Chicago & North Western Railway GP9R 4504 at Chadron, Nebraska on June 7, 1983, Kodachrome by Jim Altman, Chuck Zeiler collection. Jim notes that the nose had recently been repainted. This unit was built in October 1958 as Minneapolis & Saint Louis GP9 708, acquired by the C&NW through merger in November 1960, rebuilt (including chopped nose) in December 1973, retired December 12, 1988 and sold to the Fox River Valley Railroad. |