Chicago Burlington & Quincy (CBQ) 545 - Alco 0-8-0

Alco-Brooks built this solid 0-8-0 yard goat in May of 1919 as Chicago, Burlington & Qunicy #545 (serial #61238, class F-1).After nearly 37 years of dedicated service, it was sold for scrap in August of 1956. Specs - 52" drivers, 175 psi boiler pressure, 25x28" cylinders, engine wt of 214,000lb and tractive force of 50,060. No photographer was listed for the photo which is now in my rr collection.

Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad 0-8-0 Class F-1 545, date, location, and photographer unknown, 8X10 print scanned from Louis Zadnichek collection. Number 545 was built by the Brooks works of Alco in 1919 ( c/n 61238 ) to a USRA design, retired and sold for scrap in August 1956. Louis reports the location as Quincy, Illinois.

Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad 0-8-0 Class F-1 545 at Centralia, Illinois on an unknown day in July 1955, photograph by J. Pickett, print by C. T. Felstead, Chuck Zeiler collection. Number 545 was one on ten USRA design 0-8-0's allotted to the CB&Q by the USRA, built in 1919 by the Brooks Works of Alco (c/n 61238), sold for scrap in August 1956.