Photo by Matthew J. Frahm
Photo by Matthew J. Frahm
| SD10 550 looks as clean as ever
waiting near the fuel racks at Waseca in 1989. She's clean because in a
few days she'll be back from the Soo Line paint booth at Shoreham in
Minneapolis and back pulling a Winona to Rapid City special carrying her
namesake, South Dakota U.S. Senator Larry Pressler. Photo by Matthew J. Frahm |
| 550, this time painted in blue and
yellow, waits by the fuel racks in Waseca. Photo by Matthew J. Frahm |
| Number | Model | Model (as built) | Name | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 550 | SD10 | SD7 | Larry Pressler | |
| Frame/Order Number | Serial Number | Build Date | Rebuild Date | Acquisition Date |
| 5274-03 | 18303 | 10/53 | 5/74 | 9/5/86 |
| Original Paint (before DM&E paint) | Current Paint | First Paint Date (Painter) | Second Paint Date (Painter) | |
| Bandit | FBY | 6/89 (S) | 9/95 (D) | |
| History: (in chronological order) | Owner | Number | ||
| Built as: | MILW | 2217 | ||
| MILW | 517 | |||
| MILW | 550 | |||
| Notes: | ||||
| 550 is named after South Dakota's GOP U.S.
Senator. It has now been repainted in the dark blue version of
DM&E's paint scheme. This locomotive was sold to Indiana Railroad in December of 1997 and interchanged to CP 12/22/97. | ||||