Newberry Library - The western gateway to world trade, 1925

Title The western gateway to world trade, 1925

Creator Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company

Date 1820-1999

Subjects Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company, Emigration and immigration, Railroad land grants, Railroads, Strikes and lockouts

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Summary From CB&Q Series 32.9: Pamphlets and Printed Ephemera, 1850s-1999. From the Series: Includes fliers, brochures, pamphlets, booklets, id cards, luggage tags, fold-out maps, signage, calendars, business cards, menus, tickets, placemats, forms, and stationery. 2 copies of many of the items. Some printed pamphlets have been individually cataloged - search Newberry catalog under Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Co. as author for listings.

Biographical/Historical Note Commonly known as the Burlington, the CB&Q was formed in 1855 from a small local predecessor line, the Aurora Branch Railroad, located in northeastern Illinois. Directed by Boston financier John Murray Forbes and managed by Charles Elliott Perkins, the company expanded rapidly in the post-Civil War era westward across Iowa, Nebraska, and Colorado to Denver. It also acquired the Hannibal and St. Joseph Line through Missouri, built a new line from Chicago to St. Paul, and purchased or constructed hundreds of branch lines along its main routes. By 1901, when Minnesota railroad baron James J. Hill acquired its stock, the railroad employed over 35,000 people and encompassed 7,500 miles of track, forming a web of connections through Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, Colorado, Missouri, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Kansas, Wyoming, Montana, and the Dakotas. It continued to operate independently well into the twentieth century and to expand operations, acquiring southerly extensions from Chicago into Kentucky, and a north-south through route from Wyoming to the Gulf of Mexico. At its height in 1925, the CB&Q exceeded 12,000 route miles in fourteen states. In 1970, CB&Q merged with the Great Northern Railway, Northern Pacific Railway, and Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway to form the Burlington Northern Railroad.

Extent 2,341.6 linear feet

Format Archives, Maps, Photographs

Archival Collection Title Midwest Manuscript Collection

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Call Number CB&Q

BibID 887766

Rights Status Copyright Not Evaluated

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 1651px × 2514px 23.77 MB

Filename 998877668805867_CBQ_32.9_box_123_fl_1033_0001.tif

Unique Identifier NL11DIR7