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By:Chuck Zeiler
Dates:1/15/1901 - 12/31/1980
Album Info:Chicago Burlington & Quincy freight cars shot mostly during 1979-1980.
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CB&Q Class HT-5B 189011
Title:  CB&Q Class HT-5B 189011
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad Class HT-5B 189011 presumed at Havelock, Nebraska on April 20, 1945, photograph by the CB&Q Railroad, Chuck Zeiler collection. A characteristic of the hoppers constructed at Havelock was the horizontal seam at mid-point on the sides where the top and bottom plates were riveted together. The following is from the book, CB&Q Color Guide to Freight and Passenger Equipment, by Michael J. Spoor: During 1945, Havelock built its first all steel hoppers, outshopping 650 34 foot 3 inch 55-ton twin hoppers that year. These cars were designated HT-5B and numbered # 189000-189649.
Photo Date:  4/20/1945  Upload Date: 11/6/2014 11:40:36 AM
Location:  Havelock (subdivisio, NE
Author:  CB&Q
Categories:  RollingStock
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BREX 74494
Title:  BREX 74494
Description:  BREX 74494 at Dallas, Texas on March 25, 1961, photographer unknown, duplicate slide by Al Chione, Chuck Zeiler collection.
Photo Date:  3/25/1961  Upload Date: 5/25/2020 10:57:43 AM
Location:  Dallas, TX
Author:  unknown
Categories:  RollingStock
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BREX 76266
Title:  BREX 76266
Description:  BREX 76266 at Dallas, Texas on January 1, 1964, photographer unknown, duplicate slide by Al Chione, Chuck Zeiler collection.
Photo Date:  1/1/1964  Upload Date: 6/4/2020 12:20:42 PM
Location:  Dallas, TX
Author:  unknown
Categories:  RollingStock
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CB&Q GM-4A 83084
Title:  CB&Q GM-4A 83084
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad gondola Class GM-4A 83084 at the Eola Reclamation Plant on October 11, 1964, photo by Chuck Zeiler. The CB&Q had 590 class GM-4A gondolas (#'s 82550-83139) built in 1957 at the Havelock, Nebraska shops. This one contains the cab of Rock Island's E8 656, the lead unit on the detouring combined Corn Belt Rocket and the Golden State (Train #'s 4 and 10), which was hit by CB&Q's Train #3, mistakenly routed into the standing Rock Island train at Mongomery, Illinois on September 27, 1964. Marty Bernard's recollection of the incident is (at of the time of this post) at this address: http://railfan44.blogspot.com/2014/01/major-passenger-train-wreck-montgomery.html
Photo Date:  10/11/1964  Upload Date: 10/15/2009 12:35:47 PM
Location:  Eola, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Yard,Wreck
Locomotives:  CRIP 656(E8A)
Views:  1502   Comments: 3
CB&Q Class FM-14D 92477
Title:  CB&Q Class FM-14D 92477
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad Class FM-14D 92477 and Q100 at Havelock, Nebraska on an unknown day in November 1965, photographer unknown, duplicate slide, Chuck Zeiler collection. The following is from the Burlington Route Historical Society Bulletin 25, Stock Cars and Livestock Traffic, edited by Hol Wagner:

Burlington's final development in the transportation of livestock came in November 1965 with the completion at Havelock of Q (not CB&Q) 100, a double-deck livestock container patterned after the SM-19C stock cars and designed to be carried on one of the railroad's numerous 53 foot six inch flatcars. The reasoning: Livestock was handled mostly in the fall and winter months, so the container could be mounted on the flat during just those months, then removed and stored during the spring and summer when the flat was needed to haul agricultural implements. As built, the innovative container featured a diagonal panel roof and 3/4 improved Dreadnaught ends. The diagonal braces nearest the five foot door sloped away from the top of the door, and where that diagonal met a vertical post and another diagonal brace, a lifting eye was welded into place to facilitate placement and removal of the container by an overhead crane.The container was bolted to the flat through four stake pockets on each end, and the deck of the flatcar served as the floor of the container's lower deck. Total weight of the container was 22,800 pounds, with the flat weighing and additional 52,800 pounds.

The container's height immediately proved too great for some of the loading/unloading facilities where it was employed, so it was returned to Havelock in early 1966, and one foot and seven inches was removed from the container at the bottom of the upper deck. This eliminated the top rib from the bottom portion of each end, giving the ends a 3/3 configuration, and created an offset gap in the diagonal side braces just below the floor level of the upper deck. It also reduced the container's weight by 4,900 pounds. Grab irons and short ladders were added to both ends, and the modified container was then mounted on FM-14A flat 92598, where it spent the rest of its days until being scrapped in the mid-1970's.

Photo Date:  11/1/1965  Upload Date: 5/11/2020 8:29:57 PM
Location:  Havelock, NE
Author:  unknown
Categories:  RollingStock
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CB&Q Class HT-13 160384
Title:  CB&Q Class HT-13 160384
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad Class HT-13 160384, date and location unknown, scan from the 1966 Car and Locomotive Cyclopedia, published by the Simmons-Boardman Publishing Company. The railroad purchased another 200 quad hoppers from Bethlehem Steel. These were nearly identical to the cars purchased in 1963. However, the sides of the cars purchased in 1964 were 7” taller. Thus, while the 1963 cars were 3,209 cubic feet, the 1964 cars were larger at 3,483 cubic feet. The 1964 cars were designated as class HT-13.
Photo Date:  1/1/1966  Upload Date: 10/11/2017 5:03:08 PM
Location:  Cicero, IL
Author:  Simmons-Boardman
Categories:  RollingStock
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CB&Q 197400
Title:  CB&Q 197400
Description:  CB&Q 197400 at an unknown location on an unknown date, scanned from the 1966 Car And Locomotive Cyclopedia, a Simmons-Boardman Publication, Chuck Zeiler collection.
Photo Date:  1/1/1966  Upload Date: 10/17/2013 1:17:32 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Simmons-Boardman
Categories:  Roster
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Views:  368   Comments: 0
BREX 74631
Title:  BREX 74631
Description:  BREX 74631 at Minneapolis, Minnesota on August 13, 1966, photographer unknown, duplicate slide by Al Chione, Chuck Zeiler collection.
Photo Date:  8/13/1966  Upload Date: 6/1/2020 11:01:36 AM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  unknown
Categories:  RollingStock
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CB&Q 53019
Title:  CB&Q 53019
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Raikroad Class SM-19B 53019, date and location unknown, duplicate Kodak transparency from an original Kodachrome by Edward M. DeRouin, Chuck Zeiler collection. The slide mount stamped Apr”l 1981. The Class SM-19B differed from the SM-19 and SM-19A classes as being equipped with Stanray rectangular metal panel roofs and 4/5 Improved Dreadnaught ends. There was a board to the left side of the door that rebds: ASSIGNED CAR RETURN TO FUGTA BATTLE LAKE, MN and as far as I can tell, FUGTA translates to Farmers Union Grain Terminal Association.
Photo Date:  12/31/1966  Upload Date: 4/22/2012 2:49:24 PM
Location:  Galesburg, IL
Author:  Edward M. DeRouin
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  939   Comments: 1
CBQ 53019
Title:  CBQ 53019
Description:  CB&Q 53019, unknown date and location, slide by Edward M. DeRouin, Chuck Zeiler collection.
Photo Date:  12/31/1966  Upload Date: 4/22/2012 3:00:13 PM
Location:  Galesburg, IL
Author:  Edward M. DeRouin
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  397   Comments: 0
CB&Q ORER 1969 Page 1
Title:  CB&Q ORER 1969 Page 1
Description:  CB&Q Official Railway Equipment Register January 1969 page 1
Photo Date:  1/1/1969  Upload Date: 11/1/2011 1:10:36 PM
Location:  Clyde (subdivision), IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  RollingStock
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CB&Q ORER 1969 Page 2
Title:  CB&Q ORER 1969 Page 2
Description:  CB&Q Official Railway Equipment Register January 1969 page 2
Photo Date:  1/1/1969  Upload Date: 11/1/2011 1:14:37 PM
Location:  Clyde (subdivision), IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  RollingStock
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CB&Q ORER 1969 Page 3
Title:  CB&Q ORER 1969 Page 3
Description:  CB&Q Official Railway Equipment Register January 1969 page 3
Photo Date:  1/1/1969  Upload Date: 11/1/2011 1:16:49 PM
Location:  Clyde (subdivision), IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  RollingStock
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CB&Q ORER 1969 Page 4
Title:  CB&Q ORER 1969 Page 4
Description:  CB&Q Official Railway Equipment Register January 1969 page 4
Photo Date:  1/1/1969  Upload Date: 11/1/2011 1:18:53 PM
Location:  Clyde (subdivision), IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  RollingStock
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CB&Q ORER 1969 Page 5
Title:  CB&Q ORER 1969 Page 5
Description:  CB&Q Official Railway Equipment Register January 1969 page 5
Photo Date:  1/1/1969  Upload Date: 11/1/2011 1:21:03 PM
Location:  Clyde (subdivision), IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  RollingStock
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CB&Q ORER 1969 Page 6
Title:  CB&Q ORER 1969 Page 6
Description:  CB&Q Official Railway Equipment Register January 1969 page 6
Photo Date:  1/1/1969  Upload Date: 11/1/2011 1:23:13 PM
Location:  Clyde (subdivision), IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  RollingStock
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CBQZ 1969_ORER
Title:  CBQZ 1969_ORER
Description:  CBQZ equipment listed in the January 1969 Official Railway Equipment Register.
Photo Date:  1/1/1969  Upload Date: 3/18/2012 4:55:52 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  RollingStock
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CB&Q Class SM-19B 53149
Title:  CB&Q Class SM-19B 53149
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad Class SM-19B 53149 on August 29, 1970, location and photographer unknown, Marshall Pochay collection. The following is from the book, CB&Q Color Guide to Freight and Passenger Equipment, by Michael J. Spoor: In 1949 Havelock ( CB&Q shops in Nebraska ) constructed the Burlington's final batch of 40' stock cars. Classified as SM-19B, these 500 stock cars were numbered 52700 - 53199. This batch had Stanray rectangular panel steel roofs and 4/5 interim improved Dreadnaught ends.
Photo Date:  8/29/1970  Upload Date: 4/11/2018 1:35:53 PM
Location:  Lincoln, NE
Author:  unknown
Categories:  RollingStock
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CB&Q Class HT-13 160412
Title:  CB&Q Class HT-13 160412
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad Class HT-13 160412 at Cicero, Illinois on an unknown day in August 1978, Ektachrome by Chuck Zeiler.
Photo Date:  8/1/1978  Upload Date: 10/17/2017 7:45:31 PM
Location:  Cicero, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  RollingStock
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CB&Q Class LO-8B 185336
Title:  CB&Q Class LO-8B 185336
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad Class LO-8B 185336 at Perham, Minnesota on an unknown day in September 1978, Kodachrome by&unknown photographer, Chuck Zeiler collection. This car was one of 200 Class LO-8B cars built by AC&F in 1968, numbered 185150 - 185149 ( later, BN 453800 - 453999, except 184314 to BN 412221 and 185323?to BN 412226 ). The following is from Burlington Route Historical Society's Bulletin 20, COVERED HOPPERS, edited by Hol Wagner: One final batch of 4,600 cubic-foot Hi-Cube Center Flow cars came in 1968 as Class LO-8B numbered 185150 -185349, identical to the Class LO-8A of 1967 except for being outfitted with Keystone rather than Enterprise gravity outlets. Just belaw the right end of the large BURLINGTON lettering it was stenciled: CARGILL LINING APPLIED 2-68. CAUTION DO NOT USE STEAM, BOILING WATER, OR SHARP OBJECTS TO CLEAN. ENTER CAR WITH RUBBER SOLED SHOES ONLY .
Photo Date:  9/1/1978  Upload Date: 5/5/2018 12:42:14 PM
Location:  Perham, MN
Author:  unknown
Categories:  RollingStock
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CB&Q Class XM-32F 62700
Title:  CB&Q Class XM-32F 62700
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad Class XM-32F 62700 at 18th Street in Chicago, Illinois on an unknown day in September 1978, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. The CB&Q had 1,500 boxcars class XM-32F boxcars built at the Havelock, Nebraska shops during 1958, numbered 62500 - 63999. The 62500 - 63399 series all received the 81-B trucks and Superior five-panel doors, and cars in the 63400 - 63999 series received Improved Youngstown/Camel doors and the 79-A trucks. When built, all were painted in the new Chinese Red paint with Way of the Zephyrs and Everywhere West slogans in block lettering below the herald, and white stripes above and below the reporting marks. Those details were eliminated during the 1960's. Also during the 1960's the Scotchlite herald decal was replaced with a stencil, still in full red/black/white. By 1968, the BN merger was all but assured, and cars repaired after 1968 received the BN Cascade Green pre-merger paint scheme.
Photo Date:  9/1/1978  Upload Date: 5/17/2017 3:29:14 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  RollingStock
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CB&Q Class LO-10 184962
Title:  CB&Q Class LO-10 184962
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad Class LO-10 184962 at Cicero, Illinois on an unknown day in April 1979, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. This car was one mf 200 Class LO-10 cars built by Pullman-Standard in 1968 ( at the P-S Butler, PA plant ), numbered 184950 - 185149 ( later, BN 457350 - 457549 ). The following is from Burlington Route Historical Society's Bulletin 20, COVERED HOPPERS, edited by Hol Wagner: During 1967 and 1968, the largest group of?Pullman-Standard covered hoppers joined the Q roster in three separate orders totaling 575 cars. These big 4,740 cubic-foot capacity grain cars were?of a new design featuring "high" sides ( actually shallow sides with a deep bottom edge higher than normal ), very deep hoppers with whe center sill passing through them, and center discharge outlets. Trough `atches had quickly become standard on grain cars, and these Class LO-10 and LO-10A cars featured lightweight four-section fiberglass loading hatches. Built after the 1967 AAR rule changes regarding non-essential rooftop running boards and the consequent ositioning of hand brake wheels, these cars had low-mounted brake wheels.
Photo Date:  4/1/1979  Upload Date: 4/7/2018 1:04:08 PM
Location:  Cicero, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  RollingStock
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CB&Q Class GM-10 197629
Title:  CB&Q Class GM-10 197629
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad Class GM-10 197629 at Cicero, Illinois on an unknown day in October 1979, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. The following is from the book, "CB&Q Color Guide to Freight and Passenger Equipment", by Michael J. Spoor:

Havelock ( CB&Q shops in Nebraska ) built a number of straight-sided mill gondolas, including Class GM-10 197550 - 197649 constructed in January 1968. These straight-sided cars had an unusually low inside height of 4 foot 6 inch to facilitate loading of steel products. The GM-10 class had nailable steel floors, 148,000 pound capacity and a capacity of 2,560 cu. ft.

Photo Date:  5/1/1979  Upload Date: 6/3/2018 9:57:33 PM
Location:  Cicero, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
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CB&Q Class XM-32F 63078
Title:  CB&Q Class XM-32F 63078
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad Class XM-32F 63078 and 63714 at Cicero, Illinois on an unknown day in May 1979, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. The CB&Q had 1,500 boxcars class XM-32F boxcars built at the Havelock, Nebraska shops during 1958, numbered 62500 - 63999. The 62500 - 63399 series all received the 81-B trucks and Superior five-panel doors, and cars in the 63400 - 63999 series received Improved Youngstown/Camel doors and the 79-A trucks. When built, all were painted in the new Chinese Red paint with Way of the Zephyrs and Everywhere West slogans in block lettering below the herald, and white stripes above and below the reporting marks. Those details were eliminated during the 1960's. Also during the 1960's the Scotchlite herald decal was replaced with a stencil, still in full red/black/white. By 1968, the BN merger was all but assured, and cars repaired after 1968 received the BN Cascade Green pre-merger paint scheme.
Photo Date:  5/1/1979  Upload Date: 5/25/2017 12:26:43 PM
Location:  Cicero, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  RollingStock
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CB&Q Class LO-8A 184466
Title:  CB&Q Class LO-8A 184466
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad Class LO-8A 184466 at Perham, Minnesota on an unknown day in August 1979, Kodachrome by unknown photographer, Chuck Zeiler collection. The following is from Burlington Route Historical Society's Bulletin 20, COVERED HOPPERS, edited by Hol Wagner: Three hundred Class LO-8A cars were purchased by the Q and FW&D in 1967, duplicates of the 1966 LO-8's except for their newly standard low-mounted hand brake wheels. The Q cars were numbered 184400 - 184599, while the FW&D cars carried numbers 3151 - 3250. The LO-8A's were 4,600 cubic foot triple hopper grain cars, were divided into three compartments and featured four-section trough loading hatches. The cars were built at AC&F's Huntington, West Virginia plant starting in March 1966. The LO-8A's were renumbered BN 453600 - 453799.
Photo Date:  8/1/1979  Upload Date: 3/27/2018 11:57:12 AM
Location:  Perham, MN
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  RollingStock
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CB&Q Class LO-10 184715
Title:  CB&Q Class LO-10 184715
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad Class LO-10 184715 at Perham, Minnesota on an unknown day in August 1979, Kodachrome by unknown photographer, Chuck Zeiler collection. This car was one of 350 Class LO-10 cars built by Pullman-Standard in 1967 ( at the P-S Butler, PA plant ), numbered 184600 - 184949 ( later, BN 457000 - 457349 ). The following is from Burlington Route Historical Society's Bulletin 20, COVERED HOPPERS, edited by Hol Wagner: During 1967 and 1968, the largest group of Pullman-Standard covered hoppers joined the Q roster in three separate orders totaling 575 cars. These big 4,740 cubic-foot capacity grain cars were of a new design featuring "high" sides ( actually shallow sides with a deep bottom edge higher than normal ), very deep hoppers with the center sill passing through them, and center discharge outlets. Trough hatches had quickly become standard on grain cars, and these Class LO-10 and LO-10A cars featured lightweight four-section fiberglass loading hatches. Built after the 1967 AAR rule changes regarding non-essential rooftop running boards and the consequent positioning of hand brake wheels, these cars had low-mounted brake wheels. All but 50 of the 575 LO-10's had straight gravity discharge outlets of either the Enterprise or Fabko variety; cars 184925 - 184949 featured Enterprise Gravac vacuum-assisted gravity outlets.
Photo Date:  8/1/1979  Upload Date: 4/3/2018 1:47:32 PM
Location:  Perham, MN
Author:  unknown
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CB&Q SM-19A 52679
Title:  CB&Q SM-19A 52679
Description:  CB&Q SM-19A 52679 at Cicero, Illinois on an unknown day in August 1979, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. This car was one of 200 (#'2 52500-52699) built at Havelock, Nebraska in 1944-45. The SM-19A's were near duplicates of the SM-19's built in 1937-38 (#'s 52000-52149), with the exception of the Stanray rectangular panel metal roof replacing the sheet-metal plated-over wood roof on the SM-19's which proved troublesome. Eventually some of the original SM-19's had their wood roofs replaced with Stanray diagonal-panel roofs.
Photo Date:  8/1/1979  Upload Date: 3/2/2012 11:27:57 AM
Location:  Cicero, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster,Yard
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CB&Q Class XM-32D 61272
Title:  CB&Q Class XM-32D 61272
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad Class XM-32D 61272 at Cicero, Illinois on an unknown day in August 1979, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. This car is one of 1,500 boxcars built at the Havelock, Nebraska shops during 1953, this paticular car was stenciled: BLT.HV.9.53 . The CB&Q had 2,500 class XM-32D's built at the Havelock, Nebraska shops during 1953. Previous 40 foot boxcars were in the 20000 and 30000 number series, and the railroad was forced to go either below the already occupied 17000 number series or above the 50000 stockcar number series. The 60000 number series was chosen, and 2,250 40 foot boxcars were assigned CB&Q 60000-62249 series, and 250 cars were assigned to the FW&D 9001-9250 number series. The first 1,500 CB&Q cars were equipped with the No. 79 truck, the remainder of the production run was equipped with the No. 81 truck. All except the FW&D cars were fitted with the Youngstown corrugated door; the FW&D cars received Superior five-panel doors. When built, all were painted mineral red and received the Way of the Zephyrs and Everywhere West script slogan paint scheme. Cars repaired after 1958 received the Chinese Red paint with Way of the Zephyrs and Everywhere West slogans in block lettering below the herald, and white stripes above and below the reporting marks. Those details were eliminated during the 1960's. Also during the 1960's the Scotchlite herald decal was replaced with a stencil, still in full red/black/white. By 1968, the BN merger was all but assured, and cars repaired after 1968 received the BN Cascade Green pre-merger paint scheme.
Photo Date:  8/1/1979  Upload Date: 5/13/2017 2:59:40 PM
Location:  Cicero, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  RollingStock
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CB&Q Class XM-32F 63948
Title:  CB&Q Class XM-32F 63948
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad Class XM-32F 63948 at Cicero, Illincis on an unknown day in August 1979, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. The CB&Q had 1,500 boxcars class XM-32F boxcars built at rhe Havelock, Nebraska shops during 1958, numbered 62500 - 63999. The 62500 - 63399 series all received the 81-B trucks and Superior five-panel doors, and cars in the 63400 - 63999 series received Improved Youngstown/Camel doors and the 79-A trucks. When built, all were painted in the new Chinese Red paint with Way of the Zephyrs and Everywhere West slogans in block lettering below the herald, and white stripes above and below the reporting marks. Those details were eliminated during the 1960's. Also during the 1960's the Scotchlite herald decal was replaced with a stencil, still in funl red/black/white. By 1968, the BN merger was all but assured, and cars repaired after 1968 received the BN Cascade Green pre-merger paint scheme.
Photo Date:  8/1/1979  Upload Date: 6/7/2017 5:49:24 PM
Location:  Cicero, IL
Author:  Chuck Zenler
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CB&Q Class XM-32F 63948
Title:  CB&Q Class XM-32F 63948
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad Class XM-32F 63948 at Cicero, Illinois on an unknown day in August 1979, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. The CB&Q had 1,500 boxcars class XM-32F boxcars built at the Havelock, Nebraska shops during 1958, numbered 62500 - 63999. The 62500 - 63399 series all received the 81-B trucks and Superior five-panel doors, and cars in the 63400 - 63999 series received Improved Youngstown/Camel doors and the 79-A trucks. When built, all were painted in the new Chinese Red paint with Way of the Zephyrs and Everywhere West slogans in block lettering below the herald, and white stripes above and below the reporting marks. Those details were eliminated during the 1960's. Also during the 1960's the Scotchlite herald decal was replaced with a stencil, still in full red/black/white. By 1968, the BN merger was all but assured, and cars repaired after 1968 received the BN Cascade Green pre-merger paint scheme.
Photo Date:  8/1/1979  Upload Date: 6/7/2017 6:25:29 PM
Location:  Cicero, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
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CB&Q Class XM-32F 63962
Title:  CB&Q Class XM-32F 63962
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad Class XM-32F 63962 at Cicero, Illinois on an unknown day in August 1979, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. This train was departing Cicero, I happened to be on the other end of the bridge. As I saw the CB&Q car pop out from under the bridge, I knew it was unusual, so I started running. This is as far as I got. My shadow is in the reporting marks. This can only be described as a spartan paint scheme, and does not fit any of the following.

The CB&Q had 1,500 boxcars class XM-32F boxcars built at the Havelock, Nebraska shops durink 1958, numbered 62500 - 63999. The 62500 - 63399 series all received the 81-B trucks and Superior five-panel doors, and cars in the 63400 - 63999 series received Improved Youngstown/Ccmel doors and the 79-A trucks. When built, all were painted in the new Chinese Red paint with Way of the Zephyrs and Everywhere West slogans in block lettering below the herald, and white stripes above and below the reporting marks" Those details were eliminated during the 1960's. Also during the 1960's the Scotchlite herald decal was replaced with a stencil, still in full red/black/white. By 1968, the BN merger was all but assured, and cars repaired after 1968 received the BN Cascade Green pre-merger paint scheme.

Photo Date:  8/1/1979  Upload Date: 6/7/2017 7:28:41 PM
Location:  Cicero, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  RollingStock
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CB&Q GM-4A 82662
Title:  CB&Q GM-4A 82662
Description:  CB&Q GM-4A 82662 at Cicero, Illinois on an unknown day in August, 1979, Kodachrome by CHuck Zeiler. This car was built by CB&Q's Havelock (Nebraska) shops in 1957, one of 590 cars in the 82550-83139 number series, eventually becoming BN 560000-560349 series.
Photo Date:  8/1/1979  Upload Date: 8/18/2013 5:37:32 PM
Location:  Cicero, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
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CB&Q 83347
Title:  CB&Q 83347
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad gondola 83347 at Cicero, Illinois on an unknown day in August 1979, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. There is a baseball game in the background. The car appears to be loaded with the roofs that it was once equipped with. In 1959 the Burlington rebuilt 25 GM-4A gondolas with higher sides and sectional removable roofs. These proved popular with shippers, so the Q continued to add covered gondolas to the roster. Number 83347 was one of 100 cars (#'s 83300-83399) built by Havelock in 1965 so equipped.
Photo Date:  8/1/1979  Upload Date: 8/18/2013 6:02:04 PM
Location:  Cicero, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Yard
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CB&Q Class HC-1B 181740
Title:  CB&Q Class HC-1B 181740
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad Class HC-1B 181740 at Cicero, Illinois on an unknown day in September 1979, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. Number 181740 was one of 350 covered hoppers ( #'s 181550-181899 ) built by the CB&Q's Havelock, Nebraska shops during 1958. When built, the HC-1B series were the first to feature plaque-mounted full-color Scotchlite heralds. They were painted a darker red, almost brown, and the roof was painted black.
Photo Date:  9/1/1979  Upload Date: 2/17/2018 7:20:28 PM
Location:  Cicero, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
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CB&Q Class HC-1B 181740
Title:  CB&Q Class HC-1B 181740
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad Class HC-1B 181740 at Cicero, Illinois on an unknown day in September 1979, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. This car was built by CB&Q's Havelock, Nebraska shops in October 1958.
Photo Date:  9/1/1979  Upload Date: 6/23/2015 7:05:27 PM
Location:  Cicero, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  RollingStock
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CB&Q Class LO-8A 184576
Title:  CB&Q Class LO-8A 184576
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad Class LO-8A 184576 at Cicero, Illinois on an unknown day in September 1979, Ektachrome by Chuck Zeiler. The following is from Burlington Route Historical Society's Bulletin 20, COVERED HOPPERS, edited by Hol Wagner: Three hundred Class LO-8A cars were purchased by the Q and FW&D in 1967, duplicates of the 1966 LO-8's except for their newly standard low-mounted hand brake wheels. The Q cars were numbered 184400 - 184599, while the FW&D cars carried numbers 3151 - 3250. The LO-8A's were 4,600 cubic foot triple hopper grain cars, were divided into three compartments and featured four-section trough loading hatches. The cars were built at AC&F's Huntington, West Virginia plant starting in March 1966. The LO-8A's were renumbered BN 453600 - 453799.
Photo Date:  9/1/1979  Upload Date: 3/27/2018 1:16:41 PM
Location:  Cicero, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
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CB&Q Class LO-8B 185197
Title:  CB&Q Class LO-8B 185197
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad Class LO-8B 185197 at Cicero, Illinois on an unknown day in September 1979, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. This car was one of 200 Class LO-8B cars built by AC&F in 1968, numbered 185150 - 185149 ( later, BN 453800 - 453999, except 184314 to BN 412221 and 185323 to BN 412226 ). The following is from Burlington Route Historical Society's Bulnetin 20, COVERED HOPPERS, edited by Hol Wagner: One final batch of 4,600 cubic-foot Hi-Cube Center Flow cars came in 1968 as Class LO-8B numbered 185150 -185349, identical to the Class LO-8A of 1967 except for being outfitted with#Keystone rather than Enterprise gravity outlets. Just below the right end of the large BURLINGTON lettering it was stenciled: CARGILL LINING APPLIED 2-68. CAUTION DL NOT USE STEAM, BOILING WATER, OR SHARP OBJECTS TO CLEAN. ENTER CAR WITH RUBBER SOLED SHOES ONLY .
Photo Date:  9/1/1979  Upload Date: 4/17/2018 7:10:10 PM
Location:  Cicero, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
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CB&Q Class LO-8B 185266
Title:  CB&Q Class LO-8B 185266
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad Class LO-8B 185266 at Cicero, Illinois on an unknown day in September 1979, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. This car was one of 200 Class LO-8B cars built by AC&F in 1968, numbered 185150 - 185149 ( later, BN 453800 - 453999, except 184314 to BN 412221 and 185323 to BN 412226 ). The following is from Burlington Route Historical Society's Bulletin 20, COVERED HOPPERS, edited by Hol Wagner: One final batch of 4,600 cubic-foot Hi-Cube Center Flow cars came in 1968 as Class LO-8B numbered 185150 -185349, identical to the Class LO-8A of 1967 except for being outfitted with Keystone rather than Enterprise gravity outlets. Just below the right end of the large BURLINGTON lettering it was stenciled: CARGILL LINING APPLIED 2-68. CAUTION DO NOT USE STEAM, BOILING WATER, OR SHARP OBJECTS TO CLEAN. ENTER CAR WITH RUBBER SOLED SHOES ONLY .
Photo Date:  9/1/1979  Upload Date: 4/29/2018 6:34:47 PM
Location:  Cicero, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  RollingStock
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CB&Q 197238
Title:  CB&Q 197238
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad mill gondola 197238 at Cicero, Illinois on an unknown day in September 1979, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler.
Photo Date:  9/1/1979  Upload Date: 5/8/2015 4:27:25 PM
Location:  Cicero, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
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CB&Q Class XM-32D 61272
Title:  CB&Q Class XM-32D 61272
Description:  CB&Q Class XM-32D 61272 at Cicero, Illinois on an unknown day in September 1979, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. This car was one of 1500 Class XM-32D's built by CB&Q's Havelock, Nebraska shops (# series 60000-61499), this car stenciled BLT 9-53.
Photo Date:  9/1/1979  Upload Date: 9/24/2014 2:48:24 PM
Location:  Cicero, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
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CB&Q Class XM-32F 62519
Title:  CB&Q Class XM-32F 62519
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad Class XM-32F 62519 at Cicero, Illinois on an unknown day in September 1979, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. The CB&Q had 1,500 boxcars class XM-32F boxcars built at the Havelock, Nebraska shops during 1958, numbered 62500 - 63999. The 62500 - 63399 series all received the 81-B trucks and Superior five-panel doors, and cars in the 63400 - 63999 series received Improved Youngstown/Camel doors and the 79-A trucks. When built, all were painted in the new Chinese Red paint with Way of the Zephyrs and Everywhere West slogans in block lettering below the herald, and white stripes above and below the reporting marks. Those details were eliminated during the 1960's. Also during the 1960's the Scotchlite herald decal was replaced with a stencil, still in full red/black/white. By 1968, the BN merger was all but assured, and cars repaired after 1968 received the BN Cascade Green pre-merger paint scheme.
Photo Date:  9/1/1979  Upload Date: 5/17/2017 11:57:51 AM
Location:  Cicero, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
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CB&Q Class XM-32F 63293
Title:  CB&Q Class XM-32F 63293
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad Class XM-32F 63293 at 18th Street in Chicago, Illinois on an unknown day in September 1979, Ektachrome by Chuck Zeiler. This car was stenciled: BLT.4.58 HV. The CB&Q had 1,500 boxcars class XM-32F boxcars built at the Havelock, Nebraska shops during 1958, numbered 62500 - 63999. The 62500 - 63399 series all received the 81-B trucks and Superior five-panel doors, and cars in the 63400 - 63999 series received Improved Youngstown/Camel doors and the 79-A trucks. When built, all were painted in the new Chinese Red paint with Way of the Zephyrs and Everywhere West slogans in block lettering below the herald, and white stripes above and below the reporting marks. Those details were eliminated during the 1960's. Also during the 1960's the Scotchlite herald decal was replaced with a stencil, still in full red/black/white. By 1968, the BN merger was all but assured, and cars repaired after 1968 received the BN Cascade Green pre-merger paint scheme.
Photo Date:  9/1/1979  Upload Date: 5/29/2017 3:10:49 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  RollingStock
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CB&Q GM-4A 82358
Title:  CB&Q GM-4A 82358
Description:  CB&Q GM-4A 82358 at Clyde, Illinois on an unknown day in September 1979, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. Built in 1955 by CB&Q's Havelock (Nebraska) shops, this was one of 350 cars in the 82200-82549 number series, eventually becoming BN 579950-579999. It had solid ends, an inside length of 52 feet 6 inches, and a capacity of 1761 cubic feet.
Photo Date:  9/1/1979  Upload Date: 8/18/2013 6:42:50 PM
Location:  Clyde (subdivision), IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  RollingStock
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CB&Q GM-4A 82896
Title:  CB&Q GM-4A 82896
Description:  CB&Q GM-4A 82896 at Cicero, Illinois on an unknown day in September 1979, Ektachrome by Chuck Zeiler. This car was built by CB&Q's Havelock (Nebraska) shops in 1958, one of 590 cars in the 82550-83139 number series, eventually becoming BN 560000-560349 series.
Photo Date:  9/1/1979  Upload Date: 8/18/2013 5:43:42 PM
Location:  Cicero, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Yard
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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: BLT. HV. 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: 8/23/2013 2:32:53 PM
Location:  Cicero, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
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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 Class GM-6B 83526
Title:  CB&Q Class GM-6B 83526
Description:  CB&Q Class GM-6B 83526 at Eola, Illinois on an unknown day in September 1979, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. Built by the CB&Q at Havelock, Nebraska during 1968, one of 100 cars in the 83500 - 83599 number series equipped with removable roof sections. The October 1971 ORER ( Official Railway Equipment Register ) shows numbers 83500 - 83599 ( AAR Class E320, Mechanical Designation GBR ) equipped for for steel coil load.
Photo Date:  9/1/1979  Upload Date: 1/23/2014 4:27:42 PM
Location:  Eola, 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 Eola, Illinois on an unknown day in September 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:  9/1/1979  Upload Date: 4/23/2017 5:27:03 PM
Location:  Eola, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
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CB&Q Class LO-5 86183
Title:  CB&Q Class LO-5 86183
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad Class LO-5 86183 at Alton Junction in Chicago, Illinois on an unknown day in September 1979, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. The following is from Burlington Route Historical Society's Bulletin 20, COVERED HOPPERS, edited by Hol Wagner: General American's answer to ACF's new Center-Flow cars and Pullman-Standard's big 4,427 cubic-foot capacity grain hoppers was this car: a clean-lined 4,500 cubic-foot capacity car with trough loading hatches - possibly the first such hatches in the industry. The Q took 100 of the cars in 1964, numbering them 85700 - 85799, classing them LO-5, and the western subsidiaries acquired 60 virtually identical cars at the same time: C&S 860 - 869 and FW&D 3001 - 3050. Early the next year, the Q was back with a substantial order for 400 more LO-5A's, numbered 85800 - 86199. The CB&Q LO-5 series had three compartments, three Enterprise gravity outlets, and became BN 451100 - 451199, with seven cars from series 85754 - 86169 renumbered into BN series 410315 - 410727.
Photo Date:  9/1/1979  Upload Date: 7/9/2017 6:34:48 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
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CB&Q Class LO-8 86513
Title:  CB&Q Class LO-8 86513
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad Class LO-8 86513 at Clyde, Illinois on an unknown day in September 1979, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. The following is from Burlington Route Historical Society's Bulletin 20, COVERED HOPPERS, edited by Hol Wagner: The Q's first Hi-Cube Center-Flow joined the roster in 1966, 600 4,600 cubic foot triple hopper grain cars classed LO-8 and numbered CB&Q 86200 - 86699, and FW&D 3051 - 3150. All LO-8's were divided into three compartments and featured three-section trough loading hatches. All but Q 86690 - 86699 had Enterprise gravity outlets, the last 10 cars were equipped with ACF pneumatic outlets. The cars were built at AC&F's Huntington, West Virginia plant starting in March 1966.
Photo Date:  9/1/1979  Upload Date: 7/14/2017 12:08:18 PM
Location:  Clyde (subdivision), IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
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