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NYC R-2 318 |
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New York Central Class R-2 318 at Michigan City, Indiana on February 16, 1964, photograph by Chuck Zeiler. Number 342 was built by Alco-GE in February 1931 for the NYC as number 1218 ( GE c/n 11169 - Alco c/n 68246 ), renumbered to 318 in August 1936, sold to the CSS&SB for parts in 1955. In 1955, ten R-2 Motors were sold to the Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad to supplement their electrified freight operations. Seven units, CSS&SB ( 701-707 ) were rebuilt to use 1500 V DC overhead lines using parts left over from the conversion of the P-Motors to 660 V DC third rail. The front ends were also modified moving the cab door from the front to a more typical side access. |
| Photo Date: |
2/16/1964 Upload Date: 9/25/2018 8:40:58 PM |
| Location: |
Michigan City, IN |
| Author: |
Chuck Zeiler |
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Roster |
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NYC 318(R-2 Boxcab) |
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| Title: |
NYC R-2 342 |
| Description: |
New York Central Class R-2 342 at Michigan City, Indiana on February 16, 1964, photograph by Chuck Zeiler. Number 342 was built by Alco-GE in June 1931 for the NYC as number 1242 ( GE c/n 11193 - Alco c/n 68270 ), renumbered to 342 in August 1936, rebuilt by the South Shore in 1968 to CSS&SB 707. In 1955, ten R-2 Motors were sold to the Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad to supplement their electrified freight operations. Seven units, CSS&SB ( 701-707 ) were rebuilt to use 1500 V DC overhead lines using parts left over from the conversion of the P-Motors to 660 V DC third rail. The front ends were also modified moving the cab door from the front to a more typical side access. |
| Photo Date: |
2/16/1964 Upload Date: 9/11/2018 5:51:19 PM |
| Location: |
Michigan City, IN |
| Author: |
Chuck Zeiler |
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Roster |
| Locomotives: |
NYC 342(R-2 Boxcab) |
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320 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
CSS&SB Alco-GE 702 |
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CSS&SB Alco-GE 702 at Michigan City, Indiana on October 23, 1965, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. Number 702 was built in 1931 by Alco-GE for the NYC as C-C class R-2 314 (c/n's Alco 68242, GE 11165) for the West Side (NYC) freight electrification. When the NYC dieselized that line, the R-2's became surplus, and the South Shore purchased 10 of the units (at a cost of $9,000.00 each), overhauled and rewired eight of them (at a cost of $88,248.00 each). They were converted from NYC's 600 volt DC to the South Shore's 1500 volt DC system and became road #'s 700-707. This unit was put into service in 1955, weighed 140 tons, and developed 3000 horsepower. The pantographs, compressors, motor blowers, and series-parallel switches were from former Cleveland Union Terminal 700 class locomotives, also built by Alco-GE for the NYC. The South Shore's 700 series locomotives were all retired in 1975. |
| Photo Date: |
10/23/1965 Upload Date: 10/13/2010 11:12:04 AM |
| Location: |
Michigan City, IN |
| Author: |
Chuck Zeiler |
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Roster |
| Locomotives: |
CSS 702(R-2 Boxcab) |
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686 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
CSS&SB 205 |
| Description: |
CSS&SB 205 and 704 at Michigan City, Indiana on February 16, 1964, photograph by Chuck Zeiler> |
| Photo Date: |
2/16/1964 Upload Date: 9/11/2018 5:59:47 PM |
| Location: |
Michigan City, IN |
| Author: |
Chuck Zeiler |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
CSS 205(Interurban) CSS 704(R-2 Boxcab) |
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221 Comments: 0 |
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| 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 |
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CSS 6(Interurban) CSS 704(R-2 Boxcab) |
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914 Comments: 1 |
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| 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 |
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Roster |
| Locomotives: |
CSS 704(R-2 Boxcab) CSS 601(SW1) |
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726 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
CSS&SB 706 |
| Description: |
CSS&SB 706 at Michigan City, Indiana on February 16, 1964, photograph by Chuck Zeiler> |
| Photo Date: |
2/16/1964 Upload Date: 9/11/2018 8:34:38 PM |
| Location: |
Michigan City, IN |
| Author: |
Chuck Zeiler |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
CSS 706(R-2 Boxcab) |
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171 Comments: 0 |
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