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Title:
CRI&P SW900m 551
Description:
CRI&P SW900m 551, 47th Street, Chicago, Illinois, March 28, 1965, photo by Chuck Zeiler. This locomotive was built by EMC during July 1938 (c/n 721) as #523, a Model SW built on EMC Order E205 (an order for ten SW's, #'s 519-528). During April 1957, SW 523 was sent to EMD for rebuilding into SW900m 551 (on EMD Order 7543), rated at 600 horsepower. There was only three inches difference between the SW frame (40'5") and the SW900 production frame (40'8") so likely the frame and cab were reused during rebuilding. I cannot account for the horsepower derating, but perhaps the original GE model 287E traction motors were also reused.
Photo Date:
3/28/1965
Upload Date:
9/30/2009 11:28:25 AM
Location:
Chicago, IL
Author:
Chuck Zeiler
Categories:
Roster
Locomotives:
CRIP 551(SW900)
Views:
1038
Comments:
2
Title:
RI 553
Description:
RI 553 is in the Silvis deadline waiting on shop time and a new front truck.
Photo Date:
9/6/1975
Upload Date:
3/18/2016 9:30:00 PM
Location:
Silvis, IL
Author:
Ron Hawkins
Categories:
Roster
Locomotives:
CRIP 553(SW900)
Views:
966
Comments:
0
Title:
RI 561
Description:
Photo Date:
8/6/1972
Upload Date:
5/13/2011 11:02:34 AM
Location:
Silvis, IL
Author:
Robert Farkas
Categories:
Roster
Locomotives:
CRIP 561(SW900)
Views:
847
Comments:
3
Title:
Rock Island #561
Description:
Scanned from a print I took. Date is approximate. #561 is setting in downtown Muscatine, Iowa, the Rock Island had a yard with several tracks between downtown and the Mississippi river. This yard is now gone. I got to ride on #561 when I was an early teenager, I rode in this engine from Muscatine to Fruitland, Iowa to switch cars at some industries.
Photo Date:
8/1/1975
Upload Date:
2/2/2025 6:33:01 PM
Location:
Muscatine, IA
Author:
Rich Varner
Categories:
Roster
Locomotives:
CRIP 561(SW900)
Views:
69
Comments:
0
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