Train - Locomotive - Achoo 1942 - Side by Side

by Mike Savad

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Train - Locomotive - Achoo 1942 - Side by Side

Artist

Mike Savad

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Photograph - Hand Colorized Photo

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Hand colored photo from 1942
Original title: One of the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad streamliner diesel electric trains.
Photographer: Jack Delano
Location: Chicago, IL

This is a M-10003 Diesel-Electric streamliner introduced in the late 1930's. There was also a M-10001 and M-10002 and later models. They were designed for high speed, luxurious travel between major cities served by the Union Pacific Railroad.

It featured a sleek, aerodynamic style, powered by diesel-electric engines. The steam you see leaking from its nose was was used to heat (and cool it down in the summer for coaches that had steam-ejector air conditioning installed) the passenger coaches, and was produced by steam boilers on the locomotive. Steam was used on all conventional passenger equipment until the late 1970s when electrical head-end-power (HEP) came into vogue.

Chicago, Illinois. One of the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad streamliner diesel electric trains. These trains are operated jointly with the Union Pacific Railroad to the west coast

I'm not a locomotive expert, but from what I researched this should be an M-10003, someone on the web said this was an M-10005 or M-10006. But from what I can tell, everything but this one had a fancy chrome bumper on the cowl and this doesn't have that. Beyond that they all look the same and were bright yellow.

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May 5th, 2024

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