4 Out-of-print Bulletins on CD!

No. 5 -- The Denver Shops
History of the Denver Locomotive shop, 24 pages, 66 photos and diagrams.
No. 6 – Center-Cabs
Center-cab diesels used on the Burlington, 28 pages, 80 photos and diagrams.
No. 8 – Railway Mail Service on the Burlington
History of Mail Service on the Burlington, 40 pages 113 photos and diagrams.
No. 9 – Seneca, Nebraska & F-2 0-8-0’s
Story of the Division point at Seneca, Nebraska and the F-2 0-8-0 locomotives rebuilt from mallets.

Bulletin # 52 BURLINGTON GP30s - Burlington GHP30s - The comprehensive history of the Burlington GP30s from the EMD demonstrators, CB&Q promotion, service on the Q, GP30 locomotive pooling coverage, BN merger, the GP30E & GP30M rebuilds and ending with the Q units that are BNSF's GP39-2R locos. The issue contains 68 pages, with 79 color and 41 black and white photos, ephemera reproductions, CB&Q GP30 roster and scale drawings.

BULLETIN #53 - 3 ARTICLES ON VARIED TOPICS: First author Ronald Schmitt's "The Alton Bridge and the 'Q' connection" provides a history of the Alton (IL) Bridge and the Missouri & Illinois Bridge and Belt Line and its connections to and eventually ownership by CB&Q, Next Steve Holdings "O S BN", takes in-depth look at the entries on a June 29,1964 dispatchers' sheet from the Galesburg & Ottumwa subdivision,. Then, Rupert Gamlen's "Belmont-a Railway Town with a Tunnel", explores Nebraska's only railroad tunnel and explores the nearby towns. 76 pages including a four page Centerfold, 172 B&W and color images and 26 maps, diagrams and ephemera.

BULLETIN #54 - 3 ARTICLES ON VARIED TOPICS:: Featuring Rupert Gamlens "Disaster in the Suburbs" article covering three early 20th century wrecks at Western Springs. Next is Leo Phillipps "Sterling Motor Car" article examining the change from steam passenger operations to a motor car on the Sterling-Shabbona-Serena (Illinois) run. Bringing up the markers is a photo essay of four months in 1959 of the Q in Lincoln from the camera of Irv Fierstein. The photos are from the BRHS Archive and were captioned by Archive Committee member Jim Sandrin. The issue is 68 pages loaded with photos, maps, charts and other illustrations.

BULLETIN #55 -Denver Zephyr Act II - Overnight, Every Night - Burlington's 1956 Denver Zephyr: 196 pages, authored by J. W. Schultz. Picking up where Burlington Bulletin #50 left off, this issue of the Bulletin recounts the history of these last true American streamliners, 1956’s vista-dome Denver Zephyr, from their pre-service exhibitions in October 1956, through the March 1970 Burlington Northern merger, and up to their demise at the dawn of the National Railroad Passenger Corporation on May 1, 1971.

BULLETIN #56 - 4 ARTICLES ON VARIED TOPICS:: The first is from Leo Phillipp covering his first-hand accounts of working the Earlville Turn and the Montgomery Ill., Caterpillar plant. Rupert Gamlen then fills
out the rest of the issue with articles covering the La Mothe Iron Tube cars, which were early metal cars looked at and briefly used by the Q, a brief article on Thomas Potter and Henry Stone, two principal CB&Q company officers directly involved with the iron car experiment, and finally, the story of the Harvey Steel Car Company, which brought about, with the assistance of the Burlington, a revolution in the construction of freight cars.

BULLETIN #57 - “Homage to the E5”, by noted author and historian, J.W. (Bill) Schultz, expands the coverage of the Burlington’s fleet of eleven E5A and five E5B units (the only cabless E-units ever owned by the Q). The issue begins with a brief look at the Electro-Motive diesels that led to the E5 and its contemporaries, helping place the E5's life and times in context with those of the other 186 pre-war E-units. Comprehensive coverage, both in text and photos, of the E5 careers on the Q, C&S and FW&DC are the bulk of the issue. It closes with a brief look at it repatriation at the Illinois Railway Museum and off-ground excursions. This is a perfect-bound, 100-page issue, with 141 B&W images, 21 color images, 6 scale drawings (as built and 1960s versions), ephemera and an updated roster is a must for Burlington, locomotive or passenger fans

BULLETIN #58 - The BRHS is celebrating its 40th anniversary along with the 170th anniversary of the Burlington Route Railroad. This special anniversary edition of the Burlington Bulletin takes us back to "where it all began" as we visit the original Burlington shops in Aurora, Illinois, from the beginning of the shops in 1849 up until 1899. (The shops post-1899 is scheduled for a future issue.) This issue also includes an article on various anniversary celebrations that the Q held over the years.

BULLETIN #59 - 3 ARTICLES ON VARIED TOPICS: First author Al Hoffman writes about "Early Train Safety Lighting on the Q." Rupert Gamlen describes the Burlington's recycling efforts in his artivel "Parsimonious - From Scrap to Stock. Then, from the BRHS Archives, another pictorial article using the photography of Irv Fierstein and text byu Jim Sandrin. 44 pages with over 70 photos, drawings, diagrams and ephemera.

BULLETIN #60 - This issue is Duncan Cameron’s treatise on “Keokuk,Iowa, the K of the K-Line.“ It is a 106-page issue covering all the lines that started from, and ran through Keokuk. Included are photos, maps, timetable psges and first-hand accounts of riding those lines. Included is a four-page gatefold showing thd rails through Keokuk from the Des Moines River bridge to the lock and dam.

Bulletin # 61 - Co-authors Leo Phillipp and David Lotz have assembled a 116-page, single topic Bulletin entitled “Aurora and its Shops – 1900-1974.” This is part 2 of the Aurora Shop story started in Bulletin No.58 published last year.

This issue is a product of the BRHS Archives and features Irv Fierstein’s photos of Grand Island, Nebraska that were donated to the Archives.  The Archives Volunteers and several others collaborated to assemble a comprehensive coverage of the Burlington in this important connection with the Union Pacific.  It is a 60-page issue that includes Irv’s photos, maps, timetable pages, operating data sheets and many other items pertinent to the Q’s operations in and through Grand Island.

Burlington Bulletin 63 is a 76-page three-article Bulletin. “Wymore: Bastion of Burlington Branch Lines, Wymore Division Train Registers, Student Ice Capades Excursions – 1960” cover price $25.00. Pete Hedgpeth recalls his experiences as a summer employee on the Wymore Division in 1958 with illustrations provided by the BRHS Archives. In the second article, Pete takes several of the 1959 Q Train Registers from the Archives and gives us an insight into the trains, operations and crews on them. The last article also is a result of the material in the archives covering special trains to the Ice Capades in Lincoln.

Burlington Bulletin No. 64 is a three-article issue, the first “I Am a Burlington Man – C. J. Miller,” where Earl Currie shares with us the career of Burlington’s retired Aurora Division Superintendent. The second, “Presidential Travel Everywhere West” reports on presidential (and candidate’s) travel over the Burlington by Richard Anderson. The last article, written by BRHS editor, David Lotz, “Music and the Q” presents how music was written for and performed by the Zephyr Chorus, Burlington shop bands, and drum & bugle corps.

Burlington Bulletin # 65 is a multi-topic issue begins with a tribute to the late Al Holck, a Burlington author, historian, photographer, genealogist, and consummate gentlemen. This issue’s first article provides the most comprehensive coverage of the tragic head-on collision at Montgomery, Illinois, September 27, 1964, with photos, diagrams, and documents from the CB&Q files. The second article is another in the “I am a Burlington Man” series, it is about M. L. Zadnichek who rose through the ranks of CB&Q management from 1936 until he left the Q in 1969. This two-part article was written by his son Louis Zadnichek and Earl Currie, who recalls his experiences with Zadnichek who was a mentor. The last article covers the events around turning the 5632 for the 100th Anniversary of the completion of the Q’s own Aurora to Chicago line where the 5632 was painted gold.