HOME | DD

Description
Thanks to jimmy who guessed wrong but sent me on a web search that led me to the identity of this engine. It's a Whitcomb 65 tonner. More info at NorthEast.Railfan.net .
I spotted it in a Materials Service Corporation quarry on a trip to Joliet station in the late 1960's. At the time I didn't know the locomotive manufacturer or model.

I always took it as a bit of a personal challenge to seek out the unusual and since industrial lines like this had no schedule and often had well secured property it was tough to get a picture. I remember seeing MSC units in this color scheme while riding C&NW commuter trains in Elmhurst too.

Sister #0145 on the dead line a couple of years later.

Description
Thanks to jimmy who guessed wrong but sent me on a web search that led me to the identity of this engine. It's a Whitcomb 65 tonner. More info at NorthEast.Railfan.net .
I spotted it in a Materials Service Corporation quarry on a trip to Joliet station in the late 1960's. At the time I didn't know the locomotive manufacturer or model.

I always took it as a bit of a personal challenge to seek out the unusual and since industrial lines like this had no schedule and often had well secured property it was tough to get a picture. I remember seeing MSC units in this color scheme while riding C&NW commuter trains in Elmhurst too.

Sister #0145 on the dead line a couple of years later.