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CNW 7009 is the star of Diesel Days 2023 |
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...for me, at least. This is one of the newest additions to the IRM collection; rescued from the NRE boneyard at Silvis, IL in the late fall of 2022. It was quickly returned to operational condition, with some touch-ups to the paint and the application of new cab-side heralds and a C&NW-appropriate 3-chime Leslie horn. Some say the SD50 isn't worth preserving because it was a relative lemon of a unit from EMD. I vehemently disagree, first off the fact that this unit survived for so long in C&NW colors without being repainted alone makes it worth preserving, second it makes a worthy partner with the 6847 in recreating the ubiquitous multi-unit EMD lashups that diesel-era C&NW railfans remember from the early 1980s through the falling of the flag in the mid-'90s. |
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8/13/2023 Upload Date: 8/14/2023 4:29:07 PM |
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Union, IL |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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CNW 7009(SD50) |
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CNW 7009 ready for the 12:20 departure of the Coach Train |
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While IRM has a really neat operation, early 20th century varnish looks really out of place behind mid-to-late century diesel locomotives. I'd really like to see them do a "c. 1980" C&NW photo freight with these locomotives one year. |
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8/13/2023 Upload Date: 8/14/2023 4:30:16 PM |
| Location: |
Union, IL |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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CNW 7009(SD50) |
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Almost looks like it could be... |
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...a power set found idling outside any yard office in towns across Illinois and Iowa in the 1980s. Just a few subtle clues give it away, like the ditch lights on 6847, missing rear numberboards on 7009 and the cab heralds that look too good for the rest of the paint. |
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8/13/2023 Upload Date: 8/14/2023 4:36:47 PM |
| Location: |
Union, IL |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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CNW 6847(SD40-2) CNW 7009(SD50) |
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Class lights glowing |
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The 7009, 6847, and WC 7525 triple-headed the Coach Train for the final scheduled departure of Diesel Days 2023. |
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8/13/2023 Upload Date: 8/14/2023 4:40:42 PM |
| Location: |
Union, IL |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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CNW 7009(SD50) |
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| Title: |
(SD)Fifty in Your Face |
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GoPro shot of the 7009, I was holding the camera perhaps a foot from the plow. |
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8/13/2023 Upload Date: 8/14/2023 4:41:03 PM |
| Location: |
Union, IL |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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CNW 7009(SD50) |
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CNW 7009 about ready to blast off with the last train of Diesel Days 2023 |
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8/13/2023 Upload Date: 8/14/2023 4:41:38 PM |
| Location: |
Union, IL |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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| Locomotives: |
CNW 7009(SD50) |
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85 Comments: 0 |
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