Past Additions -- 1999

A recent Saturday afternoon (4 September) visit to the Waukegan yard and Waukegan station yielded a variety of Metra and freight equipment, including several C&NW cars and a locomotive.

In the yard beside the Waukegan station SP 122, SP, GE AC4400CW, SP locomotives, Locomotives, photographed on 4 September 1999 at Waukegan UP locomotive yard by Harold A. Driscoll using a Sony Mavica MVC-FD88 digital camera [railfan/1999/09/99904438.jpg] NEW 30 September 1999 This image size is ( 1200 x 700; 113 KB ). A smaller image ( 600 x 350; 34 KB ) is also available.

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SP 122 was built in April 1995, GE AC4400CW (UP designation C44AC), builder number 48501. Union Pacific plans to renumber SP 122 to UP 6402. [courtesy of Union Pacific Locomotive Directory, Don Strack, Withers Publishing, ISBN 1-881411-16-8, 1998]

SP 122: freight locomotive, GE C44AC, 4,400 hp. [courtesy of Roster of UPRR Locomotive Ownership, January 1, 1999.]

SP 122 is a 4,390 horsepower model AC4400CW, built in 1995 by General Electric. [courtesy of The Official Locomotive Rosters & News, James W. Kerr, 2000 edition, ISBN 0-919295-32-0, August 1999]

Equipment characteristics of SP 122: AAR car type D127 (locomotive), external dimensions (length 73' 2", width 10' 3", height 15' 3"). [courtesy of BNSF Equiptment Characteristics, October 1999]

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