Nostalgia & History > C&NW GP50 at West Chicago-1990

During a 1990 trip to Chi-town to catch the last of the BN E-units in commuter service, my brother and I wandered up to West Chicago to catch the action on a railroad we had not been able to spend much time along. We only spent a couple hours there, but were rewarded with a parade of trains. First photo is a GP50-SD40-2 lashup. Second is a freight led by GP7's passing another. We couldn't quite believe still seeing GP7's on the main in 1990 on a class 1. (I think FEC still had some running then also).



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 01/08/11 09:21 by Gateway97.

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Nice to see some CNW. However, that second shot with CNW 4130 looks like the IHB at East Avenue and 47th Street in LaGrange.

You might be right. I am going from memory of 20 yrs ago (Has it really been that long?!). My note from that trip are non-existant.

Those GP9's laster into the 2000's. They were last used as switchers at Cal Ave Coach yard, mandling the metra equipment between M-19A, Cal Ave and Chicago Passenger Terminal. I think they finally retired them areound 2001 or 2002.