Burlington Route Railroad Lantern Adams &westlake Co Adlake Reliable 1908

CHICAGO BURLINGTON & QUINCY RAILROAD. This is a Vintage piece of Railroad History made by The Adams & Westlake Company for the CHICAGO BURLINGTON & QUINCY RAILROAD. The frame is marked THE ADAMS & WESTLAKE CO.

PAT'D MAY 5, 1908, last date APR. The lantern is numbered 260317. The Brass burner is marked ADLAKE PATD APRIL 27,1909, burner and fount are in good working condition. The Corning DEEP RED glass globe is embossed BURLINGTON ROUTE Cnx MADE IN U.

No cracks, some small flea chips around rims. Lantern has a small dent on top of hood. Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

For other uses, see Burlington Railroad (disambiguation). The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad reporting mark. That operated in the Midwestern United States. Commonly referred to as the Burlington Route, the Burlington, or as the Q. It operated extensive trackage in the states of Colorado.

Through subsidiaries Colorado and Southern Railway. Fort Worth and Denver Railway. Its primary connections included Chicago. Because of this extensive trackage in the midwest and mountain states, the railroad used the advertising slogans "Everywhere West", "Way of the Zephyrs ", and "The Way West".

At the end of the year, CB&Q operated 8,538 route-miles, C&S operated 708, and FW&D operated 1,362 these totals may or may not include the former Burlington-Rock Island Railroad. In 1970, it merged with the Northern Pacific Railway. And the Great Northern Railway. To form the Burlington Northern Railroad.

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