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Owner: Chicago & Northwestern
Model:EMD F7ABuilt As:CNW 4099C (F7A)
Serial Number:10587Order No:6035
Frame Number:6035-A30Built:4/1950
Notes:blt 4/50, retired Feb. 9, 1966
Other locos with this serial:  CNW 4099C(F7A)
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C&NW H16-66 150
Title:  C&NW H16-66 150
Description:  Chicago & North Western Railway (left to right) F7 4099C, H-16-66 150, GP7 1590, and F7 4100C at Proviso, Illinois on February 14, 1965, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler.
Photo Date:  2/14/1965  Upload Date: 4/23/2012 2:15:40 PM
Location:  Proviso, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  CNW 4099C(F7A) CNW 150(H-16-66) CNW 1590(GP7) CNW 4100C(F7A)
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C&NW F7 4099C
Title:  C&NW F7 4099C
Description:  C&NW F7 4099C in as-delivered paint at Proviso, Illinois, on February 14, 1965, photo by Chuck Zeiler. Number 4099C was built in April 1950 (c/n 10587) on EMD Order 6035, retired February 9, 1966 and traded back to EMD. Note the ATS shoe attached to the lead axle bearing.

I have a theory about those scuff marks in the dark paint below the Engineer's window. This locomotive is equipped with what was known as a "toe step", a piece of angle iron attached to the cab to allow maintenance people to walk from the cab door to the windshield by means of this step. Given the lack of grab irons between the cab door and front, I imagine a lot of maintenance people lost their footing and that's the marks of a men in trouble. The CB&Q had a similar arrangement on the Fireman's side, and also provided a grab iron mounted just below the cab window that ran the length of the toe step.

Photo Date:  2/14/1965  Upload Date: 2/2/2011 2:59:59 PM
Location:  Proviso, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CNW 4099C(F7A)
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