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| Title: |
CBQ 0-8-0 #553 - Chicago, Burlington & Quincy |
| Description: |
Originally built by Baldwin in 1908 as a 2-6-6-2 configuration for Great Northern (#1907) but rebuilt as an 0-8-0 in 1927 by the CBQ shops as their F-2 class loco with 56" drivers. It worked until December of 1948 when it was sold for scrap. |
| Photo Date: |
5/30/1937 Upload Date: 2/7/2014 4:44:16 PM |
| Location: |
Galesburg, IL |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,Steam,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CBQ 553(0-8-0) |
| Views: |
467 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
CB&Q 0-8-0 Class F-2 553 |
| Description: |
Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad 0-8-0 Class F-2 553 at Galesburg, Illinois on an unknown day in 1938, photographer unknown, print by Don Gruber, Chuck Zeiler collection. Number 553 was built in 1908 by Baldwin (c/n 32724) as a compound 2-6-6-2 for the Great Northern as number 1907. For unknown reasons it was sold to the CB&Q, becoming class T-1 number 4002. It operated system wide until about 1926, when it was sent to the Denver Shops and rebuilt to an 0-8-0, released from the shops in July 1927 as class F-2 553. It was retired and sold for scrap in December 1948. |
| Photo Date: |
1/1/1938 Upload Date: 11/15/2013 12:54:29 PM |
| Location: |
Galesburg, IL |
| Author: |
unknown |
| Categories: |
Roster,Steam |
| Locomotives: |
CBQ 553(0-8-0) |
| Views: |
868 Comments: 0 |
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