Early F units usually came in set of 4, i.e., ABBA. The CB&Q found that for most trains on its mostly flat railroad ABA sets were sufficient so the ABBAs were broken into ABs with another newer A ... (more)
Burlington 4-6-4 4000 was built in 1930 as No. 3002, a member of class S-4, by the Baldwin Locomotive Works. This class had 78-inch drivers, boiler pressure of 250 pounds per square inch, and 25x2... (more)
Three Burlington E7 units are on the MORNING ZEPHYR for Minneapolis from a very busy Union Station. The Atlantic Coast Line E7 is backing with PRR's SOUTH WIND.
CB&Q EMD E5 units, an E7A and an E8A back into the coach yard after having arrived on train 48, BLACKHAWK, on a Saturday morning.
At dusk, the eastbound San Francisco Zehpyr departs from Fort Morgan, bound for Chicago, with three ex-CB&Q diesels, but a rainbow consist, including three ex-GN Sky Blues immediately behin... (more)
A solid blue Builder lasted only a few years.
9947A was built in May 1950 and became BN 9947 and then Amtrak 341.
