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CB&Q 167ABC From Oakland Tower
Title:  CB&Q 167ABC From Oakland Tower
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Photo Date:  6/19/1964  Upload Date: 9/17/2008 1:47:15 AM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Marty Bernard
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Locomotives:  CBQ 167A(F7A) CBQ 167B(F7B) CBQ 167C(F7A)
Views:  1546   Comments: 0
CB&Q F7ABA #168ABC with Freight in 1962
Title:  CB&Q F7ABA #168ABC with Freight in 1962
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Photo Date:  9/1/1962  Upload Date: 12/6/2006 5:20:26 PM
Location:  Prairie du Chien, WI
Author:  Rick Burn
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Locomotives:  CBQ 168A(F7A) CBQ 168B(F7B) CBQ 168C(F7A)
Views:  1865   Comments: 0
CB&Q F7ABA #168ABC in 1962
Title:  CB&Q F7ABA #168ABC in 1962
Description:  Note fan trip at right. Probably 5632.
Photo Date:  9/9/1962  Upload Date: 12/3/2006 11:00:38 AM
Location:  North La Crosse, WI
Author:  Rick Burn
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CBQ 168A(F7A) CBQ 168B(F7B) CBQ 168C(F7A)
Views:  2657   Comments: 1
CB&Q F7 169B
Title:  CB&Q F7 169B
Description:  CB&Q F7 169B eastbound at Naperville, Illinois, August 7, 1961, photograph by Chuck Zeiler. Built in May 1950 (c/n 9704) on EMD Order 3058B, it was traded to EMD on an order of SD45's in February 1969. Delivered as the booster unit of locomotive 169, it was drawbar-connected to a pair of F7A's. Beginning with the delivery of the F7's in 1950, the CB&Q began breaking up its older drawbar-connected F-units, adding couplers, and mixing units as needed to build the horsepower required for the job. Eventually, this unit received couplers. However, the problem of moving single B-units around the terminals soon became apparent. According to the Burlington Route Historical Society's Bulletin #4, entitled THE GRAYBACKS, three Burlington B-units received hostler controls during wreck repairs, only one was an F7, the other two were F3's (CB&Q 160B and C&S 700C), which helps identify this unit as 169B. At least one E5B also received hostler controls, which amounted to a throttle and brake stand, horn, and headlight. The square window at the rear of this unit could be swung open allowing the hostler to stick his head out to see where he was going.

This picture is brought to you in stunning black and white because I was 13 years old when I shot this photo and could not afford color film. And you may wonder about the location. My mother, who worked across the tracks at the pictured factory (Kroehler Mfg. Co.) had purchased the house located on this corner, and this was her bedroom view. Nearly every train the CB&Q dispatched out of the Chicago area passed by this location. Needless to say, I spend many hours perched in this window. My mother did not appreciate the view as much as I did.
Photo Date:  8/7/1961  Upload Date: 1/27/2010 12:34:56 PM
Location:  Naperville, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CBQ 169B(F7B)
Views:  2153   Comments: 2


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