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Nostalgia & History > CNW E9 #502 through Wheaton, IL 81/82Date: 10/27/05 12:33 CNW E9 #502 through Wheaton, IL 81/82 Author: DaveD Slightly fugly, CNW E9 "Crandall Cab" #502 through Wheaton, IL sometime in 1981/82.
Dave -DPD Productions - Featuring the TrainTenna LP Gain RR Scanner Antenna- http://eje.railfan.net/dpdp/  Date: 10/27/05 17:18 Re: CNW E9 #502 through Wheaton, IL 81/82 Author: davew833 Ugly??? Just from the cab door forward!
Date: 10/28/05 13:43 Re: CNW E9 #502 through Wheaton, IL 81/82 Author: galenadiv If my memory serves me correctly, these units were E8s rather than E9s. I remember when they were rebuilt from B units at the Oelwein Shops.
Date: 10/28/05 21:31 Re: CNW E9 #502 through Wheaton, IL 81/82 Author: DaveD They actually did both... 502 was a 9 though. I believe there were four 9's and two 8's.
Dave -DPD Productions - Featuring the TrainTenna LP Gain RR Scanner Antenna- http://eje.railfan.net/dpdp/ Date: 10/29/05 23:03 Re: CNW E9 #502 through Wheaton, IL 81/82 Author: filmteknik Think of it as the revenge of the B units, tired of being bossed around.
Date: 10/30/05 17:04 Re: CNW E9 #502 through Wheaton, IL 81/82 Author: davew833 I admire CNW's "engine"-uity, but gosh, you'd think they could have given some consideration to aesthetics. I'm sure in the late '70s-early '80's when these things were built there were plenty of old F-units sitting around that could have given up their cabs and noses.
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