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| Chicago Passenger Terminal train shed switching a Metra scoot out from the train shed, passing under the Lake Street elevated (CTA) bridge. The four towers of the Presidential Towers development can be seen in the rear. CNW 4324, Chicago Passenger Terminal, CNW, GM EMD GP7R, CNW locomotives, Locomotives, All Metra Stations, Metra UP N, Metra UP NW, Metra UP W, CNW Stations, photographed on 4 November 1998 at Chicago Passenger Terminal train shed by Harold A. Driscoll using a Sony Mavica MVC-FD7 digital camera [railfan/1998/11/98b04408.jpg] NEW 25 January 2000 |
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C&NW 4324 performs switching duties at the Chicago Passenger Terminal.
C&NW 4324: Builder's Date: Sep 1955, Builder's Number: 20682, rebuilt from GP9 by C&NW at Oelwein, Iowa in Jun 1972. EMD GP9R, 7 units, B-B, 16-567C engine, 62:15 gear ratio, 1,750 horsepower, 259,500 pounds operating weight. [courtesy of Diesels of the Chicago & North Western, Paul K Withers, roster by Don Strack, Withers Publishing, ISBN 1-881411-07-0, 1995.]
C&NW 4324 was built in September 1955, GM EMD GP7R, builder number 20682. Rebuilt in June 1972 by C&NW at Oelwein (Iowa). Equipped with C&NW Automatic Train Stop and Automatic Train Control on both ends to operate in either direction over the Metra commute district in Chicago. [courtesy of Union Pacific Locomotive Directory, Don Strack, Withers Publishing, ISBN 1-881411-16-8, 1998]
CNW 4324: yard switcher, EMD GP7, 1,500 hp. [courtesy of Roster of UPRR Locomotive Ownership, January 1, 1999.]
Equipment characteristics of CNW 4324: AAR car type D112 (locomotive), external dimensions (length 55' 11", width 10' 3", height 15' 5"). [courtesy of BNSF Equiptment Characteristics, October 1999]
Chicago Rail Photographs collection updated 19 April 2024 at 21:11. Photographs and text copyright © 1998-2000 Harold A. Driscoll, All Rights Reserved. Email address is provided exclusively for personal contact, but emphatically not for use for SPAM net.abuse.