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Owner: Chicago & Northwestern
Model:EMD SD9Built As:CNW 1703 (SD9)
Serial Number:19498Order No:5326
Frame Number:5326-1Built:5/1954
Notes:re# 6603 in 6/71
Other locos with this serial:  CNW 1703(SD9) CNW 6603(SD9)
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C&NW SD9 1703
Title:  C&NW SD9 1703
Description:  Chicago & North Western Railway SD9 1703 at Proviso, Illinois on January 9, 1966, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. Number 1703 was built in May 1954 ( c/n 19498 ) and was equipped with botha steam generator and dynamic brakes. The steam generator was removed in June 1971 and the locomotive was renumbered to 6603. I have no idea about the receptacle below the headlights. It may have provided coach lighting with power from the auxiliary generator.
Photo Date:  1/9/1966  Upload Date: 3/18/2018 6:53:23 PM
Location:  Proviso, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CNW 1703(SD9)
Views:  263   Comments: 0
C&NW SD9 1703
Title:  C&NW SD9 1703
Description:  C&NW SD9 1703 at Proviso, Illinois on January 9, 1966, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. This unit was equipped with a steam generator, which was removed in June 1971 and it was renumbered to 6603, retired on July 28, 1986, and scrapped by Saint Louis Auto Shredding in Madison, Illinois.
Photo Date:  1/9/1966  Upload Date: 11/5/2012 2:21:01 PM
Location:  Proviso, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CNW 1703(SD9)
Views:  1513   Comments: 1


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