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By:Gary Everhart
Dates:10/4/2013 - 10/4/2013
Album Info:Within 25 minutes, three sets of freight headed through Griffith westbound. An eastbound CN train also passed through at the same time as wb #3. Now that's the kind of action a rr buff likes to see!
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First westbound train
Title:  First westbound train
Description:  BNSF 4018 and BNSF 7568 head around the curve on the former Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Rwy mainline as it approaches the Broad Street crossing in downtown Griffith, IN.
Photo Date:  10/4/2013  Upload Date: 11/24/2014 6:39:33 AM
Location:  Griffith, IN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Track,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 4018(C44-9W) BNSF 7568(ES44DC)
Views:  208   Comments: 0
BNSF 4018
Title:  BNSF 4018
Description:  BNSF 4018 crosses Broad Street on its run west along the former Elgin, Joliet and Eastern mainline.
Photo Date:  10/4/2013  Upload Date: 11/24/2014 6:39:47 AM
Location:  Griffith, IN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Track,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 4018(C44-9W)
Views:  118   Comments: 0
BNSF 7568
Title:  BNSF 7568
Description:  Trailing BNSF #4018, BNSF #7568 begins its Broad Street crossing in downtown Griffith, IN, on the former Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Rwy.
Photo Date:  10/4/2013  Upload Date: 11/24/2014 6:40:11 AM
Location:  Griffith, IN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Track,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 7568(ES44DC)
Views:  98   Comments: 0
Second westbound train - about 10 minutes after the first train
Title:  Second westbound train - about 10 minutes after the first train
Description:  CN 5604 with trailing IC 1022 takes the curve on the former Elgin, Joliet and Eastern mainline as it heads to the Broad Street crossing in downtown Griffith.
Photo Date:  10/4/2013  Upload Date: 11/24/2014 6:40:29 AM
Location:  Griffith, IN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Track,Action
Locomotives:  CN 5604(SD70I) IC 1022(SD70)
Views:  110   Comments: 1
CN 5604
Title:  CN 5604
Description:  CN #5604 continues west on the former EJ&E mainline after having crossed Broad Street in downtown Griffith, IN.
Photo Date:  10/4/2013  Upload Date: 11/24/2014 6:40:50 AM
Location:  Griffith, IN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Track,Action
Locomotives:  CN 5604(SD70I)
Views:  113   Comments: 0
IC 1022
Title:  IC 1022
Description:  Still wearing its original black paint with the "i-ball" logo on the front is IC #1022, a frequent visitor in these parts as it runs some locals lately.
Photo Date:  10/4/2013  Upload Date: 11/24/2014 6:41:04 AM
Location:  Griffith, IN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Track,Action
Locomotives:  IC 1022(SD70)
Views:  77   Comments: 0
A lone eastbound train
Title:  A lone eastbound train
Description:  CN #2121 takes the new turnout leading from the CN mainline to the former EJ&E mainline heading to Kirk Yard. This is the single eastbound train among the westbound trains in the 25 minute period.
Photo Date:  10/4/2013  Upload Date: 11/24/2014 7:20:15 AM
Location:  Griffith, IN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Track,Action
Locomotives:  CN 2121(C40-8)
Views:  181   Comments: 0
CN 2700
Title:  CN 2700
Description:  Trialing CN 2121 is #2700 as it takes the turnout from the CN mainline onto the former EJ&E mainline in downtown Griffith.
Photo Date:  10/4/2013  Upload Date: 11/24/2014 7:20:36 AM
Location:  Griffith, IN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Track,Action
Locomotives:  IC 2700(C44-9W)
Views:  71   Comments: 0
CN 2121 & CN 2700
Title:  CN 2121 & CN 2700
Description:  The two eastbound CN units take the new turnout toward the former EJ&E mainline heading to Kirk Yard. The CN mainline are the middle straight pair of tracks with the former EJ&E tracks crossing diagonally. When trains hit this diamond, you can hear it for quite a distance!
Photo Date:  10/4/2013  Upload Date: 11/24/2014 7:21:06 AM
Location:  Griffith, IN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Track,Action
Locomotives:  CN 2121(C40-8) IC 2700(C44-9W)
Views:  186   Comments: 0
Third westbound train - about 10 minutes after the 2nd one
Title:  Third westbound train - about 10 minutes after the 2nd one
Description:  The third westbound train splits the signals protecting the turnout from the CN mainline onto the former Elgin, Joliet and Eastern mainline in Griffith.
Photo Date:  10/4/2013  Upload Date: 11/24/2014 6:41:23 AM
Location:  Griffith, IN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Track,Action
Locomotives:  CN 2595(C44-9W) CN 2689(C44-9W)
Views:  87   Comments: 1
CN 2595
Title:  CN 2595
Description:  CN #2595 gets ready to cross Broad Street on its run west. The conductor gave a friendly wave as he passed by me but I couldn't return the wave without missing several photos. Hope he understood!
Photo Date:  10/4/2013  Upload Date: 11/24/2014 6:42:02 AM
Location:  Griffith, IN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Track,Action
Locomotives:  CN 2595(C44-9W)
Views:  77   Comments: 0
CN 2689
Title:  CN 2689
Description:  Trailing behind CN 2595 is #2689 as it begins its crossing of Broad Street in downtown Griffith, IN, while it moves from the CN mainline to the former EJ&E mainline.
Photo Date:  10/4/2013  Upload Date: 11/24/2014 6:42:25 AM
Location:  Griffith, IN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Track,Action
Locomotives:  CN 2689(C44-9W)
Views:  68   Comments: 0


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