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Owner: IRTI
Model:EMD SWBuilt As:INLX 43 (SW)
Serial Number:658Order No:E161
Frame Number:E161-1Built:2/1937
Notes:ex-INLX 43?
Other locos with this serial:  IRTI 48(SW)
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Iroquois Terminals SW 48
Title:  Iroquois Terminals SW 48
Description:  Iroquois Terminals Inc. SW 48 at Pielet Brothers (scrapper) in McCook, Illinois on an unknown day in June 1965, Ektachrome by Chuck Zeiler. I don't know anything about this locomotive except that it was either an EMC SW (six-hundred horsepower, welded frame) or SC (six-hundred hp, cast frame). The identifying features are the vents at the top of the hood and the sand box on the front. I believe it is number 48, based solely on the headlight. I pulled a closeup of just the headlight and uploaded it so you can judge for yourself. As best I can tell, this locomotive might have been built as Inland Steel (INLX) 43, the only record I can find so far of any locomotive going to the Iroquois Terminals. That record indicates the INLX 43 became Iroquois Terminals 43. There's the problem, I believe this is number 48. I think Iroquois Terminals was part of the Port of Chicago's operations. Until more information comes along, that's what I'll go with. Any help would be appreciated.

Closeup of headlight here

Photo Date:  6/1/1965  Upload Date: 6/16/2012 3:50:03 PM
Location:  McCook, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  IRTI 48(SW)
Views:  708   Comments: 0
Iroquois Terminals SW 48
Title:  Iroquois Terminals SW 48
Description:  Closeup of Iroquois Terminals SW 48 headlight at McCook, Illinois on an unknown day in June 1965, Ektachrome by Chuck Zeiler. This is a closeup of the headlight to help identify the locomotive. Iroquois Terminals acquired a SW from Inland Steel, former INLX 43. This is what I found at trainorders.com: 43 EMC SW 658 2/37 To Iroquois Terminals RR 43, via Lipsett, 4/60
Photo Date:  6/1/1965  Upload Date: 6/16/2012 3:50:53 PM
Location:  McCook, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  IRTI 48(SW)
Views:  530   Comments: 0
ITM 1
Title:  ITM 1
Description:  Iroquois Terminal, Inc. EMD SW Bldr. No. 658. Blt. 12/8/1936. Photo taken at Pielet Bros. scrapyard (adjacent to EMD in La Grange. Iroquois Terminal was a transloading facility at the mouth of the Calumet River in Chicago.
Photo Date:  2/22/1970  Upload Date: 4/13/2019 1:13:20 PM
Location:  McCook, IL
Author:  Jeffrey Lawrence
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  IRTI 48(SW)
Views:  359   Comments: 0


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