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Owner: Chicago Burlington & Quincy
Model:BLW 0-8-0Built As:GN 1907 (0-8-0)
Serial Number:32724Order No:
Frame Number:Built:0/1908
Notes:blt as 2-6-6-2 GN 1907, to CB&Q 4002, reblt in 07/27, retired 12/48
Other locos with this serial:  CBQ 553(0-8-0)
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CBQ 0-8-0 #553 - Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
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:  463   Comments: 1
CB&Q 0-8-0 Class F-2 553
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:  864   Comments: 0


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