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C&IM engines

Posted by ndbprr

on Wed, Sep 5 2007 3:30 PM

Didn't the C&IM have some unique engines that were half switcher and half road engine as far as the carbody? Are they still using them? Thanks

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Posted by EJE818

on Wed, Sep 5 2007 6:58 PM

As far as I know, the two switchers you are talking about are still operating, but the C&IM is now the Illinois & Midland Railroad and both engines are in I&Ms Genesee & Wyoming orange paint. Thet are still worthy of going to see, beleive me. I've never seen one myaself but I would like to.

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Posted by CSSHEGEWISCH

on Sat, Sep 8 2007 10:09 AM

The locomotives are EMD RS1325's, which look like an SW1200 on flexicoil trucks with the low nose and cab from a GP18 replacing the regular cab. It was basically an EMD version of the GMD1 and was in the catalog for a while but sold only to C&IM.

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Posted by cacole

on Sat, Sep 8 2007 12:03 PM

Here's the link to some photos of them: http://www.railpictures.net/showphotos.php?locomotive=EMD%20RS1325