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CB&Q Class GM-6A 83441
Title:  CB&Q Class GM-6A 83441
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad Class GM-6A 83441 at Cicero, Illinois on an unknown day in September 1979, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. It was stenciled: NEW 2.67 IL 52' 6". Built by the CB&Q at Havelock, Nebraska during 1967, one of 100 cars in the 83400 - 83499 number series equipped with removable roof sections. The October 1971 ORER ( Official Railway Equipment Register ) shows numbers 83400 - 83405 ( AAR Class E340, Mechanical Designation GBSR ) equipped for aluminum coil load, the 83406 - 83499 equipped for steel coil load ( AAR Class E320, Mechanical Designation GBR ), except cars 83442, 83445, 83473, and 83487 equipped for coil tin plate loading and differing in AAR Mechanical Designation GBSR.
Photo Date:  9/1/1979  Upload Date: 6/21/2017 1:32:12 PM
Location:  Cicero, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
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CB&Q 83700
Title:  CB&Q 83700
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad 83700 at Cicero, Illinois on an unknown day in May 1980, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. The following is from the book, CB&Q Color Guide To Freight And Passenger Equipment, by Michael J. Spoor: U. S. Railway Equipment delivered Burlington's first order of coil cars in February 1969. Numbered 83700 - 83704, these five cars wore the pre-merger paint scheme of Cascade green and white lettering. All of these cars were assigned to Youngstown Sheet & Tube in East Chicago. This car was stenciled: WHEN EMPTY RETURN TO AGENT B&OCT RR, WHITING, INDIANA .
Photo Date:  5/1/1980  Upload Date: 6/21/2017 4:14:42 PM
Location:  Cicero, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  RollingStock
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CB&Q 83700
Title:  CB&Q 83700
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad 83700 at Cicero, Illinois on an unknown day in September 1980, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. The following is from the book, CB&Q Color Guide To Freight And Passenger Equipment, by Michael J. Spoor: U. S. Railway Equipment delivered Burlington's first order of coil cars in February 1969. Numbered 83700 - 83704, these five cars wore the pre-merger paint scheme of Cascade green and white lettering. All of these cars were assigned to Youngstown Sheet & Tube in East Chicago. This car was stenciled: WHEN EMPTY RETURN TO AGENT B&OCT RR, WHITING, INDIANA .
Photo Date:  9/1/1980  Upload Date: 6/21/2017 4:45:08 PM
Location:  Cicero, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
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CB&Q 83702
Title:  CB&Q 83702
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad 83702 at Cicero, Illinois on an unknown day in November 1979, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. The following is from the book, CB&Q Color Guide To Freight And Passenger Equipment, by Michael J. Spoor: U. S. Railway Equipment delivered Burlington's first order of coil cars in February 1969. Numbered 83700 - 83704, these five cars wore the pre-merger paint scheme of Cascade green and white lettering. All of these cars were assigned to Youngstown Sheet & Tube in East Chicago. This car was stenciled: WHEN EMPTY RETURN TO AGENT B&OCT RR, WHITING, INDIANA .
Photo Date:  11/1/1979  Upload Date: 6/21/2017 5:17:41 PM
Location:  Cicero, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
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CB&Q Class HC-2 85055
Title:  CB&Q Class HC-2 85055
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad Class HC-2 85055 at about 22nd Street in Chicago, Illinois on July 6, 1984, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. According to the book, CB&Q Color Guide To Freight And Passenger Equipment, by Michael J. Spoor, the Burlington purchased its first covered hoppers from an outside builder when it received 30 Pullman-Standard PS-2 covered hoppers in 1954. Numbered 85000-85029 and designated HC-2, they were rated at 70-ton capacity and 2893 cubic feet. In 1965, cars 85015-85029 were overhauled at Havelock, given new 100-ton capacity Barber S-2-A roller bearing trucks and renumbered 85050-85064.
Photo Date:  7/6/1984  Upload Date: 6/21/2017 5:45:50 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
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CB&Q Class HC-4A 85314
Title:  CB&Q Class HC-4A 85314
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad Class HC-4A 85314 at Cicero, Illinois on an unknown day in October 1979, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. The following is from Burlington Route Historical Society's Bulletin 20, COVERED HOPPERS, edited by Hol Wagner; General American introduced the Dry-Flo car in 1958, and the Q bought 100 of the 3,500 cubic foot cars the next year ( car numbers 85200 - 85299, class HC-4 ), and bought 100 more in 1960 ( #'s 85300 - -85399 , class HC-4A ) delivered in the new image gray and red paint scheme, Dry-Flo cars were equipped with one compartment, 10 loading hatches, six GATC vacuum discharge outlets. Survivors of the CB&Q series 85300 - 85399 were renumbered into the BN series 475900 - 475999 .
Photo Date:  10/1/1979  Upload Date: 6/21/2017 6:23:07 PM
Location:  Cicero, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
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CB&Q Class HC-4A 85335
Title:  CB&Q Class HC-4A 85335
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad Class HC-4A 85335 at Eola, Illinois on July 21, 1983, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. The following is from Burlington Route Historical Society's Bulletin 20, COVERED HOPPERS, edited by Hol Wagner; General American introduced the Dry-Flo car in 1958, and the Q bought 100 of the 3,500 cubic foot cars the next year ( car numbers 85200 - 85299, class HC-4 ), and bought 100 more in 1960 ( #'s 85300 - -85399 , class HC-4A ) delivered in the new image gray and red paint scheme, Dry-Flo cars were equipped with one compartment, 10 loading hatches, six GATC vacuum discharge outlets. Survivors of the CB&Q series 85300 - 85399 were renumbered into the BN series 475900 - 475999 .
Photo Date:  7/21/1983  Upload Date: 6/21/2017 7:00:36 PM
Location:  Eola, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
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CB&Q Class HC-4A 85372
Title:  CB&Q Class HC-4A 85372
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad Class HC-4A 85372 at Cicero, Illinois on an unknown day in November 1979, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. The following is from Burlington Route Historical Society's Bulletin 20, COVERED HOPPERS, edited by Hol Wagner; General American introduced the Dry-Flo car in 1958, and the Q bought 100 of the 3,500 cubic foot cars the next year ( car numbers 85200 - 85299, class HC-4 ), and bought 100 more in 1960 ( #'s 85300 - -85399 , class HC-4A ) delivered in the new image gray and red paint scheme, Dry-Flo cars were equipped with one compartment, 10 loading hatches, six GATC vacuum discharge outlets. Survivors of the CB&Q series 85300 - 85399 were renumbered into the BN series 475900 - 475999 .
Photo Date:  11/1/1979  Upload Date: 6/21/2017 7:32:12 PM
Location:  Cicero, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
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Views:  162   Comments: 0


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