Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Roundhouse

REGIONAL MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
HERITAGE SITE
CHICAGO, BURLINGTON & QUINCY
ROUNDHOUSE
AURORA, ILLINOIS
1866 - 1974
THIS FORTY-STALL ROUNDHOUSE AND BACKSHOPS WAS A REPAIR AND
CONSTRUCTION FACILITY THAT BUILT MORE LOCOMOTIVES AND CARS
INCLUDING THE FIRST DINER DEIMONICO (1868), THAN ANY OTHER
CB&Q INSTALLATION. THE DEVELOPMENT IN THE SHOPS OF THE
JAURIET FIREBOX, WHICH IMPROVED COMBUSTION EFFICIENCY,AND
THE KERR COAL CHUTE, WHICH ASSISTED LOCOMOTIVE COALING,
ENCOURAGED THE INTRODUCTION OF COAL-FIRED LOCOMOTIVES.
THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS-1988
FOX VALLEY SECTION


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