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By:Chuck Zeiler
Dates:1/15/1900 - 12/31/1966
Album Info:Mostly photos of CB&Q passenger locomotives and trains that passed through Naperville, Illinois during the mid-1960's.
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CB&Q E9 9986A
Title:  CB&Q E9 9986A
Description:  CB&Q E9 9986A leading Train #1, the Denver Zephyr westbound at Naperville, Illinois on July 21, 1963, photo by Chuck Zeiler. Number 9986A was built in December 1955 (c/n 20535) on EMD Order 2071A for ten E9's, the last order for E units placed by the Burlington. It became BN 9986 sometime after the merger (March 2, 1970) and was sold the the West Suburban Mass Transit District (WSMTD) August 18, 1982. It was rebuilt by Morrison Knudsen in Boise, Idaho during August 1973 and was returned as 9916, owned by the WSMTD and leased to the BN. It is leading the Denver Zephyr and will arrive in Denver the next morning at 9:00 AM, 1034 miles from its starting point, Union Station in Chicago.
Photo Date:  7/21/1963  Upload Date: 12/12/2008 12:43:06 PM
Location:  Naperville, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CBQ 9986A(E9A)
Views:  794   Comments: 0
CB&Q E9 9986A
Title:  CB&Q E9 9986A
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad E9 9986A westbound approaching Union Avenue Interlocking on March 7, 1965, Ektachrome by Chuck Zeiler.
Photo Date:  3/7/1965  Upload Date: 12/15/2008 1:04:12 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CBQ 9986A(E9A)
Views:  1934   Comments: 0
CB&Q E9 9986B
Title:  CB&Q E9 9986B
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad E9 9986B eastbound at Naperville, Illinois on March 11, 1965, Ektachrome by Chuck Zeiler. Of course even as a 17 year old I would not be out in this weather unless there was good reason, and in this case, this train overshot the station, set off the gates at Loomis Street, was in the process of backing against traffic to load at Naperville, and gave me time to grab my camera. No doubt an embarassing situation for the Engineer.
Photo Date:  3/11/1965  Upload Date: 10/31/2013 2:32:40 PM
Location:  Naperville, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  CBQ 9986B(E9A)
Views:  379   Comments: 0
CB&Q E9 9986A
Title:  CB&Q E9 9986A
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad E9 9986A eastbound at Naperville, Illinois on April 19, 1965, Ektachrome by Chuck Zeiler.
Photo Date:  4/19/1965  Upload Date: 4/2/2015 2:29:37 PM
Location:  Naperville, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  CBQ 9986A(E9A)
Views:  342   Comments: 0
CB&Q E9 9986A
Title:  CB&Q E9 9986A
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad E9 9986A westbound between Lisle and Naperville on April 27, 1965, Ektachrome by Chuck Zeiler. Built in December 1955 (c/n 20535), it became BN 9986, rebuilt and became BN 9916, sold to the IC becoming 103, and as of this upload date is now CN 103.
Photo Date:  4/27/1965  Upload Date: 12/15/2008 11:20:54 AM
Location:  Naperville, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CBQ 9986A(E9A)
Views:  760   Comments: 1
CB&Q E9 9986B
Title:  CB&Q E9 9986B
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad E9 9986B iastbound at Naperville, Illinois on May 27, 1965, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler.
Photo Date:  5/27/1965  Upload Date: 8/25/2016 7:01:36 PM
Location:  Naperville, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  CBQ 9986B(E9A)
Views:  188   Comments: 0
CB&Q E9 9986B
Title:  CB&Q E9 9986B
Description:  CB&Q E9 9986B eastbound at Naperville, Illinois on June 18, 1965, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. The following is speculation: I believe this is eastbound Train #30, departing Aurora 7:01 AM, due in Chicago 7:50 AM. It was known as the Ak-Sar-Ben Zephyr, which is Nebraska spelled backward. It left Lincoln, Nebraska at 9:00 PM. About a half dozen cars back is a new suburban bi-level coach, likely being ferried from Lincoln to Chicago for assignment to the suburban department. As I understand it, the CB&Q received new deliveries in Lincoln to avoid paying Illinois sales tax. I will also speculate that this was not the lead locomotive when this train departed Lincoln, based on the open MU plug access door to the left of the upper headlight, and the attached MU hoses. Generally, the CB&Q removed the MU hoses from the lead locomotive because there was no provision to retain them to prevent them from flying around and banging against the pilot, not only creating noise, but also chipping the paint.
Photo Date:  6/18/1965  Upload Date: 5/9/2008 11:47:43 AM
Location:  Naperville, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CBQ 9986B(E9A)
Views:  1878   Comments: 0
CB&Q E9 9986A
Title:  CB&Q E9 9986A
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad E9 9986A westbound at Naperville, Illinois on July 3, 1965, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. I marked the slide as 1st Denver Zephyr, indicating that another section of the DZ followed.
Photo Date:  7/3/1965  Upload Date: 4/2/2015 1:38:37 PM
Location:  Naperville, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  CBQ 9986A(E9A)
Views:  348   Comments: 0
CB&Q E9 9987A
Title:  CB&Q E9 9987A
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad E9 9987A westbound at Naperville, Illinois on May 19, 1963, photograph by Chuck Zeiler. On Sunday evenings, the Burlington would run a few dozen E units from Chicago to Aurora on the Dinkys (commuter trains) to get ready for Monday morning's rush hour. On Friday evenings, the process would be reversed to get the E units into Chicago for rotation into Zephyr service.
Photo Date:  5/19/1963  Upload Date: 9/9/2016 5:28:21 PM
Location:  Naperville, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  RollingStock
Locomotives:  CBQ 9987A(E9A)
Views:  354   Comments: 0
CB&Q E9 9987A
Title:  CB&Q E9 9987A
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad E9 9987A at the Eola Illinois Reclamation Plant on October 11, 1964, Ektachrome by Chuck Zeiler. Number 9987A was built in December 1955 (c/n 20537), and was wrecked at Montgomery, Illinois on September 27, 1964. This unit was the third of three E-units (the rear of E7 9922B on the left was the second) leading Train Number 3, which was mis-directed into a standing, detouring Rock Island train and Number 3 struck the Rock Island train at about 52 mph. Four railroad employees were killed. After the wreck was cleaned up and service restored, the wreckage was moved to the Eola Reclamation Plant where it was held for a couple of weeks while the investigation took place. Number 9987A was repaired and returned to service, the other two CB&Q locomoives were scrapped.
Photo Date:  10/11/1964  Upload Date: 9/5/2016 12:38:41 PM
Location:  Eola, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster,Wreck
Locomotives:  CBQ 9987A(E9A)
Views:  596   Comments: 2
CB&Q E9 9987A
Title:  CB&Q E9 9987A
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad E9 9987A eastbound at Naperville, Illinois on May 27, 1965, Ektachrome by Chuck Zeiler. This locomotive had been recently returned to service after wreck repairs, and I believe the whiskers ( nose stripes ) were a darker shade of red that usual.
Photo Date:  5/27/1965  Upload Date: 9/5/2016 7:06:52 PM
Location:  Naperville, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  CBQ 9987A(E9A)
Views:  395   Comments: 0
CB&Q E9 9987B
Title:  CB&Q E9 9987B
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad E9 9987B eastbound$at Naperville, Illinois on June 11, 1965, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler.
Photo Date:  6/11/1965  Upload Date: 9/9/2016 8:18:26 PM
Location:  Naperville, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  CBQ 9987B(E9A)
Views:  544   Comments: 0
CB&Q E9 9987B
Title:  CB&Q E9 9987B
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad E9 9987B eastbound at Naperville, Illinois on June 15, 1965, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. Built in December 1955 (c/n 20538) on EMD Order 2071 (the last order for CB&Q E-units), it became BN 9982, then 9912, retired in July 1992, and may now be located in Nashville, Tennessee on the Nashville & Eastern. It is seen here on an eastbound Dinky (CB&Q term for commuter train), and the first car behind the locomotive is a new cab control car. The Burlington's first revenue push-pull train ran only four days earlier, and the crews were still in training, so for a bit of time, the cab control cars were pulled eastbound. Later, the cab control cars were all on the eastbound end, and the locomotives were on the westbound end. This kept the noise and diesel exhaust at the far end of Union Station, away from the boarding and departing passengers.
Photo Date:  6/15/1965  Upload Date: 6/30/2008 11:08:45 AM
Location:  Naperville, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CBQ 9987B(E9A)
Views:  2370   Comments: 1
CB&Q E9 9987B
Title:  CB&Q E9 9987B
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad E9 9987B on Train Number 11, the westbound Nebraska Zephyr, at Naperville, Illinois on June 12, 1965, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler.
Photo Date:  9/9/2016  Upload Date: 9/9/2016 8:47:38 PM
Location:  Naperville, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeil`r
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  CBQ 9987B(E9A)
Views:  359   Comments: 0
CB&Q E9 9988B
Title:  CB&Q E9 9988B
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad GP7 242 and E9 9988B eastbound at Naperville, Illinois on March 30, 1964, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. The GP7 is leading the East End Way Freight east, having finished switching the industries on both sides of the tracks in Naperville. Since the way freight occupies Track 3, the Dinky is on Track 2, and the commuters were briefly the main ingredient in a train sandwich at the station seen in the background. The Dinky is overtaking the way freight but will stop at Lisle, four miles further east, allowing the way freight to catch up. This will continue until Downers Grove, a likely stopping point for the way freight to perform a few more switching duties usually at Pepperidge Farm.
Photo Date:  3/30/1964  Upload Date: 3/25/2009 1:09:29 PM
Location:  Naperville, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster,Winter,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  CBQ 242(GP7) CBQ 9988B(E9A)
Views:  1411   Comments: 1
CB&Q E9 9988A
Title:  CB&Q E9 9988A
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad E9 9988A eastbound at Naperville, Illinois, February 25, 1965, Ektachrome by Chuck Zeiler.
Photo Date:  2/25/1965  Upload Date: 9/13/2016 8:09:27 PM
Location:  Naperville, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  CBQ 9988A(E9A)
Views:  312   Comments: 0
CB&Q E9 9988B
Title:  CB&Q E9 9988B
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad E9 9988B eastbound at Naperville, Illinois on March 10, 1965, Ektachrome by Chuck Zeiler. Number 9988B was built in January 1956 ( c/n 20540 ), one of the last E-units delivered to the Burlington. Sometime after March 2, 1970, it became BN 9983, a number it held for about two years. During August 1972, the BN's suburban properties, including E-units and rolling stock, were transferred to the West Suburban Mass Transit District ( WSMTD ) and were leased back to the BN for operation and maintenance. The E-units were shipped of to Morrison-Knudsen in Boise, Idaho for rebuilding, and 9988B became 9913 in September 1973. In July 1992 the E-units were retired, and 9913 went on to serve on the Spirit of Tennessee Train as number 1996. At the end of that train's tour, the 9913 was purchased by the Gold Coast Railroad Museum in Miami, Florida where it resides today painted as CB&Q 9913.
Photo Date:  3/10/1965  Upload Date: 12/28/2012 1:36:17 PM
Location:  Naperville, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  CBQ 9988B(E9A)
Views:  465   Comments: 0
CB&Q E9 9988B
Title:  CB&Q E9 9988B
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad E9 9988B at the head end of the North Coast Limited in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on an unknown day in April 1965, Anscochrome by unknown photographer, Chuck Zeiler collection. This is a slide I purchased in a hobby shop for 25 cents. It is hand labeled; 'North Coast Limited In Milwaukee During Flooding Of Mississippi River'. The date stamped on the slide mount is APR 65. I have a slide of an abbreviated Twin Cities Zephyr that I shot in Naperville, Illinois on April 19, 1965 with the same notation. The rules and agreements governing a train from another railroad require that a CB&Q crew operate the train under the supervision of a pilot from the host railroad. In this case, the CB&Q would need to transport relief CB&Q crews from their home base to locations on the Milwaukee Road where crew changes took place. If the detours needed to operate for an extended period of time, the CB&Q would put their crews up in local hotels for the duration of the detour operation. Needless to say, an expensive way to run a railroad.
Photo Date:  4/1/1965  Upload Date: 1/9/2013 2:58:57 PM
Location:  Milwaukee, WI
Author:  umknown
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  CBQ 9988B(E9A)
Views:  1283   Comments: 1
CB&Q E9 9988A
Title:  CB&Q E9 9988A
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad E9 9988A westbound at Milepost 27 a little east of Naperville, Illinois, April 28, 1965, Ektachrome by Chuck Zeiler.
Photo Date:  4/28/1965  Upload Date: 9/13/2016 8:41:31 PM
Location:  Naperville, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  CBQ 9988A(E9A)
Views:  369   Comments: 0
CB&Q E9 9988B
Title:  CB&Q E9 9988B
Description:  Chicago/Burlington and Quincy Railroad E9 9988B westbound at Naperville, Illinois on April 28, 1965, Ektachrome by Chuck Zeiler.
Photo Date:  4/28/1965  Upload Date: 12/17/2012 4:13:18 PM
Location:  Naperville, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives: 
Views:  346   Comments: 0
CB&Q E9 9988A
Title:  CB&Q E9 9988A
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad E9 9988A eastbound at Naperville, Illinois on May 27, 1965, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. This locomotive was built January 1956 (c/n 20539), became BN 9988 on March 2, 1970, sold to the West Suburban Mass Transit District August 18, 1972, rebuilt by Morrison Knudsen August 1973, returned as E9Ak (k = Knudsen) 9918 and was leased to the BN for operation and maintenance. It was retired October 1992.
Photo Date:  5/27/1965  Upload Date: 6/9/2008 11:37:58 AM
Location:  Naperville, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CBQ 9988A(E9A)
Views:  2543   Comments: 0
CB&Q E9 9988B
Title:  CB&Q E9 9988B
Description:  Chicago Burlington and Quincy Railroad E9 9988B eastbound on Train #32, the Empire Builder, at Rochelle, Illinois on June 26, 1965, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. I wasn't the only one photographing this train. The occasion was a steam fan trip featuring 2-8-2 4960.
Photo Date:  6/26/1965  Upload Date: 12/19/2012 2:59:15 PM
Location:  Rochelle, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  CBQ 9988B(E9A)
Views:  659   Comments: 1
CB&Q E9 9988B
Title:  CB&Q E9 9988B
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad E9 9988B westbound at Naperville, Illinois on July 25, 1965, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. Built in January 1956 (c/n 20540) on EMD Order 2071A, this was one of ten E9's (#'s 9985A,B - 9989A,B) ordered by the CB&Q in 1955, which turned out to be the Q's last order of E-units. This unit became BN 9983, was rebuilt to E9Am 9913, was retired in 1992, and moved on to other careers.

It is seen here on what may be Train #229, a Saturday and Sunday Only Every Stop train, bringing a westbound two car Dinky into Naperville at around 7:25 PM on a Sunday evening with the help of two more E's, and leaving a trail of fresh brake shoe smoke. The practice at the time was to run the E's back to Chicago after rush hour on Friday evening, service and rotate them into Zephyr service, take the E's in Zephyr service and rotate them into suburban service, and on Sunday evening run the E's out to Aurora for Monday morning's rush hour. This particular unit was reputed to have taken a two car Dinky up to 100 mph after leaving Naperville before ducking under the EJ&E bridge at Eola, a distance of roughly five miles. This, of course, was a bit over the 75 mph speed limit in that territory. Chasing the Dinky into town this day is a freight, seen in the smoky background.
Photo Date:  7/25/1965  Upload Date: 12/9/2009 12:12:26 PM
Location:  Naperville, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster,Passenger
Locomotives:  CBQ 9988B(E9A)
Views:  727   Comments: 2
CB&Q E9 9988B
Title:  CB&Q E9 9988B
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad E9 9988B eastbound on the first section of Train Number 10, the Denver Zephyr, at Naperville, Illinois on December 31, 1965, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. Hard to tell in this photo, but the class lights are lit and displaying Green.
Photo Date:  12/31/1965  Upload Date: 12/28/2012 1:01:56 PM
Location:  Naperville, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  CBQ 9988B(E9A)
Views:  440   Comments: 0
CB&Q E9 9988B
Title:  CB&Q E9 9988B
Description:  Chicago Burlington and Quincy Railroad E9 9988B westbound at Naperville, Illinois on February 20, 1966, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. This is train Number 11, the westbound Nebraska Zephyr, a daily mail train between Chicago and Lincoln, Nebraska. Usually astached to the rear was a five-car articulated trainset from the Second Twin Cities Zephyr , originally a seven-car trainset from the 2nd Twin Cities Zephyr.cbq99
Photo Date:  2/20/1966  Upload Date: 12/17/2012 1:46:08 PM
Location:  Naperville, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  CBQ 9988B(E9A)
Views:  589   Comments: 0
CB&Q E9 9989A
Title:  CB&Q E9 9989A
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad E9 9989A with the Denver Zephyr at Denver, Colorado on July 27, 1957, photograph by R. S. Plummer, print by Gordon C. Bassett, Chuck Zeiler collection.
Photo Date:  7/27/1957  Upload Date: 5/1/2018 12:36:25 PM
Location:  Denver, CO
Author:  R. S. Plummer
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CBQ 9989A(E9A)
Views:  371   Comments: 0
CB&Q E9 9989A
Title:  CB&Q E9 9989A
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad E9 9989A on train number 10, the Denver Zephyr, eastbound at Naperville, Illinois on April 20, 1963, photograph by Chuck Zeiler.
Photo Date:  4/20/1963  Upload Date: 9/27/2016 1:45:58 PM
Location:  Naperville, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  CBQ 9989A(E9A)
Views:  401   Comments: 0
CB&Q E9 9989B
Title:  CB&Q E9 9989B
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad E9 9989B eastbound at Naperville, Illinois on March 12, 1965, Ektachrome by Chuck Zeiler. On Track 3 was E8 9974 loading passengers.
Photo Date:  3/12/1965  Upload Date: 10/1/2016 1:18:51 PM
Location:  Naperville, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  CBQ 9989B(E9A) CBQ 9974(E8A)
Views:  305   Comments: 0
CB&Q E9 9989A
Title:  CB&Q E9 9989A
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad E9 9989A eastbound at Naperville, Illinois on March 22, 1965, Ektachrome by Chuck Zeiler. Built in January 1956 (c/n 20541) on EMD Order 2071A for 10 E9's, this was the Burlington's last order of passenger locomotives. This unit went on to become BN 9989, and during April 1973 was rebuilt to BN 9919, became BN-3, was retired in 1997, and now resides at the Illinois Railway Museum. It is seen here leaving town with Train #110 in tow at approximately 6:52 AM. In the background is Train #108, headed by E8 9977, just arriving to pick up passengers.
Photo Date:  3/22/1965  Upload Date: 3/17/2009 12:21:19 PM
Location:  Naperville, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CBQ 9989A(E9A)
Views:  866   Comments: 1
CB&Q E9 9989A
Title:  CB&Q E9 9989A
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad E9 9989A eastbound at Naperville, Illinois on May 27, 1965, Ektachrome by Chuck Zeiler.
Photo Date:  5/27/1965  Upload Date: 9/25/2016 9:06:40 PM
Location:  Naperville, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  CBQ 9989A(E9A)
Views:  329   Comments: 0
CB&Q E9 9989A
Title:  CB&Q E9 9989A
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad E9 9989A eastbound at Naperville, Illinois on June 12, 1965, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. This was Train Number 48, the Black Hawk, daily from Minneapolis to Chicago.
Photo Date:  6/12/1965  Upload Date: 9/25/2016 9:32:24 PM
Location:  Naperville, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  CBQ 9989A(E9A)
Views:  392   Comments: 0
CB&Q E9 9989B
Title:  CB&Q E9 9989B
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad E9 9989B westbound at Naperville, Illinois on July 30, 1965, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler.
Photo Date:  7/30/1965  Upload Date: 10/1/2016 2:17:46 PM
Location:  Naperville, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  CBQ 9989B(E9A)
Views:  260   Comments: 0
CB&Q E9 9989B
Title:  CB&Q E9 9989B
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad E9 9989B heading Train Number 25, the North Coast Limited, westbound at Naperville, Illinois on July 20, 1966, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. Number 9989B had the distinction of being the last E unit delivered to the Burlington (c/n 20542, built in January 1956) so it was the youngest member of the passenger locomotive fleet, or, the baby.
Photo Date:  7/20/1966  Upload Date: 9/10/2015 3:00:14 PM
Location:  Naperville, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  CBQ 9989B(E9A)
Views:  300   Comments: 0
CB&Q E9 9989A
Title:  CB&Q E9 9989A
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad E9 9989A on train number 11, the Nebraska Zephyr, westbound at Galva, Illinois on August 28, 1966, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. This was one of those situations I'm sure we have all had; the sun was shining brightly until train time, at which point a cloud rolled in to wreck my perfectly lit scene.
Photo Date:  8/28/1966  Upload Date: 5/3/2015 7:43:54 PM
Location:  Galva, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Station
Locomotives:  CBQ 9989A(E9A)
Views:  699   Comments: 0
CB&Q E9 9989A
Title:  CB&Q E9 9989A
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad E9 9989A on train number 11, the Nebraska Zephyr, westbound at Galva, Illinois on August 28, 1966, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler.
Photo Date:  8/28/1966  Upload Date: 9/27/2016 1:31:20 PM
Location:  Galva, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  CBQ 9989A(E9A)
Views:  369   Comments: 0
CB&Q E9 9990
Title:  CB&Q E9 9990
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad E9 9990 on Train #10, the eastbound Denver Zephyr, at Aurora, Illinois on October 11, 1964, Ektachrome by Chuck Zeiler. On the other side of the platform is Train #21, the Twin Cities Zephyr, aka the Morning Zephyr. Two Zephyrs, no extra charge.
Photo Date:  10/11/1964  Upload Date: 5/28/2015 1:51:41 PM
Location:  Aurora, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Station
Locomotives:  CBQ 9990(E9A)
Views:  1236   Comments: 0
CB&Q E9 9990
Title:  CB&Q E9 9990
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad E9 9990 westbound at Naperville, Illinois on June 24, 1965, Koadchrome by Chuck Zeiler. Built in July 1954 (c/n 19629) on EMD Order 2065A, it became BN 9990. On August 18, 1972 it was sold to the West Suburban Mass Transit District, and during June 1973 it was rebuilt by Morrison Knudsen to E9Am 9920, and leased back to the BN. It was retired in 1992 and is on display at Keller, Texas. It is seen here 27 miles from Union Station, showing a replacement cover for the MU plug on the engineer's side.
Photo Date:  6/24/1965  Upload Date: 11/25/2008 11:25:52 AM
Location:  Naperville, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CBQ 9990(E9A)
Views:  926   Comments: 0
CB&Q E9 9990
Title:  CB&Q E9 9990
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad E9 9990 eastbound at Naperville, Illinois on August 10, 1965, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. The days of the single level green commuter coaches (class PA-14) are numbered. Two new bi-level gallery cars are at the back of this train, and as deliveries continue from Budd, the PA-14's will all be retired by the end of the 1960's. Some will continue to survive in MOW service into the BN era.
Photo Date:  8/10/1965  Upload Date: 12/30/2009 11:01:11 AM
Location:  Naperville, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster,Passenger
Locomotives:  CBQ 9990(E9A)
Views:  601   Comments: 2
CB&Q E9 9991
Title:  CB&Q E9 9991
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad E9 9991 with the 1st section of the Denver Zephyr at Denver, Colorado on August 11, 1962, photographer unknown, print by Tom Klinger, Chuck Zeiler collection.
Photo Date:  8/11/1962  Upload Date: 5/3/2018 8:12:49 PM
Location:  Denver, CO
Author:  unknown
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock
Locomotives:  CBQ 9991(E9A)
Views:  296   Comments: 0
CB&Q E9 9991
Title:  CB&Q E9 9991
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad E9 9991 westbound with Train #11, the Nebraska Zephyr, at Naperville, Illinois on February 6, 1965, Ektachrome by Chuck Zeiler.
Photo Date:  2/6/1965  Upload Date: 2/2/2015 2:59:00 PM
Location:  Naperville, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  CBQ 9991(E9A)
Views:  339   Comments: 0
CB&Q E9 9991
Title:  CB&Q E9 9991
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad EE9 9991 westbound at Naperville, Illinois on March 9, 1965, Ektachrome by Chuck Zeiler. A baggage car was unusual for a Dinky (commuter train). In this case, the baggage car was added to deliver newspaper supplements to various news agencies along the Burlington. Usually this happened on a Wednesday or Thursday. One of my first employment opportunities in Naperville was as a newspaper boy, and part of my job was to stuff the Sunday newpapers with these supplements, generally the advertising pages, magazines, and the funny papers.
Photo Date:  3/9/1965  Upload Date: 5/28/2015 2:46:22 PM
Location:  Naperville, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  CBQ 9991(E9A)
Views:  273   Comments: 0
CB&Q E9 9991
Title:  CB&Q E9 9991
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad E9 9991 eastbound at Naperville, Illinois on March 17, 1965, Ektachrome by Chuck Zeiler.
Photo Date:  3/17/1965  Upload Date: 10/13/2016 3:53:22 PM
Location:  Naperville, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  CBQ 9991(E9A)
Views:  226   Comments: 0
CB&Q E9 9991
Title:  CB&Q E9 9991
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad E9 9991 heading an eastbound Dinky at Naperville on Illinois, April 19, 1965, Ektachrome by Chuck Zeiler. Built as CB&Q E9 9991 ( c/n 19630 on EMD Order 2065 ) it became BN 9991 on 3/2/70. Sold to the West Suburban Mass Transit District ( WSMTD ) 8/18/72, rebuilt to E9-Au by Morrison Knudsen 5/73, returned to WSMTD as 9921 and leased to the BN.

Note the last porthole window is painted silver. The EMD on-board toilet was at this location, so this may have been a privacy issue. My best guess is that a crew man was dealing with the call of nature and happened to be caught in the process by a passing passenger train, probably while both trains were stopped in a station. The Burlington took their passenger complaints very seriously. I was also informed that it was no pleasure for shop crews to change the brake shoes on the trailing truck at the location of the toilet discharge pipe.

Photo Date:  4/19/1965  Upload Date: 5/9/2008 11:13:58 PM
Location:  Naperville, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CBQ 9991(E9A)
Views:  2110   Comments: 2
CB&Q E9 9991
Title:  CB&Q E9 9991
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad E9 9991 on Train 21, the Morning Zephyr, aka the Twin Cities Zephyr, at Aurora, Illinois on September 26, 1965, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. This train will need to clear the circuit before my train can arrive. I got up early to catch a Dinky from Naperville to Aurora so I could ride a railfans special to West Burlington to see 4-8-4 5632 being overhauled, a job never completed. My train was pulled by a pair of E9's, we (the railfans) hoped it would be 2-8-2 4960. Somewhere I still have my Menk The Fink button, worn by many fans on the trip to express displeasure with the new CB&Q president Louis Menk's decision to discontinue the steam program, and 5632 was sold mid-overhaul to Dick Jensen and ultimately scrapped.
Photo Date:  9/26/1965  Upload Date: 3/19/2015 2:51:48 PM
Location:  Aurora, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Station
Locomotives:  CBQ 9991(E9A)
Views:  420   Comments: 0
CB&Q E9 9992
Title:  CB&Q E9 9992
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad E9 9992 eastbound at Naperville, Illinois on July 29, 1965, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler.
Photo Date:  7/29/1965  Upload Date: 10/13/2016 4:32:00 PM
Location:  Naperville, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  CBQ 9992(E9A)
Views:  219   Comments: 0
CB&Q E9 9992
Title:  CB&Q E9 9992
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad E9 9992 eastbound at Naperville, Illinois on July 30, 1965, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler.
Photo Date:  7/30/1965  Upload Date: 3/19/2015 1:12:32 PM
Location:  Naperville, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  CBQ 9992(E9A)
Views:  247   Comments: 0
CB&Q E9 9992
Title:  CB&Q E9 9992
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad E9 9992 eastbound at Naperville, Illinois on August 10, 1965, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler.
Photo Date:  8/10/1965  Upload Date: 5/19/2008 1:13:02 PM
Location:  Naperville, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CBQ 9992(E9A)
Views:  1844   Comments: 1
CB&Q E9 9992
Title:  CB&Q E9 9992
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad E9 9992 backing into the station at Saint Paul, Minnesota on February 5, 1966, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. I have the slide labeled as Train 21, the Morning Zephyr. If that is correct, then this train is arriving at St. Paul. Train 21 left Chicago at 8:00 AM CST every day, arriving at St. Paul at 2:25 PM. This locomotive became BN 9992 on March 2, 1970. Around May 1973, 9992 was rebuilt by Morrison Knudsen in Boise Idaho, the 12-cylinder Model 567 prime movers were replaced with 12-cylinder Model 645's, the steam generators were replaced with twin Cummins 350Kw generators for Head End Power (HEP), and it returned to BN rails now owned by the West Suburban Mass Transit District as E9-Au 9922, and was leased back to the BN. It ran in commuter service until July 1992.
Photo Date:  2/5/1966  Upload Date: 5/19/2008 11:37:36 AM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster,Station
Locomotives:  CBQ 9992(E9A)
Views:  1345   Comments: 2
CB&Q E9 9992
Title:  CB&Q E9 9992
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad E9 9992 at Saint Paul, Minnesota on February 5, 1966, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. This train arrived in Saint Paul as Number 21, the Morning Zephyr ( aka, the Twin Cities Zephyr ), and is seen preparing to depart as Number 24, the Afternoon Zephyr.
Photo Date:  2/5/1966  Upload Date: 10/21/2016 5:34:43 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Station
Locomotives:  CBQ 9992(E9A)
Views:  412   Comments: 1
CB&Q E9 9993
Title:  CB&Q E9 9993
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad E9 9993 eastbound at Naperville, Illinois on March 9, 1965, Ektachrome by Chuck Zeiler.
Photo Date:  3/9/1965  Upload Date: 6/4/2015 12:15:28 PM
Location:  Naperville, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  CBQ 9993(E9A)
Views:  308   Comments: 0


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