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By:Chuck Zeiler
Dates:1/1/1900 - 12/31/1966
Album Info:Various photos of CB&Q steam locomotives, including fan trips.
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CB&Q 0-6-0 class G5 509
Title:  CB&Q 0-6-0 class G5 509
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad 0-6-0 class G-5 509, location, date, and photographer unknown, 8X10 print scanned from Louis Zadnichek collection. Number 509 was built by Alco-Cooke in April 1919 (c/n 61389) to USRA design, scrapped in May 1954.
Photo Date:  1/1/1950  Upload Date: 10/5/2022 12:29:11 PM
Location:  Aurora, IL
Author:  unknown
Categories:  RollingStock
Locomotives:  CBQ 509(0-6-0)
Views:  178   Comments: 0
CB&Q 2-6-0 Class H-1 35
Title:  CB&Q 2-6-0 Class H-1 35
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad 2-6-0 Class H-1 35 presumably on the Erie at Paterson, New Jersey, sometime in 1891, photographer unknown, Chuck Zeiler collection. This locomotive was built by the Rogers Locomotive & Machine Works of Paterson, New Jersey in December 1891 (c/n 4624) as a Mogul type for the CB&Q. An interesting note about the Rogers Works (later, a subsidiary of Alco). The Works did not have a direct rail connection. The nearest railroad was the Erie, about a mile from the factory. The finished locomotives were hauled through the city of Paterson first on temporary tracks laid in the streets and pulled by teams of as many as 20 horses. Later, when streetcars were operating in Paterson, heavy flatcars were used, again using "horsepower". During 1898 the CB&Q adopted a locomotive classification system, this locomotive became a class H-1, one of 116 H-1's from various builders and CB&Q subsidiary railroads. During 1904, the CB&Q adopted a numbering system for locomotives, this locomotive became 1089. It was retired in May 1927.
Photo Date:  1/1/1900  Upload Date: 10/23/2009 2:44:45 PM
Location:  Paterson, NJ
Author:  Rogers Locomotive Works
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  CBQ 35(2-6-0)
Views:  3725   Comments: 0
CB&Q 4-4-0 Class A-2 35
Title:  CB&Q 4-4-0 Class A-2 35
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad 4-4,0 American type Class A-2 35 at the New York World's Fair in Flushing, New York on May 28, 1940, photographer unknown, print from Gordon C. Bassett, Chuck Zeiler collection. According to the book, Steam Locomotives Of The Burlington Route, by Bernard G. Corbin and Richard F. Kerka, this locomotive was built by CB&Q's Aurora Shops in 1890 as Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad 66, later renumbered H&StJ 666, and renumbered in 1904 into the CB&Q system as CB&Q 359. It was rebuilt in Denver in June 1932 for exhibition at the Century Of Progress (held in Chicago, Illinois during 1933-34) as Burlington & Missouri River Railroad 35. The following is from Hol Wagner, explaining the number 119 on the front of the smokebox:

It was used in the pageant (at the NY Fair during 1939-40) to represent Union Pacific No. 119 at the joining of the rails of the first transcontinental railroad at Promontory Summit, Utah, on May 10, 1869. And BTW, the 35 was backdated to represent B&MR for the 50th anniversary celebration of the Burlfngton's arrival at Denver in May 1882. It carried B&MR lettering for that, but by the next year when it went to Chicago's Century of Progress Exhibition it had been relettered CB&Q.

Photo Date:  8/11/1944  Upload Date: 10/3/2013 10:51:56 AM
Location:  Flushing, NY
Author:  CB&Q
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  CBQ 35(4-4-0) HSJ 35(4-4-0)
Views:  2884   Comments: 0
CB&Q 4-4-0 35
Title:  CB&Q 4-4-0 35
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad 4-4-0 Exhibition Locomotive 35 at Galva, Illinois on an unknown day in 1953, photographer unknown, print by Gordon C. Bassett, Chuck Zeiler collection.
Photo Date:  6/1/1953  Upload Date: 3/10/2015 12:40:06 PM
Location:  Galva, IL
Author:  CB&Q
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  CBQ 35(4-4-0)
Views:  1559   Comments: 0
CB&Q 4-4-0 Class A-2 155
Title:  CB&Q 4-4-0 Class A-2 155
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad 4-4-0 Class A-2 155, date, location and photographer unknown, Chuck Zeiler collection. Fortunately, there is only one 4-4-0 number 155 lisxed in the book, Steam Locomotives Of The Burlington Route, by Bernard G. Corbin and Richard F. Kerka. Number 155 was built in the CB&Q shops (not sure which shops) in 1882 as Atlantic type CB&Q 155, renumbzred to 1155 around 1898, renumbered again in 1904 to CB&Q 271, retired in 1910.
Photo Date:  1/1/1900  Upload Date: 10/3/2013 1:14:46 PM
Location:  Aurora, IL
Author:  CB&Q
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives: 
Views:  1584   Comments: 0
CB&Q 0-4-0 176
Title:  CB&Q 0-4-0 176
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad 0-4-0 176 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, April 1871, photo by Baldwin Locomotive Works, Chuck Zeiler collection. This locomotive would have been classed E-1 but was retired before the Burlington implemented the locomotive classification system in 1898. The following is from the book, "Steam Locomotives of the Burlington Route", by Bernard C. Corbin and William F. Kerka: The first locomotives purchased directly by the Burlington System from the Baldwin Locomotive Works were the two 0-4-0 types completed in April 1871 and numbered 176 and 177. The boilers had copper fireboxes and iron tubes, and were of the wagon-top type. The water injection system consisted of two crosshead-driven pumps and one steam-fed injector. Stephenson valve-gear motion was used. The tenders were of the typical eight-wheeled type with straight tank tops and a capacity for 1,600 gallons of water. In appearance the locomotives were very similar to engine number 202, an 0-4-0 built at the CB&Q shops in 1877. The early Baldwins, however, were elaborately painted and finished with brass cylinder casings, steam chests, and domes. Polished brass jacket bands also encircled the boiler. Engines 176 and 177 had 16"X22" cylinders, drivers of 49" diameter, and each had a total engine weight of 56,000 pounds.
Photo Date:  1/1/1900  Upload Date: 10/24/2009 10:38:55 AM
Location:  Philadelphia, PA
Author:  Baldwin Locomotive Works
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  CBQ 176(0-4-0)
Views:  2690   Comments: 1
B&MR 4-6-0 294
Title:  B&MR 4-6-0 294
Description:  Burlington & Missouri River Railroad 4-6-0 294 at Paterson, New Jersey sometime in May 1892, photographer unknown, Chuck Zeiler collection. This ten wheeler was built by the Rogers Locomotive & Machine Works of Paterson, New Jersey, completed in May 1892 as B&MR 294. During 1898, the Burlington System created a classification system for its locomotives, and this one became a class K-1, with no change in the number. During 1904, the Burlington consolidated the locomotive numbering system, and 294 became CB&Q 626. It was retired in December 1931.
Photo Date:  1/1/1900  Upload Date: 10/24/2009 1:04:08 PM
Location:  Paterson, NJ
Author:  Rogers Locomotive Works
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  BMR 294(4-6-0) CBQ 294(4-6-0)
Views:  2397   Comments: 0
CB&Q 0-6-0 Class G-3 300
Title:  CB&Q 0-6-0 Class G-3 300
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad 0-6-0 Class G-3 300 at Eola, Illinois, date and photographer unknown, print by G. C. Grayson, Louis Zadnichek collection. Note the crew bus in lower left of the frame. Number 300 was rebuilt in March 1931 from number 1400 ( built in 1900 by the CB&Q at Aurora, Illinois as KCStJ&CB 508, later H&StJ 508 ).
Photo Date:  6/1/1940  Upload Date: 6/17/2019 5:59:10 PM
Location:  Eola, IL
Author:  unknown
Categories:  Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  CBQ 300(0-6-0)
Views:  609   Comments: 0
CB&Q 0-6-0T 304
Title:  CB&Q 0-6-0T 304
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad 0-6-0T shop switcher 304 at Denver, Colorado on January 16, 1934, photographer unknown, print from Don Gruber, Chuck Zeiler collection. Number 304 was built by the CB&Q at Havelock, Nebraska as Burlington & Missouri River Railroad 69, renumbered to B&MR 3051, renumbered in 1904 to CB&Q 1460, rebuilt to shop switcher!304 in March 1931.
Photo Date:  1/16/1934  Upload Date: 6/16/2014 12:02:52 PM
Location:  Denver, CO
Author:  unknown
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  CBQ 304(0-6-0)
Views:  1444   Comments: 0
CB&Q 0-6-0T 304
Title:  CB&Q 0-6-0T 304
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad 0-6-0T shop switcher 304 at Denver, Colorado on an unknown day in April 1952, photograph by H. O'Hanlon, print from Gordon C. Bassett, Chuck Zeiler collection. It would appear that most of the Fireman's side of the cab was occupied by a coal bunker filled through the roof hatch.
Photo Date:  4/1/1952  Upload Date: 10/3/2013 12:42:39 PM
Location:  Denver, CO
Author:  H. O'Hanlon
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  CBQ 304(0-6-0)
Views:  1309   Comments: 1
CB&Q 0-6-0T 308
Title:  CB&Q 0-6-0T 308
Description:  CB&Q 0-6-0T shop switcher 308 at Galesburg, Illinois on March 4, 1954, photographer unknown, print by Tom Klinger, Chuck Zeiler. Number 308 was built in 1909 by the CB&Q at Aurora as class G-3 0-6-7 (with teneer) 1482. It was rebuilt as a shop switcher in March 1931 and renumbered 308.
Photo Date:  3/4/1954  Upload Date: 10/20/2013 10:56:06 AM
Location:  Galesburg, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  CBQ 308(0-6-0)
Views:  1244   Comments: 2
B&MR Class H-4 346
Title:  B&MR Class H-4 346
Description:  B&MR 2-6-0 346 from the Library of Congress. Number 346 was built by Baldwin in 1899 ( c/n 16971 ) as B&MR 346, renumbered in 1904 to CB&Q 1232, Classed H-4, retired in November 1946. The following was noted at the Library of Congress:

Chicago Special, Burlington Route, Colorado Contributor Names Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942, photographer Detroit Publishing Co., copyright claimant Detroit Publishing Co., publisher Created / Published c1900. Medium 1 photomechanical print : photochrom, color.

Photo Date:  6/1/1900  Upload Date: 8/16/2018 11:49:06 AM
Location:  Denver, CO
Author:  William Henry Jackson
Categories:  Scenic,RollingStock,Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:  BMR 346(2-6-0) CBQ 1232(2-6-0)
Views:  1003   Comments: 0
B&MR 2-6-2 Class R-2 368
Title:  B&MR 2-6-2 Class R-2 368
Description:  Burlington & Missouri River 2-6-2 Class R-2 368 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, sometime in 1901, photo by H. Tryon, Chuck Zeiler collection. Built by Baldwin in 1901 for the B&MR as R2 Comp. (Compound) 368 (c/n 18956), this Prairie type was equipped with a rigid trailing truck. This locomotive became CB&Q 1757 after the Burlington's systemwide renumbering during 1904. Sometime between 1918 and 1925, the R-2's were rebuilt into class G-8 0-6-0 switchers, retaining their R-2 road numbers. This particular locomotive was rebuilt during 1920 and retired in December 1935. During rebuilding, the Belpaire firebox was replaced with a conventional radial-stay design, the drivers were replaced with 52" diameter wheels, the boiler tubes were shortened and the front tube sheet was replaced, the pilot and trailing trucks were removed and the engine frame was rebuilt, the spring rigging was reworked, the driver brake rigging was replaced, another sand dome was added, a cast front pilot beam was added, and the cab deck was rebuilt. The driving wheel base was not changed, but the tender was altered for switching service. The following is from the book, "Steam Locomotives of the Burlington Route", by Bernard G. Corbin and Richard F. Kerka: With the satisfying operation of the Class R-1 Prairies, it was only natural that a larger engine of the same type, to handle heavier train loads, should be developed. The Class R-2 locomotive was the result. Fifty engines of this class were built by Baldwin in 1901, and an additional ten were completed at the West Burlington shops during the same year. Six of the Baldwin-built locomotives were Vauclain compounds, having cylinders of 16" and 27"X24". The remaining R-2 engines were single-expansion types, and had cylinder dimensions of 20"X24". As on the R-1 class, piston valves placed above the cylinders and actuated by Stephenson link motion controlled steam flow. Straight boilers with Belpaire fireboxes were used on both the compounds and the single-expansion engines. A longer tube length and a greater number of tubes increased the heating surface to 2,888 square feet, compared to 2,076 square feet for the R-1 engines. The design of the main frame, running gear, spring rigging, trailing truck suspension, and driving wheel diameter, 64", was the same as the R-1 engines. With a total engine weight of 170,000 pounds and a boiler pressure of 200 psi, the R-2 types developed a tractive force of 25,500 pounds.
Photo Date:  1/1/1901  Upload Date: 10/24/2009 2:21:05 PM
Location:  Philadelphia, PA
Author:  H. Tryon
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  BMR 368(2-6-2) CBQ 368(2-6-2)
Views:  2251   Comments: 0
CB&Q 4-4-0 Class A-2 440
Title:  CB&Q 4-4-0 Class A-2 440
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad 4-4-0 Class A-2 440 at Aurora, Illinois on an unknown day in October 1940 ( 18, 19, or 20 ), photographer unknown. The following is excerpted from Burlington Route Historical Society Bulletin 45, entitled "Modern Americans", edited by Hol Wagner:

Number 440 was built by Hinckley Locomotive Works in December 1883 ( c/n 1657 ) as CB&Q 445, becoming Burlington & Missouri River Railroad number 156 in 1886. In 1904 it was renumbered to CB&Q Class A-2 324. In July 1916 it was rebuilt at Havelock and renumbered 440. In July 1926, it was sold for $3,000.00 to Pete Hedgpeth as Rock Port Langdon & Northern 440 and fitted with a slopeback tender from a Kansas City Terminal switcher. In 1940, the Burlington celebrated their 90th Anniversary. As it happened, Number 35 ( Burlington's exhibition 4-4-0 ) was at the New York World's Fair, which the Q did not wish to disturb. So the 440 was borrowed from the RPL&N, fitted with a diamond stack and long cow catcher at the Saint Joseph, Missouri shops, and a rectangular tender from a retired A-2 ( the original had rusted out ), and sent on tour of Lines East locations as B&MR 156 ( notably, Lincoln and Council Bluffs ), but for the appearance at Aurora it was repainted to CB&Q 440. When it exhibition duties were finished, the 440 was returned to the RPL&N and reunited with the slopeback tender. The 440 made its last trip on the RPL&N on November 11, 1945 after that road suffered two track washouts. The assets of the RPL&N were sold off, and the 440 was scrapped in the summer of 1953.

Photo Date:  10/19/1940  Upload Date: 3/21/2020 2:24:11 PM
Location:  Aurora, IL
Author:  unknown
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  CBQ 440(4-4-0)
Views:  585   Comments: 1
CB&Q 2-8-0 Class D-1 453
Title:  CB&Q 2-8-0 Class D-1 453
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad 2-8-0 Class D-1 453 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, sometime in 1884, photo by Baldwin Locomotive Works, Chuck Zeiler collection. Built as a 2-8-0 Consolidation Type in the summer of 1884 (c/n 7337) renumbered 1632 in 1904, rebuilt into a class G-4-A 0-6-0 sometime before 1910, renumbered to 1453, retired November, 1928. The following is from the book, "Steam Locomotives of the Burlington Route", by Bernard G. Corbin and William F. Kerka: In the summer of 1884 the Baldwin Locomotive Works completed ten 2-8-0 types, numbers 449-458, similar to their earlier models, but built in accordance with plans and specifications furnished by the railroad company. The boiler of this design was 56" diameter and of the straight-top type. Steel plate was used throughout, including the firebox which was radial stayed. The earlier Consolidations had short main rods connected to the second pair of drivers, but these latest engines had longer rods coupled to the third pair. Because the firebox was also built between the third and fourth pair of driving wheels, it was necessary to locate the eccentrics on the second axle. The main frames were forged steel with welded braces. The connecting rods and crank pins were also of forged steel. Westinghouse brake equipment was applied on driving and tender wheels. The tender capacity was 3,000 gallons and the feedwater system employed two injectors. The cylinder dimensions were the same as the earlier types (20"X24"), but the driving-wheel diameter was increased to 52".
Photo Date:  1/1/1900  Upload Date: 10/25/2009 7:07:07 PM
Location:  Philadelphia, PA
Author:  Baldwin Locomotive Works
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  CBQ 453(2-8-0)
Views:  2009   Comments: 1
CB&Q 2-8-0 Class D-1 453
Title:  CB&Q 2-8-0 Class D-1 453
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad 2-8-0 Class D-1 453 builders plate, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, sometime during 1884, photo by Baldwin Locomotive Works, Chuck Zeiler collection. Builders photos were generally done with 8X10 view cameras, producing an eight inch by ten inch negative which could be retouched by hand to produce an almost flawless image. When printiing, the print was contact printed with the negative, that is, the negative and print paper touched each other and were pressed between a board and a piece of glass, then exposed to light. As a result, the print yielded exceptional detail, as seen here. The detail of the builders plate can be read, even off a photograph of the entire locomotive.
Photo Date:  1/1/1900  Upload Date: 10/25/2009 7:54:43 PM
Location:  Philadelphia, PA
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  CBQ 453(2-8-0)
Views:  1281   Comments: 1
CB&Q 4-4-0 Class A-5 462
Title:  CB&Q 4-4-0 Class A-5 462
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad 4-4-0 Class A-5 462, location, date and photographer unknown, Chuck Zeiler collection. Number 432 was built in 1884 by the CB&Q as Atlantic Type Number 78, renumbered in 1898 to 1078, renumbered again in 1904 to 462, retired in 1909.
Photo Date:  12/31/1909  Upload Date: 10/20/2013 10:59:25 AM
Location:  Galesburg, IL
Author:  unknown
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  CBQ 462(4-4-0)
Views:  1354   Comments: 0
CB&Q 0-6-0 Class G-5 504
Title:  CB&Q 0-6-0 Class G-5 504
Description:  Northwestern Steel & Wire 0-6-0 number 4 at Sterling, Illinois on November 11, 1958, Kodachrome by unknown photographer, Chuck Zeiler collection. This locomotive was built in 1919 by the Cooke Works of the American Locomotive Company (Alco) for the CB&Q (c/n 61384). It was one of ten USRA design 0-6-0's that Alco delivered to the Burlington, numbered 500-509, calssed G-5. All lasted into 1953-1954, this one was sold for scrap to Northwestern Steel and Wire (NSW) in December 1954. However, NSW found a few of the Burlington's 0-6-0 serviceable, and put them to work shuffling scrapped steam locomotives from the scrap yard to the furnaces, turning locomotives into wire. This one, former CB&Q 504, became NSW 4 by the simple expedient of painting out the 50, leaving the number 4. One of the products of NSW was nails, and the unofficial slogan of NSW (at least among railfans) was that there was a steam locomotive in every box of NSW nails. The CB&Q 0-6-0's lasted in this service until about 1959, when the GTW sold their 0-8-0's for scrap to NSW, and the 0-8-0's shuffled the 0-6-0's to the furnaces.
Photo Date:  11/11/1958  Upload Date: 10/26/2009 11:05:52 AM
Location:  Sterling, IL
Author:  unknown
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  CBQ 504(0-6-0) NSW 4(0-6-0)
Views:  4323   Comments: 1
CB&Q 0-6-0 Class G-5 506 / NSW 6
Title:  CB&Q 0-6-0 Class G-5 506 / NSW 6
Description:  Northwestern Steel and Wire Class G-5 6 at Sterling, Illinois on November 11, 1958, Kodachrome by unknown photographer, Chuck Zeiler collection. Built in 1919 by the Cooke Works of the American Locomotive Company (Alco) as CB&Q class G-5 506, it was one of ten USRA design 0-6-0's (CB&Q road #'s 500-509) allotted to the Burlington during World War 1. All ten lasted into 1953-1954 when they were sold for scrap to Northwestern Steel and Wire (NSW) located in Sterling, Illinois. A few were in good enough shape that NSW put them to work hauling cut up steam locomotives from the scrap yard to the furnaces, this one, former CB&Q 506, became NSW 6 by painting out the 50. Once melted, the locomotives became wire products, and in some cases the wire products became nails. Among the railfans, it was said that there was a steam locomotive in every box of NSW nails. Eventually the Q 0-6-0's were in turn cut up and hauled to the furnaces by GTW 0-8-0's which were sold for scrap to NSW.
Photo Date:  11/11/1958  Upload Date: 11/26/2009 1:43:56 PM
Location:  Sterling, IL
Author:  unknown
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  CBQ 506(0-6-0) NSW 6(0-6-0)
Views:  3686   Comments: 2
CB&Q 0-6-0 Class G-5-A 510
Title:  CB&Q 0-6-0 Class G-5-A 510
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad 0-6-0 Class G-5-A 510 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on an unknown day in November 1920, photo by Baldwin Locomotive Works, Chuck Zeiler collection. This locomotive was completed by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in November 1920 (c/n 53983), one of 15 copies of the USRA design. The CB&Q had received ten USRA 0-6-0's from the Cooke Works of the American Locomotive Company (Alco) during 1919, and went to Baldwin for 15 additional copies, modified to CB&Q specifications. The modifications included (but not limited to) the omission of the superheater, CB&Q style switcher tender, CB&Q headlights, smaller domes. The plate on the cylinder reads: 21 G5A 28 PHILADELPHIA NOV - 1920. My guess is that the numbers 21 and 28 are the bore and stroke of the cylinders, which is consistent with USRA design.
Photo Date:  11/1/1920  Upload Date: 11/10/2009 2:30:21 PM
Location:  Philadelphia, PA
Author:  Baldwin Locomotive Works
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  CBQ 510(0-6-0)
Views:  1950   Comments: 0
CB&Q 0-6-0 Class G-5-A 510
Title:  CB&Q 0-6-0 Class G-5-A 510
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad 0-6-0 Class G-5-A 510, unknown location, date, and photographer, print by Tom Klinger, Chuck Zeiler collection. The chosen date and location based on the November 1, 1955 CB&Q Locomotive Assignment Sheet.
Photo Date:  11/1/1955  Upload Date: 10/24/2013 4:35:12 PM
Location:  Lincoln, NE
Author:  unknown
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  CBQ 510(0-6-0)
Views:  1208   Comments: 0
CB&Q 0-6-0 Class G-5-A 510
Title:  CB&Q 0-6-0 Class G-5-A 510
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad 0-6-0 Class G-5-A 0-6-0 510, main rod removed at Omaha, Nebraska on January 20, 1957, Kodachrome by Dick Rumbolz, Chuck Zeiler collection. This locomotive was built by Baldwin during 1921 (c/n 53983). The CB&Q acquired a total of 25 0-6-0's between 1919 and 1921. The first 10 (class G-5, numbers 500 - 509) were built by the Cooke Works of the American Locomotive Company (Alco) in 1919, and an additional 15 (class G-5-A, numbers 510 - 524) were built by Baldwin in 1921. The difference between the G-5 and the G-5-A design was the omission of the steam superheater on the Baldwin built locomotives. Both classes were built to the standard USRA design, and very little was done to change them over their lives. Baker valve gear and cross-compound air compressors were standard on all the Burlington's USRA 0-6-0's. All were retired and scrapped between 1953 and 1955 except for this one, which was sold to the French Lick Hotel in December 1957.
Photo Date:  1/20/1957  Upload Date: 8/17/2008 10:27:23 AM
Location:  Omaha, NE
Author:  Dick Rumbolz
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  CBQ 510(0-6-0)
Views:  2891   Comments: 2
CB&Q 0-6-0 Class G-5-A 511
Title:  CB&Q 0-6-0 Class G-5-A 511
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad 0-6-0 Class G-5-A 511, unknown location, date, and photographer, print by Tom Klinger, Chuck Zeiler collection. Number 511 was built to USRA design (except for the omission of the superheater) by Baldwin in December 1920 (c/n 53976) and sold for scrap in April 1955. The chosen date (Febrauary 1, 1952) and location (Galesburg, Illinois) based on the February 1, 1952 CB&Q Locomotive Assignment Sheet.
Photo Date:  2/1/1952  Upload Date: 10/24/2013 4:48:48 PM
Location:  Galesburg, IL
Author:  unknown
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  CBQ 511(0-6-0)
Views:  1133   Comments: 0
CB&Q 0-6-0 Class G-5-A 515
Title:  CB&Q 0-6-0 Class G-5-A 515
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad 0-6-0 Class G-5-A 515 at Eola, Illinois on an unknown day in May 1953, photograph by C. Ulrich, photograph from William Raia collection, print scanned from Louis Zadnichek collection. Number 515 was built by Baldwin in November 1920 ( c/n 54132 ) and sold for scrap in December 1954. The G-5-A class locomotives were built to USRA design standards with a few revisions, notably, the omission of the superheater.
Photo Date:  5/1/1953  Upload Date: 11/16/2019 1:11:45 PM
Location:  Eola, IL
Author:  C. Ulrich
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  CBQ 515(0-6-0)
Views:  375   Comments: 0
CB&Q 0-6-0 Class G-5-A 523
Title:  CB&Q 0-6-0 Class G-5-A 523
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad 0-6-0 Class G-5-A 523 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on an unknown day in December 1920, photo by Baldwin Locomotive Works, Chuck Zeiler collection. This locomotive was completed during December, 1920 (c/n 54195) and sold for scrap during May 1954. This is a USRA design, a total of 255 of this model were built by all builders, and the CB&Q received ten from Alco. After the USRA was dissolved in 1920, 15 copies were built by Baldwin and classed G-5-A. The main difference between the two classes was the omission of the steam superheater on the G-5-A's.
Photo Date:  12/1/1920  Upload Date: 10/26/2009 12:57:55 PM
Location:  Philadelphia, PA
Author:  Baldwin Locomotive Works
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  CBQ 523(0-6-0)
Views:  1404   Comments: 0
CB&Q 0-6-0 Class G-5-A 523
Title:  CB&Q 0-6-0 Class G-5-A 523
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad 0-6-0 Class G-5-A 523 ft Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on an unknown day in December 1920, photo by Baldwin Locomotive Works, Chuck Zeiler collection. This locomotive was completed in December 1920 (c/n 54195) and delivered to the CB&Q during 1921. It was one of 15 copies of the USRA 0-6-0 design ordered by the CB&Q, one of 25 on the railroad. The CB&Q had received 10 USRA 0-6-0's (class G-5) from Alco during 1919. The Alco's were pure USRA 0-6-0's, while the Baldwins were copies of the USRA design with some CB&Q modifications (no superheater, taller domes, CB&Q headlights, arch bar tender trucks, different tender design, to name a few).
Photo Date:  12/1/1920  Upload Date: 10/27/2009 12:46:39 PM
Location:  Philadelphia, PA
Author:  Baldwin Locomotive Works
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  CBQ 523(0-6-0)
Views:  1353   Comments: 0
CB&Q 0-6-0 Class G-5-A 523
Title:  CB&Q 0-6-0 Class G-5-A 523
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad 0-6-0 Class G-5-A 523 backhead at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on an unknown day in December 1920, photo by Baldwin Locomotive Works, Chuck Zeiler collection.
Photo Date:  12/1/1920  Upload Date: 10/24/2013 5:28:26 PM
Location:  Philadelphia, PA
Author:  Baldwin Locomotive Works
Categories:  InCab,Steam
Locomotives:  CBQ 523(0-6-0)
Views:  1122   Comments: 2
C@&Q 0-6-0 Class G-5-A 523
Title:  C@&Q 0-6-0 Class G-5-A 523
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad 0-6-0 Class G-5-A 523 at East Saint Louis, Illinois on February 22, 1953, photographer unknown, print from Don Gruber, Chuck Zeiler collection.
Photo Date:  2/22/1953  Upload Date: 10/31/2013 10:44:50 AM
Location:  East Saint Louis, IL
Author:  unknown
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  CBQ 523(0-6-0)
Views:  1091   Comments: 0
CB&Q 2-8-0 537
Title:  CB&Q 2-8-0 537
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad narrow gauge 2-8-0 537 at Denver, Colorado on June 11, 1934, photograph by Richard B. Jackson, print from Gordon C. Bassett, Chuck Zeiler collection. Number 537 was built by Baldwin in April 1896 as Deadwood Central 5 (c/n 14792), renumbered to Burlington & Missouri River 496 in 1901, becoming CB&Q 537 in 1906. In March 1930, the DC was abandon, and the 537 was converted from oil to coal at the Denver Shops (it had been built as a coal-burner, but was converted to burn oil in 1910) and leased to the Colorado & Southern for use on the South Park lines until that line was abandon in April 1937. The tender was used by the scrapper as a water supply for the camp cars assigned in tearing up the South Park. It was reunited with the locomotive on temporary tracks at Denver pending a decision on the locomotive to attend the New York World's Fair, but C&S 9 went instead. The locomotive was stored, then shipped (locomotive and tender on separate flat cars) to the Q's Eola, Illinois Reclamation Plant and scrapped on August 26, 1939.
Photo Date:  6/11/1934  Upload Date: 10/31/2013 11:21:11 AM
Location:  Denver, CO
Author:  Richard B. Jackson
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  CBQ 537(2-8-0)
Views:  1812   Comments: 0
CB&Q 0-8-0 Class F-1 541
Title:  CB&Q 0-8-0 Class F-1 541
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad 0-8-0 Class F-1 541 at Hannibal, Missouri on February 6, 1949, photograph by R. J. Fuster, print by C. T. Felstead, Chuck Zeiler collection. Number 541 was built in 1919 by the Brooks Works of Alco (c/n 61234) to USRA design specifications. The CB&Q was allotted ten 0-8-0's (road #'s 540-549) by the USRA out of the 175 built. This particular locomotive was scrapped in November 1953.
Photo Date:  2/6/1949  Upload Date: 10/31/2013 12:10:21 PM
Location:  Hannibal, MO
Author:  R. J. Fuster
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  CBQ 541(0-8-0)
Views:  1906   Comments: 0
CB&Q 0-8-0 Class F-1 543
Title:  CB&Q 0-8-0 Class F-1 543
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad 0-8-0 Class F-1 543 at Centralia, Illinois on an unknown date in 1952, photograph by C. W. Burns, print by Gordon C. Bassett, Chuck Zeiler collection. Number 543 was one of 175 0-8-0's built to USRA specifications, this one by the Brooks Works of Alco in 1919 (c/n 61236), was one of ten USRA 0-8-0's on the CB&Q (#'s 540-549) and was scrapped in August 1956. Note under the rear of the firebox is a box marked FIRE HOSE, not the best choice of locations, in my opinion.
Photo Date:  1/1/1952  Upload Date: 10/31/2013 12:42:37 PM
Location:  Centralia, IL
Author:  C. W. Burns
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  CBQ 543(0-8-0)
Views:  1407   Comments: 0
CB&Q 0-8-0 Class F-1 543
Title:  CB&Q 0-8-0 Class F-1 543
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad 0-8-0 Class F-1 543 and Waycar 13879 on June 18, 1955, location, and photographer unknown, print by Tom Klinger, Chuck Zeiler collection. Number 543 was built to USRA design specifications in 1919 by Brooks (Alco) (c/n 61236) and sold for scrap in August 1956. The location is likely Beardstown, based on the March 1, 1955 CB&Q Locomotive Assignment Sheet. For the record, Waycar 13879 was built by CB&Q's Aurora, Illinois Shops in December, 1917 and burned at East Saint Louis, Illinois on July 31, 1960.
Photo Date:  6/18/1955  Upload Date: 3/1/2015 6:25:11 PM
Location:  Beardstown, IL
Author:  unknown
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  CBQ 543(0-8-0)
Views:  1128   Comments: 0
CB&Q 0-8-0 Class F-1 545
Title:  CB&Q 0-8-0 Class F-1 545
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad 0-8-0 Class F-1 545, date, location, and photographer unknown, 8X10 print scanned from Louis Zadnichek collection. Number 545 was built by the Brooks works of Alco in 1919 ( c/n 61238 ) to a USRA design, retired and sold for scrap in August 1956. Louis reports the location as Quincy, Illinois.
Photo Date:  6/1/1950  Upload Date: 3/13/2020 10:50:27 AM
Location:  Quincy, IL
Author:  unknown
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives: 
Views:  471   Comments: 1
CB&Q 0-8-0 Class F-1 545
Title:  CB&Q 0-8-0 Class F-1 545
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad 0-8-0 Class F-1 545 at Centralia, Illinois on an unknown day in July 1955, photograph by J. Pickett, print by C. T. Felstead, Chuck Zeiler collection. Number 545 was one on ten USRA design 0-8-0's allotted to the CB&Q by the USRA, built in 1919 by the Brooks Works of Alco (c/n 61238), sold for scrap in August 1956.
Photo Date:  7/1/1955  Upload Date: 11/6/2013 10:52:53 AM
Location:  Centralia, IL
Author:  J. Pickett
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  CBQ 545(0-8-0)
Views:  1347   Comments: 1
CB&Q 0-8-0 Class  F-1 546
Title:  CB&Q 0-8-0 Class F-1 546
Description:  Large cab numbers on Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad 0-8-0 Class F-1 546, location, date, and photographer unknown, print by Tom Klinger, Chuck Zeiler collection. The date and location selected are based on a CB&Q LAS (Locomotive Assignment Sheet) dated February 1, 1952 when Number 546 was assigned to the Beardstown Division. Built in 1919 by the Brooks Works of Alco (c/n 61239), it was one of ten USRA design 0-8-0's allotted to the CB&Q during World War I. Number 546 was retired and sold for scrap in April 1955.
Photo Date:  2/1/1952  Upload Date: 11/6/2013 11:34:09 AM
Location:  Beardstown, IL
Author:  unknown
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  CBQ 546(0-8-0)
Views:  1291   Comments: 0
CB&Q 0-8-0 Class F-1 547
Title:  CB&Q 0-8-0 Class F-1 547
Description:  Small cab numbers on Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad 0-8-0 Class F-1 547 at Chicago, Illinois on an unknown day in October 1952, photograph by H. Olson, print by C. T. Felstead, Chuck Zeiler collection. Number 547 was built to USRA design in 1919 by the Brooks Works of Alco (c/n 61240) and sold for scrap in May 1954.
Photo Date:  10/1/1952  Upload Date: 11/6/2013 12:03:18 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  H. Olson
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  CBQ 547(0-8-0)
Views:  1034   Comments: 0
CB&Q 0-8-0 Class F-1 548
Title:  CB&Q 0-8-0 Class F-1 548
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad 0-8-0 Class F-1 548, date, location, and photographer unknown, print by Gordon C. Bassett, Chuck Zeiler collection. According to the CB&Q Locomotive Assignment Sheet dated February 1, 1952, this locomotive was assigned to the Beardstown Division. It was retired in February 1954.
Photo Date:  2/1/1952  Upload Date: 5/20/2015 1:11:02 PM
Location:  Beardstown, IL
Author:  unknown
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  CBQ 548(0-8-0)
Views:  842   Comments: 0
CB&Q 0-8-0 Class F-1 548
Title:  CB&Q 0-8-0 Class F-1 548
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad 0-8-0 Class F-1 548, date, location, and photographer unknown, print by Gordon C. Bassett, Chuck Zeiler collection. Number 548 was assigned to the Beardstown Division in February 1952, the print is marked Date C. 1953. This locomotive was built by the Brooks Works of Alco to USRA design in 1919 (c/n 61241) and sold for scrap in February 1954. Again I will point out the the location of the Fire Hose box, below the firebox, is not a good choice of locations.
Photo Date:  6/1/1953  Upload Date: 11/6/2013 12:34:44 PM
Location:  Beardstown, IL
Author:  unknown
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  CBQ 548(0-8-0)
Views:  1557   Comments: 0
CB&Q 0-8-0 Class F-1 549
Title:  CB&Q 0-8-0 Class F-1 549
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad 0-8-0 Class F-1 549, date, location, and photographer unknown, 8X10 print scanned from Louis Zadnichek collection. Louis identifies the location as Quincy, Illinois.
Photo Date:  1/1/1950  Upload Date: 3/19/2020 9:05:45 PM
Location:  Quincy, IL
Author:  unknown
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  CBQ 549(0-8-0)
Views:  346   Comments: 0
CB&Q 0-8-0 Class F-1 549
Title:  CB&Q 0-8-0 Class F-1 549
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad 0-8-0 Class F-1 549, date location, and photographer unknown, print by Tom Klinger, Chuck Zeiler collection. The February 1952 Locomotive Assignment Sheet shows this locomotive assigned to the Beardstown Division. Number 549 was the last of ten USRA design 0-8-0's allotted to the CB&Q during World War I (road #'s 540-549). It was built by the Brooks Works of Alco in 1919 (c/n 61242) and sold for scrap in August 1956. The outline of larger cab numbers can be seen under the smaller numbers visible.
Photo Date:  2/1/1952  Upload Date: 11/6/2013 12:49:25 PM
Location:  Beardstown, IL
Author:  unknown
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  CBQ 549(0-8-0)
Views:  1308   Comments: 0
CB&Q 4-4-0 Class A-6 550
Title:  CB&Q 4-4-0 Class A-6 550
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad 4-4-0 Class A-6 550 at Paterson, New Jersey sometime in April 1893, photo by Rogers Locomotive & Machine Works, Chuck Zeiler collection. The Burlington Route System had a few hundred 4-4-0 locomotive types, but only one built by Rogers. This one was completed in April 1893, delivered as a class M, and was displayed at the Columbian Exposition in Chicago that same year. By 1898 it was renumbered to 1550, re-classed as an A-6, and regularly assigned to mail trains. In 1904, the Burlington consolidated its locomotive numbering system, this one became 472. In 1916 this locomotive was again renumbered, this time becoming 193. It was retired in December 1922.
Photo Date:  1/1/1900  Upload Date: 11/5/2009 1:34:56 PM
Location:  Paterson, NJ
Author:  Rogers Locomotive Works
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  CBQ 550(4-4-0)
Views:  2084   Comments: 0
CB&Q 0-8-0 Class F-2 550
Title:  CB&Q 0-8-0 Class F-2 550
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad 0-8-0 Class F-2 550 at Galesburg, Illinois on May 22, 1938, photographer unknown, print by Don Gruber, Chuck Zeiler collection. Number 550 was built in 1909 by Baldwin (c/n 33986) as a class T-1-A compound 2-6-6-2 number 4003, built to GN specifications. The T-1 class operated system wide, but without any great success, eventually used as hump and yard power. The Denver Shops rebuilt several 2-6-6-2's into 0-8-0's during 1926-27, number 550 was released from the shops in September 1926. It was retired and scrapped in February 1946.
Photo Date:  5/22/1938  Upload Date: 11/15/2013 11:52:00 AM
Location:  Galesburg, IL
Author:  unknown
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  CBQ 550(0-8-0)
Views:  1284   Comments: 1
CB&Q 0-8-0 Class F-2 552
Title:  CB&Q 0-8-0 Class F-2 552
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad 0-8-0 Class F-2 552, date, location, and photographer unknown, print by Tom Klinger, Chuck Zeiler collection. Number 552 was built by Baldwin (c/n 34020) in 1909 as class T-1-A compound 2-6-6-2 number 4005. It operated system wide until about 1926 when it was sent to the Denver Shops and rebuilt to an 0-8-0, class F-2 552, outshopped in May 1927. Number 552 was retired and sold for scrap in December 1948.
Photo Date:  12/31/1946  Upload Date: 11/15/2013 12:30:34 PM
Location:  Galesburg, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  CBQ 552(0-8-0)
Views:  1076   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:  865   Comments: 0
CB&Q 0-6-0 Class G-10 560
Title:  CB&Q 0-6-0 Class G-10 560
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad 0-6-0 Class G-10 number 560, date, locatimn, and photographer unknown, print by Tom Klinger, Chuck Zeiler collection. The best guess location was selected based on the 1935 and 1952 Locomotive Assignment Sheets, which list this locomative assigned to the Hannibal Division. Number 560 was built by the Brooks Locomotive Works (Alco) in January 1905 as a 2-6-2 class R-4, road number 1950. It was rebuilt as 0-6-0 class G-10 560 in Ddcember 1928, sold for scrap in November 1953.
Photo Date:  12/31/1940  Upload Date: 12/4/2013 12:01:00 PM
Location:  Hannibal, MO
Author:  unknown
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  CBQ 560(0-6-0)
Views:  1125   Comments: 2
CB&Q 0-6-0 Class G-10 562
Title:  CB&Q 0-6-0 Class G-10 562
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad 0-6-0 Class G-10 number 562 at Peoria, Illinois on July 30, 1951, photographer unknown, print from Doo Gruber, Chuck Zeiler collection. Number 562 was built by Baldwin in 1906 (c/n 27420) as a 2-6-2, class R-4 number 2034. It was rebuilt by the Burlington in December 1928 to 0-6-0 class G-10 562, retired and sold for scrap in April 1954.
Photo Date:  7/30/1951  Upload Date: 12/4/2013 12:44:55 PM
Location:  Peoria, IL
Author:  unknown
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  CBQ 562(0-6-0)
Views:  644   Comments: 0
CB&Q 0-6-0 Class G-10 563
Title:  CB&Q 0-6-0 Class G-10 563
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad 0-6-0 563 at Lincoln, Nebraska on April 15, 1951, photographer unknown, 3X5 print scanned from Louis Zadnichek collection. Number 563 was rebuilt from 2-6-2 Class R-4 1905 ( Baldwin c/n 24463, built July 1904 ) in December 1928, sold for scrap in July 1951.
Photo Date:  4/15/1951  Upload Date: 1/27/2022 11:10:36 AM
Location:  Lincoln, NE
Author:  unknown
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  CBQ 563(0-6-0)
Views:  132   Comments: 1
CB&Q 0-6-0 Class G-10 565
Title:  CB&Q 0-6-0 Class G-10 565
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad 0-6-0 Class G-10 565 at Lincoln, Nebraska on July 2, 1955, photographer unknown, print by Don Gruber, Chuck Zeiler collection. This locomotive appears to be an oil burner.
Photo Date:  7/2/1955  Upload Date: 12/4/2013 1:25:11 PM
Location:  Lincoln, NE
Author:  unknown
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  CBQ 565(0-6-0)
Views:  650   Comments: 0
CB&Q 0-6-0 Class G-10 565
Title:  CB&Q 0-6-0 Class G-10 565
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad 0-6-0 Class G-10 565 I believe in Lincoln, Nebraska, sometime in 1956, negative by Dick Rumbolz, Chuck Zeiler collection. Number 565 was built by Baldwin in 1904 as 2-6-2 Prairie CB&Q class R-4 number 1908 (c/n 24466), retired in July 1929 and rebuilt into a class G-10 0-6-0 and renumbered 565. A total of 35 R-4's (out of the original 40) were converted to 0-6-0's and given road numbers 560-594. Some of these lasted into the 1950's. This one retained the inboard piston valves of the R-4 when rebuilt, although 14 R-4's received new cylinders and Walschaerts valve gear during 1925.
Photo Date:  1/1/1956  Upload Date: 8/24/2011 12:43:44 PM
Location:  Lincoln, NE
Author:  Dick Rumbolz
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  CBQ 565(0-6-0) CSX 7857(C40-8W)
Views:  877   Comments: 0
CB&Q 0-6-0 Class G-10 566
Title:  CB&Q 0-6-0 Class G-10 566
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad 0-6-0 Class G-10 number 566, date, location (maybe'Hannibal, Missouri), photographer unknown, print by Tom Klinger, Chuck Zeiler collection. The location was selected based on the 1935 and 1952 CB&Q Locomotive Assignmfnt Sheets, which lists this locomotive assigned to the Hannibal Division. Number 566 was built by Baldwin in 1906 as a 2-6-2 class R-4 road number 2006, rebuilt by the CB&Q in July 1929 to a 0-6-0 class!G-10 566. It was retired in April 1954 and sold for scrap.
Photo Date:  12/31/1940  Upload Date: 12/4/2013 1:44:55 PM
Location:  Hannibal, MO
Author:  unknown
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  CBQ 566(0-6-0)
Views:  743   Comments: 1


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