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Gary Everhart's Collection
 
5/24/2024
 
 
 
 
 
Owner: Chicago Indianapolis & Louisville (Monon
Model:EMD SW1Built As:CIL 50 (SW1)
Serial Number:1597Order No:E460
Frame Number:E460-1Built:2/1942
Notes:blt 2/42
Other locos with this serial:  CIL 50(SW1)
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Monon #50 Still Runs!
Title:  Monon #50 Still Runs!
Description:  Heading up the day's caboose mini-excursion is Monon's first diesel, CIL #50, 71 years after delivery from EMD! They sure made them to last back then.
Photo Date:  7/28/2013  Upload Date: 8/28/2013 4:46:27 AM
Location:  Noblesville, IN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,RollingStock,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  CIL 50(SW1)
Views:  521   Comments: 2
CIL SW1 #50
Title:  CIL SW1 #50
Description:  The Monon (formally Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville RR) was the first class 1 railroad to be completely dieselized and it started with this unit.
Photo Date:  7/28/2013  Upload Date: 8/28/2013 4:47:03 AM
Location:  Noblesville, IN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,RollingStock,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  CIL 50(SW1)
Views:  209   Comments: 0
CIL SW1 #50
Title:  CIL SW1 #50
Description:  The CIL #50 still looks sharp as ever and still has that throaty growl of the early EMD's.
Photo Date:  7/28/2013  Upload Date: 8/28/2013 5:00:32 AM
Location:  Noblesville, IN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  CIL 50(SW1)
Views:  185   Comments: 0
CIL SW1 #50
Title:  CIL SW1 #50
Description:  "DS-50" designates it as "diesel" number 50 in the early days of dieselization on the Monon. Some 8 years later, there would only be diesels on the Monon!
Photo Date:  7/28/2013  Upload Date: 8/28/2013 4:48:30 AM
Location:  Noblesville, IN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,RollingStock,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  CIL 50(SW1)
Views:  363   Comments: 1


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