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| Title: |
IAIS 712 |
| Description: |
IAIS 712 and a partner rest at Evans Yard near 135th and California as the snow comes down... |
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3/2/2007 Upload Date: 3/2/2007 6:37:08 PM |
| Location: |
Blue Island, IL |
| Author: |
Scott Malec |
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| Locomotives: |
IAIS 712(GP38-2) |
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337 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
HLCX 8156 |
| Description: |
Solo lease unit pulls mixed freight off the IHB onto the CSX... |
| Photo Date: |
3/2/2007 Upload Date: 3/2/2007 6:37:10 PM |
| Location: |
Blue Island, IL |
| Author: |
Scott Malec |
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HLCX 8156(SD40-2) |
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343 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
HLCX 8156 |
| Description: |
Crossing Broadway and heading south... |
| Photo Date: |
3/2/2007 Upload Date: 3/2/2007 6:37:12 PM |
| Location: |
Blue Island, IL |
| Author: |
Scott Malec |
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| Locomotives: |
HLCX 8156(SD40-2) |
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276 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
CSX 8539 & 8082 |
| Description: |
Northbound stack train on the CSX main... |
| Photo Date: |
3/2/2007 Upload Date: 3/2/2007 6:37:13 PM |
| Location: |
Blue Island, IL |
| Author: |
Scott Malec |
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CSX 8539(SD50) CSX 8082(SD40-2) |
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387 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
CSX 8539 & 8082 |
| Description: |
8082 looks to be in pretty bad shape... |
| Photo Date: |
3/2/2007 Upload Date: 3/2/2007 6:37:14 PM |
| Location: |
Blue Island, IL |
| Author: |
Scott Malec |
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CSX 8539(SD50) CSX 8082(SD40-2) |
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371 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
CSX 5375 & 5358 |
| Description: |
Two stack trains meet on the CSX main... |
| Photo Date: |
3/2/2007 Upload Date: 3/2/2007 6:37:15 PM |
| Location: |
Blue Island, IL |
| Author: |
Scott Malec |
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CSX 5375(ES44DC) CSX 5358(ES44DC) |
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441 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
CSX 5375 & 5358 |
| Description: |
Two sister units pass the signals southbound on the CSX main... |
| Photo Date: |
3/2/2007 Upload Date: 3/2/2007 6:37:17 PM |
| Location: |
Blue Island, IL |
| Author: |
Scott Malec |
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| Locomotives: |
CSX 5375(ES44DC) CSX 5358(ES44DC) |
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436 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
CSX 5375 & 5358 |
| Description: |
CSX stack train southbound headed for Barr Yard... |
| Photo Date: |
3/2/2007 Upload Date: 3/2/2007 6:37:18 PM |
| Location: |
Blue Island, IL |
| Author: |
Scott Malec |
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| Locomotives: |
CSX 5375(ES44DC) CSX 5358(ES44DC) |
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464 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
IAIS 711 |
| Description: |
IAIS puts a train together on the small spur line coming off the Metra ex-RI main... |
| Photo Date: |
3/2/2007 Upload Date: 3/2/2007 6:37:19 PM |
| Location: |
Blue Island, IL |
| Author: |
Scott Malec |
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| Locomotives: |
IAIS 711(GP38-2) |
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320 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
IAIS 711 |
| Description: |
IAIS transfer crossing Broadway and headed for the IHB... |
| Photo Date: |
3/2/2007 Upload Date: 3/2/2007 6:37:21 PM |
| Location: |
Blue Island, IL |
| Author: |
Scott Malec |
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| Locomotives: |
IAIS 711(GP38-2) |
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320 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
IAIS 711 |
| Description: |
711 pulls a train off the Metra main headed for the IHB connection... |
| Photo Date: |
3/2/2007 Upload Date: 3/2/2007 6:37:22 PM |
| Location: |
Blue Island, IL |
| Author: |
Scott Malec |
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| Locomotives: |
IAIS 711(GP38-2) |
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253 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
BNSF 6188 & 6187 |
| Description: |
Two very new ES44ACs try to sneak past a stack train as the action gets intense at Blue Island Crossing. The IAIS train from the previous shot is still rolling behind me with a unit tacked onto the end. This is 6187 and 88's first appearance on this website. Yay me. |
| Photo Date: |
3/2/2007 Upload Date: 3/2/2007 6:37:23 PM |
| Location: |
Blue Island, IL |
| Author: |
Scott Malec |
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BNSF 6188(ES44AC) BNSF 6187(ES44AC) |
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374 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
BNSF 6188 & 6187 |
| Description: |
Love them shiny new trucks... |
| Photo Date: |
3/2/2007 Upload Date: 3/2/2007 6:37:24 PM |
| Location: |
Blue Island, IL |
| Author: |
Scott Malec |
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BNSF 6188(ES44AC) BNSF 6187(ES44AC) |
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358 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
UP 4628 & 4926 |
| Description: |
As the BNSF train heads north on the CSX and the IAIS train rolls behind me, two UP SD70Ms pull up and stop with a load of coal empties northbound on the CN main. The train wait about a half hour for the IAIS train to switch over on to the IHB and clear the crossing. |
| Photo Date: |
3/2/2007 Upload Date: 3/2/2007 6:37:26 PM |
| Location: |
Blue Island, IL |
| Author: |
Scott Malec |
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UP 4628(SD70M) UP 4926(SD70M) |
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371 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
IHB 4010 & 2924 |
| Description: |
Two long hood forward IHB units contribute to the action at the crossing with a load of grain southbound crossing the CN main... |
| Photo Date: |
3/2/2007 Upload Date: 3/2/2007 6:37:27 PM |
| Location: |
Blue Island, IL |
| Author: |
Scott Malec |
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| Locomotives: |
IHB 4010(GP40P-2) IHB 2924(SD20) |
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648 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
IHB 4010 & 2924 |
| Description: |
The IHB train passes the crossing gate control tower. Just out of shot on the right, the UP train awaits clearance on the CN main... |
| Photo Date: |
3/2/2007 Upload Date: 3/2/2007 6:37:28 PM |
| Location: |
Blue Island, IL |
| Author: |
Scott Malec |
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| Locomotives: |
IHB 4010(GP40P-2) IHB 2924(SD20) |
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580 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
IAIS 716 |
| Description: |
IAIS 716 brings up the rear of this short transfer headed for the IHB... |
| Photo Date: |
3/2/2007 Upload Date: 3/2/2007 6:37:29 PM |
| Location: |
Blue Island, IL |
| Author: |
Scott Malec |
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| Locomotives: |
IAIS 716(GP38-2) |
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300 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
IAIS 716 |
| Description: |
This unit is pushing from the back end approaching the IHB connection with a short transfer.... |
| Photo Date: |
3/2/2007 Upload Date: 3/2/2007 6:37:30 PM |
| Location: |
Blue Island, IL |
| Author: |
Scott Malec |
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| Locomotives: |
IAIS 716(GP38-2) |
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295 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
CSX 5412 & 5288 |
| Description: |
Another pair of CSX sisters pull a stack train off the IHB to the CSX main to Barr Yard. This is 5412's first appearance on this website. Yay me again. |
| Photo Date: |
3/2/2007 Upload Date: 3/2/2007 6:37:32 PM |
| Location: |
Blue Island, IL |
| Author: |
Scott Malec |
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| Locomotives: |
CSX 5412(ES44DC) CSX 5288(ES44DC) |
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563 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
CSX 5412 & 5288 |
| Description: |
A pair of ES44DCs head south off the IHB and onto the CSX to Barr Yard... |
| Photo Date: |
3/2/2007 Upload Date: 3/2/2007 6:37:33 PM |
| Location: |
Blue Island, IL |
| Author: |
Scott Malec |
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| Locomotives: |
CSX 5412(ES44DC) CSX 5288(ES44DC) |
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495 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
UP 4628 & 4926 |
| Description: |
Meanwhile on the CN, the UP train finally makes it's move as the IHB is about to clear... |
| Photo Date: |
3/2/2007 Upload Date: 3/2/2007 6:37:34 PM |
| Location: |
Blue Island, IL |
| Author: |
Scott Malec |
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| Locomotives: |
UP 4628(SD70M) UP 4926(SD70M) |
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349 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
UP 4628 & 4926 |
| Description: |
This UP train with coal empties is using the connection from the northbound CN main to the northbound IHB.... |
| Photo Date: |
3/2/2007 Upload Date: 3/2/2007 6:37:35 PM |
| Location: |
Blue Island, IL |
| Author: |
Scott Malec |
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| Locomotives: |
UP 4628(SD70M) UP 4926(SD70M) |
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342 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
IAIS 712 |
| Description: |
IAIS 712 stands alone in the driving snow. What a bleak winter shot... |
| Photo Date: |
3/2/2007 Upload Date: 3/2/2007 6:37:36 PM |
| Location: |
Blue Island, IL |
| Author: |
Scott Malec |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
IAIS 712(GP38-2) |
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282 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
CSX 8830 & 475 |
| Description: |
Old and new power pull yet another CSX stack train through the crossing... |
| Photo Date: |
3/2/2007 Upload Date: 3/2/2007 6:37:37 PM |
| Location: |
Blue Island, IL |
| Author: |
Scott Malec |
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| Locomotives: |
CSX 8830(SD40-2) CSX 475(AC44CW) |
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537 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
CSX 8830 & 475 |
| Description: |
475 gives the old GM the leading honors today... |
| Photo Date: |
3/2/2007 Upload Date: 3/2/2007 6:37:39 PM |
| Location: |
Blue Island, IL |
| Author: |
Scott Malec |
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| Locomotives: |
CSX 8830(SD40-2) CSX 475(AC44CW) |
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508 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
CN 5443 & 9410 & WC 6906 |
| Description: |
Winter keeps it's icy death grip on the Chicago area as this CN freight comes off the IHB to connect with it's own mainline southbound... |
| Photo Date: |
3/2/2007 Upload Date: 3/2/2007 6:37:40 PM |
| Location: |
Blue Island, IL |
| Author: |
Scott Malec |
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CN 5443(SD50F) CN 9410(GP40-2LW) WC 6906(SD40-3) |
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606 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
WC 6906 |
| Description: |
A shot of the former WC unit... |
| Photo Date: |
3/2/2007 Upload Date: 3/2/2007 6:37:41 PM |
| Location: |
Blue Island, IL |
| Author: |
Scott Malec |
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| Locomotives: |
WC 6906(SD40-3) |
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327 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
CN 5443 & 9410 & WC 6906 |
| Description: |
No, this isn't northern Ontario, this is suburban Chicago. The CN train continues into blizzard-like conditions... |
| Photo Date: |
3/2/2007 Upload Date: 3/2/2007 6:37:42 PM |
| Location: |
Blue Island, IL |
| Author: |
Scott Malec |
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| Locomotives: |
CN 5443(SD50F) CN 9410(GP40-2LW) WC 6906(SD40-3) |
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468 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
IHB 4011 & 4018 |
| Description: |
Matching IHB power pulls this train underneath Kedzie Ave bridge along Wireton Road... |
| Photo Date: |
3/2/2007 Upload Date: 3/2/2007 6:37:43 PM |
| Location: |
Blue Island, IL |
| Author: |
Scott Malec |
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| Locomotives: |
IHB 4011(GP40-2) IHB 4018(GP40-2) |
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474 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
IHB 1524 & 477 |
| Description: |
I caught these two working the west end of Blue Island Yard near 139th and Thornton Road... |
| Photo Date: |
3/2/2007 Upload Date: 3/2/2007 6:37:44 PM |
| Location: |
Blue Island, IL |
| Author: |
Scott Malec |
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| Locomotives: |
IHB 1524(SW1500) IHB 477(Yard Slug) |
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529 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
CSX 6355 |
| Description: |
CSX 6355 pulls a short load of coils off the mainline down this industrial branch at 136th and Chatham. I didn't even know this branch line existed until the other day when I saw it on a satellite map. My first trip to it yields a train... |
| Photo Date: |
3/2/2007 Upload Date: 3/2/2007 6:37:46 PM |
| Location: |
Blue Island, IL |
| Author: |
Scott Malec |
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| Locomotives: |
CSX 6355(GP40-2) |
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283 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
CSX 6355 |
| Description: |
Crossing 139th Street on an industrial branchline... |
| Photo Date: |
3/2/2007 Upload Date: 3/2/2007 6:37:47 PM |
| Location: |
Blue Island, IL |
| Author: |
Scott Malec |
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| Locomotives: |
CSX 6355(GP40-2) |
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223 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
GCFX 3060 & HLCX 8155 |
| Description: |
Leaser combo on the CSX main westbound at the Chatham Street grade crossing near 136th Street... |
| Photo Date: |
3/2/2007 Upload Date: 3/2/2007 6:37:48 PM |
| Location: |
Blue Island, IL |
| Author: |
Scott Malec |
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| Locomotives: |
GCFX 3060(SD40-2) HLCX 8155(SD40-2) |
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377 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
GCFX 3060 & HLCX 8155 |
| Description: |
Westbound on the CSX at Chatham Street approaching Western Ave... |
| Photo Date: |
3/2/2007 Upload Date: 3/2/2007 6:37:50 PM |
| Location: |
Blue Island, IL |
| Author: |
Scott Malec |
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| Locomotives: |
GCFX 3060(SD40-2) HLCX 8155(SD40-2) |
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353 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
GCFX 3060 & HLCX 8155 |
| Description: |
Same train as the last two pics, only this time at Blue Island Crossing proper. I raced over from 136th and Chatham for this encore performance... |
| Photo Date: |
3/2/2007 Upload Date: 3/2/2007 6:37:51 PM |
| Location: |
Blue Island, IL |
| Author: |
Scott Malec |
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| Locomotives: |
GCFX 3060(SD40-2) HLCX 8155(SD40-2) |
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383 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
GCFX 3060 & HLCX 8155 |
| Description: |
Last train of the day for me... |
| Photo Date: |
3/2/2007 Upload Date: 3/2/2007 6:37:06 PM |
| Location: |
Blue Island, IL |
| Author: |
Scott Malec |
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| Locomotives: |
GCFX 3060(SD40-2) HLCX 8155(SD40-2) |
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419 Comments: 0 |
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