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CP8635, GCFX3066, and CP8773 curl around the Libertyville Metra station pulling Flood Detour train #284 over the Fox Lake sub. This train started in Madison the night before and detoured over the WSOR through Janesville. In a couple of miles they will reach Rondout, where a fresh crew awaits...
As dusk settles in, Metra North Central train #120 waits for the light on the connector track as Metra Milwaukee North train #2147 streaks past. In a minute #120 will turn the corner and start its non-stop journey to Chicago Union Station, some 40 miles distant, passing 16 stations along the way.
Metra 2113 breaks the silence of the forest a day after 15" of snow fell in the region. A lone cross country skiers tracks are the only evidence left in the fresh power on the Des Plaines river trail, ducking under Metras Fox Lake sub along side the Des Plaines river.
A very late JC (Janesville to Chicago) train has just passed Rondout Tower on the CP/Metra NW line. Normally this train would pass through around midnight. Power for the days train is SD40-2 4008, SD20 2056, SD20 2053, and SD40-2 4052.
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