I have just uploaded to the photos section two photographs of CB&Q
lettered hopper cars that I have taken in the last week.
The first car, lettered CBQ 160685 was photographed just north of
Canton Missouri on the K Line this past Sunday afternoon. I first
spotted the car near West Quincy and it goes without saying that it
made my year to spot a with Burlington lettering on it. It was
probably the first time that I had ever chased a train on account of
a freight car.
While checking out a eastbound parked on the siding at Palmyra,
Missouri this afternoon, a westbound freight came charging by.
You could have knocked me over with a feather when I saw another
CB&Q hopper (lettered CB&Q 160795) in the consist. I apologize for
the weeds in the picture, but I was a bit startled and I didn't have
a chance to knock them down for a good shot. Unfortunately, given
the speed of the train and the distance from my truck, it wasn't
possible to give chase.
Here we are, nearly 35 years after the merger that saw the end of
the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy (as well as the Great Northern,
Northern Pacific and the Spokane, Portland & Seattle) and I have
been lucky enough to shoot two CB&Q cars inside of a week.
The railfan gods are certainly smiling upon me!
Regards & Everywhere West,
John Lewis
Palmyra, Missouri
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