Streamliners Event -- Old Horses
by Joseph C Hinson
Title
Streamliners Event -- Old Horses
Artist
Joseph C Hinson
Medium
Photograph - Digital Photography
Description
A gentleman abaord the Iowa Pacific #515 waits patiently as a crew in front of him gets the turn table ready for him to pull his vintage diesel engine ahead.
The 61-year-old engine has enjoyed a long history on the rails, pulling passengers and freight through both the cold winters of Chicago and the desert heat of Arizona.
Built in June of 1953 as C&NW 5029B, it started its career pulling long-distance passenger trains for the Chicago & North Western. It was one of 11 units built at the time, all of which were rebuilt just a few years later, in 1960 and 1961, for use in Chicago commuter service.
FT No. 103 Demonstrator sits in the background. It has been called �The Diesel That Did It,� the diesel that killed steam locomotives. It was built in 1939 and ran across the country by the builder to persuade railroads to embrace diesel technology. It must have worked.
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June 2nd, 2014
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