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Viewing Album:  A Ride on the Empire Builder
 
By:Matthew Zisi
Dates:7/24/2019 - 7/26/2019
Album Info:Yep, we took a ride on it-the whole route, Portland leg! By the end of the trip, I had been to 38 states (would've only been 37 if I'd gone to Seattle). The Empire Builder is a very scenic ride-I'd try to summarize, but on a ride that long, you see all sorts of sights or terrain, so it's really tough to do so. They say a picture is worth a thousand words, and that's probably true here. If you're ever looking for an awesome travel idea, though, definitely consider the Empire Builder-you'll love it!
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Chicago "L" Train
Title:  Chicago "L" Train
Description:  First train we saw on the trip, not on an elevated portion of the route.
Photo Date:  7/24/2019  Upload Date: 8/8/2019 8:30:37 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Transit
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Views:  133   Comments: 1
Union Station
Title:  Union Station
Description:  Our train journey began at one of the busiest stations in the country, Union Station Chicago.
Photo Date:  7/24/2019  Upload Date: 8/8/2019 8:31:32 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Station
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Views:  120   Comments: 0
Great Hall
Title:  Great Hall
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/24/2019  Upload Date: 8/8/2019 8:32:02 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Station
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Views:  107   Comments: 0
Great Hall
Title:  Great Hall
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/24/2019  Upload Date: 8/8/2019 8:33:05 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Station
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Views:  106   Comments: 0
AMTK 19 IDTX 4610
Title:  AMTK 19 IDTX 4610
Description:  Our train is over on the left.
Photo Date:  7/24/2019  Upload Date: 8/8/2019 7:12:33 PM
Location:  Chicago Union Station, IL
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Roster,Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 19(P42DC) IDTX 4610(SC-44)
Views:  225   Comments: 0
AMTK 19
Title:  AMTK 19
Description:  Always get a picture of your train, if possible! I had my camera out as we were boarding, so I caught our leader before I got on. Interestingly enough, the train would split up at Spokane (half went to Seattle, half went to Portland), but 19 was still our engine when we arrived in Portland!
Photo Date:  7/24/2019  Upload Date: 8/7/2019 5:42:26 PM
Location:  Chicago Union Station, IL
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Roster,Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 19(P42DC)
Views:  186   Comments: 0
IDTX 4610
Title:  IDTX 4610
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/24/2019  Upload Date: 8/8/2019 7:13:13 PM
Location:  Chicago Union Station, IL
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Roster,Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  IDTX 4610(SC-44)
Views:  212   Comments: 0
AMTK 19
Title:  AMTK 19
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/24/2019  Upload Date: 8/7/2019 5:43:02 PM
Location:  Chicago Union Station, IL
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Roster,Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 19(P42DC)
Views:  191   Comments: 0
AMTK 46
Title:  AMTK 46
Description:  Another train waiting around the station.
Photo Date:  7/24/2019  Upload Date: 8/8/2019 7:14:09 PM
Location:  Chicago Union Station, IL
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Roster,Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 46(P42DC)
Views:  129   Comments: 0
Metra Train Leaving
Title:  Metra Train Leaving
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/24/2019  Upload Date: 8/8/2019 7:14:47 PM
Location:  Chicago Union Station, IL
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
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Views:  119   Comments: 0
Tracks out the Back of Union Station
Title:  Tracks out the Back of Union Station
Description:  Being in the last car gave me a neat vantage point.
Photo Date:  7/24/2019  Upload Date: 8/8/2019 7:15:51 PM
Location:  Chicago Union Station, IL
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Station,Track
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Views:  118   Comments: 0
Metra Truck
Title:  Metra Truck
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/24/2019  Upload Date: 8/8/2019 8:33:42 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories: 
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Views:  119   Comments: 0
METX 60210 RC513-94
Title:  METX 60210 RC513-94
Description:  Breakdown train
Photo Date:  7/24/2019  Upload Date: 8/8/2019 8:34:56 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard
Locomotives: 
Views:  164   Comments: 0
METX 60210 RC513-94
Title:  METX 60210 RC513-94
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/24/2019  Upload Date: 8/8/2019 8:35:39 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard
Locomotives: 
Views:  160   Comments: 0
METX 2001 RC526-10
Title:  METX 2001 RC526-10
Description:  Breakdown train, with a nicely-painted caboose with a nod to the Rock Island on it!
Photo Date:  7/24/2019  Upload Date: 8/7/2019 9:32:08 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  264   Comments: 0
METX 2001
Title:  METX 2001
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/24/2019  Upload Date: 8/7/2019 9:32:57 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  296   Comments: 0
Breakdown Train
Title:  Breakdown Train
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/24/2019  Upload Date: 8/7/2019 9:34:09 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  RollingStock
Locomotives: 
Views:  129   Comments: 0
METX 8517 60370
Title:  METX 8517 60370
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/24/2019  Upload Date: 8/8/2019 8:42:49 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard,Passenger
Locomotives: 
Views:  114   Comments: 0
Brainerd
Title:  Brainerd
Description:  METX 110
Photo Date:  7/24/2019  Upload Date: 8/8/2019 8:44:13 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Passenger
Locomotives:  METX 110(F40PH-3)
Views:  220   Comments: 1
METX 84 404 401
Title:  METX 84 404 401
Description:  Could not get the number of that engine in the middle.
Photo Date:  7/24/2019  Upload Date: 8/8/2019 8:46:46 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Passenger
Locomotives:  METX 84(F59PHI) METX 404(MP36PH-3S) METX 401(MP36PH-3S)
Views:  308   Comments: 1
METX 84 404 401
Title:  METX 84 404 401
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/24/2019  Upload Date: 8/8/2019 8:47:23 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Passenger
Locomotives:  METX 84(F59PHI) METX 404(MP36PH-3S) METX 401(MP36PH-3S)
Views:  359   Comments: 1
METX 115 403
Title:  METX 115 403
Description:  115 is named for the Village of Oak Lawn
Photo Date:  7/24/2019  Upload Date: 8/8/2019 8:48:36 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Passenger
Locomotives:  METX 115(F40PH-3) METX 403(MP36PH-3S)
Views:  209   Comments: 1
METX 115 403
Title:  METX 115 403
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/24/2019  Upload Date: 8/8/2019 8:49:17 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Passenger
Locomotives:  METX 115(F40PH-3) METX 403(MP36PH-3S)
Views:  244   Comments: 0
Wye
Title:  Wye
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/24/2019  Upload Date: 8/8/2019 8:49:55 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Track
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Views:  84   Comments: 0
Bridge
Title:  Bridge
Description:  Looks like only one of those tracks is still used.
Photo Date:  7/24/2019  Upload Date: 8/8/2019 8:50:33 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Bridge,Track
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Views:  118   Comments: 0
Tracks and Signals
Title:  Tracks and Signals
Description:  With Chicago cityscape in background
Photo Date:  7/24/2019  Upload Date: 8/8/2019 8:51:28 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Scenic,Track
Locomotives: 
Views:  114   Comments: 0
Bridge to the Wilderness
Title:  Bridge to the Wilderness
Description:  Those plants are so hardy, they can grow on the bridge!
Photo Date:  7/24/2019  Upload Date: 8/8/2019 8:52:09 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Bridge,Track
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Views:  114   Comments: 0
Glenview
Title:  Glenview
Description:  First stop, but if you have a sleeper car, then the amenities at Union Station are WAY nicer.
Photo Date:  7/24/2019  Upload Date: 8/8/2019 8:55:50 PM
Location:  Glenview, IL
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Station
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Views:  125   Comments: 0
Tank Cars at the Emco Chemical Plant
Title:  Tank Cars at the Emco Chemical Plant
Description:  TILX 261326 UTLX 665137
Photo Date:  7/24/2019  Upload Date: 8/8/2019 9:05:40 PM
Location:  Pleasant Prairie, WI
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard
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Views:  116   Comments: 0
Former Siding to WE Energies Power Plant
Title:  Former Siding to WE Energies Power Plant
Description:  There are still freight cars on the sidings though-this entrance just is not used anymore, for whatever reason.
Photo Date:  7/24/2019  Upload Date: 8/8/2019 9:09:13 PM
Location:  Pleasant Prairie, WI
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Track
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Views:  118   Comments: 1
WPSX 502 415 434
Title:  WPSX 502 415 434
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/24/2019  Upload Date: 8/8/2019 9:10:13 PM
Location:  Pleasant Prairie, WI
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  RollingStock
Locomotives: 
Views:  130   Comments: 0
WPSX 423 608
Title:  WPSX 423 608
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/24/2019  Upload Date: 8/8/2019 9:10:53 PM
Location:  Pleasant Prairie, WI
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard
Locomotives: 
Views:  119   Comments: 1
MILW 992186
Title:  MILW 992186
Description:  Old Milwaukee Road caboose. The 1901 Milwaukee Road depot used to be located at this spot-it still exists, in fact, but it has been moved to Caledonia. I think the white building on the wye might be an old freight depot.
Photo Date:  7/24/2019  Upload Date: 8/8/2019 9:18:18 PM
Location:  Sturtevant, WI
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  RollingStock,Station
Locomotives: 
Views:  146   Comments: 0
MILW 992186
Title:  MILW 992186
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/24/2019  Upload Date: 8/8/2019 9:19:14 PM
Location:  Sturtevant, WI
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  138   Comments: 0
The Depot Tavern
Title:  The Depot Tavern
Description:  Probably not ever an actual train station, but this restaurant has been around since 1936, according to their Facebook page!
Photo Date:  7/24/2019  Upload Date: 8/8/2019 9:24:06 PM
Location:  Caledonia, WI
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Station
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Views:  131   Comments: 0
Siding at the Simply Named Steel Warehouse
Title:  Siding at the Simply Named Steel Warehouse
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/24/2019  Upload Date: 8/8/2019 9:26:02 PM
Location:  South Milwaukee, WI
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Track
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Views:  129   Comments: 0
Old Milwaukee Tracks
Title:  Old Milwaukee Tracks
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/24/2019  Upload Date: 8/8/2019 9:27:34 PM
Location:  Milwaukee, WI
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Track
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Views:  103   Comments: 0
Old Milwaukee Bridge
Title:  Old Milwaukee Bridge
Description:  Now a fertilizer testing site...
Photo Date:  7/24/2019  Upload Date: 8/8/2019 9:31:34 PM
Location:  Milwaukee, WI
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Bridge,Track
Locomotives: 
Views:  135   Comments: 0
Track to Nowhere
Title:  Track to Nowhere
Description:  I think we went over the track that leads to these buffers.
Photo Date:  7/24/2019  Upload Date: 8/8/2019 9:32:32 PM
Location:  Milwaukee, WI
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Track
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Views:  134   Comments: 0
Signal
Title:  Signal
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/24/2019  Upload Date: 8/8/2019 9:33:03 PM
Location:  Milwaukee, WI
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Signal
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Views:  141   Comments: 0
Milwaukee Intermodal Station Platform
Title:  Milwaukee Intermodal Station Platform
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/24/2019  Upload Date: 8/8/2019 9:34:01 PM
Location:  Milwaukee, WI
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Station
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Views:  117   Comments: 0
Milwaukee Intermodal Station Platform
Title:  Milwaukee Intermodal Station Platform
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/24/2019  Upload Date: 8/8/2019 9:34:35 PM
Location:  Milwaukee, WI
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Station
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Views:  123   Comments: 0
Milwaukee Intermodal Station Platform
Title:  Milwaukee Intermodal Station Platform
Description:  Track 0
Photo Date:  7/24/2019  Upload Date: 8/8/2019 9:35:15 PM
Location:  Milwaukee, WI
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Station
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Views:  91   Comments: 0
Milwaukee Intermodal Station
Title:  Milwaukee Intermodal Station
Description:  Leaving Milwaukee. Photos out the back window look hazy because the back window was filthy-there were big spots of dirt all over it! In fact, the view looks better in photos than it did in real life-the advantages of a camera focusing on the right target, I guess. Anyway, that is why this shot might look a little hazy.
Photo Date:  7/24/2019  Upload Date: 8/8/2019 7:21:03 PM
Location:  Milwaukee, WI
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Station,Track
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Views:  77   Comments: 0
Brookfield Milwaukee Road Depot
Title:  Brookfield Milwaukee Road Depot
Description:  This old station (built in 1867) may become a Fiddeleheads Coffee Roasters https://www.jsonline.com/story/communities/west/news/brookfield/2018/01/30/fiddleheads-coffee-roasters-percolating-plans-buy-brookfield-train-station-and-move-nearby/1076743001/
Photo Date:  7/24/2019  Upload Date: 8/8/2019 9:44:35 PM
Location:  Brookfield, WI
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Station
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Views:  104   Comments: 0
Hartland Station
Title:  Hartland Station
Description:  Looks like a new Amtrak station, but Amtrak does not stop here. Maybe built in hopes that the Hiawatha Service will eventually expand up here.
Photo Date:  7/24/2019  Upload Date: 8/8/2019 9:52:07 PM
Location:  Hartland, WI
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Station
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Views:  108   Comments: 0
Hartland Station
Title:  Hartland Station
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/24/2019  Upload Date: 8/8/2019 9:52:39 PM
Location:  Hartland, WI
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Station
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Views:  94   Comments: 0
Hartland Station
Title:  Hartland Station
Description:  The original Milwaukee Road station.
Photo Date:  7/24/2019  Upload Date: 8/8/2019 9:53:28 PM
Location:  Hartland, WI
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Station
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Views:  87   Comments: 0
Tender and Old Wheels
Title:  Tender and Old Wheels
Description:  Next to the water tower, close to the post office on Marietta Avenue.
Photo Date:  7/24/2019  Upload Date: 8/8/2019 10:04:53 PM
Location:  Ixonia, WI
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories: 
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Views:  94   Comments: 0
Old Locomotive Cab
Title:  Old Locomotive Cab
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/24/2019  Upload Date: 8/8/2019 10:05:29 PM
Location:  Ixonia, WI
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories: 
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Views:  127   Comments: 0

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