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Owner: Chicago Burlington & Quincy
Model:EMD GP30Built As:CBQ 959 (GP30)
Serial Number:27170Order No:7621
Frame Number:7621-20Built:7/1962
Notes:blt 6/1962, BN 2236, 2754
Other locos with this serial:  CBQ 959(GP30) BN 2236(GP30) BNSF 2744(GP39E) BN 2754(GP39E)
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CB&Q 959 in 1963
Title:  CB&Q 959 in 1963
Description:  CB&Q Extra 959 East, an express train, is at Sandwich, IL at 7:40 a.m. on July 5, 1963. GP30 959 is a year old and Chicago lies 56 miles ahead. This is the double track mainline west.
Photo Date:  7/5/1963  Upload Date: 11/5/2006 11:21:54 PM
Location:  Sandwich, IL
Author:  Marty Bernard
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Locomotives:  CBQ 959(GP30)
Views:  1009   Comments: 1
CB&Q GP30 959
Title:  CB&Q GP30 959
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad GP30 959 westbound at Naperville, Illinois on September 19, 1965, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. Built in June 1962 (c/n 27170) on EMD Order 7621, it became BN 2236 sometime after the March 2, 1970 merger, was rebuilt in May 1989 to BN GP39E 2754, and in August 1998 was renumbered to BNSF 2744. Cut in behind the motors are four new AT&SF GP35's, likely being delivered to the Santa Fe in a state where the sales tax was lower.
Photo Date:  9/19/1965  Upload Date: 7/11/2009 12:52:25 PM
Location:  Naperville, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CBQ 959(GP30)
Views:  629   Comments: 2
CS 959
Title:  CS 959
Description:  CBQ 959, a GP30 became BN 2236 before rebuilding as BN 2754, a GP39E.Changed to BNSF 2744 at the formation of BNSF. CBQ 924, a GP20 became BN 2060 and was retired by BN in 1987. It then passed to Palmetto Railways as PR 2005 then to South Carolina Public Railways as SCRX 2005. Moved on again to LTV Steel Mining as LTV 4207 then Port Terminal Rilway of South Carolina as PTR 4207.
Photo Date:  12/31/1972  Upload Date: 3/29/2024 1:41:12 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Unknown
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Locomotives:  CBQ 959(GP30) CBQ 924(GP20)
Views:  80   Comments: 0


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