Whitcomb 65-ton diesel switcher locomotive - American Steel Foundries' Granite City Works No. 8 - real world MOC

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In 1948 the Whitcomb Locomotive Company of Rochelle, Illinois built this 65-ton industrial switcher, model 65-DE-17-A for American Steel Foundries - specifically the Granite City Works (of Granite City, Illinois) as their locomotive number 8. The diesel has a B-B wheel classification, cost $49,775 when new, and was built with two Hercules, 4 cycle, 6 cylinder diesel engines that each produced 240 horsepower, for a total of 480 HP. (These were later replaced with 200 HP Cummins engines, giving it 400 HP.) The loco has a top speed of 41 MPH and was donated in 1980 to the Museum of Transportation in St. Louis by American Steel Foundries.

My unpowered LEGO version is 7 studs wide with both the front and back ends being identical.

Is this the front, or is it the rear? Nobody knows for sure!

Thoughts?