RailPictures.Net Photo: CNW 1281 Chicago & North Western Railroad EMD SW600 at Altoona, Wisconsin by Bill Edgar
 
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» Chicago & North Western Railroad (more..)
» EMD SW600 (more..)
» Roundhouse, Altoona yard 
» Altoona, Wisconsin, USA (more..)
» June, 1972
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» CNW 1281 (more..)
» Unknown
» Bill Edgar (more..)
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CNW 1281 sits at the roundhouse in Altoona, WI waiting to have some servicing done. This rare SW600 and its sister, CNW 1280, were the only two ever purchased by a class 1 railroad, basically an SW1 with a full length hood. To my knowledge they never got fully repainted out of the "400" scheme.
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