Past Additions -- 1999

Photos taken yesterday, of freight cars in the Schiller Park and Bensenville yards, Metra locomotives, the Bensenville and Franklin Park stations, and a Milwaukee Road display caboose in Franklin Park.

A lite engine move of Soo Line 769 GM EMD SD40-2 diesel-electric locomotive in an otherwise idle shop area. SOO 769, SOO, GM EMD SD40-2, SOO locomotives, Locomotives, photographed on 1 October 1999 at Bensenville locomotive yard by Harold A. Driscoll using a Sony Mavica MVC-FD88 digital camera [railfan/1999/10/99a01872.jpg] NEW 2 October 1999 This image size is ( 1200 x 700; 178 KB ). A smaller image ( 600 x 350; 50 KB ) is also available.

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SOO 769 is a 3,000 horsepower model SD40-2, built between 1972 and 1993 by General Motors Electro Motive Division. [courtesy of The Official Locomotive Rosters & News, James W. Kerr, 2000 edition, ISBN 0-919295-32-0, August 1999]

Equipment characteristics of SOO 769: AAR car type D125 (locomotive), plate type B, external dimensions (length 68' 10", width 10' 4". [courtesy of BNSF Equiptment Characteristics, October 1999]

SOO 769: Bldr/Model: EMD SD40-2, to become CP same #. [source Canadian Pacific Railway Diesel Locomotive Roster, compiled by William D. Miller, January 2000]

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