#cb&q

[littlewestern]

EMD E5 9912A ("Silver Meteor") drawn by Charles Schultz for the Snoopy Railroad Trains Coloring Book from 1980.

#e5 #cb&q 9912a #silver meteor #cb&q #chicago burlington & quincy #charles schultz #snoopy #zephyrs #real train stuff #kinda #9912a #streamliners

[20th-century-railroading]

CB&Q SD9 339

Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad SD9 339 and SD7 314 at Galesburg, Illinois on September 26, 1965, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler.

#cb&q #burlington route #1965 #trains #passenger train #freight train #history #galesburg #illinois

[aryburn-trains]

Nebraska Zephyr Observation Car at Union Station. Chicago, IL 1963

#nebraska zephyr #cb&q #burlington route #1963 #chicago #lincoln #trains #passenger train #history #chicago union station #illinois #observation car

[railwayhistorical]

Dawn on the C&S

Some more images taken along the former Colorado & Southern at Mt. Dora, New Mexico. The sun has finally risen for the final image.

Three images by Richard Koenig; taken April 27th 2023.

#railroadhistory #railwayhistory #colorado&southernrailway #colorado&southern #cb&q #burlingtonroute #mtdora #landofenchantment #newmexico #burlingtonnorthern #bnsf

[monstroso]

Contrary to popular belief, I do occasionally draw blondes! Keep an eye on this one, he's rascally.

Silver Pilot (CB&Q 9911A) was one of the E5s that were manufactured with a paired booster unit. Silver Mate (CB&Q 9911B) was that booster. Pilot and Mate worked together from 1940 until they were both retired in early 1968. Quite the work history! Surely not something that will lead to a fraught story in the future.

#my art #silver mate #silver pilot #cb&q #cb&q 9911a #cb&q 9911b #the future is still silver and black #ray plays trains

[guerrerense]

Elegance of an E5 por Mark Ratzer Por Flickr: Illinois Railway Museum's EMD E5, part of the CB&Q Nebraska Zephyr consist, shows her elegant lines as she waits for departure time on the museum's demonstration railroad. 7/20/14

#CB&Q #Illinois Railway Museum #Nebraska Zephyr #flickr

[alightinthelantern]

Parlor-Observation car "Juno" on the Nebraska Zephyr, a daytime passenger train operated daily by the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad (CB&Q) between Chicago, Illinois and Lincoln, Nebraska. Beginning operation in 1947, the train was typical of streamlined trains of the postwar period in that its carbodies were built of stainless steel and featured an all-silver exterior, the trademark of the Budd Company, but it was also notable in that it continued the CB&Q's unusual tradition, which began in the 1930s, of articulated, unified trainsets, with all passenger cars in each consist sharing bogies (wheel-trucks) and permanently coupled together.

The Nebraska Zephyr operated once-daily in each direction, with Westbound #11 departing Chicago at 12:45 PM and arriving in Lincoln at 10:30 PM, while Eastbound #12 departed Lincoln at 11:00 AM and arrived in Chicago at 8:45 PM. The 551-mile (887 km) trip took 9 hours and 45 minutes, and its average speed was 56 miles per hour (90 km/h) including stops. Service utilized two trainsets which each operated one direction on day and the opposite direction the next. One trainset's cars bore the names of Roman female gods, and was nicknamed "the train of the goddesses" (Venus, Vesta, Minerva, Psyche, Ceres, Diana, and Juno), while the other trainset's cars were named for male Roman gods, and was nicknamed "the train of the gods" (Apollo, Mars, Neptune, Cupid, Vulcan, Mercury, and Jupiter). The trainsets were in fact built by the Budd Company back in 1936 as the second pair of Twin Zephyrs, for CB&Q service between Chicago and Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota, making them some of the first stainless-steel trainsets built by Budd, and as such they initially bore the same style of locomotive as the other CB&Q Zephyrs from the 1930s, of a smooth, semicircular front curving seamlessly into the roofline at its top, but these locomotives were later replaced with the stainless-steel-bodied, shovel-nosed diesel locomotives of the 1950s which all the CB&Q's Zephyr trains later received.

Each of the Nebraska Zephyr's two trainsets consisted of several coaches and parlor cars, a coach-dinette, dining car, cocktail lounge, and parlor-observation car. The parlor-observation car on "the train of the gods" was named Jupiter, while its goddess counterpart was named Juno. The locomotives were named Pegasus (CB&Q #9904) and Zephyrus (CB&Q #9905). The trains were generously appointed and provided comfortable travel throughout the 1940s and '50s, and the high level of service was maintained until 1963, when the cocktail lounges were removed in favor of additional seating. In 1966 the dining cars were rebuilt as "cafeteria cars" with vending machines for additional cost-cutting. The aging trainsets were retired from service entirely in 1968, although CB&Q continued to operate the Nebraska Zephyr train with other rolling stock until 1971, when the newly-birthed Amtrak took over all remaining passenger rail service in the US.

#Nebraska Zephyr #CB&Q #Chicago Burlington and Quincy Railroad #trains #streamliners #1940s #1950s #vintage #US rail

[ice-to-orange-blossoms]

The train roars westbound, a silver arrow tipped of silver, then gold, then orange.

From green farms stretching as far as the eye can see, to to the steep mountains of the west, earthen tan and back to lush green

Snaking through tunnels and over bridges, an unparalleled view, the train always reflecting its surroundings.

Not for speed, like the yellow streak to the north, but a cruise ship for the west. Vista domes for unparalleled views

The times change, the route shortens, and the arrow is only tipped with gold. It struggles on, an anomaly, a remnant of a bygone era, until it too, is bygone.

The train roars westbound, a silver arrow tipped of red white and blue. The train changes, some of the views change, but one fact remains:

This train is the greatest and final word in travel. This train is the California Zephyr

#sorry im real emotional about her this evening #poetry ish i guess #trains #california zephyr #cb&q #d&rgw #wp #chessie chats

[aryburn-kc]

Burlington E7A #9932-B at Kansas City Union Station, circa 1965.

#cb&q #burlington route #1965 #trains #passenger train #history #kansas city union station #liberty memorial #kansas city #missouri

[zponds]

since I just made a post about my OCs from the Burlington Route, I figured I’d show images of Aelous (#4000) and Aelous II (#4001)…

And here they are… and these will be here for Grantgfan for when he needs these for his Genie Team series.

#burlington route #steam locomotive #train #trains #railroad #railroads #the genie team #passenger cars #passenger train #thomas and friends #thomas the tank engine #ttte oc #ttte #railway #railways #rail #rails #cb&q #locomotive

[sudrianruby]

Jackson St. Caboose Train

LST&T #105 idles just west of the turntable, awaiting clearance to depart with another caboose ride at Minnesota Transportation Museum's Jackson Street Roundhouse complex. St. Paul, MN - 5/14/22

#railroad #SOO Line #CB&Q #st paul #minnesota

[littlewestern]

The Way of The Zephyrs 1934-1971. by Terry Spirek

Via Flickr:

The era of the silver steeds that pulled the Burlington's commuter and cross country passenger train known as the Zephyrs.

#pioneer zephyr #cb&q #cb&q 9900 #chicago burlington & quincy #zephyrs #streamliners #vehicles with signs #real train stuff

[20th-century-railroading]

CB&Q train, engine number 5272, engine type 2-8-2 Freight, northbound; 92 cars, 40 MPH. Photographed: north of McKinley, Wyo., May 30, 1931.

#cb&q #burlington route #1931 #trains #freight train #history #mckinley #wyoming

[aryburn-trains]

1953 American Royal Zephyr (Update to 2016 gif) Chicago to Kansas City Burlington Route The consist includes two E7As, two havelock baggage cars, a 50-seat coach, a dome coach lounge, a 6 Sect - 6 Rmt - 4 DBR sleeper, a 10 Rmt - 6 DBR sleeper, a 6 Sect - 6 Rmt - 4 DBR sleeper and a 50-seat coach. The gifs used were made by me and can be found at the link below. They have my name in the description. http://kenstransitgifs.com/gifindex.html

#american royal zephyr #cb&q #burlington route #1953 #chicago #kansas city #trains #passenger train #train gif

[railwayhistorical]

Color Light Signal on the C&S

While these older color light signals are close to the contemporary modular type prevalent today (from an operational standpoint), I very much prefer these. Without the hulking “Darth Vader” snow/sun cover, these have a much more elegant appearance.

The rail line seen here is the former Colorado & Southern Railway in northeast New Mexico, at a place called Mt. Dora. Here’s a link to my previous post that contains a bit of history of the line.

Two images by Richard Koenig; taken near just prior to dawn, April 27th 2023.

#railroadhistory #railwayhistory #colorado&southernrailway #colroado&southern #cb&q #bnsf #burlingtonroute #burlingtonnorthern #newmexico #landofenchantment

[rodpower78]

Advertisement for the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy's Denver Zephyr (1950s)

#cb&q #chicago burlington & quincy #advertisement #1950s #railroad