LaSalle & Bureau County

The LS&BC was an original owner, it acquired a VO660 and an S8 new from Baldwin:
Other models were acquired from other sources.

VO660

LS&BC 6
Baldwin photo 13147 		6

VO660
c/n 72828, b/d 1/1946

- built for LS&BC as #6
- to Industrial Maintenance Services by 1965
- to Washington-Western (Standard Sand & Gravel) as #6
by 1966, renumbered 477
- to Relco by 1981 as #477
LS&BC 6
photo by: Karl Henkels
- Jim Aldridge collection via David Baer
Lasalle, IL - May 25, 1964


VO1000

LS&BC 9
photo by: Joe Brockmeyer
- Jim Aldridge collection via David Baer
Mendota, IL - Aug. 27, 1980 		9

VO1000
c/n 71525, b/d 09/1945

- built as US Navy #36, renumbered 65-00203
- to LaSalle & Bureau County as #9 in 1965
- painted purple by the LS&BC in Sept 1981
- to Chrome Crankshaft in 1981
- to TTI as #9 in 1981
- stored Paris, KY. last report 2004 		LS&BC 9

LS&BC 9 		LS&BC 9

photos by: Robert Lambrecht and Neal Payton
LaSalle, IL - Oct. 2, 1981



LS&BC 202
photo by: John C. Benson
Riverdale, IL. - June 5, 1982
 202

VO1000
c/n 64260, b/d 12/1941

- built for Frisco as #202
- repowered by EMD, 1957
- to Chrome Crankshaft, 1980
- to LS&BC, returned to Chrome Crankshaft
- to USN as 65-00368(2nd),
last reported to be still in service
 LS&BC 202
photo by: George Horna
- collection of Mark Laundry
Blue Island, IL. - May 17, 1983
LS&BC 202 LS&BC 202
photos by: Marc Malnekoff - Burr Oak yard, Blue Island, IL. - early '80s


S8

LS&BC 8
photos by: Tom Golden
- collection of Sam Beck 		8

S8
c/n 75429, b/d 10/1951

- built for LS&BC as #8
- to Chrome Crankshaft in 1981
- to Scrap Corporation of America, Chicago 		LS&BC 8


  • for more photos and info see Joe Bartoli's LS&BC web pages



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