Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad E9 9991 heading an eastbound Dinky at Naperville on Illinois, April 19, 1965, Ektachrome by Chuck Zeiler. Built as CB&Q E9 9991 ( c/n 19630 on EMD Order 2065 ) it became BN 9991 on 3/2/70. Sold to the West Suburban Mass Transit District ( WSMTD ) 8/18/72, rebuilt to E9-Au by Morrison Knudsen 5/73, returned to WSMTD as 9921 and leased to the BN. Note the last porthole window is painted silver. The EMD on-board toilet was at this location, so this may have been a privacy issue. My best guess is that a crew man was dealing with the call of nature and happened to be caught in the process by a passing passenger train, probably while both trains were stopped in a station. The Burlington took their passenger complaints very seriously. I was also informed that it was no pleasure for shop crews to change the brake shoes on the trailing truck at the location of the toilet discharge pipe. |