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Published: 2008-12-31 22:04:15 +0000 UTC; Views: 814; Favourites: 30; Downloads: 19
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CB&Q 9994(E9A) in Cicero Ill in May 1972. The Tall guy in the stylings of the early 70's is me with my little brother. My mom found this photo while looking for my step-fathers United States Marine Corps photo from the korean conflict.Scanned from an old, beat-up photograph and edited using a trial version of Photoshop Elements 7.0
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a classic good to see your new work .We're getin blasted here tonight another 10-14 inches snow ughhhhh
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Woke up to 12 inches this morning. Had one of the best drives to work as most stayed home.
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I heart the southern New_England and down to N Carolina got it mucho...surprisingly we only got 3 inches of powder snow..here
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Really nice shot, quite amazing 
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love those pants man... lol
ahhh the 70s...can't beat those fashion styles...
man i hated corduroy mom used to make me wear...bleah!
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Boy, where's Chris to impart his historical knowledge when you need him? Great shot man. Nice to see something old-school again.
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Wow... I just found this one. I was off-line for several weeks when this was posted and still haven't caught up.
As already noted this was a pretty standard every-day loco used in both Q long-haul passenger and short haul commuter service. See [link] and [link] for a wider view of what these Scoots looked like. (Never seen this font on an E-unit number board though.)
I am ashamed to say I had a pair of those pants too. What were we thing!
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And look at the nose cowl on that E. It's been beat to hell it looks like...
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I'll bet that nose door bought a car or truck. Normally there was a square Q logo below the stripes in that blank space
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I was thinking the same thing when I saw this.
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I was thinking the same thing when I saw this.
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Man oh man I am there! Red white and blue with yellow?! I think I probably wore the same combination at some point in those years, LOL! My grandma used to commute on those trains. I remember them as a little kid before everything turned Burlington Green and before Metra. Great memories.
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This is such a cool retro photo...and a great family treasure.
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Cool! This is a real neat shot John!
I went digging around to see if she was at Larry's but I guess NRE has her now.
Anyway I did find this shot of her just two years later sporting a new number and coat of paint. [link]
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According to all I can find on the net, she is at NRE now. Built in 1954, glad it is still around.
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Those CB&Q E9's seem to have nine lives.
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John, that's awesome! I'm so glad this photo was found and glad you scanned and posted it! Great family history for you and great rail history for all of us.
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Looooooooooooong time ago. Have a happy new year!
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I shall and the same to you too.
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