Past Additions -- 2000

Locomotives in local rail yards in December 1998, and a few cars. Union Pacific locomotives in Proviso yard. IHB and WC locomotives in Norpaul yard. IMRL locomotives at Bensenville (Illinois) yard.

Indiana Harbor Belt 9217 GM EMD SW1500 diesel-electric locomotive in the Norpaul yard. IHB 9217, IHB, GM EMD SW1500, IHB locomotives, Locomotives, photographed on 15 December 1998 at Norpaul yard by Harold A. Driscoll using a Sony Mavica MVC-FD7 digital camera [railfan/1998/12/98c15f05.jpg] NEW 3 January 2000 This image size is ( 600 x 350; 72 KB ).

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IHB 9217 is a 1,500 horsepower model SW1500, built between 1996 and 1970 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 IHB 9217: AAR car type D311 (locomotive), plate type E, external dimensions (length 44' 8", width 10' 8", height 14' 6"). [courtesy of BNSF Equiptment Characteristics, January 2000]

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