Re: (erielack) CR 5460/DLW 959 location confirmed

[Scott Lupia <wpdj61_@_optonline.net>]

The extra grabs on the short end and behind the engineers cab door are 
still in tact.  That is a pretty nice find.

scott

Kevin DeGroff wrote:

> At the end of a business trip to Chicago, I was able to get out for 
> about 6 hours on Sunday 2-12 while dodging the
> lake effect snow to do a little (locomotive) critter hunting and 
> (railroad) archaeological digging around northern
> Indiana and Illinois.
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> In the process, I am able to confirm that CR 5460 nee-DLW 959 is 
> indeed at the Vulcan quarry in Lehigh, IL.  The
> Vulcan rail line runs parallel to IL Rte 7000 West, and connects to 
> the NYC (now NS) Streator line on its north end,
> and the IC (now Bloomer Line) to the south.  I did scout out the 
> entire facility, including traveling down to the BLOL
> interchange, but did not see any other power on the property, so it is 
> safe to assume that the GP8 is the sole locomotive
> being used at this facility.  There were empty ballast cars sitting on 
> the NS interchange, with their heavily rusted wheels
> indicative of no movement in many weeks.  Given the time of year 
> (off-season for local construction), business is naturally
> slow.  The GP8 was shut down and plugged in to a block heater of some 
> sort.  A modular office building was open, so I
> wandered in and got the salesman's business card from the security 
> officer.  I then wandered around and snapped
> some photos.
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> http://home.earthlink.net/~kadegroff/vulx5460a.jpg
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> http://home.earthlink.net/~kadegroff/vulx5460b.jpg
> The unit only has one numberboard with actual numbers showing.  The 
> rest are blank.
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> http://home.earthlink.net/~kadegroff/vulx5460c.jpg
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> http://home.earthlink.net/~kadegroff/vulx5460d.jpg
> The frame number: 6339-4
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> http://home.earthlink.net/~kadegroff/vulx5460e.jpg
> The MK rebuild plate
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> http://home.earthlink.net/~kadegroff/card.jpg
> Scan of the salesman's business card with company contact info
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