Comments: 3
CB&Q SD9s 443
Title:  CB&Q SD9s 443
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad SD9s 443 westbound at Altona, Illinois on Augusq 26, 1966, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. Built in September 1957 (c/n 23622) on EMD Order 5549, it became BN 6190, retired May 1999. There was a lower case "s" on the model plate following SD9, indicating that whis locomotive was equipped with a single control stand. Most of the CB&Q SD7's and SD9's were equipped with dual control stands.
Photo Date:  8/26/1966  Upload Date: 4/24/2008 1:13:21 PM
Location:  Altona, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives: 
Views:  1427   Comments: 9
CB&Q F3 116D
Title:  CB&Q F3 116D
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad F3 116D at the Clyde, Illinois Diesel House on March 26, 1966, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. You might think this is creative framing, with the flanged wheels appearing out of focus in the lower left. Truth be told, I was using the next set of wheels as my tripod, and I could not move the wheels in front out of frame. This locomotive was built in October 1947 (c/n 4405) on EMD Order E790 and traded in for a U28B during December 1966.
Photo Date:  3/26/1966  Upload Date: 3/17/2008 9:53:40 PM
Location:  Clyde (subdivision), IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster,Night
Locomotives:  CBQ 116D(F3A)
Views:  2498   Comments: 3
CB&Q E9 9993
Title:  CB&Q E9 9993
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad E9 9993 westbound on Train #25, the North Coast Limited, at Eola Illinois on January 1, 1966, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. Number 9993 was built during August 1954 (c/n 19632) on EMD Order 2065A for 6 E9's (9990-9995), and after March 2, 1970 it became BN 9993. It was sold to the West Suburban Mass Transit District on August 18, 1972, sent to Morrison Knudsen in Boise, Idaho for rebuilding into a E9Am (or E9Au, I'm not sure), returning to BN rails as 9923 after July 1973. Note that the second unit has three red stripes, unique to the CB&Q E7's with small numberboards, the last unit is an E7 with the large numberboards and four red stripes.
Photo Date:  1/1/1966  Upload Date: 3/16/2008 8:47:00 PM
Location:  Eola, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster,Passenger
Locomotives:  CBQ 9993(E9A)
Views:  2177   Comments: 10
CB&Q F3 132D
Title:  CB&Q F3 132D
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad F3 132D at Aurora, Illinois on June 26, 1965, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. This locomotive was built during November 1948 (c/n 7051) on EMD Order E957A and was traded for credit to GE on an order for U28B's during March 1967. It represents the Phase 4 carbody, the only spotting difference between this carbody and the Phase 1 F7 is the dynamic brake on the roof, The F3 had two rectangular grills, and the F7 had a 36 inch diameter fan, located in front of the first exhaust stack.
Photo Date:  6/26/1965  Upload Date: 3/12/2008 9:31:24 AM
Location:  Aurora, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CBQ 132D(F3A)
Views:  2637   Comments: 5
CSS&SB Nippon Sharyo 33 and 8
Title:  CSS&SB Nippon Sharyo 33 and 8
Description:  CSS&SB Nippon Sharyo 33 and 8 at the Randolph Street Station in Chicago, Illinois on April 12, 1983, Ektachrome by Chuck Zeiler. Obviously, number 33 is owned by the RTA.
Photo Date:  4/12/1983  Upload Date: 10/25/2010 12:38:28 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster,Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  CSS 33(Electric M.U.) CSS 8(Electric M.U.)
Views:  595   Comments: 0
Southern Railway Advertisement
Title:  Southern Railway Advertisement
Description:  This Southern Railway advertisement appeared in the June 1950 edition of The National Geographic Magazine.
Photo Date:  6/1/1950  Upload Date: 3/21/2011 12:02:17 PM
Location:  Washington, DC
Author:  National Geographic
Categories:  RollingStock
Locomotives: 
Views:  166   Comments: 0
MBTA PCC 3192
Title:  MBTA PCC 3192
Description:  Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority PCC 3192 in Boston, Matsachusetts on an unknown day in September 1974, Ektachrome by Chuck Zeiler.
Photo Date:  9/1/1974  Upload Date: 12/8/2014 12:22:13 PM
Location:  Boston, MA
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Transit
Locomotives:  MBTA 3192(PCC)
Views:  305   Comments: 0
C&NW SD40-2 6855
Title:  C&NW SD40-2 6855
Description:  Chicago & North Western Railway SD40-2 6855 at Western Avenue in Chicago, Illinois on May 12, 1984, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler.
Photo Date:  5/12/1984  Upload Date: 12/5/2013 2:07:38 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  CNW 6855(SD40-2)
Views:  299   Comments: 0


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