Class 0-5A 4-8-4 Baldwin steam locomotive

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The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad bought eight 4-8-4 Northerns from the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1930. They were designated Class O-5 and given road numbers 5600 through 5607.These locomotives saw duty in both freight and passenger service. CB&Q was very pleased with the Class O-5 and after some modification to the design began building its own. Between 1936 and 1940 it built 28 Class O-5a Northerns (road numbers 5608 through 5635) in its own shops in W. Burlington, IA.All 36 of these locomotives had 74" drivers, 28 x 30 cylinders, 250 psi boiler pressure, and had a traction effort of 67,500 lbs. The first eight weighed 461,000 lbs and the balance weighed 473,700 pounds.There are four survivors: number 5614 on display in a city park in St. Joseph, MO; number 5629 at the Colorado Railroad Museum in Golden, CO; number 5631 at a depot in Sheridan, WY and number 5633 at the Douglass Railroad Interpretive Center which is located at the C&NW Depot in Douglass, WY.