| Title: |
CHGX #509 - Chicago Gravel Co |
| Description: |
Here's a real boomer of the industrial switcher world! Built by Whitcomb in August of 1941 (bn #60105) for the munitions contractor Day & Zimmerman as their #4-44, it was sold to the US Army as #7308 during WWII. Next it was sold to McGraw Construction Co, then bounced to the Chicago Gravel Co of South Elgin, IL, as their #509. Then it was traded to the Port of Indiana in 1984 and painted red, white & blue as their #1776. Finally it was sold to the Hoosier Valley RR Museum as their #27 in 1988 where it resides today, still working the rails. T.R. Lawson photo |
| Photo Date: |
5/27/1974 Upload Date: 5/14/2014 9:15:41 AM |
| Location: |
South Elgin, IL |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
CHGX 509(44 Tonner) |
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