Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad 0-8-0 Class F-1 541 at Hannibal, Missouri on February 6, 1949, photograph by R. J. Fuster, print by C. T. Felstead, Chuck Zeiler collection. Number 541 was built in 1919 by the Brooks Works of Alco (c/n 61234) to USRA design specifications. The CB&Q was allotted ten 0-8-0's (road #'s 540-549) by the USRA out of the 175 built. This particular locomotive was scrapped in November 1953. |