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  1. Going to Proviso.

    Going to Proviso.

    This CSX train is about to cross the ATSF diamond at McCook, IL. It is on the IHB coming out of or through Argo yard.
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    • argo csx mccook
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    • Category: Central and Midwestern United States
  2. Anxious to start work.

    Anxious to start work.

    GP60M's 105 & 106 await pick-up by their owner after being dropped off at the small McCook, IL Santa Fe yard by the IHB. It's June 1990 and the ugly pumpkin does not apply.
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    • atsf fe gp60m mccook sant
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    • Category: Central and Midwestern United States
  3. Kodachrome X 4

    Kodachrome X 4

    I'll have to research the date, but I do remember meeting Joe McMillan (McMillan Publishing)at this location, so I knew something special was coming. (I have a shot of Joe's cars somewhere, it had the plate # "SPSF") We both set up on the northwest corner of the McCook diamond. I've...
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    • atsf kodachrome mccook sd45 sf30c spsf
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Central and Midwestern United States
  4. Western Maryland GP40

    Western Maryland GP40

    This train was transferring from IHB's Blue Island Yard up to CNW's Proviso Yard on the IHB. The train is about to cross the Santa Fe diamond at McCook, IL. I'm not quite sure of the year, probably the mid 80's though.
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    • blue island mccook proviso
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    • Category: Central and Midwestern United States



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