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CB&Q NW2 9218 |
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Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad NW2 9218 at Eola, Illinois on February 13, 1966, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. This locomotive is equipped with a Vapor standby heater, evidence being the enclosure just ahead of the cab. The idea was to allow the diesel prime mover to be shut down in cold weather and the standby heater would heat and circulate the cooling water though the block. It was seldom (if ever) used due to the difficulty starting the prime mover with cold batteries as well as the other cold appliances (generator, air compressor, etc.). |
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2/13/1966 Upload Date: 3/25/2014 3:21:21 PM |
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Eola, IL |
| Author: |
Chuck Zeiler |
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Roster |
| Locomotives: |
CBQ 9218(NW2) |
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CB&Q NW2 9218 |
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Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad NW2 9218 at Clyde, Illinois on February 19, 1966, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. Built May 26, 1941 (c/n 1299) it became BN 515 and was retired in October 1983. |
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2/19/1966 Upload Date: 7/9/2008 12:33:09 PM |
| Location: |
Clyde (subdivision), IL |
| Author: |
Chuck Zeiler |
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Roster |
| Locomotives: |
CBQ 9218(NW2) |
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CB&Q NW2 9218 Builder's Plate |
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Chicago Brlington & Quincy Railroad NW2 9218 Builder's Plate, photo by Chuck Zeiler. Electro-Motive Corporation started in Cleveland, Ohio in 1922 as the Electro-Motive Engineering Company, and a few years later became the Electro-Motive Company. Its business was gasoline powered railcars, and later EMC struck up a relationship with the Winton Engine Company, a manufacturer of diesel power plants. In the 1930's General Motors took notice and purchased both companies, forming the Electro-Motive Corporation. Eventually GM built a manufacturing facility in McCook, IL (LaGrange), and began the design and production of its own diesel power plant for railroad applications, the Model 567. Historical references state that Electro-Motive Corporation became the Electro-Motive Division on January 1, 1941, perhaps they had some builder's plates left over and used them up on locomotives under production, I don't know for sure. These brass plates were on the Phase I NW-2's built for the CB&Q (numbers 9203-9219), this serial number indicates CB&Q NW2 9218, which became BN 515, retired October 1983. |
| Photo Date: |
12/31/1966 Upload Date: 7/9/2008 12:43:48 PM |
| Location: |
Naperville, IL |
| Author: |
Chuck Zeiler |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
CBQ 9218(NW2) |
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