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CB&Q Tow Car 9030
Title:  CB&Q Tow Car 9030
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad Tow Car 9030 and Detector Car 1 at Princeton, Illinois on April 25, 1940, photograph by Duncan L. Bryant, Marshall Pochay collection. The following is from the Burlington Route Historical Society publication Burlington Bulletin Number 39, TRACK INSPECTION, edited by Hol Wagner:

Dr. Elmer A. Sperry undertook construction of a second detector car even before the ARA accepted the initial car ( accepted on October 2, 1928 ) and then established Sperry Rail Service Company in Chicago during 1929 to provide rail flaw detection service to the nation's railroads with a small fleet of cars owned by his company - a profitable business that continues to this day. The ARA acquired the original car under terms of its development contract with Sperry, ultimately paying an additional $15,000 to cover extra costs of the development project. On the ARA, the car was numbered X-101.

Sperry's contract with the ARA provided that member roads could purchase cars from Sperry at a stipulated sum or build them themselves according to Sperry's plans and specifications. But Sperry balked at this, so a group of six Western railroads, known as the Western Group, and including the Burlington, Great Northern and Northern Pacific, plus Santa Fe, Southern Pacific, and Union Pacific, banded together in 1929 and successfully fought Sperry, forcing the company to sell them his plans and specifications.

Over the next several years the Burlington undertook construction of six of the little cars on their short ( 8 feet 5½ inch wheelbase ) Kalamazoo Railway Supply Company chassis, one for each member of the Western Group. The Burlington, GN, and NP cars were jointly owned by a detector car pool established by the three roads and carried reporting marks of all three roads, with the Q car numbered 1, the NP car 2, and the GN car 3. Tow cars were provided by the individual railroads, The Burlington and NP cars were completed in 1933, and the GN car followed in 1941. The little four-wheel power unit for Burlington detector car 1 was lettered only for the Q and, in the inspection/internal combustion motive power tradition of 9000 number series, carried the number 9030. The power unit was constructed on a steel channel underframe, and both units featured vertical tongue-and-groove wooden siding. The two cars were painted Safety Yellow, a light, almost pastel shade that made them hard to miss. Underbodies, doors, window frames, and roofs were black.

By 1939 the homemade tow car had been modified somewhat from its original appearance. It now featured a pair of lower windows in the front and a box on the roof up front, on which the reporting marks and number were stenciled. The canvas cover seem to always cover the unidentified equipment mounted on the roof at the rear end. By 1942 Burlington's original detector car 1 was re-stenciled with just the CB&Q reporting marks following the dissolution of the Q/GN/NP detector pool for cars 1, 2, and 3.

Photo Date:  4/25/1940  Upload Date: 10/10/2017 11:09:06 AM
Location:  Princeton, IL
Author:  Duncan L. Bryant
Categories:  RollingStock
Locomotives:  CBQ 9030(MoW Equipment)
Views:  271   Comments: 0
CB&Q Rail Detector Car
Title:  CB&Q Rail Detector Car
Description:  The number 9050 puts it in the series with the Q's motorcars. It detected flaws in the rails as it ran down the tracks. Note the rear marker lights and vents for the stove heat
Photo Date:  9/5/1964  Upload Date: 6/7/2007 12:26:18 PM
Location:  Rochelle, IL
Author:  Marty Bernard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CBQ 9050(MoW Equipment)
Views:  893   Comments: 0
CB&Q 9050
Title:  CB&Q 9050
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad Detector 9050 and Detector Car 2 westbound at River Road west of Naperville, Illinois on May 17, 1965, Ektachrome by Chuck Zeiler. The following is from the Burlington Route Historical Society's Bulletin #39, "CB&Q 2/9050 was a rather eclectic pair, as were all the AAR-design cars built in the late 1940's as a result of design work and testing done at Aurora (Illinois). The undercarrages of both units - tow car and detector car - were constructed by Buda to AAR specifications, and a 150 horsepower Buda diesel engine powered the 9050. The Fuller Company provided the transmission for the mechanical drive. Carbodies for both units were fabricated to AAR specs by Jacob Press & Company of Chicago. The detection instrumentation and electrical apparatus were designed by the AAR's Henry Keevil. All the components were assembled at the Aurora shops; the two-car set was painted and placed in service in July 1948. In addition to the Q, the GN and NP (which ordered identical sets), nearly identical tow car/detector car sets were assembled at Aurora for the Milwaukee Road, Rock Island, Santa Fe and Southern Pacific.
Photo Date:  5/17/1965  Upload Date: 12/26/2008 12:22:24 PM
Location:  Naperville, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CBQ 9050(MoW Equipment)
Views:  700   Comments: 0
CB&Q 9060
Title:  CB&Q 9060
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad Detector Car 3 and Tow Car 9060 at Naperville, Illinois on June 11, 1963, photograph by Chuck Zeiler. Rail Detector Car 3 contained a small diesel engine and testing apparatus to detect rail defects. Tow Car 9060 was built in 1951 on a chassis supplied by Buda, powered by a Buda 150hp diesel engine connected to a Fuller Company transmission and mechanical drive system. The carbody was fabricated by Jacob Press & Company, and the components were assembled in CB&Q's Aurora Shops. It was built to replace Tow Car 9040, a Buda "school bus" built in 1940.
Photo Date:  6/11/1963  Upload Date: 4/19/2018 11:40:48 AM
Location:  Naperville, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  RollingStock
Locomotives:  CBQ 9060(MoW Equipment)
Views:  179   Comments: 1
CB&Q Detector Tow Car 9060
Title:  CB&Q Detector Tow Car 9060
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad Detector Tow Car 9060 at Naperville, Illinois on January 25, 1965, Ektachrome by Chuck Zeiler. This Tow Car was built in 1951 on a chassis supplied by Buda, powered by a Buda 150hp diesel engine connected to a Fuller Company transmission and mechanical drive system. The carbody was fabricated by Jacob Press & Company, and the components were assembled in CB&Q's Aurora Shops. It was built to replace Tow Car 9040, a Buda "school bus" built in 1940. Trailing is Detector Car 3, which contained a small diesel engine and testing apparatus to detect rail defects.
Photo Date:  1/25/1965  Upload Date: 6/26/2008 12:32:30 PM
Location:  Naperville, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CBQ 9060(MoW Equipment)
Views:  793   Comments: 0
CB&Q 9060
Title:  CB&Q 9060
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad Detector Car 3 and Tow Car 9060 at Naperville, Illinois on January 25, 1965, Ektachrome by Chuck Zeiler.
Photo Date:  1/25/1965  Upload Date: 11/29/2013 2:23:57 PM
Location:  Naperville, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Winter
Locomotives:  CBQ 9060(MoW Equipment)
Views:  446   Comments: 1
CB&Q E8 9941A
Title:  CB&Q E8 9941A
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad E8 9941A pushing eastbound at Naperville, Illinois on October 17, 1965, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. On track 3 is @etector 9060 checking the rails for defects.
Photo Date:  10/17/1965  Upload Date: 12/28/2013 2:00:10 PM
Location:  Naperville, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Track
Locomotives:  CBQ 9941A(E8A) CBQ 9060(MoW Equipment)
Views:  516   Comments: 0
CB&Q 13171
Title:  CB&Q 13171
Description:  CB&Q 13171, a Fairmont speeder, is on static display in Ft. Madison, IA.
Photo Date:  4/6/2008  Upload Date: 4/13/2008 10:39:52 PM
Location:  Fort Madison, IA
Author:  Alex Vaughn
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CBQ 13171(MoW Equipment)
Views:  491   Comments: 0
CB&Q Fairmont 13797
Title:  CB&Q Fairmont 13797
Description:  Chicago Burlington#& Quincy Railroad Fairmont 13797 in weed control service at Naperville, Illinois on July 15, 1963, photo by Chuck Zeiler. On the left are automobiles belonging to coomuters leaving Naperville in the morning, going to work in Chicago, and returning in the evening. The weed control train was unusual, so I cannot provide any more info. In the background on the center right is a shed I never knew who owned. There is a CB&Q maintenance train parked near it, consisting of a former steam loco tender, a few former Pullman sleepers or coaches assigned to MOW service. They are parked on the setout track for Boecker Fuel, which usually received loads of coal. and slightly above and to"the right is Kroehler Mfg. Co. as the large building in the distance. I lived in Naperville during 1962-66 and photographed a few events on the railroad.
Photo Date:  7/15/1963  Upload Date: 3/13/2008 12:59:07 PM
Location:  Naperville, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Track
Locomotives:  CBQ 13797(MoW Equipment)
Views:  1024   Comments: 0
CB&Q Fairmont 13797
Title:  CB&Q Fairmont 13797
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad Fairmont 13797 in weed control service at Naperville, Illinois on July 15,)1963, photo by Chuck Zeiler. Given the exposure to those chemicals daily (I only had it once) I'm probably the last man standing in this situation.
Photo Date:  7/15/1963  Upload Date: 3/13/2008 1:11:19 PM
Location:  Naperville, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Track
Locomotives:  CBQ 13797(MoW Equipment)
Views:  908   Comments: 0
CB&Q Fairmont 14328
Title:  CB&Q Fairmont 14328
Description:  CB&Q Fairmont 14328 at Oregon, Illinois on June 24, 1982, photo by Chuck Zeiler
Photo Date:  6/24/1982  Upload Date: 5/8/2008 8:31:41 AM
Location:  Oregon, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CBQ 14328(MoW Equipment)
Views:  773   Comments: 0


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