RailPictures.Net Photo: CR 8687 Conrail EMD SW8 at Chicago, Illinois by Richard Rosinski

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» Conrail (more..)
» EMD SW8 (more..)

» E 130th St
» Chicago, Illinois, USA (more..)
» May 03, 2014

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» CR 8687 (more..)
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» Richard Rosinski (more..)
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An ex-Conrail SW8 calls a scrap yard on Chicago's south side home. It's spray painted MM2 is for the scrap yards former operator Midwest Metallics. If you look close you will see the stripes showing through from the units early life as LV 273.

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