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Owner: Chicago and Western Indiana
Model:Alco RS1Built As:CWI 256 (RS1)
Serial Number:77174Order No:20401
Frame Number:prime mover # 5488Built:11/1949
Notes:blt 11/49
Other locos with this serial:  CWI 256(RS1) GNWR 43(RS1)
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C&WI 256 Taken from Roosevelt Rd. Bridge
Title:  C&WI 256 Taken from Roosevelt Rd. Bridge
Description:  The Chicago and Western Indiana Railroad was the owner of Dearborn Station in Chicago and the trackage leading to it. It was owned equally by five of the railroads using it to reach the terminal, and kept those companies from needing their own lines into the city.
Photo Date:  5/13/1964  Upload Date: 3/7/2007 2:56:03 AM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Marty Bernard
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  CWI 256(RS1)
Views:  1894   Comments: 0
C&WI switching move
Title:  C&WI switching move
Description:  RS1 switching EL cars
Photo Date:  1/1/1965  Upload Date: 10/11/2010 11:34:32 AM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Daryl McGee
Categories:  Bridge,Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  CWI 256(RS1)
Views:  837   Comments: 0
C&WI RS1  256
Title:  C&WI RS1 256
Description:  C&WI RS1 256 at about 47th Street in Chicago, Illinois on April 11, 1965. Ektachrome by Chuck Zeiler. Diesel detailers note the location of the hand brake, the adjustment in the handrail to accommodate it, and the permanent rear facing red markers at the top corners of the short hood.
Photo Date:  4/11/1965  Upload Date: 1/19/2012 4:07:34 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Action
Locomotives:  CWI 256(RS1)
Views:  809   Comments: 1
C&WI RS1 256
Title:  C&WI RS1 256
Description:  Chicago & Western Indiana Railroad RS1 256 at about 47th Street in Chicago, Illinois on May 9, 1965, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. Number 256 was built by Alco in November 1949 (c/n 77174), later becoming Genesee & Wyoming 43 sometime after Dearborn Station closed in 1971. The C&WI was the owner of Dearborn Street Station in Chicago and provided switching service for the tenants (Monon, Wabash, Erie and AT&SF).
Photo Date:  5/9/1965  Upload Date: 10/31/2015 6:07:27 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CWI 256(RS1)
Views:  370   Comments: 0
CWI 256
Title:  CWI 256
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/15/1965  Upload Date: 11/5/2010 12:06:08 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Stephie Kolata
Categories:  Station
Locomotives:  CWI 256(RS1)
Views:  812   Comments: 0


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