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Subject: Railroads and Snowplow Extra

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Jon

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Date Posted: 14:12:59 07/25/13 Thu

This past weekend the Illinois Railway Museum in Union, IL held their "Diesel Days" which includes a parade of operating diesel locomotives.

YouTube has: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKhMHMcr41A

The parade of power includes:

Illinois Terminal #1605 & Chicago & North Western #4160, both are EMD GP-7. The C&SL "Burlington" is a GP-7.

US Army 8537, the GE45 Tonner is very similar to the C&SL "Chessie".

Milwaukee Road #760, the first Fairbanks-Morse locomotive produced and powered with a Fairbanks-Morse OP (opposed piston) engine, also used in marine applications. The OP engine was used in most WWII US Navy submarines.

CB&Q 9255, an EMD SW-7 is similar to the C&SL "Milwaukee". The SW-7 was a later version of the NW-2 with more horsepower.

Any number of "Covered Wagons" in various models. Of note is Chicago & North Western #411, the most original of the F-units in the video. #411 has diesel electrical generators to provide power (lighting) to the commuter cars. Most of the other "covered wagons" were repowered (upgraded) to newer prime movers such as BN-1, BN-2 & BN-3.

Nekoosa Paper #14, an ALCO S-1, the same model as the Lordston Northern #451.

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