| Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad 4-8-4 Class O-5-B 5626 at Lincoln, Nebraska on an unknown day in September 1956, Kodachrome by Dick Rumbolz, Chuck Zeiler collection. This locomotive was assembled from components by the CB&Q in April 1940 at West Burlington, Iowa. The boiler was built by Baldwin, a variety of parts were from General Steel Castings, the final assembly was done at the CB&Q's main shops in West Burlington. This was one of the last steam locomotives assembled by the Burlington, this final series was in the 5621-5635 number series originally classed as O-5-A. They were fitted with cast steel solid pilots, soot blowers, box-pok 74 inch drivers, lightweight rods, roller bearings, and vestibule cabs, 250 psi boiler pressure, and had a tractive force of 67,500 pounds. As is the case here, some were rebuilt as oil burners and re-classed as O-5-B. |