Equipment Information

Chicago Transit Authority S105 is a “steeplecab” electric locomotive built to haul freight over the North Side Elevated between Evanston and Montrose Avenue. In later years the CTA also used it for plowing snow. It was acquired by IRM in 2007 from another museum and is currently under restoration.

Builder: Baldwin Westinghouse
Year Built: 1920
Length: 37ft 4in
Width: 8ft 6in
Height: 13ft 11in
Weight: 100000 lbs
Brakes: 14EL
Motors: 4 WH 567LL
Control: HLF-337D2
Compressor: 2 D3F
Trucks: Baldwin
Description: Double End / Double Truck / Class B
Arrived: 2007
Condition: Incomplete / unrestored / not operational

Read more about the history of this locomotive in Rail & Wire #226

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Ownership History
1920-1924 – Chicago Elevated Railway
1924-1947 – Chicago Rapid Transit
1947-1978 – Chicago Transit Authority
1978-1997 – Toledo Edison
1997-2007 – East Troy Electric Railroad, East Troy, WI
2007-present – Illinois Railway Museum, Union, IL

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