I was snooping around for some C&S loco pics and I found one of C&S no. 9 that I hadn't seen before. It's a beautiful color photo of the mogul working at the 1948-1949 Chicago Rail Fair. Here she is pulling an "old time western train" for tourists. The red is gaudy and the stumpy balloon stack is even worse, but hey, this excursion is one reason she's still with us today.
Besides being labeled "Chief Crazy Horse" for the defunct Deadwood Central, the engine also is sporting the logo of her owner The Burlington Route (CB&Q) on the cab.
The photo belongs to the Charles W. Cushman photo collection at the Indiana University Archives. Here is the link.
The train included three old C&S cars, but I don't believe the one in the photo is one of them.
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