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Multiple locomotives from the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad have been preserved, including two Zephyr power units, thirty-five steam locomotives, and thirty-four diesel locomotives.

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Steam Locomotives[]

Photograph Locomotive Build

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Classification Manufacturer Status
Pioneer 20071025 Pioneer (locomotive) 1837 Baldwin Locomotive Works The very first steam locomotive to operate in Chicago, Illinois, as well as being the oldest locomotive to be used by the Burlington. It is currently on static display at the Chicago History Museum without a tender.
Mo328 35 1892 A-2 Baldwin Locomotive Works It has made an appearance at the 1933 Chicago World's Fair, as well as the 1939 New York World's Fair(as Union Pacific 119) and the Chicago Railroad Fair in 1948. It is currently on static display at the Patee House Museum in St. Joseph, Missouri.
4877770837 e62ecc56f9 b 637 1892 K-2 Rogers Locomotive and Machine Works It made an appearance at the Chicago Railroad Fair, and was used for pulling the Burlington's excursion trains in the mid-1950s. It is currently on static display at the Illinois Railway Museum in Union.
Chicago Burlington Quincy Locomotive 710 (3) 710 June 1901 K-4 Havelock Shops It is currently on static display at Iron Horse Park in Lincoln, Nebraska.
Burlington 915 915 1901 K-4 Havelock Shops On static display at the RailsWest Railroad Museum.
Ne-minden pioneer village5 967 1899 K-10 Baldwin Locomotive Works On static display at the Pioneer Village in Minden, Nebraska.
315437390 10217888997696191 6534017768797401354 n 1548 G-3 It is the only Burlington 0-6-0 left to be preserved. It is currently on static display behind Quaker Square in Akron, Ohio.
CB&Q S4 3001 on display in front of the Ottumwa, IA division offices and station on June 2, 1962 (25820365871) 3001 S-4 Baldwin Locomotive Works It is currently on static display by a station in Ottumwa, Iowa.
20140513-cbq-burlington-2836 3003 1930 S-4 Baldwin Locomotive Works It is currently on static display in Burlington, Iowa.
CB&Q No. 3006 3006 1930 S-4 Baldwin Locomotive Works It is currently on static display at Colton Park in Galesburg, Illinois.
3007 3007 1930 S-4 Baldwin Locomotive Works It is currently on static display at the Illinois Railway Museum in Union.
CB&Q 4000 was Static Display 4000 Æolus 1930 S-4a Baldwin Locomotive Works It was rebuilt as a streamlined locomotive for use as an emergency backup for the Zephyr motor units, and the streamlining was later removed in favor of World War II. It is currently on static display at Copeland Park in La Crosse, Wisconsin.
GCRY4960 4960 1923 O-1a Baldwin Locomotive Works It was famous for being used in the Burlington's steam excursion program in the 1960s, and it was eventually used to pull tourist trains for the Bristol and Northwestern Railroad. It has been heavily modified, and it is currently operational while being used to pull the Grand Canyon Railway's steam Saturday trains between the Grand Canyon National Park and Williams, Arizona.
Ilddf345 4963 1923 O-1a Baldwin Locomotive Works It was used on the Bevier and Southern Railroad before being used as a spare parts provider for 4960. It has been on static display at the Illinois Railway Museum in Union since 1991.
19980322 02 CB&Q 4978 Mendota, Illinois 4978 1923 O-1a Baldwin Locomotive Works It was formerly on static display in Ottawa, Illinois, and it currently resides by a station in Mendota.
Cbq 4994 06 4994 1923 O-1a Baldwin Locomotive Works It is currently on static display as Fort Worth and Denver No. 401 at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas.
Cbq5614-french2 5614 1937 O-5B Baldwin Locomotive Works It is currently on static display at Patee Park in St. Joseph.
Chicago Burlington & Quincy -5629, 4-8-4 Northern , CB&Q, 1940 5629 1940 O-5B Baldwin Locomotive Works It is currently on static display at the Colorado Railroad Museum in Golden, Colorado.
Cbq563109 5631 1940 O-5A West Burlington Shops It is on display at a depot in Sheridan, Wyoming.
CB&Q No. 5633 5633 1940 O-5A Baldwin Locomotive Works Currently on static display in Douglas, Wyoming.

Diesel Locomotives[]

Photograph Locomotive Build date Model Manufacturer Status
2023-05-27 12-21-43.D800.irm.nef.hdr.t 114 1967 GE U28B General Electric It has been painted as Transkentucky Transportation Railroad No. 260. It is currently awaiting restoration to be repainted back to its Burlington appearance by the Illinois Railway Museum in Union, Illinois.
Burlington504 504 1959 EMD SD24 Electro Motive Division It is currently operational and used for pulling occasional tourist trains at the Illinois Railway Museum in Union.
Gopher State Railway Museum-01 9146 EMD SW1 Electro Motive Division It went through several owners before it became owned by the Gopher State Railway Museum in New Prague, Minnesota. It is currently operational there as Northern States Power Company No. 4.
20080621 34 Illinois Railway Museum 9255 1950 EMD SW7 Electro Motive Division It is currently operational at the Illinois Railway Museum in Union.
9735 1929 EMD PMC Electro Motive Division It is currently stored awaiting restoration at the Minnesota Transportation Museum in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
PioneerZephyr 9900 1934 Pioneer Zephyr Budd Company On display at the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry.
9903 Injun Joe 1935 Mark Twain Zephyr Budd Company It went through several ownerships throughout the years. It is currently undergoing restoration by the Wisconsin Great Northern Railroad in Trego, Wisconsin.
General Pershing Zephyr-Silver Charger - 20081123 9908 Silver Charger 1939 General Pershing Zephyr Budd Company It is currently on static display at the National Museum of Transportation in St. Louis.
A871A10D-25DF-48D5-86D9-E93B2EE931CA 9911A Silver Pilot 1940 EMD E5A Electro Motive Division It is currently operational at the Illinois Railway Museum in Union.
9976 1953 EMD E9AM Electro Motive Division It is currently undergoing restoration at the Illinois Railway Museum in Union.
Burlington Northern 3 9989A 1956 EMD E9AM Electro Motive Division It is currently operational as Burlington Northern No. 3 at the Illinois Railway Museum in Union.

Initially preserved[]

Photograph Locomotive Build date Classification Manufacturer Status
Cbq510-2 510 1921 0-6-0 Scrapped sometime between 1965 and 1975
Cbq 5620 5620 October 1937 O-5B West Burlington Shops Scrapped
CBQ5632image 5632 August 1940 O-5B West Burlington shops Scrapped in 1972
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