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Title: |
SWIS S6 244 |
Description: |
Sidney Warehousing and Industrial Sites Inc. (SWIS) 244 with oil containment issues at Sidney, Nebraska on February 20, 1984, Kodachrome by Jim Altman, Chuck Zeiler collection. This locomotive was built in June 1956 (c/n 81726) as SP 1055, renumbered in 1965 to 1222. It was retired in January 1976 and sold to Chrome Crankshaft. In September 1977 it was sold to SWIS and in February 1990 it was sold to Sidney & Lowe Railroad. The following is from the book, Comprehensive Guide To Industrial Locomotives Third Edition: The Sioux Army Depot was established in 1942 to manufacture and store ammunition. It closed in 1967 and was redeveloped by SWIS for private use. This S6 - still painted inwhat might be described as distressed SP gray and scarlet - provided the muscle for the rail service utility. |
Photo Date: |
2/20/1984 Upload Date: 8/14/2014 12:55:25 PM |
Location: |
Sidney, NE |
Author: |
Jim Altman |
Categories: |
Roster |
Locomotives: |
SWIS 244(S6) |
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288 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
SLGG 244 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
12/15/1985 Upload Date: 1/1/2011 7:40:38 AM |
Location: |
Sidney, NE |
Author: |
BILL MARTIN |
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Locomotives: |
SLGG 244(S6) |
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533 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Pushing them out |
Description: |
The Morrison Knudsen plant switcher pushes four cars loaded with NYCTA subway cars onto the main as BUOIs power waits. When the MK unit clears, the road power will couple up, then shove back to its train, waiting west of Cass St. |
Photo Date: |
8/24/1991 Upload Date: 2/25/2015 2:28:57 AM |
Location: |
Hornell, NY |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
MKCX 319(S6) CR 6633(C36-7) |
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450 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Headed back to the plant |
Description: |
THe MK switcher rolls past BUOIs power as it goes back into the plant, its work done. |
Photo Date: |
8/24/1991 Upload Date: 2/25/2015 2:31:10 AM |
Location: |
Hornell, NY |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
CR 6633(C36-7) MKCX 319(S6) |
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533 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
BRC 420, Alco S6 at Clearing Yard |
Description: |
BRC 420, Alco S6 at Clearing Yard in Bedford Park Illinois |
Photo Date: |
5/5/1977 Upload Date: 5/7/2022 1:04:09 PM |
Location: |
Bedford Park, IL |
Author: |
unknown, from the collection of Paul Rome |
Categories: |
Roster,Yard,Track |
Locomotives: |
BRC 420(S6) |
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287 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
BRC 420 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
7/22/1978 Upload Date: 6/27/2015 9:03:45 AM |
Location: |
Chicago, IL |
Author: |
andrew koenigsberg |
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Locomotives: |
BRC 420(S6) |
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776 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
BRC Alco S6 #420 - Belt Rwy of Chicago |
Description: |
Nice shot of Alco S6 built in February of 1957 for the Belt Rwy of Chicago (bldr #82297). It was sold to Mineral Range Inc 420 in 2005 and sold again as CF Industries 420 in 2006. Tim Wells slide |
Photo Date: |
9/21/1980 Upload Date: 1/5/2018 5:55:30 AM |
Location: |
Bedford Park, IL |
Author: |
Gary Everhart |
Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
Locomotives: |
BRC 420(S6) |
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435 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
BRC 420 at Clearing Yard |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
8/12/1981 Upload Date: 6/15/2010 8:25:32 PM |
Location: |
Clearing, IL |
Author: |
Mark Singer |
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Locomotives: |
BRC 420(S6) |
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581 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
RMC S6 420 |
Description: |
Railcar Maintenance Corporation S6 420 at Alliance, Nebraska on June 10, 1982, Kodachrome by Jim Altman, Chuck Zeiler collection. Number 420 was built in November 1956 as SP S6 1078 (c/n 81824) renumbered in 1965 to 1245, retired in January 1976 and sold to RMC. Sometime in 1990 it became Transisco Rail Service 420. |
Photo Date: |
6/10/1982 Upload Date: 8/15/2012 1:57:51 PM |
Location: |
Alliance, NE |
Author: |
Jim Altman |
Categories: |
Roster |
Locomotives: |
RMC 420(S6) |
Views: |
480 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
BRC 420 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
7/3/1983 Upload Date: 2/10/2023 10:31:02 AM |
Location: |
Chicago, IL |
Author: |
Alan Gaines |
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Locomotives: |
BRC 420(S6) |
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53 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
BRC S6 420 |
Description: |
BRC S6 420 showing some turbo lag at the west end of Clearing Yard in Bedford Park, Chicago, Illinois on October 4, 1987, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. |
Photo Date: |
10/4/1987 Upload Date: 12/27/2011 1:17:09 PM |
Location: |
Chicago, IL |
Author: |
Chuck Zeiler |
Categories: |
Yard |
Locomotives: |
BRC 420(S6) |
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674 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
BRC Alco S6 #420 - Belt Rwy of Chicago |
Description: |
Built in February of 1957, this Alco S6 switcher worked the yards for BRC until being sold to Mineral Range Inc 420 in 2005 and later resold to CF Industries 420 in 2006. No exact date, location or photographer was listed for the photo but it appears to be Bedford Park, IL, in the 1990's. |
Photo Date: |
6/1/1990 Upload Date: 7/2/2018 6:45:40 AM |
Location: |
Bedford Park, IL |
Author: |
Gary Everhart |
Categories: |
Roster |
Locomotives: |
BRC 420(S6) |
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344 Comments: 2 |
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Title: |
The little guy at work on the BRC |
Description: |
BRC 420 working the industries near Central Ave |
Photo Date: |
4/14/1991 Upload Date: 7/30/2007 2:19:06 PM |
Location: |
Chicago, IL |
Author: |
Steven Kakoczki |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
BRC 420(S6) |
Views: |
719 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
BRC 480, 420, & 481 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
7/22/1992 Upload Date: 3/31/2011 10:08:50 AM |
Location: |
Dolton Jct, IL |
Author: |
Jack Smith |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
BRC 480(GP9) BRC 420(S6) BRC 481(GP9) |
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501 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
How much does a Alco S-6 weigh? |
Description: |
BRC #420 sits at the old scalehouse waiting for there next assignment |
Photo Date: |
5/20/1996 Upload Date: 6/1/2008 11:17:21 AM |
Location: |
Bedford Park, IL |
Author: |
Steven Kakoczki |
Categories: |
Yard |
Locomotives: |
BRC 420(S6) |
Views: |
677 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
BRC Alco S6 #420 - Belt Rwy of Chicago |
Description: |
Built by Alco in February of 1957, it was the only S6 that the Belt Rwy of Chicago purchased new. Nice color slide by George H. Menge. |
Photo Date: |
9/1/1996 Upload Date: 10/19/2016 2:54:55 AM |
Location: |
Chicago, IL |
Author: |
Gary Everhart |
Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
Locomotives: |
BRC 420(S6) |
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332 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Smoke on! or smoke off? |
Description: |
The little Alco working near Cicero Ave on a sunny day |
Photo Date: |
10/12/1996 Upload Date: 10/9/2007 11:36:47 PM |
Location: |
Bedford Park, IL |
Author: |
Steven Kakoczki |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
BRC 420(S6) |
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489 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
All in a days work for a S-6 |
Description: |
BRC 420 working the west yard industries on a fine october afternoon |
Photo Date: |
10/22/1996 Upload Date: 11/9/2008 3:00:41 PM |
Location: |
Bedford Park, IL |
Author: |
Steven Kakoczki |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
BRC 420(S6) |
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505 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
40 years and still running in good condition |
Description: |
BRC 420, after 40 years of dedicated service and still going strong, I hope she has a good home now. |
Photo Date: |
8/1/1997 Upload Date: 5/8/2007 6:08:13 PM |
Location: |
Bedford Park, IL |
Author: |
Steven Kakoczki |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
BRC 420(S6) |
Views: |
516 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
BRC S6 420 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
7/4/1999 Upload Date: 12/9/2011 11:54:20 PM |
Location: |
Clearing, IL |
Author: |
Alan Gaines |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
BRC 420(S6) |
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375 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
CF 420 |
Description: |
CF Industries S6 420 still in BRC colors |
Photo Date: |
2/25/2006 Upload Date: 2/26/2006 7:42:54 PM |
Location: |
Roseport, MN |
Author: |
Andy Inserra |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
CF 420(S6) |
Views: |
1342 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
The little guy at work |
Description: |
ALCO S-6 |
Photo Date: |
2/18/2007 Upload Date: 2/19/2007 5:01:49 PM |
Location: |
Chicago, IL |
Author: |
Steven Kakoczki |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
BRC 420(S6) |
Views: |
624 Comments: 4 |
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Title: |
Taking hopper cars to Corn Products in Argo |
Description: |
ALCO S-6 |
Photo Date: |
2/18/2007 Upload Date: 2/19/2007 5:02:35 PM |
Location: |
Chicago, IL |
Author: |
Steven Kakoczki |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
BRC 420(S6) |
Views: |
824 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
OSRX 500 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
5/4/1997 Upload Date: 11/20/2005 10:53:31 AM |
Location: |
St Thomas, ON |
Author: |
Robert Smith |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
OSRX 500(S6) |
Views: |
836 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
power |
Description: |
OSR Alco S-6 500 |
Photo Date: |
11/18/2007 Upload Date: 11/21/2007 11:28:57 PM |
Location: |
Salford, ON |
Author: |
James Gardiner |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
OSRX 500(S6) |
Views: |
464 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
OSR 500 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
8/15/2008 Upload Date: 8/26/2008 2:08:30 AM |
Location: |
Salford, ON |
Author: |
Steven McKay |
Categories: |
Roster |
Locomotives: |
OSRX 500(S6) |
Views: |
417 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
OSRX 500 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
1/15/2009 Upload Date: 3/20/2009 9:15:58 PM |
Location: |
Salford, ON |
Author: |
James Gardiner |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
OSRX 500(S6) |
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551 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
OSRX #500 |
Description: |
An S-6 built by Alco in 1956. Serial number 81819, 900 h.p., engine 6-539. Originally built for the Southern Pacific Railway as SP #1073 and later renumbered SP #1240. It then went to Diesel Electric Services Railway in Subbury. Acquired by Vancouver Wharves in 1980 and numbered #29. Sold to OSRX in 1996 and numbered OSRX #500. |
Photo Date: |
9/3/2009 Upload Date: 10/14/2009 10:49:20 PM |
Location: |
Ingersoll, ON |
Author: |
Dave Broughton |
Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
Locomotives: |
OSRX 500(S6) |
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374 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
OSRX 500 |
Description: |
laying over |
Photo Date: |
6/10/2010 Upload Date: 7/24/2010 2:57:54 PM |
Location: |
Salford, ON |
Author: |
Doug Little |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
OSRX 500(S6) |
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247 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
OSRX #500 |
Description: |
OSRX #500 sits in the Salford Yard just outside Ingersoll, ON. |
Photo Date: |
6/16/2010 Upload Date: 6/30/2010 9:24:11 PM |
Location: |
Ingersoll, ON |
Author: |
Dave Broughton |
Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
Locomotives: |
OSRX 500(S6) |
Views: |
349 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
OSR 500 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
8/18/2011 Upload Date: 8/18/2011 6:07:11 PM |
Location: |
Salford, ON |
Author: |
Joseph Bishop |
Categories: |
Roster |
Locomotives: |
OSRX 500(S6) |
Views: |
262 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
OSRX 500 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
9/8/2011 Upload Date: 9/9/2011 10:57:12 PM |
Location: |
Salford, ON |
Author: |
Tyler Hoar |
Categories: |
Roster |
Locomotives: |
OSRX 500(S6) |
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240 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
OSR 500 |
Description: |
Blt. Nov. 1956 for Southern Pacific, now working on the Ontario Southland Railway. The OSR operates about 70 miles of track in southern Ontario. Seen here at the OSR shops at Salford, near Ingersoll, Ontario |
Photo Date: |
11/4/2011 Upload Date: 4/15/2012 1:51:32 PM |
Location: |
Ingersoll, ON |
Author: |
Dan Murrell |
Categories: |
Roster |
Locomotives: |
OSR 500(S6) |
Views: |
359 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
OSRX 500 |
Description: |
Cami job power. |
Photo Date: |
5/1/2013 Upload Date: 5/4/2013 8:40:46 PM |
Location: |
Ingersoll, ON |
Author: |
Robert Smith |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
OSRX 500(S6) OSRX 502(S13) |
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410 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Ontario Southland's CAMI job in downtown Ingersoll |
Description: |
An Alco S6 and an MLW S13 have a long train of autoracks in tow as they smoke their way through downtown Ingersoll, ON, right before sunset. The racks were just pulled from the CN interchange and more are waiting east of town, having been brought in from the CP interchange by the Woodstock Turn. OSR serves GM's CAMI plant (which builds the Chevy Equinox and GMC Terrain) which is currently shipping out 90 cars a day! |
Photo Date: |
5/2/2013 Upload Date: 5/4/2013 1:31:24 PM |
Location: |
Ingersoll, ON |
Author: |
Jonathon Leese |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
OSR 500(S6) OSR 502(S13) |
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993 Comments: 2 |
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Title: |
OSR 500 leads a train of autoracks off the CN interchange towards GM's CAMI assembly plant |
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Photo Date: |
5/2/2013 Upload Date: 5/7/2013 1:42:00 PM |
Location: |
Ingersoll, ON |
Author: |
Jonathon Leese |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
OSR 500(S6) OSR 502(S13) |
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404 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
OSR 500 leads the CAMI Job west over Thames St with autoracks from the CN interchange |
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Photo Date: |
5/2/2013 Upload Date: 6/26/2013 11:30:50 AM |
Location: |
Ingersoll, ON |
Author: |
Jon Hall |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
OSR 500(S6) OSR 502(S13) |
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274 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
OSR's CAMI Job rolls west powered by S6 number 500 and S13 number 502 |
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Photo Date: |
5/2/2013 Upload Date: 6/26/2013 11:30:56 AM |
Location: |
Ingersoll, ON |
Author: |
Jon Hall |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
OSR 500(S6) OSR 502(S13) |
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561 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
The very rare combination of an Alco S6 and an MLW S13 roll west through Ingersoll with autoracks |
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Photo Date: |
5/2/2013 Upload Date: 6/26/2013 11:31:01 AM |
Location: |
Ingersoll, ON |
Author: |
Jon Hall |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
OSR 500(S6) OSR 502(S13) |
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527 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
OSR 502 & 500 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
5/2/2013 Upload Date: 6/26/2013 11:31:12 AM |
Location: |
Ingersoll, ON |
Author: |
Jon Hall |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
OSR 502(S13) OSR 500(S6) |
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343 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
OSRX 500 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
8/5/2013 Upload Date: 8/28/2014 2:16:41 PM |
Location: |
Salford, ON |
Author: |
James Gardiner |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
OSRX 500(S6) |
Views: |
231 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
OSR 500 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
12/27/2015 Upload Date: 2/1/2018 12:15:57 PM |
Location: |
Salford, ON |
Author: |
LJ Melvin |
Categories: |
Yard |
Locomotives: |
OSR 500(S6) |
Views: |
267 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
OSRX 500 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
6/18/2016 Upload Date: 10/12/2018 2:17:33 PM |
Location: |
Salford, ON |
Author: |
James Gardiner |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
OSRX 500(S6) OSRX 644(M420W) |
Views: |
216 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
FCP 709 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
5/10/1982 Upload Date: 7/24/2020 3:47:02 PM |
Location: |
Empalme, MX |
Author: |
Jeffrey Lawrence Collection |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
FCP 709(S6) |
Views: |
238 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
FCP 710 |
Description: |
FCP 710 is in the switcher line waiting on its next call. |
Photo Date: |
4/3/1982 Upload Date: 8/27/2013 9:26:24 PM |
Location: |
Empalme, MX |
Author: |
Ron Hawkins |
Categories: |
Roster |
Locomotives: |
FCP 710(S6) |
Views: |
449 Comments: 0 |
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