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IHB SW7 8838
Title:  IHB SW7 8838
Description:  IHB SW7 8838 at the Chicago Junction yard, Chicago, Illinois, June 13, 1965, photo by Chuck Zeiler. Number 8838 was built in January 1950 (c/n 8129) on EMD Order E1136, later becoming PC and CR 8838, scrapped by the CR at Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania during June 1992. Not a bad headquarters building in the background for a railroad that owned only 2.185 miles of track.

The Chicago Junction Railways (CJ) was the parent of the Union Stock and Transit Company of Chicago, which was organized in 1865 to consolidate all the trackage into the Union Stock Yards. On December 15, 1897, the USY&T leased its railroad property to the Chicago and Indiana State Line. In August 1897, USY&T parent Chicago Junction Railways and Union Stock Yards Company bought control of the Chicago, Hammond and Western Railroad, which was building an outer belt line around Chicago, with trackage rights over the Terminal Railroad from Argo to the stock yards. The Chicago and Indiana State Line and Chicago, Hammond and Western merged on April 26, 1898 to form the Chicago Junction Railway, now operating two belt lines. However, on October 31, 1907, the outer belt line was sold to the Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad, and the Chicago Junction was back to its original trackage in and around the stock yards. On May 19, 1922, the New York Central Railroad bought control of the Chicago River and Indiana Railroad (CR&I) and simultaneously leased the Chicago Junction to the CR&I for 99 years at an annual rental of $2,000,000. On August 26, 1958, the CR&I acquired the property of the Chicago Junction and lessor USY&T, and in 1976 Conrail acquired the CR&I's lines, now (March 16, 2011) operated by the Norfolk Southern.

Photo Date:  6/13/1965  Upload Date: 3/16/2011 12:13:45 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  IHB 8838(SW7)
Views:  878   Comments: 1
CRI 8838
Title:  CRI 8838
Description:  Photo by J.J. Buckley
Photo Date:  2/28/1976  Upload Date: 6/4/2009 7:15:01 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Ryan Kertis
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CRI 8838(SW7)
Views:  538   Comments: 0
CRI 8838
Title:  CRI 8838
Description:  Photo by J.J. Buckley
Photo Date:  2/28/1976  Upload Date: 12/30/2009 7:56:30 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Ryan Kertis
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CRI 8838(SW7)
Views:  388   Comments: 0
CR 8838
Title:  CR 8838
Description:  In deadline at Altoona
Photo Date:  10/19/1990  Upload Date: 7/21/2013 10:18:52 PM
Location:  Altoona(Juniata), PA
Author:  Chris Hash
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  CR 8838(SW7)
Views:  297   Comments: 0
IHB SW7 8839
Title:  IHB SW7 8839
Description:  Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad SW7 8839 and New York Central Railroad SW1 611 at the Chicago Junction yard in Chicago, Illinois on May 9, 1965, photo by Chuck Zeiler. Number 8839 was built in January 1950 (c/n 8130) on EMD Order E1136, became PC 8839 and possibly CR 8867, scrapped by the CR at Hollidaysburg. Number 611 was built in October 1950 (c/n 11768) on EMD Order 6115, and later became NYC/PC/CR 8437.

This is an interesting location, by the date of this photo, it is the property of the Chicago River & Indiana Railroad, a subsidiary of the New York Central Railroad. From the beginning of the 20th Century, this had been the property of the Chicago Junction Railway (a company formed by merging the Chicago and Indiana State Line, and Chicago, Hammond and Western on April 26, 1898) to form the Chicago Junction Railway, with the Union Stock Yard & Transit Company of Chicago (USY&T) as the parent company, and although the CJ owned but 2.185 miles of track, it appears that it was the last two miles into the Chicago Union Stock Yards, so if your intention was to get livestock delivered to the stockyards, you had to deal with the CJ (NYC). On May 19, 1922, the New York Central Railroad bought control of the Chicago River and Indiana Railroad (CR&I) and simultaneously leased the Chicago Junction to the CR&I. On August 26, 1958, the CR&I acquired the property of the Chicago Junction and lessor USY&T, and in 1976 the Conrail acquired the CR&I's lines.

Photo Date:  5/9/1965  Upload Date: 3/15/2011 10:00:29 AM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  IHB 8839(SW7) NYC 611(SW1)
Views:  1408   Comments: 2
CRI A-3170 8410
Title:  CRI A-3170 8410
Description:  Chicago River & Indiana Railroad (CR&I) Lima-Hamilton (L-H) A-3170 #8410, built May 1951 (c/n 9496), Chicago, Illinois, June 13, 1965, photo by Chuck Zeiler. As far as I can tell, L-H did not have model numbers for their diesel-electric locomotives, but used a specification number. Some references make use of a LS-1200 model, but I believe this is might be diesel spotters handiwork. The CR&I was a subsidiary of the New York Central, and 8410 is seen in the Chicago Junction (CJ) Yard, a railroad company leased by the NYC for 99 years starting in 1922, the same year the NYC purchased the CR&I. Both the CR&I and the CJ were switching railroads and effectively controlled access to the Chicago Stockyards. The CR&I had the distinction of being the world's only all Lima-Hamilton powered railroad when the NYC replaced the steam power with diesel. Starting in 1949, the NYC placed an order for six 1000 hp switchers (#'s 8400-8405) of similar design (A-3170, the specification number did not change when the horsepower was increased to 1200). Following the merger of Baldwin and L-H in November 1950, the NYC placed another order for ten 800 hp switchers (spec. # A-3171, CR&I road #'s 9800-9809), and in May 1951 ordered (L-H order # 1219-DE) six 1200 hp A-3170 switchers, CR&I #'s 8406-8411. The 1200 hp A-3170 weighed between 120-125 tons, was powered by a 8 cylinder inline turbocharged Hamilton T89SA diesel driving a Westinghouse 499A main generator, with four 362D traction motors. It was classed as DES-15b by the NYC. The #8839 to the right was an Indiana Harbor Belt (another NYC subsidiary) SW-7, built January 1950 (c/n 8130), became CR&I 8839 during January 1965, became PC 8839 February 1968, and became CR 8867 April 1976.
Photo Date:  6/13/1965  Upload Date: 5/1/2009 6:48:54 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CRI 8410(LS-1200) IHB 8839(SW7)
Views:  1618   Comments: 0
Stranded on the table
Title:  Stranded on the table
Description:  PC 8839 and 672 stranded on the Orangeville turntable. Note mechanic in pit on lower left. Best guess date 1975.
Photo Date:  6/1/1975  Upload Date: 7/1/2010 10:24:23 PM
Location:  Orangeville, MD
Author:  George L. Pitz
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  PC 8839(SW7) PC 672(Electric M.U.)
Views:  1484   Comments: 0
NYC 8840
Title:  NYC 8840
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/20/1968  Upload Date: 5/10/2009 9:39:49 PM
Location:  Whiting, IN
Author:  Chris Edmonds
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NYC 8840(SW7)
Views:  1871   Comments: 1
CRI 8840
Title:  CRI 8840
Description:  Photo by Joe McMillan
Photo Date:  2/23/1974  Upload Date: 6/4/2009 1:38:28 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Ryan Kertis
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CRI 8840(SW7)
Views:  1300   Comments: 1
CR 8840 Switching Union Station
Title:  CR 8840 Switching Union Station
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/25/1978  Upload Date: 5/23/2009 10:45:38 AM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Tom Golden
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CR 8840(SW7)
Views:  458   Comments: 0
CR 8840--Ex IHB SW7
Title:  CR 8840--Ex IHB SW7
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/25/1978  Upload Date: 12/23/2009 3:41:01 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Tom Golden
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CR 8840(SW7)
Views:  598   Comments: 0
IHB SW7 8841
Title:  IHB SW7 8841
Description:  Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad SW7 8841 at the Chicago Junction Yard in Chicago, Illinois on June 13, 1965, photo by Chuck Zeiler. This locomotive was built in January 1950 (c/n 8132) on EMD Order E1136, and later becoming PC and CR 8841. It wound appear the the lower window on the fireman's side has been replaced.
Photo Date:  6/13/1965  Upload Date: 3/2/2011 12:02:04 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  IHB 8841(SW7)
Views:  624   Comments: 0
CR 8841
Title:  CR 8841
Description:  CR-8841+8898 at Wallbridge OH 07-17-1988
Photo Date:  7/17/1988  Upload Date: 2/9/2013 9:27:31 PM
Location:  Walbridge, OH
Author:  Tim Leininger
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CR 8841(SW7)
Views:  355   Comments: 0
CR 8841
Title:  CR 8841
Description:  CR-8841-SW7 at Wallbridge OH 07-17-1988
Photo Date:  7/17/1988  Upload Date: 2/9/2013 9:30:16 PM
Location:  Walbridge, OH
Author:  Tim Leininger
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CR 8841(SW7)
Views:  265   Comments: 0
YDT0 8  CR Sw1200s 8841/8865  on Corothers secondary  August 1988
Title:  YDT0 8 CR Sw1200s 8841/8865 on Corothers secondary August 1988
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/25/1999  Upload Date: 6/9/2007 12:48:23 AM
Location:  Toledo, OH
Author:  Howard Castellucio
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CR 8841(SW7)
Views:  715   Comments: 2
IHB SW7 8843
Title:  IHB SW7 8843
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/1/1962  Upload Date: 7/26/2007 7:53:49 AM
Location:  La Grange, IL
Author:  Marty Bernard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  IHB 8843(SW7)
Views:  1274   Comments: 0
IHB SW7 8843 Switching at EMD
Title:  IHB SW7 8843 Switching at EMD
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/1/1962  Upload Date: 7/26/2007 7:53:49 AM
Location:  La Grange, IL
Author:  Marty Bernard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  IHB 8843(SW7)
Views:  1012   Comments: 0
CR 8844
Title:  CR 8844
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/31/1980  Upload Date: 5/24/2012 11:59:29 AM
Location:  Erie, PA
Author:  C.W. Lahickey
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CR 8844(SW7)
Views:  350   Comments: 0
IHB 8846
Title:  IHB 8846
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/26/1963  Upload Date: 7/26/2007 7:53:50 AM
Location:  Porter, IN
Author:  Marty Bernard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  IHB 8846(SW7)
Views:  867   Comments: 0
CR 8846
Title:  CR 8846
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/29/1980  Upload Date: 5/24/2012 11:57:56 AM
Location:  Erie, PA
Author:  C.W. Lahickey
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CR 8846(SW7)
Views:  298   Comments: 0
IHB 8847
Title:  IHB 8847
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/1/1966  Upload Date: 7/21/2022 11:09:06 PM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author: 
Categories: 
Locomotives:  IHB 8847(SW7)
Views:  143   Comments: 0
CR 8849
Title:  CR 8849
Description:  At Dille Road
Photo Date:  5/26/1984  Upload Date: 3/24/2018 11:57:39 AM
Location:  Cleveland, OH
Author:  Bruce Gage
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CR 8849(SW7)
Views:  154   Comments: 0
CR 8851
Title:  CR 8851
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/13/1979  Upload Date: 9/23/2015 11:14:02 AM
Location:  Elizabethport Yard, NJ
Author:  andrew koenigsberg
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CR 8851(SW7)
Views:  305   Comments: 0
CR 8851, 9231, 8617
Title:  CR 8851, 9231, 8617
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/19/1980  Upload Date: 12/30/2023 10:26:29 PM
Location:  Elizabethport, NJ
Author:  Tim Darnell
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CR 8851(SW7) CR 9231(NW2) CR 8617(SW8)
Views:  128   Comments: 0
CR 8851
Title:  CR 8851
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/19/1980  Upload Date: 10/31/2015 10:14:14 PM
Location:  Elizabethport, NJ
Author:  Tim Darnell
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CR 8851(SW7) CR 9231(NW2) CR 8617(SW8)
Views:  375   Comments: 1
CR 8851
Title:  CR 8851
Description:  Tie train on the former Reading
Photo Date:  7/22/1980  Upload Date: 3/25/2020 8:29:05 PM
Location:  Bound Brook, NJ
Author:  Tim Darnell
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CR 8851(SW7)
Views:  145   Comments: 1
CR 8851
Title:  CR 8851
Description:  Jan 1984 - Oak Island Yard NJ - CR 8851 EMD SW7 Serial # 9451 Built 2/1950
Photo Date:  1/1/1984  Upload Date: 2/11/2024 11:47:42 AM
Location:  Oak Island, NJ
Author:  Peter Consigli
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CR 8851(SW7)
Views:  81   Comments: 0
CR 8851 west with CR 8954
Title:  CR 8851 west with CR 8954
Description:  Leaving Enola, near Rockville
Photo Date:  3/12/1988  Upload Date: 1/28/2013 6:44:45 PM
Location:  Rockville, PA
Author:  Bob Kise
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CR 8851(SW7)
Views:  429   Comments: 0
Two old EMDs from high above the Susquehanna
Title:  Two old EMDs from high above the Susquehanna
Description:  Nearing Rockville Bridge
Photo Date:  3/12/1988  Upload Date: 2/2/2014 7:27:42 AM
Location:  Marysville, PA
Author:  Bob Kise
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CR 8851(SW7) CR 8954(SW9)
Views:  480   Comments: 1
Old EMDs pull a transfer run out of Enola
Title:  Old EMDs pull a transfer run out of Enola
Description:  Westbound, heading for Rockville Bridge and Harrisburg
Photo Date:  3/12/1988  Upload Date: 1/18/2015 6:56:37 AM
Location:  Enola, PA
Author:  Bob Kise
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CR 8851(SW7) CR 8954(SW9)
Views:  419   Comments: 0
CR 8853
Title:  CR 8853
Description:  Local freight thru Penn Coach Yard
Photo Date:  1/29/1981  Upload Date: 3/20/2020 10:11:27 PM
Location:  Philadelphia, PA
Author:  Tim Darnell
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CR 8853(SW7)
Views:  148   Comments: 1
IHB SW7s 8856 and 8857 in Norpaul Yard
Title:  IHB SW7s 8856 and 8857 in Norpaul Yard
Description:  8856 was converted to a slug and 8857 to a B-unit (cabless)
Photo Date:  9/14/1965  Upload Date: 7/26/2007 7:53:51 AM
Location:  Franklin Park, IL
Author:  Marty Bernard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  IHB 8856(SW7) IHB 8857(SW7)
Views:  900   Comments: 0
IHB 8857, 8822, and 8781
Title:  IHB 8857, 8822, and 8781
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/11/1966  Upload Date: 7/25/2010 10:52:37 PM
Location:  Bensenville, IL
Author:  William Eley
Categories: 
Locomotives:  IHB 8857(SW7) IHB 8822(NW2) IHB 8781(NW2)
Views:  1365   Comments: 1
4 Southern Pacific Brand-New MP15ACs (Being Delivered) on the IHB
Title:  4 Southern Pacific Brand-New MP15ACs (Being Delivered) on the IHB
Description:  Digital image from Kim E. Piersol original 35mm Kodachrome transparency. Blue Island Crossing.
Photo Date:  7/13/1975  Upload Date: 11/19/2006 7:55:34 AM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Kim Piersol
Categories: 
Locomotives:  IHB 9212(SW1500) SP 2737(MP15AC) IHB 8857(SW7) SP 2736(MP15AC) SP 2739(MP15AC) SP 2743(MP15AC)
Views:  2642   Comments: 2
IHB 8857
Title:  IHB 8857
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/16/1976  Upload Date: 2/23/2012 11:45:04 AM
Location:  La Grange, IL
Author:  Tim Vermande
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  IHB 8857(SW7)
Views:  368   Comments: 0
IHB 9002 and 8857
Title:  IHB 9002 and 8857
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/20/1979  Upload Date: 6/4/2010 9:39:16 PM
Location:  Dolton, IL
Author:  Tom Golden
Categories: 
Locomotives:  IHB 9002(SW9) IHB 8857(SW7)
Views:  751   Comments: 0
IHB 8783 and 8857
Title:  IHB 8783 and 8857
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/17/1979  Upload Date: 5/1/2010 4:36:36 PM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Tom Golden
Categories: 
Locomotives:  IHB 8783(NW2) IHB 8857(SW7)
Views:  530   Comments: 0
IHB 8857
Title:  IHB 8857
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/24/1984  Upload Date: 7/26/2010 10:12:30 PM
Location:  Riverdale, IL
Author:  Tom Golden
Categories: 
Locomotives:  IHB 8857(SW7)
Views:  412   Comments: 0
IHB BU 53, Slug/Booster Unit, ex EMD SW7 IHB 8857, at Blue Island Yard
Title:  IHB BU 53, Slug/Booster Unit, ex EMD SW7 IHB 8857, at Blue Island Yard
Description:  IHB BU 53, Slug/Booster Unit, ex EMD SW7 IHB 8857, at Blue Island Yard in Riverdale Illinois
Photo Date:  10/4/1996  Upload Date: 4/6/2022 12:14:58 PM
Location:  Riverdale, IL
Author:  Paul Rome
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Track
Locomotives:  IHB BU53(SW7RM) IHB 8857(SW7)
Views:  273   Comments: 0
IHB 8824 and 8858
Title:  IHB 8824 and 8858
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/12/1969  Upload Date: 7/26/2010 10:25:06 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Jim Suhs
Categories: 
Locomotives:  IHB 8824(NW2) IHB 8858(SW7)
Views:  1668   Comments: 0
Indiana Harbor Belt SW7 #8858
Title:  Indiana Harbor Belt SW7 #8858
Description:  Digital image from Kim E. Piersol original 35mm Kodachrome transparency. Blue Island Crossing.
Photo Date:  7/1/1974  Upload Date: 11/22/2006 1:30:00 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Kim Piersol
Categories: 
Locomotives:  IHB 8858(SW7)
Views:  417   Comments: 0
IHB 8858
Title:  IHB 8858
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/1/1975  Upload Date: 12/3/2002 9:50:02 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Dean Dettman
Categories: 
Locomotives:  IHB 8858(SW7)
Views:  718   Comments: 0
IHB 8858 and CR 21534
Title:  IHB 8858 and CR 21534
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/16/1978  Upload Date: 7/26/2010 10:45:22 PM
Location:  Riverdale, IL
Author:  Bob Zwiers
Categories: 
Locomotives:  IHB 8858(SW7)
Views:  415   Comments: 0
IHB 8858 in New Paint
Title:  IHB 8858 in New Paint
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/21/1978  Upload Date: 1/3/2010 8:23:30 PM
Location:  Riverdale, IL
Author:  Tom Golden
Categories: 
Locomotives:  IHB 8858(SW7)
Views:  370   Comments: 0
IHB 8858
Title:  IHB 8858
Description:  IHB 8858, note the stack piles of tie plates
Photo Date:  8/27/1988  Upload Date: 3/6/2024 8:03:00 PM
Location:  Dolton, IL
Author:  J Fischer
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  IHB 8858(SW7)
Views:  75   Comments: 0
IHB 8858--Removed from Storage
Title:  IHB 8858--Removed from Storage
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/19/1989  Upload Date: 7/22/2010 5:07:39 PM
Location:  La Grange, IL
Author:  Tom Golden
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  IHB 8858(SW7)
Views:  281   Comments: 0
IHB 8858
Title:  IHB 8858
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/19/1989  Upload Date: 2/9/2009 8:14:29 PM
Location:  Riverdale, IL
Author:  Tom Golden
Categories: 
Locomotives:  IHB 8858(SW7)
Views:  408   Comments: 1
IHB SW7 #8859 and NW2 #8780
Title:  IHB SW7 #8859 and NW2 #8780
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/31/1964  Upload Date: 8/2/2007 9:39:31 PM
Location:  Indiana Harbor, IN
Author:  Marty Bernard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  IHB 8859(SW7) IHB 8780(NW2)
Views:  1089   Comments: 1
IHB SW7 #8859 + IHB SW1500 #9217 leading e/b train on CRI&P
Title:  IHB SW7 #8859 + IHB SW1500 #9217 leading e/b train on CRI&P
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/25/1974  Upload Date: 8/28/2020 8:20:32 AM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Gerard Putz
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  IHB 8859(SW7) IHB 9217(SW1500)
Views:  314   Comments: 0
IHB SW7 #8859
Title:  IHB SW7 #8859
Description:  Digital image from Kim E. Piersol original 35mm Kodachrome transparency. Hammond Crossing.
Photo Date:  2/20/1975  Upload Date: 8/4/2006 8:34:35 PM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Kim Piersol
Categories: 
Locomotives:  IHB 8859(SW7)
Views:  582   Comments: 0


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