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Chuck Zeiler's Collection
 
12/24/2024
 
 
 
 
 
Owner: Chicago South Shore And South Bend
Model:Alco-GE R-2 BoxcabBuilt As:NYC 343 (R-2 Boxcab)
Serial Number:68271Order No:GE #11194
Frame Number:Built:0/1931
Notes:ex-NYC class R2 343 reblt 1956
Other locos with this serial:  CSS 704(R-2 Boxcab)
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CSS&SB Pullman 6
Title:  CSS&SB Pullman 6
Description:  CSS&SB Pullman built coach 6 at Michigan City, Indiana on an unknown day in April 1975, Ektachrome by Chuck Zeiler. Number 6 was built in 1926 by Pullman Car and Manufacturing Company as part of the first ten car order placed by the newly formed Chicago South Shore & South Bend Railroad, which took over control of the bankrupt Chicago Lake Shore & South Bend Railroad in 1926. Also seen (left to right) are trailer 204. 201, motor 6, and 704, the former NYC class R-2 343, rebuilt by the CSS&SB in 1956. The occasion was a Central Electric Railfans' Association sponsored fan trip.
Photo Date:  4/1/1975  Upload Date: 10/20/2010 1:42:32 PM
Location:  Michigan City, IN
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  CSS 6(Interurban) CSS 704(R-2 Boxcab)
Views:  999   Comments: 1
CSS&SB R-2 704
Title:  CSS&SB R-2 704
Description:  CSS&SB R-2 704 at Michigan City Shops, April 1975, photo by Chuck Zeiler. Number 704 was built in June 1931 as NYC R-2 343 (Alco c/n 68271, GE c/n 11194), rebuilt at the Michigan City Shops in 1956, retired and scrapped in April 1976.
Photo Date:  4/1/1975  Upload Date: 1/1/2011 2:03:40 PM
Location:  Michigan City, IN
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CSS 704(R-2 Boxcab) CSS 601(SW1)
Views:  775   Comments: 0


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