Title: |
C&NW RS27 901 |
Description: |
Chicago & North Western Railway RS27 901 at Council Bluffs, Iowa on May 13, 1962, Kodachrome by Lou Schmitz, Chuck Zeiler collection. The C&NW acquired four RS27's, this one built by Alco in March 1962 (c/n 83602), returned to Alco after four years as credit toward C425's. I'll bet there's an Alco salesman story to go with this deal. This unit (and the other three returned C&NW RS27's) were repainted by Alco and put into a lease fleet, eventually sold to Precision National which leased this unit to the CP, then sold the 901 to the GB&W in May 1976. It went to WC in September 1987, then to Minnesota Commercial in 1993. |
Photo Date: |
5/13/1962 Upload Date: 8/12/2011 12:24:55 PM |
Location: |
Council Bluffs, IA |
Author: |
Lou Schmitz |
Categories: |
Roster |
Locomotives: |
CNW 901(RS27) |
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