Nostalgia & History > CB&Q E5A 9914B at Somonauk, IL

A purchased slide, no date or photographer given.  9914B was Silver Swift built in June 1941.  Note, she still has her skirts above her trucks.  If the second unit was 9914A, meet Silver Arrow.  And look at those semaphores!  And hanging below the signal bridge too!  Somonauk is on the CB&Q's Aurora/Galesburg double track main.  I never worked Somonauk, but did Leland and Sandwich which are the next west and next east agencies (stations).

Got to Love it!
Marty Bernard

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Yes, Marty, i do love it !  Thanks for starting my day off with this great photo .  --Kelly

Terrific shot of vitamin Q!

Great picture! Thank you for sharing. Wish we had more pictures from the Burlington days of what is now the Mendota Subdivision.

Great E5 photo, Marty!   The photo must be prior to 1949, that is when it became a
requirement to have the headlamp on when the train was in motion.  I believe the
9914A was in pool assignment for the "Zephyr Rocket" the RI and Q train between
Minneapolis-St. Paul and St. Louis.
 

I'll bet those truck skirts were popular with maintenance forces! I recall they didn't last long.