CB&Q (Burlington Route) E-8A Running Fast Out of Chicago, 1971

Name	Type	Comments	Date

Wendy Crim	General	Awesome!	2/22/2013 6:23:50 AM

John R. Schmeling	General	Boy those were the day's / nice shot	3/12/2013 8:49:29 PM

Jonathan Hinely	General	Now that's a nice shot.	5/3/2013 1:32:45 AM

Stu Nicholson	General	A little battered and dirty, but still a great looking locomotive.	11/4/2013 7:38:58 AM

Fred Stuckmann	General	Awesome homepage shot.	4/21/2014 4:51:02 PM

Devin Pietrowski	General	Brilliant shot!	2/15/2015 5:04:35 PM

Scott Crotwell	General	Great shot!	11/9/2018 6:33:04 PM

The Slidebroker image by John Hill	General	Nice shot. Looks like it could perhaps be the Denver Zephyr just prior to the May 1 advent of Amtrak.	11/13/2018 2:41:58 PM

Joe Korienek	General	Nice capture. I miss being on these bridges.	5/24/2020 1:21:07 PM

Jonathan (SleepTrain456)	General	Seen on the homepage 6/21/2021! Nice shot!	6/21/2021 8:29:22 PM

CB&Q (Burlington Route) E-8A Running Fast Out of Chicago, 1971
In March of 1971, EMD E-8 9936, still lettered for the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy and paired with a sister A-unit, speeds out of Chicagos Union Station with an afternoon passenger train. The EMD E-8 was a 2,250 horsepower A1A-A1A locomotive produced between 1949 and 1954 by GM's Electro-Motive division. 450 of these locomotives were produced. with 38 going to the CB&Q. 58 E-8s have been preserved, making the E-8 one of the best-preserved classes of first-generation diesel power in the U.S.
Date: 3/17/1971	Location: Chicago Union Statio, IL	Views: 2463	Collection Of: Stephen Carl Baldwin
Locomotives: BN 9936(E8A)			Author: Stephen Carl Baldwin

Picture Categories: Station,Passenger,Action		This picture is part of album: Stephen Carl Baldwin Collection

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