CNW F7 411 awaiting pickup by UP at Rockford, Il. yard after repainting by WSOR Horicon Shops. Unit still smelled of new paint. Unit is bound for the Illinois Railway Museum, at Union, Il. 8/23/06
@jedi725 Jedi...it had just been delivered from the IC&E after painting and bodywork in the WSOR Horicon Shops. It just worked out that as the IC&E delivered it to the old CNW (UP) the local was there, and even though it wasn't on their work list, they took it into Belvidere to avooid it being stripped to the frame by vandals. This was one of those right-place-right time moments in my life.
Why was the 411 sitting with a freight train
jedi725 1 year ago
@jedi725 Jedi...it had just been delivered from the IC&E after painting and bodywork in the WSOR Horicon Shops. It just worked out that as the IC&E delivered it to the old CNW (UP) the local was there, and even though it wasn't on their work list, they took it into Belvidere to avooid it being stripped to the frame by vandals. This was one of those right-place-right time moments in my life.
milw189 1 year ago