CB&Q F3 118D

Name	Type	Comments	Date

Scott Bruce	General	I am curious how you were able to take these in shop photos. Did you work there?	3/27/2008 12:43:12 AM

Chuck Zeiler	General	l There were a couple of ways to charm your way into the shops, none of which would work today. Once I learned a particular shop supervisor had a fondness for asparagus, and it happened to grow wild in my neighborhood, so I would pick some and offer it as incentive to grant permission. Sometimes, when I didn't know anyone in the shop, I would walk up to a low level employee and ask who to see to get permission. I would be directed to the shop supervisor in the enclosed office, and I would head in the general direction of the office until out of sight of the low level employee. I would then snap a couple of photos on the way. If I was caught, I would say I was on my way to get permission. I never worked for the Q, but had many trips both as a paying customer and as an extra man in the cab. I was 16 and these were simpler times.	3/27/2008 6:31:45 PM

CB&Q F3 118D
Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad F3 118D in the Clyde Diesel House on October 22, 1965, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. Locomotive 118D was built in October 1947 (c/n 4409) ON EMD Order E790A and was traded in on a GP40 during December 1966. Also pictured is CB&Q SD9 348, built July 1955 (c/n 20558) on EMD Order 5399, eventually becoming BN 6150.
Date: 10/22/1965	Location: Clyde (subdivision), IL	Views: 1841	Collection Of: Chuck Zeiler
Locomotives: CBQ 118D(F3A) CBQ 348(SD9)			Author: Chuck Zeiler

Picture Categories: Roster		This picture is part of album: CB&Q Freight Diesels

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