CM&N 1689 "Monroe" (Alco RSD5)
Sitting here at the station in Monterey, IN with a couple of passenger coaches. In 1981, the Chicago, Madison & Northern acquired this Also RSD5 from the C&NW and repainted it in the road's "Soo Maroon" and red colors and named it "Monroe." The CM&N became a part of Wisconsin Southern, and the 1689 ended up in Monterey, Indiana, with the Chesapeake & Indiana Railway and was used at the time for passenger excursions
As of 2015, there are two Alco RSD5 locomotives known to be in existence: Ex-CNW #1689, formerly owned by Gary Baloun, is currently in operation at the Illinois Railway Museum and has been repainted in its original Chicago & North Western colors. The other is the former Utah Railway #306, now painted as Nickel Plate Road #324 and owned by Doyle McCormack of the Oregon Rail Heritage Foundation.
CM&N 1689 "Monroe" (Alco RSD5)
Sitting here at the station in Monterey, IN with a couple of passenger coaches. In 1981, the Chicago, Madison & Northern acquired this Also RSD5 from the C&NW and repainted it in the road's "Soo Maroon" and red colors and named it "Monroe." The CM&N became a part of Wisconsin Southern, and the 1689 ended up in Monterey, Indiana, with the Chesapeake & Indiana Railway and was used at the time for passenger excursions
As of 2015, there are two Alco RSD5 locomotives known to be in existence: Ex-CNW #1689, formerly owned by Gary Baloun, is currently in operation at the Illinois Railway Museum and has been repainted in its original Chicago & North Western colors. The other is the former Utah Railway #306, now painted as Nickel Plate Road #324 and owned by Doyle McCormack of the Oregon Rail Heritage Foundation.