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The Chicago Burlington and Quincy O-5 was a class of 36 4-8-4 "Northern" type steam locomotives built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1930 and the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad (CB&Q) between 1936 and 1940 and operated by the CB&Q until the late 1950s. The locomotives saw service pulling both freight and passenger trains and four ...
The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad (reporting mark CBQ) was a railroad that operated in the Midwestern United States.Commonly referred to as the Burlington Route, the Burlington, CB&Q, or as the Q, [2] [3] it operated extensive trackage in the states of Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska, Wisconsin, Wyoming, and also in Texas through subsidiaries Colorado and Southern ...
To that end, the CB&Q decided to streamline one of their own steam locomotives as back-up power for their diesel units; in late 1936, No. 3002 was taken to the CB&Q's West Burlington shops to be rebuilt with the application of a new valve gear frame, a middle Boxpok driving axle, lightweight roller bearing rods, roller bearing trailing bogies ...
CB&Q Nos. 5632 and 4960 sitting in storage inside the Clyde Roundhouse, on August 22, 1962. During the 1964 season, the CB&Q dwindled their steam excursion operations while the Steam Choo-Choo trips were discontinued; the railroad began to face critical financial and mechanical challenges in continuing the program. [12]
CB&Q 9908 1939 1 A1A-2: EMD 12-567: 1,000 hp (745 kW) ... The SC and SW switchers were the first locomotives produced in EMC's new factory after its completion in ...
The E5 was powered by twin 12-cylinder prime movers, developing a total of 2,000 hp (1,500 kW) at 800 rpm.Designed specifically for railroad locomotives, the mechanically aspirated, two-stroke, 45-degree V-type engine, with an 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (216 mm) bore by 10 in (254 mm) stroke, giving 567 cubic inches (9,290 cm 3; 9.29 L) displacement per cylinder.
Grand Canyon Railway 4960 is a preserved O-1A class 2-8-2 "Mikado" type steam locomotive built in August 1923 by the Baldwin Locomotive Works for the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy (CB&Q) Railroad. It was used by the CB&Q to pull freight trains, until 1958, when the locomotive pulled its first excursion fantrip, as part of the railroad's steam ...
As the CB&Q acquired diesel locomotives to modernize the railroad's fleet, most of the O-1A's on the CB&Q, including No. 4963, were reassigned to switch and pull hopper cars of coal within the Beardstown Division in Southern Illinois. [4] [5] The Beardstown Division was the final division on the CB&Q to be fully dieselized.