Chicago & Western IndianaAll-Time Diesel Roster |
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Revised: 6 Oct. 2015 | photo: -- | |||
Reporting Mark: C&WI | Roster by: R. Craig | |||
Road No. | Model | Bldr Nmbr | Bldr Date | Notes |
1 | HH600 | 68643 | 4/34 | To Belt Railway of Chicago 300 |
250 & 251 | NW2 | 5395 & 5396 | 11/47 | To Acme-Newport Steel 2 & Roscoe Snyder & Pacific 300 |
252 & 253 | RS1 | 76799, 76800 | 7/1949 | #255 to Precision National Corp; #256 to Genesee & Wyoming 43, & #257 to PNC |
254-257 | RS1 | 77172-77175 | 10-11/1949 | -- |
258 & 259 | RS1 | 77836, 77837 | 12/1949 | -- |
260-263 | RS1 | 77849-77852 | 2/1950 | #261 to Chattahoochie Industrial RR 116; 262 to Genessee & Wyoming (for parts) & 263 to Interprovincial Steel & Pipe (IPSCO) 2 |
The Chicago & Western Indiana was a terminal switching railroad that served Chicago's Dearborn Station and surrounding areas until 1971. The railroad's mostly Alco diesel roster consisted of a dozen RS1s built in 1949 & 1950.Reference source: Extra 2200 South, Railroad Magazine, The Yard Limit |