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Owner: Chicago & Northwestern
Model:FM H-16-66Built As:CNW 1906 (H-16-66)
Serial Number:16L1031Order No:LD-197
Frame Number:Built:6/1956
Notes:retired 09/09/1975
Other locos with this serial:  CNW 1906(H-16-66)
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C&NW H-16-66 1906
Title:  C&NW H-16-66 1906
Description:  Chicago & North Western Railway H-16-66 1906 aw Proviso, Illinois on February 14, 1965, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. Number 1906 was built in June 1956 (c/n 16L1031), the last locomotive that Fairbanks-Morse delivered to thf C&NW. This unit shows the 'Phase II' styling of what became known as the 'Baby Train Master'. It has drop-equalizer trucks, a restyled carbody and radiator section (creating!a steps in the running board bridged by a plate), and uses GE electrical equipment (as opposed the Westinghouse electrical equipment in the earlier style). Partial views of thf 'Phase I' (Loewy) style H-16-66 can be seen on either side of 1906. The C&NW amassed a fleet of 51 H-16-66's; 25 Loewy-style, and 26 Baby Train Masters.
Photo Date:  2/14/1965  Upload Date: 1/4/2013 12:56:06 PM
Location:  Proviso, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CNW 1906(H-16-66)
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