We all have "near misses" in our lives, and one of the biggest for me was the steam program of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad, known best by the numbers of its two star locomotives ...

The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy was a diesel pioneer with its Zephyr passenger trains in the 1930s, and the railroad began dieselizing mainline freight trains with EMD FTs in 1943. The CB&Q ...

Illinois is devoted to preserving the legacy of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad. The following gallery of Zephyr images is a sampling of the society's collection.

Ralph Budd, president of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy (generally known as CB&Q, or simply Burlington), and Edward Budd, an auto body manufacturer from Philadelphia, joined forces to revive ...