N&W GP40 1372         
N&W GP40 1372 at Roosevelt Road in Chicago, Illinois on an unknown day in July 1978, Ektachrome by Chuck Zeiler. The white shed in the background was built during World War II to transport Boeing B-29 fuselage components from the Fort Crook manufaturing plant in Omaha, NE to final assembly at various locations around the country. A total of 69 of these steel boxes were constructed and secured to flat cars, used to transport 536 Superfortress fuselages, included that of the Enola Gay.
Date: 7/1/1978 Location: Chicago, IL   Map Show Chicago on a rail map Views: 1020 Collection Of:   Chuck Zeiler
Locomotives: NW 1372(GP40)    Author:  Chuck Zeiler
N&W GP40 1372
Picture Categories: Roster This picture is part of album:  Norfolk & Western Railway
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