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BRCX SW1200 8050 and CLCX S4m 98106 |
| Description: |
This was Bunge’s grain elevator at Destrehan, Louisiana, as photographed from the Mississippi River levee. SW1200 8050 was serial number 19537, built in August 1954 as Oliver Iron Mining 943 and then it went to U.S. Steel’s Fairless Works as second 22. U.S.S. sold it to McHugh Brothers, then it went to Bunge at Marks, Mississippi and then it moved to Destrehan when the Marks elevator was razed. The other unit was CLCX (Chattahoochee Locomotive Corp.) 98106, a former Alco S4 which had been repowered by Johnson Railway Service. This elevator was opened in 1961 and is served by the Canadian National. |
| Photo Date: |
6/13/2018 Upload Date: 10/22/2023 11:36:49 AM |
| Location: |
Destrehan, LA |
| Author: |
LEO PERSICK image |
| Categories: |
Scenic |
| Locomotives: |
BRCX 8050(SW1200) CLCX 98106(S4) |
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| Title: |
BRCX SW1200 8050 |
| Description: |
Bunge SW1200 8050 was at the company’s grain elevator along the Mississippi River at Destrehan, Louisiana. The locomotive was serial number 19537, built in August 1954 as Oliver Iron Mining 943 and then it went to U.S. Steel’s Fairless Works as second 22. U.S.S. sold it to McHugh Brothers, then it went to Bunge at Marks, Mississippi and then it moved to Destrehan when the Marks elevator was razed. |
| Photo Date: |
6/13/2018 Upload Date: 10/22/2023 12:05:25 PM |
| Location: |
Destrehan, LA |
| Author: |
LEO PERSICK image |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
BRCX 8050(SW1200) |
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67 Comments: 0 |
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