Chicago & Western Indiana

All-Time Diesel Roster

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Revised: 6 Oct. 2015 photo: --
Reporting Mark: C&WI Roster by: R. Craig
Road No. Model Bldr Nmbr Bldr Date Notes
1 HH600 68643 4/34 To Belt Railway of Chicago 300
250 & 251 NW2 5395 & 5396 11/47 To Acme-Newport Steel 2 & Roscoe Snyder & Pacific 300
252 & 253 RS1 76799, 76800 7/1949 #255 to Precision National Corp; #256 to Genesee & Wyoming 43, & #257 to PNC
254-257 RS1 77172-77175 10-11/1949 --
258 & 259 RS1 77836, 77837 12/1949 --
260-263 RS1 77849-77852 2/1950 #261 to Chattahoochie Industrial RR 116; 262 to Genessee & Wyoming (for parts) & 263 to Interprovincial Steel & Pipe (IPSCO) 2

The Chicago & Western Indiana was a terminal switching railroad that served Chicago's Dearborn Station and surrounding areas until 1971. The railroad's mostly Alco diesel roster consisted of a dozen RS1s built in 1949 & 1950.

Reference source: Extra 2200 South, Railroad Magazine, The Yard Limit

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