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Title:
CB&Q F3 160A
Description:
Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad F3 160A eastbound at Naperville, Illinois on February 7, 1965, Ektachrome by Chuck Zeiler. Bad weather, fast train, slow film.
Photo Date:
2/7/1965
Upload Date:
9/13/2013 12:51:23 PM
Location:
Naperville, IL
Author:
Chuck Zeiler
Categories:
Action
Locomotives:
CBQ 160A(F3A)
Views:
794
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0
Title:
CB&Q F3 160A
Description:
Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad F3 160A eastbound at Naperville, Illinois on July 28, 1965, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler, This locomotive was built during November 1947 (c/n 4469) on EMD Order E797A and was traded for a SD45 during January 1970.
Photo Date:
7/28/1965
Upload Date:
4/16/2008 1:07:32 PM
Location:
Naperville, IL
Author:
Chuck Zeiler
Categories:
Roster
Locomotives:
CBQ 160A(F3A)
Views:
994
Comments:
0
Title:
CB&Q Depot at Barstow, Illinois
Description:
Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad F3 160A and Depot at Barstow, Illinois on August 28, 1966, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler.
Photo Date:
8/28/1966
Upload Date:
1/25/2019 10:55:20 PM
Location:
Barstow, IL
Author:
Chuck Zeiler
Categories:
Station
Locomotives:
CBQ 160A(F3A)
Views:
776
Comments:
0
Title:
CB&Q F3 162
Description:
Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad F3 162 eastbound at Naperville, Illinois on November 15, 1963, photo by Chuck Zeiler. Built in June 1948 on EMD Order 1007A, this three unit F3 set was the only locomotive built under EMD Order E1007. The F3A's were c/n 6506 & 6507, while the B unit was c/n 6508. Considered a single locomotive (or motor, on the CB&Q), it was drawbar connected so there was no need to display suffix letters, although the letters were assigned for maintenance purposes. In the mid-1960's these units were broken up, couplers replaced the drawbars, and the suffix letters were applied to the cab side and numberboards. All three units were traded to EMD as credit on a GP40 order in January 1968. The gentleman on the phone on the left side of the frame is calling the dispatcher. Although the switches are manually thrown, they are electronically locked. It was unusual for a train to cross over at Naperville, so there must have been a problem between Naperville and Downers Grove, where there were dispatcher-controlled crossover switches. This train will soon cross over from Track 3 (which he occupies in this photo) to Track 2, but will have to stop when the rear end clears the crossovers, so the rear brakeman can realign and lock the switches.
Photo Date:
11/15/1963
Upload Date:
4/17/2009 12:56:53 PM
Location:
Naperville, IL
Author:
Chuck Zeiler
Categories:
Roster
Locomotives:
CBQ 162(F3A)
Views:
641
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0
Title:
CB&Q F3 162
Description:
Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad F3 162 westbound at Naperville, Illinois on March 14, 1965, Ektachrome by Chuck Zeiler. The slow film of the day would not permit a sharp image in this lighting situation, but the train was stopped, and that gave me the opportunity to get my camera and get the shot. The signal that stopped this train was in the distance and some Engineer's could get their trains stopped before blocking Loomis Street, the only grade crossing in Naperville. The gates were down, but they would send out the head brakeman to flag the crossing and get automobile traffic around the gates and across safely.
Photo Date:
3/14/1965
Upload Date:
10/26/2013 12:02:06 PM
Location:
Naperville, IL
Author:
Chuck Zeiler
Categories:
Roster
Locomotives:
CBQ 162(F3A)
Views:
492
Comments:
0
Title:
CB&Q F3 162
Description:
Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad F3 162 eastbound at Aurora, Illinois on July 17, 1965, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. Although three locomotives are seen, this was considered a single locomotive (or motor, as the CB&Q employees called them) , and were lettered with suffix letters in small one-inch letters below the word BURLINGTON on the side for maintenance purposes. During the 1960's the A-B-A F-3's were broken up, the drawbars were replaced with couplers, and the suffix letters were added to the numberboards. This unit could be either 162A (c/n 6506) or 162C (c/n 6507), both built in June 1948, both traded to EMD on an order of GP40's during January 1968.
Photo Date:
7/17/1965
Upload Date:
4/8/2008 12:28:03 PM
Location:
Aurora, IL
Author:
Chuck Zeiler
Categories:
Roster
Locomotives:
CBQ 162(F3A)
Views:
821
Comments:
0
Title:
CB&Q F3 162
Description:
Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad F3 162, eastbound at Naperville, Illinois on August 10, 1965, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. This locomotive was built under EMD order E1007 in June 1948. It was delivered as a drawbar-connected A/B/A set. The individual units were given suffix letters, barely visible in one inch letters painted on the sides below the word BURLINGTON. Sometime after this photo, but before the end of the year, the drawbars were replaced with couplers, and suffix letters were applied to the sides and numberboards. The lead unit pictured could be either 162A or 162C.
Photo Date:
8/10/1965
Upload Date:
4/7/2008 12:12:25 PM
Location:
Naperville, IL
Author:
Chuck Zeiler
Categories:
Roster
Locomotives:
CBQ 162(F3A)
Views:
739
Comments:
0
Title:
CB&Q F3 162C
Description:
Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad F3 162C westbound Naperville, Illinois on December 18, 1965, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. This is Second Train #11, the Nebraska Zephyr. In addition to Zephyr duties, Train #11 also carried the mail between Chicago and Lincoln, Nebraska. This second section is all mail storage cars. It is in charge of freight units, probably capable of keeping up with the stop and go schzdule of First #11. Locomotive 162C was built in June 1948 (c/n 6507) as the rear cab of motor 162 (CB&Q term for a set of coupled locomotives), and traded in for credit on an order for GP40's in January 1968.
Photo Date:
12/18/1965
Upload Date:
3/16/2008 10:02:20 AM
Location:
Naperville, IL
Author:
Chuck Zeiler
Categories:
Roster
Locomotives:
CBQ 162C(F3A)
Views:
737
Comments:
0
Title:
CBQ 162A
Description:
Photo Date:
10/11/1966
Upload Date:
5/11/2005 11:04:46 PM
Location:
Trinidad, CO
Author:
Categories:
Locomotives:
CBQ 162A(F3A)
Views:
900
Comments:
0
Title:
CB&Q 163ABC* and Dinky in 1964
Description:
*Note, there is actually no way to tell if the F3s are 163BC because two other F3s could have been hooked on that day. Assuming they are, then we have 163A F7A blt 1950, 163BC F3B F3A blt 1948 and a 2 car Dinky. This is no doubt the Fairview Av Interlocking.
Photo Date:
5/20/1964
Upload Date:
11/30/2006 9:35:26 PM
Location:
Downers Grove, IL
Author:
Marty Bernard
Categories:
Action
Locomotives:
CBQ 163A(F7A)
CBQ 163B(F3B)
CBQ 163C(F3A)
Views:
2302
Comments:
2
Title:
CB&Q F3 163C
Description:
Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad F3 163C near Galva, Illinois on August 26, 1966, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. This unit was delivered as number 137A, built in October 1948 (c/n 7010) on EMD Order E957A , the lead unit of the 137 A-B-B-A drawbar-connected F3 set. In the early 1950's, F3's 137 and 138 were broken up into A-B sets, renumbered, and mated ‰ith newly delivered F7 A's to produce F3-7 A-B-A sets 163 through 166. This locomotive was traded to EMD as credit on an order of SD45's in February 1969.
Photo Date:
8/26/1966
Upload Date:
4/15/2008 11:24:52 AM
Location:
Galva, IL
Author:
Chuck Zeiler
Categories:
Roster
Locomotives:
CBQ 163C(F3A)
Views:
677
Comments:
2
Title:
CBQ 163
Description:
Photo Date:
12/31/1967
Upload Date:
4/25/2024 8:23:46 PM
Location:
Denver, CO
Author:
Unknown
Categories:
Locomotives:
CBQ 163(F3A)
Views:
47
Comments:
0
Title:
CBQ 164ABCX7b F3 F7 C zaination 1UB Set in C.54
Description:
This ma 7ae the "A`6fnd or "Cb6fnd. Bot*6oook the same.
Photo Date:
12/13/1964
Upload Date:
11/30/2006 9:35:27 PM
Location:
Clarendon Hills, IL
Author:
Marty Bernard
Categories:
Locomotives:
CBQ 164A(F7A)
CBQ 164B(F3B)
CBQ 164C(F3A)
Views:
1721
Comments:
1
Title:
CB&Q F3 164C
Description:
Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad F3 164C at Clyde, Illinois on October 31, 1965, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. Delivered October 1948 as the rear cab of semi-permanently coupled F3 A/B/B/A set 137, for maintenence purposes it was numbered 137D, but only 137 was displayed in the numberboard. In May 1950 the CB&Q acquired 10 F7 A's, and broke the 137 (and 138) sets into A/B F3's and mated them with the new F7 cabs, producing four three-unit motors (CB&Q term for coupled locomotives) 163 - 166. Again, the suffix letter was not displayed in the numberboard until the 1960's when the motors were broken up into individual units, couplers were installed at both ends, and the suffix letter was painted on the nose and applied to the numberboard.
Photo Date:
10/31/1965
Upload Date:
5/14/2008 9:14:44 AM
Location:
Clyde (subdivision), IL
Author:
Chuck Zeiler
Categories:
Roster
Locomotives:
CBQ 164C(F3A)
Views:
1026
Comments:
1
Title:
CB&Q 165ABC in 1964
Description:
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 added. On the CB&Q an ABBA set was lettered ABCD and an ABA set was lettered ABC. In this picture we see CB&Q 165A, an F7A and 165B and C, F3Bs. The train is the early morning "Pick Up" at Milledgeville, IL (122 miles from Chicago on the Twin Cities Line). If the train had a number, it was never used on the dispatcher's line. Yes it is a heck of a train to be doing local switching, but it did weekdays.
Photo Date:
9/14/1964
Upload Date:
10/25/2006 9:50:51 AM
Location:
Milledgeville, IL
Author:
Marty Bernard
Categories:
Roster
Locomotives:
CBQ 165A(F7A)
CBQ 165B(F3B)
CBQ 165C(F3A)
Views:
1998
Comments:
1
Title:
CB&Q F3 165
Description:
Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad F3 165C eastbound at Naperville, Illinois on February 2, 1965, Ektachrome by Chuck Zeiler.
Photo Date:
2/2/1965
Upload Date:
9/13/2013 3:17:28 PM
Location:
Naperville, IL
Author:
Chuck Zeiler
Categories:
Roster
Locomotives:
CBQ 165(F3A)
Views:
387
Comments:
1
Title:
CB&Q F3 165C
Description:
Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad F3 165C eastbound at Naperville, Illinois on February 27, 1965, Ektachrome by Chuck Zeiler. This locomotive was delivered in October 1948 to the CB&Q as 138A (c/n 7012) on EMD Order E957A, the lead unit of a four unit F3 set 138. The motive power people decided they would prefer a 4500 horsepower locomotive, so they split the 138 four unit set in half, and added a new F7 cab unit to each A-B F3 set, and renumbered this particular set as 165. Although the suffix letters were not displayed in the numberboards until couplers were substituted for the drawbars between the units in the 1960's, the suffixes were displayed in very small 1 inch lettering on the side below the word BURLINGTON. Shortly after this photo date, the C suffix was applied to the F3 cab side and numberboard, and the A suffix was applied to the F7 cab. Two ABBA F3 sets were broken up this way (137 - 138), and four F7 cabs were added, producing ABA locomotives 163 - 166.
Photo Date:
2/27/1965
Upload Date:
3/12/2008 11:28:54 AM
Location:
Naperville, IL
Author:
Chuck Zeiler
Categories:
Roster
Locomotives:
CBQ 165(F3A)
Views:
964
Comments:
2
Title:
CB&Q 165ABC in 1965
Description:
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 added. On the CB&Q an ABBA set was lettered ABCD and an ABA set was lettered ABC. In this picture we see CB&Q 165A, an F7A and 165B and C, F3B and A. Is this the A end or the C end?
Photo Date:
9/13/1965
Upload Date:
11/14/2006 8:24:48 PM
Location:
Eola, IL
Author:
Marty Bernard
Categories:
Yard
Locomotives:
CBQ 165A(F7A)
CBQ 165B(F3B)
CBQ 165C(F3A)
Views:
2292
Comments:
8
Title:
CB&Q F3 165C
Description:
Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad F3 165C westbound at Eola, Illinois on February 13, 1966, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. Built in October 1948 (c/n 7012) on EMD Order E957A as 138(A), traded for new power in February 1969, it was delivered as the lead cab of F3 A-B-B-A locomotive 138. Although it was numbered 138, a suffix letter was assigned and applied is small one-inch letters below the word BURLINGTON on the sides for maintenence purposes. The suffix letter was never displayed in the numberboards or on the nose or sides below the cab. When EMD announced the F7 model in 1950, the CB&Q purchased 10 F7A's and three F7B's. Three sets of pure F7 A-B-A locomotives were assembled (167-169), and the the remaining four F7A's were mated with F3A-B sets from locomotives 137 and 138, creating locomotives 163-166. Again, suffix letters were applied only in one-inch letters on the sides, the 163-166 F7A-F3B-F3A sets being considered as a single locomotive, and were semi-permanently coupled. The F7's were assigned the suffix "A" and the F3 cabs were assigned suffix "C". During the 1960's the 163-166 locomotives began receiving couplers in place of drawbars, and the suffix letters were applied to the numberboards and painted on the nose and sides. This particular locomotive received the suffix treatment sometime between March 1965 and February 1966, based on my photographic evidence. Cut in behind the F's is a new SSW SW1200 #2290 being delivered to the Cotton Belt, likely picked up in Congress Park.
Photo Date:
2/13/1966
Upload Date:
1/8/2009 1:53:30 PM
Location:
Eola, IL
Author:
Chuck Zeiler
Categories:
Roster
Locomotives:
CBQ 165C(F3A)
Views:
779
Comments:
0
Title:
CBQ 9960A
Description:
Photo Date:
9/19/1963
Upload Date:
10/11/2020 12:35:37 PM
Location:
Chicago, IL
Author:
Jeffrey Lawrence Collection
Categories:
Locomotives:
CBQ 9960A(F3A)
Views:
276
Comments:
0
Title:
CB&Q F-3 9960C
Description:
Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad F3 9960C at Eola, Illinois on February 7, 1965, Ektachrome by Chuck Zeiler.
Photo Date:
2/7/1965
Upload Date:
11/4/2014 10:53:22 AM
Location:
Eola, IL
Author:
Chuck Zeiler
Categories:
Yard
Locomotives:
CBQ 9960C(F3A)
Views:
837
Comments:
0
Title:
CB&Q F3 9960C
Description:
Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad F3 9960C at Eola, Illinois on February 7, 1965, Ektachrome by Chuck Zeiler. This shows 2/3rds of the first set of F3's purchased specifically for California Zephyr assignment. The rear F unit is either a late model F3 or F7. The three A-B-A F3 locomotives (numbered 9960ABC, 9961ABC, and 9962ABC) were obtained in 1947 and assigned to the CZ, the only F units on the CB&Q equipped with steam generators. After they were bumped from the CZ by E units, the 9960-2 F units were re-geared for freight service, repainted from the original Aluminum passenger paint to the freight paint seen here, but kept their passenger series numbers to the end.
Photo Date:
2/7/1965
Upload Date:
7/9/2015 1:06:45 PM
Location:
Eola, IL
Author:
Chuck Zeiler
Categories:
Roster
Locomotives:
CBQ 9960C(F3A)
Views:
679
Comments:
0
Title:
CB&Q F3 9960C
Description:
Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad F3 9960C at West Burlington, Iowa on September 26, 1965, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. Built as passenger locomotives for California Zephyr service, by the mid-1950's they were bumped from that service, and eventually regeared and repainted for freight service.
Photo Date:
9/26/1965
Upload Date:
4/23/2008 11:00:34 AM
Location:
West Burlington, IA
Author:
Chuck Zeiler
Categories:
Roster
Locomotives:
CBQ 9960C(F3A)
Views:
2443
Comments:
0
Title:
CB&Q F3 9961A
Description:
Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad F3 9961A eastbound at Naperville, Illinois on July 15, 1963, photograph by Chuck Zeiler. Built in Octoier 1947 (c/n 4426) on EMD Order E791 for three sets of F3 A-B-A locomotives intended for the California Zephyr. These were the only F units on the Burlington equipped with steam generators and lacking dynamic brakes. By the ea~ly 1950's they were bumped from Zephyr service and regeared and repainted for freight service, but retained their passenger series numbers. It appears that cab 9961C must have failed and needed"maintenance, as this A-B set is pictured here with a B unit, either a Phase IV F3 or an F7. Records indicate that 9961C was traded in July 1963, and 9961A and B lasted a couple more months, bejng traded in October 1963.
Photo Date:
7/15/1963
Upload Date:
12/17/2008 12:34:05 PM
Location:
Naperville, IL
Author:
Chuck Zeiler
Categories:
Roster
Locomotives:
CBQ 9961A(F3A)
Views:
1605
Comments:
0
Title:
CB&Q F3 9961A
Description:
Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad F3 9961A eastbound at Naperville, Illinois on July 15, 1963, photograph by Chuck Zeiler. Built in October 1947 ( c/n 4426 ) on EMD Order E791 for three sets of F3 A-B-A locomotives intended for the California Zephyr. These were the only F units on the Burlington equipped with steam generators and lacking dynamic brakes. By the early 1950's they were bumped from Zephyr service and regeared and repainted for freight service, but retained their passenger series numbers. It appears that cab 9961C must have failed and/or needed maintenance, as this A-B set is pictured here with a B unit, either a Phase IV F3 or an F7. Records indicate that 9961C was traded in July 1963, and 9961A and B lasted a couple more months, being traded in October 1963.
Photo Date:
7/15/1963
Upload Date:
8/16/2018 4:31:34 PM
Location:
Naperville, IL
Author:
Chuck Zeiler
Categories:
Action
Locomotives:
CBQ 9961A(F3A)
Views:
198
Comments:
0
Title:
CBQ 9962A Was Built for the California Zephyr
Description:
Steam generator gone and down graded to freight service.
Photo Date:
5/15/1963
Upload Date:
7/3/2007 9:48:52 AM
Location:
Eola, IL
Author:
Marty Bernard
Categories:
Locomotives:
CBQ 9962A(F3A)
Views:
1555
Comments:
2
Title:
CB&Q F3 9962A
Description:
Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad F3 9962A westbound at Milepost 28 east of Naperville, Illinois on July 10, 1963, photograph by Chuck Zeiler. This unit was built in October 1947 (c/n 4428) and retired and traded to EMD on an order of GP35's September 1963. The Burlington ordered three sets of A-B-A F3's for the California Zephyr on EMD Order E791A and E791B (the B-Units) , equipped with steam generators but no dynamic brakes. When deliverd, they were painted in Aluminum paint with the black "whisker" passenger stripes. They were once the pride of the Burlington's passenger motive power, but by 1955, they were regeared for freight service and painted in the freight paint scheme, retaining their passenger series numbers. This is one of my earlier train photos, shot on Kodak Tri-X film. It was a grainy film, but fast, ASA 400. This locomotive is seen here two months before retirement.
Photo Date:
7/10/1963
Upload Date:
2/24/2009 11:28:41 PM
Location:
Naperville, IL
Author:
Chuck Zeiler
Categories:
Roster
Locomotives:
CBQ 9962A(F3A)
Views:
1372
Comments:
0
Title:
CB&Q F3 9962C
Description:
Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad F3 9962C eastbound at Naperville, Illinois on July 15, 1963, photograph by Chuck Zeiler. This unit was built in October 1947 (c/n 4429) on EMD Order E791-A, retired and traded to EMD on an order of GP35's in August 1964. The Burlington ordered three sets of A-B-A F3's for the California Zephyr on EMD Order E791-A and E791-B (the B-Units) , equipped with steam generators but no dynamic brakes. When deliverd, they were painted in Aluminum paint with the black "whisker" passenger stripes. They were once the pride of the Burlington's passenger motive power, but by 1955, they were regeared for freight service and painted in the freight paint scheme, retaining their passenger series numbers. This is one of my earlier train photos, shot on Kodak Tri-X film. It was a grainy film, but fast, ASA 400.
Photo Date:
7/15/1963
Upload Date:
8/16/2018 4:33:32 PM
Location:
Naperville, IL
Author:
Chuck Zeiler
Categories:
Track
Locomotives:
CBQ 9962C(F3A)
Views:
329
Comments:
0
Title:
CBQ 153
Description:
Photo Date:
7/11/1965
Upload Date:
5/11/2005 11:04:42 PM
Location:
Galesburg, IL
Author:
Joe Hughes
Categories:
Locomotives:
CBQ 9962C(F3A)
CBQ 153A(F2A)
Views:
2867
Comments:
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