Q steam parked at Galesburg

The "Go Go" Sox of 1959 would end up meeting the Dodgers in the World Series. Meanwhile that summer a couple miles north of Comisky Park the Zephyr Pit cranked out a daily fleet of domed streamli... (more)

CB&Q 4960 was utilized on a passenger special that headed west from Chicago in May of 1961. It is seen here being restocked with coal via a clamshell bucket and CB&Q gondola while many a railfan ... (more)

Two versions of the EMD cowl unit nose are represented in Barn 9 at IRM by CB&Q E5(A) 9911-A and MILW F7(A) 118-C. HDR composite from three exposures.

The friendly C&S engineer waves as five SD-9s struggle to lift southbound Train 75 out of Walsenburg, Colo. on Feb. 25, 1968. No. 75 has just collected refrigerator cars full of San Luis Valley ... (more)

Silver & Gray. The sole-surviving EMD E5 races with the Nebraska Zephyr back to Rock Island. This unit usually works at the Illinois Railway Museum. Photo taken during Train Festival 2011.

Posing during a night of Diesel Days.

Burlington at Burlington
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy E5 No. 9911-A, from the Illinois Railway Museum lays over at Burlington, Wisconsin, on a rare outside excursion with the Nebraska... (more)

In the 1880s the CB&Q constructed a line form Midland, NE to Cheyenne, WY through the prairies of northeastern Colorado. While the land was advertised as somewhat of an agricultural paradise, the ... (more)

A new addition to the abundance steam engines represented on RP isn't exactly what it appears to be. Fort Worth & Denver 'Mikado' #401 on display at the National Ranching Heritage Center is actual... (more)

I think this is the westbound combined Empire Builder and North Coast Ltd west of Chicago on the Triple Track. Kodachrome II film.

The brakeman seems to be acting out his impression of The Thinker by Rodin.

Chicago Burlington & Quincy O-5-A 4-8-4 5632 is seen at Kansas City, Missouri, on May 29, 1960. (Frank "Woody" Woodburn photo, Craig Walker collection)

CB&Q 970 rests at Denver along with some real interesting power. Photo has been in my collection, no photographer listed on slide.