Northeast Illinois Railroad Corporation F7 308 at Blue Island, Illinois on September 8, 1984, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. Number 308 was built in October 1949 (c/n 8571) as C&NW F7 4083C, assigned to suburban service in 1959 (regeared and Cummins HEP installed), renumbered to C&NW 414 in December 1971, retired by the C&NW December 31, 1977 and sold to the RTA becoming RTA 308, retired by the RTA September 19, 1983, sold to NIRC. |