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 ...

Chicago, LaPorte, South Bend and Chesterton. Woodville became a connecting point for trains to Chesterton, Gary and LaPorte as well as the B&O Railroad. A few houses survive, surrounded by farmland.

The inspiration for his song truly belonged to the Burlington, two men named Budd, and to the fleet of trains that spearheaded a revolution in the railroad industry. When Ralph Budd and Edward ...

The inspiration for his song truly belonged to the Burlington, two men named Budd, and to the fleet of trains that spearheaded a revolution in the railroad industry. When Ralph Budd and Edward ...