CNW 54 (RS-2) leans into a cut of cars in the yard in Tracy, MN and emits a cloud of oily black smoke while the turbocharger tries to catch up with the acceleration of the engine. CNW 54 was built in 1949 as CGW 54 and came the to C&NW in 1968 as part of the merger of the Chicago Great Western into the Chicago & North Western

Photographed by Warren Beckwith, June 28, 1977.
Added to the photo archive by Warren Beckwith, January 20, 2019.
Railroad: Chicago & North Western.

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