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C&IM 50 SD9 Southbound Minerun Cimic 8-16-93
The Chicago & Illinois Midland purchased five SD9s from EMD in November 1955. These units were active well into the 1980s hauling coal and merchandise trains for the Midland. By August 1984, all five were stored at Springfield Shops awaiting an uncertain fate. In 1989 two of the stored SD9s were leased to the Chicago, Missouri & Western for six months. They then returned to storage. In 1991, the C&IM rejuvenated and repainted SD9s 52 and 54 and installed remote control hardware to allow them to work the unloading facility at Havana and at Ellis near the Kincaid Generating Station. After the SP leased all of the SD38-2s a second time in April 1993, the C&IM began reactivating all of the serviceable units in its fleet. SD9 50, shown here swinging off the Illinois Central at CIMIC with a southbound Minerun. I honestly never thought I would see these units in regular service, so I was elated when they were reactivated. SD9 51 was the only unit not to be returned to service due to a blown prime mover in 1982, which it then became a parts source for the rest of the SD9 and SD18 fleet. Photo By: Ryan Crawford
C&IM 50 SD9 Southbound Minerun Cimic 8-16-93
The Chicago & Illinois Midland purchased five SD9s from EMD in November 1955. These units were active well into the 1980s hauling coal and merchandise trains for the Midland. By August 1984, all five were stored at Springfield Shops awaiting an uncertain fate. In 1989 two of the stored SD9s were leased to the Chicago, Missouri & Western for six months. They then returned to storage. In 1991, the C&IM rejuvenated and repainted SD9s 52 and 54 and installed remote control hardware to allow them to work the unloading facility at Havana and at Ellis near the Kincaid Generating Station. After the SP leased all of the SD38-2s a second time in April 1993, the C&IM began reactivating all of the serviceable units in its fleet. SD9 50, shown here swinging off the Illinois Central at CIMIC with a southbound Minerun. I honestly never thought I would see these units in regular service, so I was elated when they were reactivated. SD9 51 was the only unit not to be returned to service due to a blown prime mover in 1982, which it then became a parts source for the rest of the SD9 and SD18 fleet. Photo By: Ryan Crawford