Since we've been seeing dramatic progress on the 6363 lately, blog reader Joe Zdenek sent us a dramatic picture of the 6359 at work:
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He writes:
Seeing your picture of the big hook being refurbished prompted me to find this old slide. It's 6359 cleaning up a wreck in 1972 (I THINK). A loaded Wisconsin Power coal train was leaving Proviso Yard and hit the ground before it got to the Elmhurst station. I have other pics of that night but only one of the hook.
I remember it was quite the feat to move the cars. I watched for over an hour as they moved one car to a panel track, only to have the rails roll over and put the car back on the ground.
2 comments:
Paul Hough says the Cal Ave 6363 was smaller than the Proviso big hooks which were 250 ton as well as the Clinton hook 6363 was150 ton
Correction 160 ton
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