CB&Q No. 4990

Engine No. 4990 is a Class "O-1a" 2-8-2 'Mikado' type steam locomotive. It was built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works of Pennsylvania in 1923 for the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad where it used to worked hauling freight trains for much of it's career.
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Engine No. 4990 was ordered and used by the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad to haul freight trains until the end of their steam operations in 1960 when it was retired.
Shortly after the locomotive was sold for scrap in June 1961, one year later.
==Trivia==
*The locomotive was featured in the 1934 film "The Silver Streak" when it race with the Silver Streak.
* It was never built for passenger service and might be built for it anytime.
*The sound of its whistle a CB&Q 5 chime whistle which has heard in "The Silver Streak" was also featured in Disney's "The Brave Engineer" as part of Disneyland, Walt Disney's Festival of Folk Heroes, The Mouse Factory, American Folk Heroes, Walt Disney Cartoon Classics, Disney's Rootin' Tootin' Roundup, Mickey's Mouse Tracks, Donald's Quack Attack, Sing Me A Story With Belle, The Ink and Paint Club, Walt Disney Treasures, and Disney's American Legends since Johnny, engine No. 2, appears in Out of Scale, that is part of Disney, Good Morning, Mickey, The Ink and Paint Club, Have a Laugh!, Walt Disney Cartoon Classics, Everybody Loves Donald, Walt Disney Treasures, and Chip 'n' Dale, How to Be A Detective, that is part of Walt Disney's Mickey and Donald, Walt Disney Treasures, and A Cowboy Needs A Horse, that is a part of Donald Duck Goes West, Walt Disney Presents, The New Mickey Mouse Club, Walt Disney's Mickey and Donald, Good Morning, Mickey, Donald's Quack Attack, The Ink and Paint Club, Walt Disney Cartoon Classics, and Walt Disney Treasures. The whistle would also be used in various movies, TV shows, video games, and other media.
Category:Steam locomotives
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Category:Baldwin locomotives
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Category:Built in 1923
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