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  1. Kiddieland Diesel Power

    Kiddieland Diesel Power

    The usual power pulling the train out of the station at Kiddieland.
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    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Park Trains and Miniature Railways
  2. SOO MP15AC

    SOO MP15AC

    SOO 1556 in Milwaukee Road colors back in 1997, parked on a siding in Itasca.
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    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Canadian Pacific
  3. Ex-MILW SD10

    Ex-MILW SD10

    CP 534 working east of the yard in Bensenville. Originally MILW SD7, then rebuilt by MILW to an SD10. CP 543, another SD10, was also working there at the time, in MILW colors and SOO patch.
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    • Comments: 4
    • Category: Canadian Pacific
  4. Little Train on the Prairie

    Little Train on the Prairie

    A CSX GP15T leads the way on the jointed rail south of Bureau.
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    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Central and Midwestern United States
  5. Leaving Chicago

    Leaving Chicago

    Amtrak cruising down the CN(IC) towards Joliet, October 2004.
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    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Amtrak and other US Passenger Trains
  6. 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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    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Caboose
  7. AMTK 82

    AMTK 82

    Hitting a curve heading south between Chicago and Joliet on the IC, a.k.a. METRA Heritage Corridor.
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    • Comments: 4
    • Category: Amtrak and other US Passenger Trains
  8. IC 2707 - C44-9W - M.J. Scanlon

    IC 2707 - C44-9W - M.J. Scanlon

    IC 2707 leads a trio of brand new C44-9W's for the CN into Johnston Yard in Memphis. As the load coal train C70091, IC 2707 crosses under the Third Street Bridge on the Mud Line on September 10, 2004. (Re-uploaded by Bob for voting thumbnail)
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    • Comments: 5
    • Category: Yards
  9. BN SD70MAC

    BN SD70MAC

    Two SD70MAC's in the Burlington Northern "executive coal" paint scheme or whatever it is officially known as. Heading west through the METRA Harlem Avenue Station in Berwyn, Illinois.
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    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Burlington Northern Santa Fe
  10. Iowa Interstate Railroad

    Iowa Interstate Railroad

    IAIS Westbound Freight Train at Joliet, Illinois
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    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Central and Midwestern United States
  11. Trackage Rights

    Trackage Rights

    A Southern Pacific SD45R is on the point of a westbound mixed freight heading through Western Springs on the BN (racetrack).
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    • Comments: 10
    • Category: Vintage Freight Train Photos - Diesel Era
  12. CN'S Chicago Sub

    CN'S Chicago Sub

    CN Southbound Freight Train rumbles through Galton, Illinois
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    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Central and Midwestern United States
  13. BN'S Aurora Sub

    BN'S Aurora Sub

    BN Westbound Doublestack Train at Rochelle, Illinois
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    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Central and Midwestern United States
  14. Metra Chicago Commuter Rail Service

    Metra Chicago Commuter Rail Service

    Metra Chicago Commuter Rail Service Westbound at Joliet, Illinois
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    • Comments: 7
    • Category: Amtrak and other US Passenger Trains
  15. Repainted Illinois Central Caboose

    Repainted Illinois Central Caboose

    A repainted Illinois Central caboose sits in the Nashville and Eastern yard. It belongs to the Tennessee Central Railroad Museum.
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    • Comments: 4
    • Category: Caboose
  16. Waiting for a slot

    Waiting for a slot

    UP loaded coal trains fill the five 300 yard tracks at South Dupo, waiting for thier slot to dunp thier loads.
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    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Central and Midwestern United States
  17. Joliet, Illinois

    Joliet, Illinois

    SP Eastbound Freight Train at Joliet, Illinois
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    • Comments: 4
    • Category: Central and Midwestern United States
  18. CN'S South Bend Sub

    CN'S South Bend Sub

    UP Westbound Coal Train running via trackage rights over CN at Thornton Jct. Illinois
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    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Central and Midwestern United States
  19. IC 101224

    IC 101224

    Illinois Central plow in Gibson City, Illinois.
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    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Maintenance of Way and Non-Revenue Cars
  20. CN'S South Bend Sub

    CN'S South Bend Sub

    CN Eastbound Freight Train at Thornton Jct. Illinois
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    • Comments: 4
    • Category: Central and Midwestern United States


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