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Photos & Videos Photo of the Day 1385 in August 1987

1385 in August 1987

By Brian Schmidt | September 13, 2023

| Last updated on August 7, 2025

Steam locomotive by concrete coaling tower — One of the two surviving coal docks at the M-19A (Chicago) engine terminal looks down on the 1385 in August 1987, 31 years after C&NW dieselized here. Chris Burger photo

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Mj Rodriguez says:

September 14, 2023 at 9:26 pm

Fred Crissey filmed this ten-wheeled steam locomotive en route from Council Bluffs to Ames, Iowa, back in the summer of 1986. His silent film of #1385 is featured on the C Vision video, Classic Chicago & North Western, Volume 2. This video does not, unfortunately, have the natural sound of this locomotive.

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