IRM plans to restore its full C&NW markings and make the locomotive fully operational for service on its 5-mile demonstration railroad. The 7009 is the very first SD50 locomotive to be …

With two SD45 to boot! Looking showroom fresh! New addition to IRM's roster of historic diesels. This is pretty much what got me into trains when I was little.

Chicago & North Western 7009 is the only preserved example of an SD50 diesel freight locomotive. This model was built in La Grange, Illinois, through most of the 1980s by EMD, …

The EMD SD50 is a 3,500- horsepower (2,610 kW) diesel-electric locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division. It was introduced in May 1981 as part of EMD's "50 Series"; …

2022年11月2日 · UNION, Ill. — Former Chicago & North Western Railway SD50 No. 7009 is headed to the Illinois Railway Museum after two benefactors provided the funds to purchase …

2022年11月3日 · IRM plans to restore the locomotive to its as-delivered C&NW look and use it on the museum’s five-mile-long demonstration railroad. Locomotive 7009 is the first SD50 in the …

The EMD (Electro Motive Division) SD50 is a type of 3,500hp (or 3,600hp in some cases) six-axle diesel locomotive built from 1980 to 1986, but didn't officially begin production until 1984 after …

Most of these shots are in locations I'm familiar with. However, "Benton Iowa" is not one of them. I'll have to get some better experts than I to take a look at that shot and determine its location. …

CNW EMD SD50 7019 built Dec. 1985 and seen west of Boone, IA Aug. 19, 1995. Bill Kuba photo, Iowa Chapter NRHS collection.

One of two photos from the original negatives of an unknown photographer of the Chicago & North Western SD50 unit #7033 taken while it sat in the CNW Proviso Shops. It eventually …