CA&E 4006         
Chicago Aurora & Elgin Railroad 4006 at the IHB interchange in Bellwood, Illinois, date and photographer unknown, scanned from a 2¾X4½ print, Chuck Zeiler collection. Number 4006 (and 4005, trailing) was built in 1929 in the shops of the Oklahoma Railway as Number 604 (CA&E 4005 was built as Number 603). The pair later served in Coffeyville, Kansas on the Union Electric Railway (#604), then the Cedar Rapids & Iowa City Railway (as #73). The pair was acquired by the CA&E in 1955 and lasted until 1962 when they were scrapped at Wheaton. They weighed 72 tons each.
Date: 12/31/1958 Location: Bellwood, IL   Map Show Bellwood on a rail map Views: 779 Collection Of:   Chuck Zeiler
Locomotives: CAE 4006(Steeple Cab)    Author:  Chuck Zeiler
CA&E 4006
Picture Categories: Roster,Yard This picture is part of album:  Chicago Aurora & Elgin Railroad
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Alan Fricker General I never knew the CA&E had freight locos this big. Thanks. 2/22/2014 10:55:48 AM

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