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CR SD45 6222
Title:  CR SD45 6222
Description:  Conrail SD45 6222 at about 17th Street in Chicago, Illinois on an unknown day in September 1979, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler.
Photo Date:  9/1/1979  Upload Date: 11/22/2012 12:55:01 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CR 6222(SD45) AMTK 760(GP7) CR 2701(U23B)
Views:  1229   Comments: 0
CR GP40 3271
Title:  CR GP40 3271
Description:  Conrail GP40 3271 bringing a transfer under Ogden Avenue and into BN's Cicero, Illinois yard on an unknown day in September 1980, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. The power will cut off after yarding the trrain, run around and pick up a BN transfer and return to its home yard. A BN switcher will grab the caboose and position it on the end of the proper train.
Photo Date:  9/1/1980  Upload Date: 1/30/2014 1:16:23 PM
Location:  Cicero, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  CR 3271(GP40) CR 2741(U23B)
Views:  918   Comments: 1
CR U23B 2754
Title:  CR U23B 2754
Description:  Conrail U23B 2754 at BN's Cicero, Illinois yard on an unknown day in September 1979, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. With only one blue door, this must be Conrail's minimalist period. If it wasn't for the train, this might be a nice Volkswagen picture.
Photo Date:  9/1/1979  Upload Date: 7/12/2011 8:38:54 PM
Location:  Cicero, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CR 2754(U23B)
Views:  776   Comments: 1
CR U23B 2760
Title:  CR U23B 2760
Description:  CR U23B 2760 at BN's Cicero, Illinois Yard on an unknown day in January 1979, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler.
Photo Date:  1/1/1979  Upload Date: 7/12/2011 8:28:15 PM
Location:  Cicero, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Winter,Yard
Locomotives:  CR 2760(U23B)
Views:  751   Comments: 0
CR U23B 2795
Title:  CR U23B 2795
Description:  As the hogger gets clearance and hauls back on the throttle, a conference continues on the front porch of Conrail U23B 2795 at BN's Cicero, Illinois, yard on July 24, 1987, photo by Chuck Zeiler. Built in June 1977 as CR 2795 (c/n 41590), it was retired by CR March 8, 1993 and moved on to other career opportunities.

To satisfy railroad interest in a locomotive of intermediate horsepower, General Electric slipped a 12-cylinder FDL-12 into the carbody of the U30B, producing the U23B model. The same modification was used to produce the U23C from the U30C. The generally accepted spotting feature/difference between a 12-cylinder and a 16-cylinder equipped Universal series locomotive is the number of tall carbody doors, which correspond to the number of cylinders per side: a 12-cylinder locomotive has six tall engine room doors per side, a 16-cylinder locomotive has eight tall doors per side, one at each cylinder location. Production ran from August 1968 through June 1977. Conrail bought ten U23B's, the last ones produced, in May-June 1977, road numbers 2789-2798. All told, GE produced 425 USA, 40 Mexican, and 16 export copies of the U23B. This particular locomotive went on to the Providence & Worchester, becoming 2204, and lasted until 2002-2003 before being traded for ex-LMX B39-8's.

It is seen here in the company of two MP SD40-2's (3246 and 3282) at the east end of the former CB&Q, and by this photo date, BN yard in Cicero, Illinois. It will be routed to an empty arrival track, cut off its train, run around the yard back to the east end, and pick up a newly sorted train fresh off the hump, and drag it back (as a trailing unit) to home rails.

Photo Date:  7/24/1987  Upload Date: 12/7/2010 2:25:47 PM
Location:  Cicero, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  CR 2795(U23B) MP 3246(SD40-2) MP 3282(SD40-2)
Views:  1452   Comments: 2


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