Announcing Custom Run RailKing Scale SW1200 - Commonwealth Edison "ComEd" from Berwyn's Toys and Trains!

Very nice looking unit. Lots of information available and some nice color photos. Here is part of an artical on it. Commonwealth Edison EMD SW1200 16, built in 1964. It worked the Plaines Generating Plant near Joliet, Illinois, now the Joliet Station of Midwest Generation in the mid to late 60's. The locomotive had no engineer; coupled to it is a remote control car which was, in turn, worked by an operator at the facility's car dumper. Around 1970 the remote control system was abandoned and the locomotive was operated manually from its own controls. This unit, actually owned by Relco, is still on the property but has been out of service for a decade; stripped for parts, its awaits an uncertain fate. The plant currently uses another leased unit but has been testing a GenSet unit from National Railway Equipment Co. (NREX). This information comes from Wilbert R. Harrison, Operations Supervisor-Fuel at the Joliet Station, who at one time operated and maintained No. 16.