Nice pics!! Had the chance to climb up into the cab of the E unit when Mom and I were there several years ago. An incredible collection of stuff!! LOTS of electrics - street cars, trolleys etc....I gotta go again sometime. Spent 5 1/2 hours wandering around!!
Interesting Story. Apparently (and this is second hand so take with grain of salt) IRM Dirctor of Diesels was at the BN Line railfanning and he got a call from a friend at the BN that just offered him BN 1,2 and 3. And just with that phone call, they got those three.
BN 1 BN 2 BN 3 BN 5383 BN 10343 (EX cbq Caboose) CBQ 9911 (only surviving E5) MARC 91 / ex MARC 67 / ex BN 9907 / ex BN 9973 / nee CB&Q 9973 MARC 92/ ex MARC 68 / ex bn 9908 / ex BN 9976 / nee CB&Q 9976 BN 6244 ex Chicago Burlington & Quincy 504 Chicago Burlington & Quincy 9255 ex DRINW 121 / Ex BN 121 / nee CB&Q 9255 Chicago Burlington & Quincy 1923 Steel RPO/Baggage Chicago Burlington & Quincy 481 Lightweight Sleeper Chicago Burlington & Quincy 6166 Coach Chicago Burlington & Quincy 7128 Coach Nebraska Zephyr Set Chicago Burlington & Quincy 14073 Caboose Chicago Burlington & Quincy 204738 Scale Test Car Chicago Burlington & Quincy 220100 Hopper Chicago Burlington & Quincy 220145 Hopper Chicago Burlington & Quincy 3007 S-4 4-8-4 Chicago Burlington & Quincy 4963 O1a 2-8-2 Chicago Burlington & Quincy 637 K-2 4-6-0 This info comes from IRMs website
??? OK. Hmmm. So I visited their site. Under internal combustion, at a glance, I guess that explains why they have equipment from such Illinois companies as the SP; Louisiana & Arkansas; Frisco; Lehigh & New England; Lake Superior & Ishpeming, Graysonia, Nashville, & Ashdown; J.Neils Lumber Company; etc,..... Boxcab E50
Well, I'm sure they branch out, I just mean it's not surprising that they wouldn't have NP/GN stuff. They get what they get and there focus tesnds to be Illionis.
The IRM has a beautiful set up and many departments as you can see. They have some from the east but that was mainly because the Eastern RRs reached Chicago. NP and GN didn't [REACH CHICAGO]with only their crack passenger trains on the CB&Q. Not to mention, they do just about take donations from just about anywhere. (If they can get them to Union Il)
Wasn't there a fair volume of NP and GN originated freight, handled via, (what was for all purposes and intents, a subsidiary), the CB&Q, into Chicago? I've seen a lot of video footage showing quite a bit of GN and NP in and around Chicago. The CB&Q main, east of the Twin Cities, was essentially operated like an extension of GN and NP...... CB&Q soliciting traffic destined for the Pacific NW. And vice versa. Many operating museums try to also acquire a smattering of cars representing interchanged traffic. Which is why I'd inquired. Boxcab E50
There was quite a bit, but the CB&Q ran only their power in Illinois (as far as I can see), however, every rule has an exception and this is no exception, Train 97, which was a New York-Seattle (NYC-CBQ-GN Routing) had at various times NYC and GN power along the CBQ. There were a couple trains that had a Chicago-??? Routing over the CBQ-UP and there was quite a bit of runthrough power there.
GN/NP stuff @ IRM http://www.irm.org/cgi-bin/rsearch.cgi?freight=Wisconsin+&+Calumet=7010 http://www.irm.org/cgi-bin/rsearch.cgi?freight=Northern+Pacific=49444 http://www.irm.org/cgi-bin/rsearch.cgi?freight=Great+Northern=1390 Not much, but there it is!!
