CBQ 9914BA (Silver Swift and Silver Arrow) Being Swift and Straight  Contributor's Pick!       
After 9912B CB&Q bought no passenger diesel B units except for the F3Bs for the California Zephyr. Date of this photograph unknown. It was purchased years ago.
Date: 1/1/1955 Location: Somonauk, IL Views: 2256 Collection Of:   Marty Bernard
Locomotives: CBQ 9914B(E5A) CBQ 9914A(E5A)    Author:  Unknown
CBQ 9914BA (Silver Swift and Silver Arrow) Being Swift and Straight
Picture Categories: Signal,Passenger This picture is part of album:  Railfan44's pre-BN Roads
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Tim Huemmer General Very interesting picture. Wonder what those little semaphores are for that hang below the signal bridge? 6/4/2007 7:33:31 PM
Jim Vivian General To indicate to the crew that the sidewalk cross gates are functional? Earlville,IL had them into the BNSF era. 8/26/2014 7:15:59 PM
Bob Campbell General The smaller, lower semaphore signals governed westward movements into the sidings. Somonauk had both an Eastward and a Westward siding at the time of this photo. I would estimate that this picture was taken late 1941 or early 1942 account lack of "dings/dents" all over the front of 9914B. 8/18/2015 2:04:22 PM

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