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#11 CNJRoss

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Posted 24 April 2017 - 09:44 PM

Trains Newswire, 4/19:
 

Charger testing begins in Chicago

 

 

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Illinois Department of Transportation Charger No. 4611 leads Amtrak train 941 just west of Wepco East interlocking in Pleasant Prairie, Wis., on April 19.
 

 

CHICAGO — Siemens is now testing its new SC-44 Charger locomotive in the Chicago area today. Illinois Department of Transportation SC-44 No. 4611 led Amtrak test train 941 from Chicago to Milwaukee ahead of the regularly scheduled Amtrak Hiawatha train 329. The test train is expected to return from Milwaukee to Chicago. This marks the first test of the department’s new locomotives from the city where they will be based in. Previous testing of Illinois’ new locomotives have been on the East and West coasts.

 

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