| Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad F7 168C eastbound at Naperville, Illinois on May 22, 1965, Ektachrome by Chuck Zeiler. This locomotive was built in May 1950 (c/n 9699) on EMD Order 3058A and traded in by BN for a SD45 in August 1970, never receiving a BN road number. It was delivered as the rear cab of F7 semi-permenantly coupled A/B/A set 168, one of three pure A/B/A F7 sets on the CB&Q. Although the suffix letters were assigned (and painted in one-inch letters below the word BURLINGTON), they never appeared in the numberboard or on the nose until the A/B/A sets were broken up in the 1960's, and couplers replaced the drawbars. |