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  1. Once the Glory Days are Gone

    Once the Glory Days are Gone

    Local traffic around Willow Springs and Lemont once warranted a yard here at the end of the Argonne Branch. However, the decline of local traffic and the building of nearby Willow Springs yard most likely resulted in the dismantling of Argonne Yard. Here, extended vision caboose no...
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    • Category: Caboose
  2. The Local

    The Local

    The local heads west from the yard in Hodgkins Illinois, on the old ATSF mainline during the summer of 2005.
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  3. ATSF 999730

    ATSF 999730

    Well its really a BNSF caboose, but it hasn't been patched. Shot taken along a creek by the Waterfall Glen Forest Preserve, near Lemont, Illinois. The local is returning to Hodgkins from the spur by Argonne Labs.
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