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By:Brian Vieck
Dates:4/5/2008 - 6/11/2008
Album Info:Flooding in southern Indiana during June.
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CSX 7836
Title:  CSX 7836
Description:  Flooding in April and then in June. Q 121 cruises by the flooding.
Photo Date:  4/5/2008  Upload Date: 8/1/2008 8:41:21 PM
Location:  Vincennes, IN
Author:  Brian Vieck
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Locomotives:  CSX 7836(C40-8W)
Views:  330   Comments: 3
Q 121
Title:  Q 121
Description:  Flood water reflecting the train. Finding some beauty in the flooding amid the devastation.
Photo Date:  4/5/2008  Upload Date: 8/1/2008 8:41:39 PM
Location:  Vincennes, IN
Author:  Brian Vieck
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Views:  79   Comments: 0
Q 121, Hot intermodal
Title:  Q 121, Hot intermodal
Description:  Ripples in the water caused by the pounding of the switch from the train. Notice the reflection of the jet contrail.
Photo Date:  4/5/2008  Upload Date: 8/1/2008 8:42:01 PM
Location:  Vincennes, IN
Author:  Brian Vieck
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Views:  119   Comments: 0
Wabash River Flooding
Title:  Wabash River Flooding
Description:  CSX's Chicago to Evansville main line is barely above the water. Water is over the farm field. The river is behind the trees in the background.
Photo Date:  6/10/2008  Upload Date: 8/1/2008 8:39:10 PM
Location:  Vincennes, IN
Author:  Brian Vieck
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Views:  123   Comments: 0
Smith Siding
Title:  Smith Siding
Description:  Water is up to the tracks. The siding was put in a couple years ago.
Photo Date:  6/10/2008  Upload Date: 8/1/2008 8:39:31 PM
Location:  Vincennes, IN
Author:  Brian Vieck
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Views:  105   Comments: 0
Smith Siding
Title:  Smith Siding
Description:  Flood water is all around the tracks. River will crest the next day. Back in 1985 water covered the ties. CSX has built up the track here.
Photo Date:  6/10/2008  Upload Date: 8/1/2008 8:39:48 PM
Location:  Vincennes, IN
Author:  Brian Vieck
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Views:  153   Comments: 0
Crossing gates
Title:  Crossing gates
Description:  No one will use this road for a while. They just go through the motions. The flooding also flushed wildlife out of the woods.
Photo Date:  6/10/2008  Upload Date: 8/1/2008 8:40:00 PM
Location:  Vincennes, IN
Author:  Brian Vieck
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Views:  188   Comments: 0
George Rogers Clark Memorial
Title:  George Rogers Clark Memorial
Description:  Tracks serving the grain elevator are out of service because of the flooding.
Photo Date:  6/11/2008  Upload Date: 8/1/2008 8:40:14 PM
Location:  Vincennes, IN
Author:  Brian Vieck
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Views:  280   Comments: 0
Q 687
Title:  Q 687
Description:  687 crosses the Wabash river as a detour train from St. Louis. Normally 687 goes to Indy but that line is washed out at Greencastle.
Photo Date:  6/11/2008  Upload Date: 8/1/2008 8:40:26 PM
Location:  Vincennes, IN
Author:  Brian Vieck
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Views:  186   Comments: 0
Q 687
Title:  Q 687
Description:  Westport Illinois is completely flooded. The old B&O will remain open. RJ Corman was dumping rock in places to shore up the roadbed.
Photo Date:  6/11/2008  Upload Date: 8/1/2008 8:40:48 PM
Location:  Vincennes, IN
Author:  Brian Vieck
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Views:  108   Comments: 0
Flood Gates
Title:  Flood Gates
Description:  Rails are taken out so the flood gates can be put in to protect Vincennes. No service to the grain elevator.
Photo Date:  6/11/2008  Upload Date: 8/1/2008 8:41:03 PM
Location:  Vincennes, IN
Author:  Brian Vieck
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Views:  380   Comments: 2
BNSF 4769
Title:  BNSF 4769
Description:  BNSF taconite train bound for Birmingham detours from St. Louis via the old B&O then south on the old C&EI because of the flooding in Iowa/Missouri.
Photo Date:  6/12/2008  Upload Date: 8/3/2008 4:26:37 PM
Location:  Vincennes, IN
Author:  Brian Vieck
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Locomotives:  BNSF 4769(C44-9W)
Views:  250   Comments: 0


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