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Freight and MOW cars in the Waukegan yard. Includes a variety of shots of several empty Commonwealth Edison coal hopper cars.
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.
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Harold Kept many of his photos on sites which no longer exist. |
| Chicago & North Western 11767 Air dump car and Commonwealth Edison 8216 Open coal gondola car [background]. CNW 11767, CWEX 8216, CNW, MOW air dump cars, MOW cars, Freight cars, CNW CX201, CWEX, Coal gondola cars, Open gondola cars, photographed on 6 November 1999 at Waukegan UP yard by Harold A. Driscoll using a Sony Mavica MVC-FD88 digital camera (with tripod) [railfan/1999/11/99b06192.jpg] NEW 8 November 1999 |
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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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