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USSX VO-660 2 |
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United States Steel Baldwin VO-660 Number 2 at Clyde, Illinois on an unknown day in September 1979, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. This locomotive was built by Baldwin in July 1942 ( c/n 64387 ) as American Steel & Wire as number 23-1. |
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9/1/2079 Upload Date: 10/10/2018 4:14:42 PM |
| Location: |
Clyde (subdivision), IL |
| Author: |
Chuck Zeiler |
| Categories: |
RollingStock |
| Locomotives: |
USSX 2(VO-660) |
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D&RGW VO-660 72 |
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D&RGW Baldwin VO-660 72 at Colorado Springs, Colorado on August 20, 1964, Ektachrome by Chuck Zeiler. Number 72 was built in August 1941 (c/n 64186) and traded to EMD as credit on an order of SD45's on Januar{ 23, 1967. This Baldwin has just brought CB&Q's Denver Zephyr Colorado Springs Connection cars over from the D&RGW side of town to the Santa Fe side for the return thp to Denver. When the northboud Royal Gorge arrives, 72 will tack these cars onto the back of that train. |
| Photo Date: |
8/9/1964 Upload Date: 8/31/2010 1:40:18 PM |
| Location: |
Colorado Springs, CO |
| Author: |
Chuck Zeiler |
| Categories: |
Roster,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
DRGW 72(VO-660) |
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| Title: |
D&RGW VO-660 72 |
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D&RGW Baldwin VO-660 72 at Colorado Springs, Colorado on August 20, 1964, Ektachrome by Chuck Zeiler. |
| Photo Date: |
8/20/1964 Upload Date: 11/7/2010 11:33:30 AM |
| Location: |
Colorado Springs, CO |
| Author: |
Chuck Zeiler |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
DRGW 72(VO-660) |
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| Title: |
D&RGW VL-660 72 |
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D&RGW Baldwin VO-660 72 at Colorado Springs, Colorado on August 20, 1964, Ektachrome by Chuck Zeiler. Number 72 has completed the transfer of these passenger cars from the D&RGW station to the AT&SF station. The windows are being washed for the return trip to Denver behind the D&RGW's Royai Gorge. These cars represent the Colorado Springs connection of the CB&Q's Denver Zephyr. Typically this consisted of a Slumbercoach, a Reclining Seat Chair car, and either the Chuck Wagon (Buffet service) Vista-Dome and/or a Vista-Dome Reclining Seat Chair car, depending on the passenger demand. |
| Photo Date: |
8/20/1964 Upload Date: 8/31/2010 2:32:02 PM |
| Location: |
Colorado Springs, CO |
| Author: |
Chuck Zeiler |
| Categories: |
Roster,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
DRGW 72(VO-660) |
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| Title: |
D&RGW VO-660 72 |
| Description: |
D&RGW Baldwin VO-660 72 at Colorado Springs, Colorado on August 20, 1964, Ektachrome by Chuck Zeiler. Number 72 was built in August 1941 (c/n 64186) and retired on January 23, 1967. |
| Photo Date: |
8/20/1964 Upload Date: 6/12/2015 11:45:33 AM |
| Location: |
Colorado Springs, CO |
| Author: |
Chuck Zeiler |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
DRGW 72(VO-660) |
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| Title: |
D&RGW VO-660 72 |
| Description: |
D&RGW Baldwin VO-660 72 at Colorado Springs, Colorado on August 20, 1964, Ektachrome by Chuck Zeiler. This was the assigned switcher at Colorado Springs on this photo date. |
| Photo Date: |
8/20/1964 Upload Date: 9/15/2010 3:39:09 PM |
| Location: |
Colorado Springs, CO |
| Author: |
Chuck Zeiler |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
DRGW 72(VO-660) |
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| Title: |
D&RGW VO-660 72 |
| Description: |
D&RGW Baldwin VO-660 72 at Colorado Springs, Colorado on August 20, 1964, Ektachrome by Chuck Zeiler. Perhaps this is a mixed train, but there are no revenue passengers carried, so more correctly, this is a switching move. The D&RGW Train #1, The Royal Gorge, had arrived and dropped off the passenger cars, seen at the end of this train (the closest car is a leased/borrowed Great Northern sleeper, business was good this day). This was the Chicago Burlington & Quincy's Denver Zephyr connection between Denver and Colorado Springs. Number 72 has completed the morning switching chores at the local industries, and has coupled up to the Denver Zephyr cars, and will move them to the other side of town. For those not familiar with Colorado Springs, the southbound tracks were on the west side of town, served by the D&RGW and Rock Island depot, and about a half mile to the east was the Santa Fe depot used for the northbound rail traffic, so this switching job included turning and transferring the Denver Zephyr cars from the southbound to the northbound side of town. Number 72 will tack the passenger cars onto the rear of D&RGW Train #2, The Royal Gorge, for the return trip to Denver, where they will be cut into the waiting CB&Q Train #10, the eastbound Denver Zephyr. |
| Photo Date: |
8/20/1964 Upload Date: 9/2/2010 6:33:33 PM |
| Location: |
Colorado Springs, CO |
| Author: |
Chuck Zeiler |
| Categories: |
Roster,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
DRGW 72(VO-660) |
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| Title: |
D&RGW PA1 6001 |
| Description: |
D&RGW VO-660 72 and PA1 6001 at Colorado Springs, Colorado, August 20, 1964. Ektachrome by Chuck Zeiler. The switcher will pick up the cars setout after the first dome in this photo. This is Train #1 on both the CB&Q and D&RGW. The Rio Grande's Number 1, The Royal Gorge, will cootinue west and the switcher will put the setout cars onto the back of their freight cars and drag them over to the other side of town, a true mixed train. This is how the CB&Q managed the Colorado Springs Connection. Is w sn't a bad deal; you got to ride all the way from Chicago to Colorado Springs without leaving your bedroom compartment on the train. You were assured of meal service bec`use the CB&Q pent their Chuck Wagon dome diner along on the connection from Denver to Colorado Springs. They generally switched 3-4 cars to the Rio Grande's #1 to get them moved to Colorado Springs. I had the pleasure of that trip when I was 16. Sadly, I did not get to enjoy a ride on the mixed train, but my parents indulged me enough to get a couple of photos, here's one. |
| Photo Date: |
9/29/2010 Upload Date: 9/29/2010 2:10:10 PM |
| Location: |
Colorado Springs, CO |
| Author: |
Chuck Zeiler |
| Categories: |
Roster,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
DRGW 72(VO-660) DRGW 6001(PA1) |
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| Title: |
D&RGW VO-660 74 |
| Description: |
D&RGW Baldwin VO-660 74 at Union Station, Denver, Colorado, August 26, 1965, photo by Chuck Zeiler. This locomotive was built in August 1941 (c/n 64188) and traded to EMD for SD45's January 23, 1967. |
| Photo Date: |
8/26/1965 Upload Date: 8/31/2010 3:21:50 PM |
| Location: |
Denver, CO |
| Author: |
Chuck Zeiler |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
DRGW 74(VO-660) |
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| Title: |
D&RGW VO-660 74 |
| Description: |
D&RGW Baldwin VO-660 74 at Union Station, Denver, Colorado on August 26, 1965, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. This locodotive was built in August 1941 (c/n 64188) and traded to EMD for SD45's January 23, 1967. |
| Photo Date: |
8/26/1965 Upload Date: 9/3/2010 11:41:43 AM |
| Location: |
Denver, CO |
| Author: |
Chuck Zeiler |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
DRGW 74(VO-660) |
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| Title: |
TRRA VO-660 531 |
| Description: |
Terminal Railroad Association of Saint Louis VO-660 531 at La Grange, Illinois on November 15, 1964, photo by Chuck Zeiler. Number 531 was built in July 1940 (c/n 62395) and was retired sometime before this photo date as it is seen on Pielet Brothers (scrapper) setout track across from EMD's plant in La Grange. It was powered by a 6-cylinder normally-aspired De La Vergne VO diesel developing 660 horsepower. It appears that 14 VO-660's were built with the oval radiator grill intake and side exhausts for the radiator heat. By 1941 this radiator arrangement was changed to the more familiar peaked front intake and top exhaust. This was the result of Baldwin purchasing radiators (and using spring mounts for cushioning) instead of assembling them. The assembled units often leaked with hard coupling moves, and were more expensive to assemble and install. The resulting VO-660 (and VO-1000) switchers were lengthened by 10 inches to accommodate the new radiator system, and later refinements included an expansion tank mounted just above the radiator, and automatic shutters. |
| Photo Date: |
11/15/1964 Upload Date: 3/19/2011 1:53:19 PM |
| Location: |
La Grange, IL |
| Author: |
Chuck Zeiler |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
TRRA 531(VO-660) |
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| Title: |
B&O VO-660 8200 |
| Description: |
B&O VO-660 8200, La Grange, Illinois, November 15, 1964, photo by Chuck Zeiler. This locomotive was built in March 1941 (c/n 62489) as EJ&E 272. How it became B&O 8200 is a mystery to me. This locomotive illustrates Baldwin's second VO-660 design, or Phase 2, in which the radiator was changed from a Baldwin-built hand-assembled unit to a purchased unit. This solved several problems for Baldwin and reduced costs. The hand-assembled units (spotting detail was an oval opening on the front radiator grill) had a bad habit of springing leaks after a few hard couplings. Also the air flow was re-routed from a front intake-side discharge to a front intake-top discharge. The radiator shutters were change to air control, replacing the manual control of the previous design. The purchased radiators were spring-mounted to help cushion them during rough switching moves. As a result, the VO-660 (and VO-1000) was increased in length by 10 inches. Note that this unit does not have the characteristic cooling water expansion tank on the roof behind the headlight, a development introduced in 1943 as Baldwin addressed overheating issues. This unit also shows the styled contour sheets applied to the bottom corner of the cab and step from cab height to running board, abandon in 1943 as a cost-saving measure. It is seen here on Pielet Brothers setout track at LaGrange. |
| Photo Date: |
11/15/1964 Upload Date: 2/8/2010 11:27:06 AM |
| Location: |
La Grange, IL |
| Author: |
Chuck Zeiler |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
BO 8200(VO-660) |
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