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Owner: Chicago Burlington & Quincy
Model:EMD E8ABuilt As:CBQ 9972 (E8A)
Serial Number:18314Order No:2059
Frame Number:2059-A3Built:8/1953
Notes:blt 8/1953 to BN 9972, 9906
Other locos with this serial:  BN 9972(E8A) CBQ 9972(E8A) MARC 66(E9AM) BN 9906(E9AM) SLRG 520(E9AM)
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CB&Q E8 9972
Title:  CB&Q E8 9972
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad E8 9972 eastbound at Aurora, Illinois on August 21, 1964, Ektachrome by Chuck Zeiler
Photo Date:  8/21/1964  Upload Date: 6/20/2008 11:04:37 AM
Location:  Aurora, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CBQ 9972(E8A)
Views:  697   Comments: 0
CB&Q E8 9972
Title:  CB&Q E8 9972
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad E8 9972 westbound at Naperville, Illinois on August 21, 1964, Ektachrome by Chuck Zeiler.
Photo Date:  8/21/1964  Upload Date: 1/29/2015 2:17:19 PM
Location:  Naperville, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  CBQ 9972(E8A)
Views:  242   Comments: 1
CB&Q E8 9972
Title:  CB&Q E8 9972
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad E8 9972 at Aurora, Illinois on October 11, 1964, Ektachrome by Chuck Zeiler.
Photo Date:  10/11/1964  Upload Date: 2/12/2015 1:25:49 PM
Location:  Aurora, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  CBQ 9972(E8A)
Views:  324   Comments: 0
CB&Q E8 9972
Title:  CB&Q E8 9972
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad E8 9972 at Aurora, Illinois on October 11, 1964, Ektachrome by Chuck Zeiler. Sinnce the days of steam, arriving Dinkys ( commuter trains ) at Aurora required the power to be turned for the return trip to Chicago. A turntable was located behind the Aurora Depot for that purpose, as seen here. In less that a year from this photo date, six Budd gallery cars with control cabs would arrive and all but eliminate this chore.
Photo Date:  10/11/1964  Upload Date: 3/29/2017 7:57:01 PM
Location:  Aurora, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  CBQ 9972(E8A)
Views:  6036   Comments: 1
CB&Q E8 9972
Title:  CB&Q E8 9972
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad E8 9972 eastbound at Naperville, Illinois on December 31, 1964, Ektachrome by Chuck Zeiler.
Photo Date:  12/31/1964  Upload Date: 7/30/2015 1:19:10 PM
Location:  Naperville, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  CBQ 9972(E8A)
Views:  218   Comments: 0
CB&Q E8 9972
Title:  CB&Q E8 9972
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad E8 9972 eastbound at Naperville, Illinois on February 25, 1965, Ektachrome by Chuck Zeiler.
Photo Date:  2/25/1965  Upload Date: 3/5/2015 1:59:16 PM
Location:  Naperville, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Winter
Locomotives:  CBQ 9972(E8A)
Views:  229   Comments: 1
CB&Q E8 9972
Title:  CB&Q E8 9972
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad E8 9972 eastbound at Naperville, Illinois on March 10, 1965, Ektachrome by Chuck Zeiler. Of interest to perhaps only CB&Q fans, this locomotive is towing three Budd galley cars and no power car. The equipment behind the third gallery car is another train on the next track. At the time of this photo, an adapted E8 or E9 could power two galley cars with 72 volts from (at least one of) the auxiliary generators, since the only electricity needed on the gallery cars was for lighting. The air conditioning was powered by Waukeska engines mounted on each coach, and heat was provided by the locomotive's steam generator. So either this was an experiment or one of the galley cars was deadheading, just my best guess.
Photo Date:  3/10/1965  Upload Date: 8/13/2015 1:42:58 PM
Location:  Naperville, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  CBQ 9972(E8A)
Views:  169   Comments: 0
CB&Q E8 9972
Title:  CB&Q E8 9972
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad E8 9972 eastbound at Naperville, Illinois on April 19, 1965, Ektachrome by Chuck Zeiler. This is a Monday morning Dinky (commuter train), one of 30 Dinkys that the CB&Q dispatched in a 24 hour period out of Aurora to Chicago Monday through Friday, with a corresponding number returning. This particular train has the 7100 series coaches in tow, with one Budd bi-level coach at the rear of the train, and a power car carrying the markers. The class PA-14 7100 series coaches were built in the 1920's by the CB&Q with open ends, upgraded in 1949-1950 with enclosed ends and air conditioning, and given a paint scheme of forest green body, tan window panels, yellow stripes and lettering, aluminum roof, and black underbody. By the late 1960's, the PA-14's were withdrawn from suburban service, some lasted into the BN era in MOW service.
Photo Date:  4/19/1965  Upload Date: 12/11/2009 12:48:26 PM
Location:  Naperville, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster,Passenger
Locomotives:  CBQ 9972(E8A)
Views:  1742   Comments: 1
CB&Q E8 9972
Title:  CB&Q E8 9972
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad E8 9972 westbound at Naperville, Illinois on April 19, 1965, Ektachrome by Chuck Zeiler. Note the brake shoe glow and water sloshing out of the underbelly tank. This locomotive was built in June 1953 on EMD Order 2059 (c/n 18314). It became BN 9972 on March 2, 1970. It was sold to the West Suburban Mass Transit District on April 1, 1977, send to Boise, Idaho during May 1978 for rebuilding to E9Am specs by Morrison Knudsen. It returned as 9906 and was leased to the BN for operation and maintenance until retired in July 1992. It went to MARC as their 66 until retired again. It appears to have gone to the Museum of Transportation in Saint Louis, and then was sold to the SLRG as number 520. I lost track of it after that.
Photo Date:  4/19/1965  Upload Date: 6/19/2008 9:19:19 AM
Location:  Naperville, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CBQ 9972(E8A)
Views:  411   Comments: 0
CB&Q 9972 Making Stop from Center Track
Title:  CB&Q 9972 Making Stop from Center Track
Description:  Either the way freight or track/signal work put it on the center track for a few stops. For another photo see: http://railfan44.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=801074
Photo Date:  6/14/1965  Upload Date: 7/3/2007 9:48:40 AM
Location:  Westmont, IL
Author:  Marty Bernard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CBQ 9972(E8A)
Views:  727   Comments: 1
CB&Q E8 9972
Title:  CB&Q E8 9972
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad E8 9972 at Aurora, Illinois on September 26, 1965, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. Note that the first car behind the locomotive is a cab car which would usually lead this train eastbound. Perhaps the cab car's controls had failed.
Photo Date:  9/26/1965  Upload Date: 8/13/2015 3:31:10 PM
Location:  Aurora, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Station
Locomotives:  CBQ 9972(E8A)
Views:  198   Comments: 0
CB&Q E8 9972
Title:  CB&Q E8 9972
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad E8 9972 at Aurora, Illinois on September 26, 1965, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. Built in August 1953 (c/n 18314) on EMD Order 2059A, it became BN 9972 and later was rebuilt to E9Am 9906. It is seen here on the turntable behind the Aurora depot. There was no roundhouse or locomotive facilities, this turntable was used to turn suburban service locomotives for the return trip to Chicago. The Burlington had received its first six bi-level control cabs during the summer of 1965, so the days of this turntable's useful life were numbered. The sign says: ENGINES MUST STOP WITH TABLE IN BALANCE, not much of a challenge for E8's and E9's, which just fit the turntable. Likely the sign was for steam locomotives, typically 4-6-0's and later 4-6-2's.
Photo Date:  9/26/1965  Upload Date: 9/8/2009 7:07:46 PM
Location:  Aurora, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CBQ 9972(E8A)
Views:  695   Comments: 1


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