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CNW 501
Title:  CNW 501
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/12/1974  Upload Date: 4/22/2013 11:28:42 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Matthew Kantola
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CNW 501(E9BA)
Views:  716   Comments: 0
C&NW 501
Title:  C&NW 501
Description:  One of the infamous "Crandall Cabs," C&NW 501 was originally UP E9B 910B, was later Metra 501, scrapped at Naporano in 1985. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  8/1/1974  Upload Date: 3/18/2009 8:37:21 AM
Location:  Elmhurst, IL
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CNW 501(E9BA)
Views:  1091   Comments: 3
Two Crandell Cabs
Title:  Two Crandell Cabs
Description:  UP E9As with cab added on lead to CNW Station over north leads to Union Station taken from Milwaukee Av. Bridge.
Photo Date:  3/19/1975  Upload Date: 8/29/2007 9:42:54 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Marty Bernard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CNW 501(E9BA) CNW 506(E9BA)
Views:  1335   Comments: 0
CNW 501
Title:  CNW 501
Description:  CNW 501
Photo Date:  6/26/1975  Upload Date: 2/15/2008 8:44:47 AM
Location:  Highland Park, IL
Author:  Tim Vermande
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CNW 501(E9BA)
Views:  1430   Comments: 0
CNW 501
Title:  CNW 501
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/27/1975  Upload Date: 8/27/2010 1:07:14 AM
Location:  Lake Bluff, IL
Author:  Tom Golden
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CNW 501(E9BA)
Views:  549   Comments: 0
A purchased slide.
Title:  A purchased slide.
Description:  Various sources have reported these to be called Crandall Cabs. During a power crunch C&NW bought surplus units from UP and added these cabs. The name appears to have come from the designer of the cabs. Some report these as E8Bs, While others call them E9Bs.
Photo Date:  9/22/1975  Upload Date: 12/30/2009 9:12:20 AM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  unknown
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  CNW 501(E9BA)
Views:  809   Comments: 5
CNW 501
Title:  CNW 501
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/1976  Upload Date: 12/30/2009 10:48:42 PM
Location:  Waukegan, IL
Author:  Jeff Carlson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CNW 501(E9BA)
Views:  620   Comments: 3
C&NW E9BA 501
Title:  C&NW E9BA 501
Description:  Chicago & North Western Railway E9BA 501 and E8 5033A at the downtown station on Madison Street in Chicago, Illinois on an unknown day in June 1978, Ektachrome by Chuck Zeiler.
Photo Date:  6/1/1978  Upload Date: 4/23/2012 2:52:16 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  CNW 501(E9BA) CNW 5033A(E8A)
Views:  700   Comments: 1
C&NW E9BA 501
Title:  C&NW E9BA 501
Description:  Chicago & North Western Railway E9BA 501 at Chicago, Illinois on an unknown day in June 1978, Ektachrome by Chuck Zeiler.
Photo Date:  6/1/1978  Upload Date: 4/6/2019 7:23:33 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Station
Locomotives:  CNW 501(E9BA)
Views:  154   Comments: 0
Whatever works
Title:  Whatever works
Description:  As the railroads got out of the passenger business through the 1960s, many passenger diesels became available. UP had a sizeable fleet of E units, both As and Bs. Seeing a bargain, the Northwestern acquired a group of E8Bs, and under the supervision of Chief Mechanical Officer M H Crandall, rebuilt them with cabs and put them into Chicago commuter service. Heres the first one, at Northwestern Station, waiting to back onto an outbound train.
Photo Date:  8/15/1978  Upload Date: 11/16/2016 4:19:04 AM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Station
Locomotives:  CNW 501(E9BA)
Views:  300   Comments: 1
C&NW E9BA 501
Title:  C&NW E9BA 501
Description:  C&NW E9BA 501 at Clybourn Avenue in Chicago, Illinois on an unknown day in September 1979, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. Number 501 was built in December 1962 as UP E9B 910B (c/n 27696) on EMD Order 7629. It was sold to PNC and purchased by the C&NW in September 1972. It was rebuilt by the C&NW, received a home-made cab (designated as a Crandall Cab, named after the Assistant Superintendent of Motive Power M. H. Crandall), and became C&NW 501 on May 12, 1973 (held in the accounts as a CGW locomotive). It was retired by the C&NW on December 31, 1977, sold to the RTA and leased back for operation. It was retired by the RTA May 2, 1983, sold to Naporano Iron & Metal as scrapped sometime around June-July 1985.
Photo Date:  9/1/1979  Upload Date: 6/21/2011 12:37:35 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster,Passenger
Locomotives:  CNW 501(E9BA)
Views:  849   Comments: 0
Outbound commuter behind Crandall cab
Title:  Outbound commuter behind Crandall cab
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/11/1980  Upload Date: 7/15/2017 12:49:27 PM
Location:  Arlington Heights, IL
Author:  Paul Leach
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CNW 501(E9BA)
Views:  207   Comments: 0
CNW 501
Title:  CNW 501
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/7/1982  Upload Date: 3/11/2010 8:43:33 PM
Location:  Glencoe, IL
Author:  marc malnekoff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CNW 501(E9BA)
Views:  548   Comments: 1
C&NW 501 Inbound at Western Ave.
Title:  C&NW 501 Inbound at Western Ave.
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/18/1982  Upload Date: 8/29/2007 9:42:54 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Marty Bernard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CNW 501(E9BA)
Views:  864   Comments: 2
CNW 501
Title:  CNW 501
Description:  WB
Photo Date:  9/14/1982  Upload Date: 2/15/2022 6:32:36 PM
Location:  Elmhurst, IL
Author:  Bruce Gage
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  CNW 501(E9BA)
Views:  87   Comments: 0
CNW 502
Title:  CNW 502
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/11/1974  Upload Date: 11/5/2005 9:39:02 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Robert Anderson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CNW 502(E9BA)
Views:  1607   Comments: 1
CNW 502
Title:  CNW 502
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/1978  Upload Date: 12/30/2009 10:48:38 PM
Location:  Waukegan, IL
Author:  Jeff Carlson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CNW 502(E9BA)
Views:  525   Comments: 3
Crandall Cab profile
Title:  Crandall Cab profile
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/1978  Upload Date: 12/30/2009 10:48:39 PM
Location:  Waukegan, IL
Author:  Jeff Carlson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CNW 502(E9BA)
Views:  811   Comments: 1
CNW 502
Title:  CNW 502
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/1978  Upload Date: 12/30/2009 10:48:40 PM
Location:  Waukegan, IL
Author:  Jeff Carlson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CNW 502(E9BA)
Views:  482   Comments: 2
C&NW E9BA 502
Title:  C&NW E9BA 502
Description:  C&NW E9BA 502 departing Chicago on an unknown day in July 1978, Ektachrome by Chuck Zeiler. The tracks passing below are the Milwaukee Road to Union Station.
Photo Date:  7/1/1978  Upload Date: 8/4/2012 12:42:23 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Track
Locomotives:  CNW 502(E9BA)
Views:  583   Comments: 0
CNW 502
Title:  CNW 502
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/2/1978  Upload Date: 3/23/2008 1:31:09 AM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  andrew koenigsberg
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CNW 502(E9BA)
Views:  2963   Comments: 0
C&NW E9BA 502
Title:  C&NW E9BA 502
Description:  C&NW E9BA 502 at Clybourn Avenue in Chicago, Illinois on an unknown day in September 1979, Ektachrome by Chuck Zeiler.
Photo Date:  9/1/1979  Upload Date: 6/28/2011 1:39:20 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CNW 502(E9BA)
Views:  590   Comments: 0
C&NW E9BA 502
Title:  C&NW E9BA 502
Description:  C&NW E9BA 502 at about Bloomingdale Avenue in Chicago, Illinois on an unknown day in September 1979, Ektachrome by Chuck Zeiler. This location is just north of the Clybourn Avenue station, the tracks crossing in the foreground at the Milwaukee Road's industial tracks that ran down Kingsbury Street.
Photo Date:  9/1/1979  Upload Date: 7/5/2011 2:18:59 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  CNW 502(E9BA)
Views:  411   Comments: 1
C&NW E9BA 502
Title:  C&NW E9BA 502
Description:  Chicago & North Western Railway E9BA 502 at the Clybourn Avenue station in Chicago, Illinois on an unknown day in September 1979, Ektachrome by Chuck Zeiler. This locomotive was stenciled; IN MEMORY OF M. H. CRANDALL (below the side cab window). Assistant Superintendent of Motive Power, M. H. Crandall, designed the homemade cabs for the former Union Pacific B-units as seen here. Apparently the cabs were uncomfortable, but I have no first hand knowledge.
Photo Date:  9/1/1979  Upload Date: 6/5/2015 1:48:21 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  CNW 502(E9BA)
Views:  386   Comments: 0
e/b RTA Train
Title:  e/b RTA Train
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/18/1980  Upload Date: 9/15/2022 11:49:10 AM
Location:  Des Plaines, IL
Author:  Gerard Putz
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  CNW 502(E9BA)
Views:  34   Comments: 0
C&NW 502 Crosses Church Street
Title:  C&NW 502 Crosses Church Street
Description:  Exact day not recorded.
Photo Date:  5/15/1980  Upload Date: 8/29/2007 9:42:55 PM
Location:  Evanston, IL
Author:  Marty Bernard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CNW 502(E9BA)
Views:  906   Comments: 2
C&NW E9BA 502
Title:  C&NW E9BA 502
Description:  Chicago & North Western Railway E9BA 502 a little south of Fullerton Avenue crossing the North Branch of the Chicago River on an unknown day in April 1982, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. By this date the locomotive and cars (except the first two) are in the employ of the Regional Transportation Authorrity (RTA), leased back to the C&NW for operation and maintenance. The first two cars (single level club cars, aka 'banker's cars') are privately owned by Commuter Associates, Inc. for their exclusive use.

Club car service began on the C&NW's commuter lines on April 1, 1929 with a single heavyweight converted coach numbered 6700. As the coach wore out, it was replaced over time, but the replacements were assigned the number 6700. Eventually the service expanded and at its peak (around 1965) it consisted of four cars: 6700, 510, 553, and 555. The last three car numbers related to time; 510 was the historic departure time, 533 and 555 were the arrival times at Lake Forest and Lake Bluff respectively. As service declined, the service demanded less cars, but one remained in service as of the year 2009. Note also that the colors are changing on the equipment, and the club cars will eventually be repainted in RTA colors.

Photo Date:  4/1/1982  Upload Date: 7/5/2011 1:09:22 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Bridge,Passenger
Locomotives:  CNW 502(E9BA)
Views:  846   Comments: 3
Did I Say Amtrak P42DCs Were Ugly?
Title:  Did I Say Amtrak P42DCs Were Ugly?
Description:  Crandell Cab ex-UP E9B backs train out of Western Ave. Coach Yard to Station for afternoon rush. The Sears Tower is to the right and the Standard Oil Building is to the left.
Photo Date:  8/18/1982  Upload Date: 8/29/2007 9:42:56 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Marty Bernard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CNW 502(E9BA)
Views:  768   Comments: 3
E8 second life
Title:  E8 second life
Description:  Several rebuilt UP E8Bs got a second life in commuter service on the CNW. They had 8 of them, here one is ready to head out to the suburbs.
Photo Date:  8/25/1982  Upload Date: 3/11/2013 12:37:07 AM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Signal,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  CNW 502(E9BA)
Views:  431   Comments: 1
CNW 502
Title:  CNW 502
Description:  Wish I had a digital camera back then!
Photo Date:  9/23/1982  Upload Date: 4/13/2015 10:51:18 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Tim Darnell
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CNW 502(E9BA)
Views:  440   Comments: 2
CNW 502
Title:  CNW 502
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/29/1982  Upload Date: 3/13/2008 9:26:28 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  marc malnekoff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CNW 502(E9BA)
Views:  380   Comments: 0
CNW 502
Title:  CNW 502
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/29/1982  Upload Date: 3/13/2008 9:31:03 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  marc malnekoff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CNW 502(E9BA)
Views:  597   Comments: 0
CNW 502
Title:  CNW 502
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/23/1983  Upload Date: 3/11/2010 3:43:04 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  marc malnekoff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CNW 502(E9BA)
Views:  272   Comments: 1
CNW 502
Title:  CNW 502
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/23/1983  Upload Date: 3/11/2010 3:43:23 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  marc malnekoff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CNW 502(E9BA)
Views:  301   Comments: 1
CNW 502 without flash
Title:  CNW 502 without flash
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/24/1985  Upload Date: 7/1/2023 11:55:44 PM
Location:  Chicago Union Station, IL
Author:  Tim Darnell
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CNW 502(E9BA)
Views:  62   Comments: 2
CNW 502 To Scrap
Title:  CNW 502 To Scrap
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/7/1985  Upload Date: 4/1/2013 11:05:18 PM
Location:  Riverdale, IL
Author:  Tom Golden
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CNW 502(E9BA)
Views:  759   Comments: 0
CNW 503
Title:  CNW 503
Description:  CNW 503, exact date unknown, location uncertain
Photo Date:  8/1/1978  Upload Date: 2/15/2008 8:45:17 AM
Location:  Elmhurst, IL
Author:  Tim Vermande
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CNW 503(E9BA)
Views:  715   Comments: 0
CNW 503
Title:  CNW 503
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/13/1978  Upload Date: 6/10/2015 1:20:06 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  andrew koenigsberg
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CNW 503(E9BA)
Views:  407   Comments: 0
CNW 503
Title:  CNW 503
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/13/1978  Upload Date: 1/2/2021 9:09:45 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  andrew koenigsberg
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CNW 503(E9BA)
Views:  73   Comments: 0
CNW 503
Title:  CNW 503
Description:  B unit rebuilt with "Crandall cab"
Photo Date:  7/11/1980  Upload Date: 9/25/2007 10:51:49 AM
Location:  Des Plaines, IL
Author:  C.W. Lahickey
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  CNW 503(E9BA)
Views:  595   Comments: 0
CNW 503
Title:  CNW 503
Description:  B unit rebuilt with "Crandall cab".
Photo Date:  7/11/1980  Upload Date: 9/25/2007 10:52:10 AM
Location:  Des Plaines, IL
Author:  C.W. Lahickey
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  CNW 503(E9BA)
Views:  2286   Comments: 0
C&NW E9BA 503
Title:  C&NW E9BA 503
Description:  C&NW E9BA 503 at Des Plaines, Illinois on an unknown day in October 1980, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler.
Photo Date:  10/1/1980  Upload Date: 6/28/2011 2:50:24 PM
Location:  Des Plaines, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster,Track
Locomotives:  CNW 503(E9BA)
Views:  432   Comments: 1
C&NW E9BA 503
Title:  C&NW E9BA 503
Description:  C&NW E9BA 503 at Elston and North Avenues in Chicago, Illinois on an unknown day in August 1981, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler.
Photo Date:  8/1/1981  Upload Date: 8/4/2012 1:08:29 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CNW 503(E9BA)
Views:  454   Comments: 0
C&NW E9BA 503
Title:  C&NW E9BA 503
Description:  C&NW E9BA 503 and F7 400 (2nd) at the 40th Street diesel house in Chicago, Illinois on September 4, 1982, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler.
Photo Date:  9/4/1982  Upload Date: 6/28/2011 2:11:38 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CNW 503(E9BA) CNW 400(F7A)
Views:  1028   Comments: 0
C&NW 40th Street Shops
Title:  C&NW 40th Street Shops
Description:  Chicago & North Western Railway 40th Street Shops at Keeler Avenue in Chicago, Illinois on September 4, 1982, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. This was Keeler Avenue in Chicago, but it also went by the name 40th Street Shops. This particular building was known as M-19A to C&NW employees. Left to right: C&NW 503 was built as UP E2B 984C (originally, #LA3, c/n 743, EMC order number E158B, built October 1937), rebuilt by EMD in March 1953 to E8B 925B. After Amtrak took over rail passenger service in 1971, B-units were not in demand, and the C&NW picked up a few, this one entered C&NW service June 5, 1973. The C&NW added a homemade cab (Crandall Cab), and put the E-8Bm in commuter service. Number 400 is an Executive F, and yes that is a different yellow paint than the other units have (called Zito Yellow, a reference to Jim Zito, senior vice president-operations at the time that use of the paint began around 1980). This was the 2nd 400, delivered October 1949 to the C&NW as F-7 4084C (c/n 8573), retired January 8, 1985. The next two (#'s 406 and 413) are work-a-day commuter F-7's. Number 406 pictured was actually the 3rd 406. The first was Minneapolis & St. Louis (M&StL) F-7A 150A, and the second was Litchfield & Madison (L&M) RS-3 301, later 905. This one was built as C&NW F-7A 4086A in December 1949 (c/n 8576 on EMD order E1188), retired December 31, 1977, sold to the Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) and leased back to the C&NW the very next day, January 1, 1978, retired from the RTA May 2, 1983. So, if this photo was shot on the date I say, there might be more research in order. Number 413 is the 2nd 413, the first being M&StL F-7 151C, retired in 1963. The one pictured above was delivered to the C&NW as 4083A (c/n 8750 on EMD order E1188) in December 1949, renumbered December 1971. It was retired from the C&NW December 31, 1977, sold the the RTA, and leased back to the C&NW the next day. Utahrails.net lists it as retired from the RTA on May 2, 1983, but I feel pretty good about the date of the photo, so perhaps some sort of arrangement took place to keep it on the road a bit longer. At the time of this photo, the C&NW was "Employee Owned", and the C&NW's Ball And Bar logo at the top of the building appears to have been adjusted accordingly.
Photo Date:  9/4/1982  Upload Date: 10/24/2010 11:30:06 AM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Track,Action
Locomotives:  CNW 503(E9BA) CNW 400(F7A) CNW 413(F7A) CNW 406(F7A)
Views:  2526   Comments: 1
RTA F40PH 132
Title:  RTA F40PH 132
Description:  Regional Transportation Authority F40PH 132 pushing at Keeler Avenue (aka 40th Street Shops) on September 4, 1982, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. In the background, left to right, C&NW 503, 400, 406, 413.
Photo Date:  9/4/1982  Upload Date: 9/17/2014 12:09:52 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  RTA 132(F40PH) CNW 503(E9BA) CNW 400(F7A) CNW 406(F7A) CNW 413(F7A)
Views:  1174   Comments: 0
RTA F40PH 133
Title:  RTA F40PH 133
Description:  Regional Transportation Authority F40PH 133 at Keeler Avenue (aka 40th Street Shops) on September 4, 1982, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. In the background, left to right, C&NW 503, 400, 406, 413.
Photo Date:  9/4/1982  Upload Date: 9/17/2014 12:46:57 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  RTA 133(F40PH) CNW 503(E9BA) CNW 400(F7A) CNW 406(F7A) CNW 413(F7A)
Views:  644   Comments: 0
CNW 505
Title:  CNW 505
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/12/1984  Upload Date: 3/12/2008 8:37:48 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  marc malnekoff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CNW 505(E9BA) CNW 503(E9BA)
Views:  1526   Comments: 0
C&NW 504
Title:  C&NW 504
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/15/1973  Upload Date: 2/16/2020 4:25:11 PM
Location:  West Chicago, IL
Author:  Robert Farkas
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CNW 504(E9BA)
Views:  356   Comments: 1
CNW 504 at Dee Road
Title:  CNW 504 at Dee Road
Description:  Taken sometime in November, 1973
Photo Date:  11/1/1973  Upload Date: 6/10/2011 12:49:21 PM
Location:  Park Ridge, IL
Author:  Bob Sterner
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  CNW 504(E9BA)
Views:  466   Comments: 0


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