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Owner: Milwaukee Road
Model:Rebuilt EMD SD10Built As:MILW 2228 (SD9)
Serial Number:18773Order No:5287
Frame Number:5287-5Built:1/1954
Notes:18-ERS-6
Other locos with this serial:  DME 551(SD10) MILW 551(SD10)
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MILW SD10 551
Title:  MILW SD10 551
Description:  MILW SD10 551 at Ottumwa, Iowa on March 1, 1982, photo by Ken Kessler, Chuck Zeiler collection. This locomotive was built as MILW SD9 2228 in January 1954 (c/n 18773) on EMD Order 5287. It was later renumbered MILW SD9 534, classed as 17.5-ERS-6. It was one of four SD9's (plus 17 SD7's) rebuilt into SD10's (class 18-ERS-6) starting in 1974. The SD10 program involved a rebuilt Model 567BC prime mover, now rated at 1850 hp, rewiring, a chopped short hood, in this case, a Horst air filter (the duct on the roof behind the cab), 26L brake system, and relocating the air reservoirs. Eventually this unit became DME 551.
Photo Date:  3/1/1982  Upload Date: 4/18/2009 5:44:44 PM
Location:  Ottumwa, IA
Author:  Ken Kessler
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MILW 551(SD10)
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