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Owner: Chicago Burlington & Quincy
Model:EMD E8ABuilt As:CBQ 9943A (E8A)
Serial Number:9685Order No:2012
Frame Number:2012-A12Built:3/1950
Notes:blt 1950 to BN 9943, AMTK 338
Other locos with this serial:  CBQ 9943A(E8A) BN 9943(E8A) BN 338(E9A) AMTK 338(E8A)
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CB&Q 9943A With Steam Generator Venting
Title:  CB&Q 9943A With Steam Generator Venting
Description:  Don't need much steam in June.
Photo Date:  6/14/1964  Upload Date: 7/3/2007 8:12:53 AM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Marty Bernard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CBQ 9943A(E8A)
Views:  1001   Comments: 1
CB&Q E8 9943A
Title:  CB&Q E8 9943A
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad E8 9943A eastbound at Naperville,Illinois on March 17, 1965, Ektachrome by Chuck Zeiler.
Photo Date:  3/17/1965  Upload Date: 12/28/2013 2:06:53 PM
Location:  Naperville, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  CBQ 9943A(E8A)
Views:  416   Comments: 0
CB&Q E8 9943A
Title:  CB&Q E8 9943A
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad E8 9943A eastbound at Naperville, Illinois on April 19, 1965, Ektachrome by Chuck Zeiler.
Photo Date:  4/19/1965  Upload Date: 2/27/2014 6:33:54 PM
Location:  Naperville, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  CBQ 9943A(E8A)
Views:  323   Comments: 0
CB&Q E8 9943A
Title:  CB&Q E8 9943A
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad E8 9943A eastbound at Naperville, Illinois on April 26, 1965, Ektachrome by Chuck Zeiler.
Photo Date:  4/26/1965  Upload Date: 11/27/2014 12:17:45 PM
Location:  Naperville, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  CBQ 9943A(E8A)
Views:  317   Comments: 2
CB&Q E8 9943A
Title:  CB&Q E8 9943A
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad E8 9943A westbound on Train #1, the Denver Zephyr, at Naperville, Illinois on April 27, 1965, Ektachrome by Chuck Zeiler.
Photo Date:  4/27/1965  Upload Date: 5/5/2014 2:24:46 PM
Location:  Naperville, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  CBQ 9943A(E8A)
Views:  250   Comments: 1
CB&Q E8 9943A
Title:  CB&Q E8 9943A
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad E-8 #9943A westbound at Naperville, Illinois, May 9, 1965, Ektachrome by Chuck Zeiler. I lived along the Burlington's triple track main line during 1962-1966 in Naperville and I photographed a few trains during that time. One of the memories I have was the shuffle of the E-units between Aurora and Chicago. On Friday evening, after their assigned runs, the commuter E's would be run back to Chicago for service/rotation, and on Sunday evening, replacements would be run back out to Aurora for Monday morning rush hour trains. The CB&Q rotated their E-units between Zephyr assignments and commuter service. The commuter service (in CB&Q parlance, the commuter service trains were known as Dinkys) was westbound from Chicago to Aurora in the evening, so at the end of Friday, the E's in Aurora were run back to the Zephyr Pit at 14th St. in Chicago on the next eastbound Dinky, to be serviced/inspected and placed in Zephyr service, and the locos coming off Zephyr service would be assigned to Dinkys. One of the chores of the rotation would be the replacement of brake shoes, and this photo illustrates the E's showing off their new shoes as they were run back west to Aurora for the Monday morning rush hour. The train behind this one would have about 5 E's and one coach. All (except the coach) would have blazing brake shoes as the approached the stop at the Naperville station (behind me in this photo). This usually happened late in the evening. I have a photo of this event, but it is just brake shoe glow. I imagine the engineer had an easy time with the schedule, I believe the loco's were all MU'd, so he probably had good acceleration.
Photo Date:  5/9/1965  Upload Date: 9/11/2009 4:48:18 PM
Location:  Naperville, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CBQ 9943A(E8A)
Views:  451   Comments: 1
CB&Q E8 9943A
Title:  CB&Q E8 9943A
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad E8 9943A westbound at Berwyn, Illinois on June 27, 1965, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. This locomotive was built during March 1950 (c/n 9685), became Burlington Northern 9943 after the BN merger March 2, 1970, became Amtrak 338 on August 1, 1972, retired May 28, 1975 and sold for scrap during July 1975 to H. Koppell Co. of Boise Idaho. It's Sunday, the clue being three locomotives and two coaches on Train 225. The CB&Q practice was to rotate the passenger E's between suburban assignments and Zephyr assignments. As a result, locomotives would lay over in Chicago at the Zephyr Pit (14th St. service facility), and on Sunday evening, the E's coming off the Zephyrs would be run out to Aurora on Sunday evening on the Dinkys (commuter trains) in preparation for the Monday morning rush hour, thus the expanation for the multiple E-units on this Dinky. On the adjacent track is Train #1, the westbound Denver Zephyr.
Photo Date:  6/27/1965  Upload Date: 6/22/2008 8:23:04 PM
Location:  Berwyn, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CBQ 9943A(E8A)
Views:  1134   Comments: 0
CB&Q E8 9943A
Title:  CB&Q E8 9943A
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad E8 9943A on Train #25, the North Coast Limited, at Aurora, Illinois on November 1, 1965, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. The Fireman was looking back for a highball, the waving kind, not the drinking kind. This photo also illustrates the difference between painted side panels and the stainless steel panels on the trailing unit.
Photo Date:  11/1/1965  Upload Date: 6/25/2015 7:49:54 PM
Location:  Aurora, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Station
Locomotives:  CBQ 9943A(E8A)
Views:  568   Comments: 1
CB&Q E8 9943A
Title:  CB&Q E8 9943A
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad E8 9943A on Train #25, the North Coast Limited, at Aurora, Illinois on November 1, 1965, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler.
Photo Date:  11/1/1965  Upload Date: 9/15/2014 4:54:55 PM
Location:  Aurora, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Station
Locomotives:  CBQ 9943A(E8A)
Views:  604   Comments: 0
CB&Q E8 9943A
Title:  CB&Q E8 9943A
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad E8 9943A and E7 9927B arriving at Aurora with Train Number 21, the Morning Zephyr, also known as the Twin Cities Zephyr, on November 14, 1965, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. The Fireman was preparing to pick up train orders. The blunt end observation car was coupled to the baggage car. This was the practice in later years to save switching charges at Saint Paul. The power and baggage car would uncouple from the train upon arrival at Saint Paul, leaving the train at the station. The power would be turned and serviced, return to the station, couple to the train, and depart as Train Number 24, the Afternoon Zephyr.
Photo Date:  11/14/1965  Upload Date: 9/17/2015 1:51:04 PM
Location:  Aurora, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Signal,Passenger
Locomotives:  CBQ 9943A(E8A) CBQ 9927B(E7A)
Views:  600   Comments: 0


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