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CHICAGO, BURLINGTON & QUINCY RAILROAD
CHICAGO, BURLINGTON & QUINCY RAILROAD. The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad (reporting mark CBQ) was a Class I railroad that operated in the Midwestern United States. Commonly referred to as "The Burlington" or "Q," the Burlington Route served a large area, including the states of Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Wisconsin and Wyoming, and New Mexico and Texas by way of subsidiary railroads. Its primary connections included Chicago, Minneapolis–Saint Paul, St. Louis, Kansas City and Denver.
Because of this extensive trackage in the midwestern and mountain states, the railroad used the advertising slogans "Everywhere West", "Way of the Zephyrs", and "The Way West". It merged with three other railroads to become the Burlington Northern Railroad in 1970. (1)
In the 1960s the Burlington's Zephyr ran through East Dubuque between Chicago and Minneapolis-St. Paul. Buses were used to shuttle passengers between the Burlington passenger depot (reconstructed to become a restaurant for the NATIONAL MISSISSIPPI RIVER MUSEUM AND AQUARIUM and the small Illinois Central/Burlington depot in East Dubuque. (2)
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1. "Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad." Wikipedia. Online: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago,_Burlington_and_Quincy_Railroad
2. Meyer, Jeffrey J. "Clear the Track!" Julien's Journal, March 2010, p. 36