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Date: 10/21/17 11:05
Switcher Saturday - Rock Island NW2 - Sept 77
Author: gcm

Rock Island 4902 works at Joliet.

Gary

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Date: 10/21/17 14:07
Re: Switcher Saturday - Rock Island NW2 - Sept 77
Author: refarkas

Thanks for sharing this memory.
Bob

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Date: 10/21/17 21:52
Re: Switcher Saturday - Rock Island NW2 - Sept 77
Author: Bob3985

RI 4902, SW-1, headed westbound on the Eastbound Mainline at UD tower with cars for industrial switching in South Joliet and Rockdale.

Bob Krieger
Cheyenne, WY

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Date: 10/22/17 08:05
Re: Switcher Saturday - Rock Island NW2 - Sept 77
Author: EMDSW-1

Bob3985 Wrote:
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> RI 4902, SW-1, headed westbound on the Eastbound
> Mainline at UD tower with cars for industrial
> switching in South Joliet and Rockdale.


I've never seen a SW-1 with two exhaust stacks and no front sandbox. Unless something exotic happened to this unit by way of a total kitbash it appears to be a NW-2.

Dick Samuels

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Date: 10/22/17 08:44
Re: Switcher Saturday - Rock Island NW2 - Sept 77
Author: bnsfsd70

Correct, it's an NW2 that was originally built for the P&LE.

Nice shot!

- Jeff Carlson

EMDSW-1 Wrote:
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> Bob3985 Wrote:
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>
> I've never seen a SW-1 with two exhaust stacks and
> no front sandbox. Unless something exotic happened
> to this unit by way of a total kitbash it appears
> to be a NW-2.
>
> Dick Samuels

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