| Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad PMC (Passenger Motor Car) 9772 at West Burlington, Iowa on September 26, 1965, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. According to the book, The Burlington In Transition, by Bernard G. Corbin and Joseph C. Hardy, there were two gas-electric cars built by Saint Louis Car Company, powered by Winton 275 horsepower gasoline engines, delivered to the CB&Q, both numbered 570. The first 570 was built in May 1927 (EMC # 209), renumbered 835, renumbered again in January 1928 to 9835, sold in October 1936 to Alabama Tennesse & Northern as AT&N 51. The car pictured was 2nd 570, built in November 1928 (EMC # 299), renumbered 9570 in May 1930, renumbered again on December 1933 to 9772. At an unknown date it was converted to diesel electric (the fuel tank is stenciled DIESEL FUEL), and sold for scrap in August 1966. |