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Locomotive Identification
Posted by CBT on Sunday, November 22, 2015 4:05 PM

Hi, my dad saw this locomotive on a boat on the Detroit River, does anyone know what railraod it is from.

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Posted by zugmann on Sunday, November 22, 2015 5:03 PM

Looks like the Delray Connecting Railroad. 

 

Very cool photos.

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Posted by schlimm on Sunday, November 22, 2015 5:48 PM

zugmann

Looks like the Delray Connecting Railroad. 

 

Very cool photos.

 

Appropriately, it operates on Zug Island.

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Posted by Deggesty on Sunday, November 22, 2015 6:51 PM

schlimm

 

 
zugmann

Looks like the Delray Connecting Railroad. 

 

Very cool photos.

 

 

 

Appropriately, it operates on Zug Island.

 

Yes, it is appropiate to see a train on Train Island.

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Posted by DSchmitt on Sunday, November 22, 2015 7:13 PM

Probably Delray Connecting #65  a SW1200   I lightend the photo and could see that there is a circular emblem on the side of the hood.  Could not tell number on side of cab but would be "DC 65" if identification is correct.

Locomotive #66 has "GREAT LAKES WORKS" on the side of the hood - no emblem on hood - US Steel emblem and "66" on cab..

 

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Posted by zugmann on Sunday, November 22, 2015 7:14 PM

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Posted by CBT on Sunday, November 22, 2015 8:23 PM

Thanks guys!

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Posted by beaulieu on Monday, November 23, 2015 12:35 AM

The locomotive model is a EMD SW1001.

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Posted by DSchmitt on Monday, November 23, 2015 1:37 AM

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The locomotive model is a EMD SW1001.

 

Could be.  That would make it DC 64.

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Posted by zugmann on Monday, November 23, 2015 1:40 AM


Looks like DC 64 on my monitor.

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Posted by CShaveRR on Monday, November 23, 2015 1:04 PM

Now that is a boat ride I'd like to be able to take!

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Posted by rdamon on Monday, November 23, 2015 1:31 PM

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Posted by CBT on Monday, November 23, 2015 2:01 PM

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Now that is a boat ride I'd like to be able to take!

 

I know! My dad did it with some people from work a 5 or 4 years ago. I was looking through some old computer pictures and found this one.

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Posted by tree68 on Monday, November 23, 2015 6:37 PM

CShaveRR

Now that is a boat ride I'd like to be able to take!

The "Boblo Boats" passed Zug Island on their way to the park (Boblo Island, actually Bois Blanc Island).  I remember Zug Island as being dark and dingy, which is no surprise given the industry there (N 42 16' 48" W 83 6' 50").  

The bridge in the image is over the Rouge River.

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Posted by CShaveRR on Tuesday, November 24, 2015 12:58 PM

The dark, dingy industry is precisely what I'd be looking for!

Many years ago, before any of our kids were married, my brother-in-law brought his boat, his family, and my mother down to our area, and we took a triangle trip incorporating the Cal-Sag Channel, Calumet River, Lake Michigan, Chicago River, Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, and back along the Cal-Sag Channel to our put-in point.  Many interesting sights along there (and a couple of locks to go through), but the one that stuck in the minds of our kids, nieces, and nephews was a Hullett unloading coal from a barge on the Calumet River.  Alas, no longer available to see.

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Posted by BaltACD on Tuesday, November 24, 2015 3:18 PM

CShaveRR

The dark, dingy industry is precisely what I'd be looking for!

Many years ago, before any of our kids were married, my brother-in-law brought his boat, his family, and my mother down to our area, and we took a triangle trip incorporating the Cal-Sag Channel, Calumet River, Lake Michigan, Chicago River, Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, and back along the Cal-Sag Channel to our put-in point.  Many interesting sights along there (and a couple of locks to go through), but the one that stuck in the minds of our kids, nieces, and nephews was a Hullett unloading coal from a barge on the Calumet River.  Alas, no longer available to see.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hulett

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Posted by BOB WITHORN on Wednesday, November 25, 2015 8:19 AM

So, never mind, wrong post

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