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 CNW 11767, CNW 201741, CNW, MOW air dump cars, MOW cars, Freight cars, CNW CX201, Ballast hopper cars, Open hopper cars, CNW CX103, photographed on 4 September 1999 at Waukegan UP locomotive yard by Harold A. Driscoll using a Sony Mavica MVC-FD88 digital camera [railfan/1999/09/99904458.jpg] NEW 30 September 1999 This image size is ( 600 x 350; 46 KB ).

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CNW 11767, air dump. CNW 11767 maintenance of way series (C&NW series CX201) (CNW 11755-11913, 79 cars owned in this series in June 1995, 1 cars on heavy bad order). [source: Freight Car Situation Report, June 1995, page 16. Courtesy of Chicago and North Western Final Freight Car Roster, The Chicago & North Western Historical Society, Library of Congress catalog card number 98-073877, 1999, page 232.]

Equipment characteristics of CNW 11767: AAR car type M120 (M-O-W, Scale, Passenger, Caboose, and End-of-train information systems), plate type B, external dimensions (length 36' 8", width 10' 4", height 14' 3"). [courtesy of BNSF Equiptment Characteristics, November 1999]

Railcar fleet details for CNW 11767: Maintenance of Way, Scale, Passenger, Caboose and End-of-Train, Mechanical Designation: MWD; Outside Length: 36 ft 8 in; AAR Car Type Code: M120; Outside Extreme Width: 10 ft 4 in; Inside Length: 36 ft 0 in; Outside Extreme Height: 14 ft 3 in; Inside Width: 6 ft 0 in; Height of Extreme Width: 10 ft 0 in; Plate Clearance: B; Draft Gear: 88. [courtesy of CSXT Railcar Fleet Details, November 1999]

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