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Title: |
CNW 507 |
Description: |
CNW 507 |
Photo Date: |
7/31/1975 Upload Date: 2/15/2008 8:47:39 AM |
Location: |
Elmhurst, IL |
Author: |
Tim Vermande |
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Locomotives: |
CNW 507(E8A) |
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1070 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
w/b CNW train led by E8A #507 |
Description: |
Photographer and exact date unknown |
Photo Date: |
7/1/1977 Upload Date: 12/10/2020 4:01:55 PM |
Location: |
Crystal Lake, IL |
Author: |
Unknown |
Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
CNW 507(E8A) |
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245 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
CNW 507 |
Description: |
CNW 507, exact date unknown, location uncertain |
Photo Date: |
8/1/1978 Upload Date: 3/25/2008 1:49:19 PM |
Location: |
Elmhurst, IL |
Author: |
Tim Vermande |
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Locomotives: |
CNW 507(E8A) |
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716 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
C&NW E8 507 |
Description: |
C&NW E8 507 arriiving at Clybourn Avenue in Chicago, Illinois on an unknown day in September 1979, Ektachrome by Chuck Zeiler. Number 507 was built in June 1950 as UP E8 927 (c/n 10778) and was acquired by the C&NW in September 1972. The following is from an article by Phillip A Weibler in the Summer 2010 issue of First And Fastest, the publication of the Shore Line Interurban Historical Society. Engineers pride themselves in making smooth stops right on the spot, keeping the passengers - and the conductor - happy. It became a real problem when the C&NW put second-hand E-units from Uncle Pete (Union Pacific) into suburban service. Scoots were all equipped with composition brake shoes - not unlike what you've got on your automobile - cars and locomotives alike. Deceleration was smooth and uniform right down to the final stop. But the Union Pacific locomotives had the old cast iron brake shoes. At speed they felt ineffective, but as the train slowed, those iron shoes would take hold. Very hard. Station stops resembled collisions with a brick wall. Attempts to bail off the engine brake right as the train stopped could not be done consistently. Eastbound trips, run from the cab car, were even worse, since the Engineer could not bail off the engine brake at all. It felt like we'd dropped an anchor on a short chain, and we fully expected to look back and see a cloud of ballast and splintered crossties behind the engine. Since the engine squatted down when it stopped, it would run all the slack out of the train. Starting up again, we could feel the slack come up car by car until it hit the cab car with a good tap. The mechanical people at the diesel ramp (M19A - 40th Street, Chicago) were flooded with complaints, and it wasn't long before those UP engines all had composition brake shoes and new brake cylinders. |
Photo Date: |
9/1/1979 Upload Date: 7/15/2011 12:38:40 PM |
Location: |
Chicago, IL |
Author: |
Chuck Zeiler |
Categories: |
Station,Passenger |
Locomotives: |
CNW 507(E8A) |
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779 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Five Commuter Trains Tied Down |
Description: |
F7A #413:2; E8A #507; E9BM #505; F40PH #128, City of Evanston; F40PH #145, City of Auroara |
Photo Date: |
1/6/1980 Upload Date: 9/25/2022 11:32:57 AM |
Location: |
Waukegan, IL |
Author: |
Gerard Putz |
Categories: |
Passenger |
Locomotives: |
CNW 413(F7A) CNW 507(E8A) CNW 505(E9BA) RTA 128(F40PH) RTA 145(F40PH) |
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139 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Three Tied Down Commuter Trains |
Description: |
F7A #413:2; E8A #507; F40PH #128, City of Evanston, leading tied down commuter trains |
Photo Date: |
1/6/1980 Upload Date: 9/25/2022 11:42:16 AM |
Location: |
Waukegan, IL |
Author: |
Gerard Putz |
Categories: |
Roster,Passenger |
Locomotives: |
CNW 413(F7A) CNW 507(E8A) RTA 128(F40PH) |
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113 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
CNW 507 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
9/29/1982 Upload Date: 3/12/2008 8:31:15 PM |
Location: |
Chicago, IL |
Author: |
marc malnekoff |
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Locomotives: |
CNW 507(E8A) |
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465 Comments: 1 |
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