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Commonwealth Edison is the the electric power utility for the Chicagoland area. They own a large fleet of coal cars that can frequently be seen throughout the Chicagoland area, often running as unit trains.

Commonwealth Edison 1114   Open coal gondola car   (4 photos)
Commonwealth Edison 1158   Open coal gondola car   (1 photo)
Commonwealth Edison 1220   Open coal gondola car   (2 photos)
Commonwealth Edison 1323   Open coal gondola car   (1 photo)
Commonwealth Edison 1591   Open coal gondola car   (1 photo)
Commonwealth Edison 1649   Open coal gondola car   (2 photos)
Commonwealth Edison 1673   Open coal gondola car   (3 photos)
Commonwealth Edison 1683   Open coal gondola car   (2 photos)
Commonwealth Edison 1735   Open coal gondola car   (1 photo)
Commonwealth Edison 1758   Open coal gondola car   (1 photo)
Commonwealth Edison 1779   Open coal gondola car   (2 photos)
Commonwealth Edison 1833   Open coal gondola car   (1 photo)
Commonwealth Edison 1861   Open coal gondola car   (2 photos)
Commonwealth Edison 1866   Open coal gondola car   (1 photo)
Commonwealth Edison 1926   Open coal gondola car   (6 photos)
Commonwealth Edison 1933   Open coal gondola car   (1 photo)
Commonwealth Edison 1994   Open coal gondola car   (1 photo)
Commonwealth Edison 2111   Open coal gondola car   (5 photos)
Commonwealth Edison 2149   Open coal gondola car   (2 photos)
Commonwealth Edison 2152   Open coal gondola car   (3 photos)
Commonwealth Edison 2163   Open coal gondola car   (4 photos)
Commonwealth Edison 2179   Open coal gondola car   (1 photo)
Commonwealth Edison 2283   Open coal gondola car   (2 photos)
Commonwealth Edison 2360   Open coal gondola car   (8 photos)
Commonwealth Edison 2442   Open coal gondola car   (5 photos)
Commonwealth Edison 2448   Open coal gondola car   (1 photo)
Commonwealth Edison 2474   Open coal gondola car   (1 photo)
Commonwealth Edison 2516   Open coal gondola car   (3 photos)
Commonwealth Edison 2532   Open coal gondola car   (4 photos)
Commonwealth Edison 2566   Open coal gondola car   (2 photos)
Commonwealth Edison 2579   Open coal gondola car   (1 photo)
Commonwealth Edison 2586   Open coal gondola car   (14 photos)
Commonwealth Edison 2711   Open coal gondola car   (2 photos)
Commonwealth Edison 2714   Open coal gondola car   (3 photos)
Commonwealth Edison 2725   Open coal gondola car   (1 photo)
Commonwealth Edison 2743   Open coal gondola car   (2 photos)
Commonwealth Edison 3029   Open coal gondola car   (11 photos)
Commonwealth Edison 3172   Open coal gondola car   (1 photo)
Commonwealth Edison 4090   Open coal gondola car   (1 photo)
Commonwealth Edison 5191   Open coal gondola car   (1 photo)
Commonwealth Edison 5203   Open coal gondola car   (3 photos)
Commonwealth Edison 5414   Open coal gondola car   (3 photos)
Commonwealth Edison 5628   Open coal gondola car   (2 photos)
Commonwealth Edison 5667   Open coal gondola car   (3 photos)
Commonwealth Edison 5696   Open coal gondola car   (1 photo)
Commonwealth Edison 6081   Open coal gondola car   (2 photos)
Commonwealth Edison 6255   Open coal gondola car   (2 photos)
Commonwealth Edison 6297   Open coal gondola car   (1 photo)
Commonwealth Edison 6301   Open coal gondola car   (3 photos)
Commonwealth Edison 6302   Open coal gondola car   (3 photos)
Commonwealth Edison 6325   Open coal gondola car   (2 photos)
Commonwealth Edison 6397   Open coal gondola car   (17 photos)
Commonwealth Edison 6459   Open coal gondola car   (2 photos)
Commonwealth Edison 7054   Open coal gondola car   (3 photos)
Commonwealth Edison 8076   Open coal gondola car   (8 photos)
Commonwealth Edison 8086   Open coal gondola car   (1 photo)
Commonwealth Edison 8129   Open coal gondola car   (1 photo)
Commonwealth Edison 8165   Open coal gondola car   (12 photos)
Commonwealth Edison 8216   Open coal gondola car   (11 photos)
Commonwealth Edison 8239   Open coal gondola car   (13 photos)

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Commonwealth Edison operates several coal-powered electricity generation plants, including one near the Waukegan (Illinois) UP yard. This yard has been a convenient and effective vantage point to photograph these cars. I've attempted to photograph several adjacent cars, individually and in a group, as a possible resource for modeling. They illustrate the similarity and uniqueness of individual cars, as far as features ordered, damage rapair, maintenance artifacts, as well as weathering are concerned.

Commonwealth Edison Co., Downers Grove, IL. [courtesy of The Pocket List of Railroad Officials, 2nd Quarter 1999]

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