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CB&Q 9947B Became BN 9953 and Then Amtrak 346 |
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Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy E8A 9947B leads an inbound rush-hour commuter run on a frosty morning at suburban Westmont, Illinois on January 4, 1965. This was during the transition between conventional cars (the first several cars on this train) and gallery cars (aka, double deckers). One gallery car is second from last on this train followed by a single deck car which has a generator for the gallery car because the gallery car cannot accept steam from the steam generator in the diesel (eventually all CB&Q E-units in commuter service would be converted to head-end power by BN and pull trains of all gallery cars with no generator car). The gallery car has electric heating, is air conditioned, and had no small generator under it's floor for the lights powered by the rotation of the car's wheels. Conventional cars were just the opposite, needed steam from the steam generator in the diesel (originally from a steam engine) for heat (and hot water in intercity cars), had a generator run off the wheels when the train was moving and an under-floor battery for when the train was not moving for lights. Today all passenger diesels locomotives have a second much smaller diesel engine to generate power for the cars and thus have "head-end power". |
| Photo Date: |
1/4/1965 Upload Date: 10/26/2006 11:49:53 PM |
| Location: |
Westmont, IL |
| Author: |
Marty Bernard |
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| Locomotives: |
CBQ 9947B(E8A) |
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987 Comments: 4 |
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CB&Q E8's 9947B & 9946A |
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Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad E8's 9947B and 9946A eastbound at Naperville, Illinois on March 16, 1965, Ektachrome by Chuck Zeiler. On the left is Train #108, daily except Saturday and Sunday Dinky (commuter train) making most of the local stops between Aurora and Chicago. It departed directly from the coach yard in Aurora, stopping at Eola before arriving at Naperville at 6:53 AM. It will arrive in Chicago's Union Station at 7:46 AM. It is headed by CB&Q E8 9947B, built in September 1950 (c/n 11702) on EMD Order 2012A, became BN 9953, and was sold to Amtrak August 1, 1972, becoming 346. On the right is Train #110, another daily except Saturday and Sunday Dinky, leaving the Aurora depot at 6:39 AM, its next stop is Naperville at 6:51 AM. It will stop at Lisle and Belmont. skip the rest of the stations until arriving at Cicero at 7:19 AM, stopping there and the next three stations, arriving at Union Station at 7:35 AM. The primary purpose of Train #110 was to deliver employees to the Western Electric plant in Cicero, but it also served as an express train from the far western suburbs to Chicago. It is headed by E8 9946A, built in May 1950 (c/n 9691) on EMD Order 2023A, becoming BN 9946, and was sold to Amtrak August 1, 1972 becoming 340. |
| Photo Date: |
3/16/1965 Upload Date: 9/11/2008 12:36:38 PM |
| Location: |
Naperville, IL |
| Author: |
Chuck Zeiler |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
CBQ 9947B(E8A) CBQ 9946A(E8A) |
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904 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
CB&Q E8A 9947B |
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8/1/1969 Upload Date: 2/16/2022 10:04:25 PM |
| Location: |
Unknown, IL |
| Author: |
Unknown |
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| Locomotives: |
CBQ 9947B(E8A) |
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