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| Title: |
Southbound UP Manifest |
| Description: |
#7740 leads a mixed freight south through Calumet Junction on the Kankakee Line. The front section has just cleared Chicago Avenue and is approaching Grasselli Junction. |
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4/6/2008 Upload Date: 6/6/2008 4:17:07 PM |
| Location: |
East Chicago, IN |
| Author: |
Mike Rapchak Jr. |
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UP 7740(AC45CCTE) |
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270 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
UP Manifest on CSX |
| Description: |
Westbound on the CSX ex-B&OCT mainline, UP SD70ACe #8339 approaches the Calumet Junction diamonds with her mixed freight, disturbing a local flock of pigeons in the process. |
| Photo Date: |
5/4/2008 Upload Date: 5/4/2008 6:27:56 PM |
| Location: |
East Chicago, IN |
| Author: |
Mike Rapchak Jr. |
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UP 8339(SD70ACe) |
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335 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Bottle Train Meet |
| Description: |
Two Mittal Steel molten-iron bottle trains meet on a portion of the Kankakee Line at Indiana Harbor (a northern part of East Chicago). |
| Photo Date: |
5/31/2008 Upload Date: 5/31/2008 7:15:17 PM |
| Location: |
East Chicago, IN |
| Author: |
Mike Rapchak Jr. |
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NS 4608(GP59) NS 5136(GP38-2) |
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673 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
HRCX GE 25T II-C2 |
| Description: |
Looking like a refugee from an amusement park, this cute, unumbered little industrial switcher belongs to Hoosier Railcar, Inc. |
| Photo Date: |
5/31/2008 Upload Date: 6/4/2008 12:46:54 AM |
| Location: |
East Chicago, IN |
| Author: |
Mike Rapchak Jr. |
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223 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
HRCX GE 25T II-C2 |
| Description: |
Handling switching chores at the Hoosier Railcar facility. |
| Photo Date: |
5/31/2008 Upload Date: 6/4/2008 12:52:03 AM |
| Location: |
East Chicago, IN |
| Author: |
Mike Rapchak Jr. |
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169 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
IHB Mixed Freight |
| Description: |
IHB #4011 leads a slow mixed freight past the now-deactivated Grasselli Junction interlocking tower while northbound on the Kankakee Line. |
| Photo Date: |
8/24/2008 Upload Date: 8/26/2008 8:41:34 PM |
| Location: |
East Chicago, IN |
| Author: |
Mike Rapchak Jr. |
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IHB 4011(GP40-2) |
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209 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
BNSF 1001 |
| Description: |
On the point of a multi-road 6 pack, BNSF #1001 leads a mixed freight south out of IHB's Michigan Ave. Yard on the Kankakee Line past the Calumet Junction intelocking tower. |
| Photo Date: |
8/27/2008 Upload Date: 9/19/2008 3:12:14 PM |
| Location: |
East Chicago, IN |
| Author: |
Mike Rapchak Jr. |
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BNSF 1001(C44-9W) |
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244 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
BNSF-IHB Meet |
| Description: |
BNSF C44-9W #1001, leading a southbound manifest through IHB's Michigan Ave. Yard, meets with IHB SW1500 #1505 on the Kankakee Line at Calumet Junction. |
| Photo Date: |
8/27/2008 Upload Date: 9/8/2008 1:29:33 AM |
| Location: |
East Chicago, IN |
| Author: |
Mike Rapchak Jr. |
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BNSF 1001(C44-9W) IHB 1505(SW1500) |
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448 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Westbound CSSSB Freight |
| Description: |
Led by a pair of colorful CSS GP38-2s, this freight is about to cross the Calumet Junction diamonds on the CSX ex-B&OCT mainline. |
| Photo Date: |
8/27/2008 Upload Date: 9/11/2008 12:52:03 AM |
| Location: |
East Chicago, IN |
| Author: |
Mike Rapchak Jr. |
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CSS 2005(GP38-2) |
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235 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Indiana Harbor Belt SW1200 2272 |
| Description: |
#2272 leads a mixed freight north through IHB's Michigan Avenue Yard. |
| Photo Date: |
8/27/2008 Upload Date: 9/2/2008 8:01:23 PM |
| Location: |
East Chicago, IN |
| Author: |
Mike Rapchak Jr. |
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IHB 2272(SW1200) |
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357 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
IHB NW2 8811 |
| Description: |
Heading north past the Calumet Junction tower is vintage NW2 #8811 - one of only two left on the IHB roster. |
| Photo Date: |
8/27/2008 Upload Date: 9/22/2008 11:14:02 PM |
| Location: |
East Chicago, IN |
| Author: |
Mike Rapchak Jr. |
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IHB 8811(NW2) |
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382 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Flagging the Chicago Avenue Grade Crossing |
| Description: |
NS #7682's nortbound steel-coil train holds as the conductor prepares to flag the Kankakee Line's Chicago Ave. crossing - plagued by gate malfunctions resulting from the recent heavy rains and flooding. |
| Photo Date: |
9/16/2008 Upload Date: 9/23/2008 9:43:25 PM |
| Location: |
East Chicago, IN |
| Author: |
Mike Rapchak Jr. |
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NS 7682(ES40DC) NS 9433(C40-9W) |
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470 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
BNSF Rocks! |
| Description: |
My personal favorite modern locomotive, the BNSF SD70ACe - in this case the new #9261 - puts on an impressive show - aurally as well as visually (those new horns are, er, attention-getting!) with her westbound coal freight at Calumet Junction. |
| Photo Date: |
9/25/2008 Upload Date: 9/27/2008 6:26:41 PM |
| Location: |
East Chicago, IN |
| Author: |
Mike Rapchak Jr. |
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| Locomotives: |
BNSF 9261(SD70ACe) |
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325 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
BNSF SD70ACe 9261 |
| Description: |
A closer look at this most striking machine. |
| Photo Date: |
9/25/2008 Upload Date: 9/27/2008 6:35:42 PM |
| Location: |
East Chicago, IN |
| Author: |
Mike Rapchak Jr. |
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BNSF 9261(SD70ACe) |
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407 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
IHB 8814 |
| Description: |
1949-vintage IHB NW2 #8814 smokes it up as she accelerates a very long mixed freight south out of Michigan Ave. Yard through Calumet Junction on the Kankakee Line. |
| Photo Date: |
9/27/2008 Upload Date: 10/5/2008 8:09:41 PM |
| Location: |
East Chicago, IN |
| Author: |
Mike Rapchak Jr. |
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| Locomotives: |
IHB 8814(NW2) |
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209 Comments: 4 |
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| Title: |
Southbound NS Manifest |
| Description: |
Rolling through Calumet Junction on the Kankakee Line |
| Photo Date: |
9/27/2008 Upload Date: 10/6/2008 11:20:55 PM |
| Location: |
East Chicago, IN |
| Author: |
Mike Rapchak Jr. |
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NS 9519(C40-9W) NS 9251(C40-9W) |
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291 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
WB UP Stack Train |
| Description: |
UP SD70ACe #8624 approaches Calumet Junction on the CSX mainline with a westound stack train. |
| Photo Date: |
9/27/2008 Upload Date: 10/5/2008 8:05:32 PM |
| Location: |
East Chicago, IN |
| Author: |
Mike Rapchak Jr. |
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UP 8624(SD70ACe) |
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314 Comments: 4 |
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| Title: |
Indiana Harbor Belt Ship Canal |
| Description: |
A one time several railroads crossed this canal; now it's down to just two. The nearest bridges - long out of commission and kept permanently raised - hosted B&O and IHB lines. The lowered bridge in the background - still in service - carries Norfolk Southern's ex-NYC/CR Chicago Line. Out of sight behind it is the EJ&E's Lakefront Line bridge, also still in service. The view is looking northeast toward Lake Michigan; part of the huge Mittal Steel complex is visible in the distance. |
| Photo Date: |
10/4/2008 Upload Date: 10/14/2008 9:44:20 PM |
| Location: |
East Chicago, IN |
| Author: |
Mike Rapchak Jr. |
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151 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
"Spirit of Cincinnati" |
| Description: |
One of the few decent photos I managed on this cold, wet afternoon. |
| Photo Date: |
10/7/2008 Upload Date: 10/7/2008 10:14:14 PM |
| Location: |
East Chicago, IN |
| Author: |
Mike Rapchak Jr. |
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CSX 5500(ES44DC) |
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494 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Fall Has Arrived |
| Description: |
It's painfully evident that this year's nice weather won't last much longer as seen in this cold, wet, gloomy scene (at only 4 p.m.) on the CSX mainline in East Chicago. |
| Photo Date: |
10/7/2008 Upload Date: 10/9/2008 9:08:34 PM |
| Location: |
East Chicago, IN |
| Author: |
Mike Rapchak Jr. |
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| Locomotives: |
CSX 7575(C40-8) |
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317 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Southbound NS Bottle train |
| Description: |
NS #3049 slowly approaches Calumet Junction with a southbound molten-iron bottle train. |
| Photo Date: |
10/9/2008 Upload Date: 10/9/2008 7:34:08 PM |
| Location: |
East Chicago, IN |
| Author: |
Mike Rapchak Jr. |
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| Locomotives: |
NS 3049(GP40-2) |
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302 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Southbound NS Bottle train |
| Description: |
Rolling past the Calumet Junction interlocking tower. |
| Photo Date: |
10/9/2008 Upload Date: 10/9/2008 7:36:28 PM |
| Location: |
East Chicago, IN |
| Author: |
Mike Rapchak Jr. |
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| Locomotives: |
NS 3049(GP40-2) |
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326 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Late-Afternoon IHB Freight |
| Description: |
SW1200 #2272 heads north across Chicago Avenue on the Kankakee Line with a short freight on a beautiful late October afternoon. |
| Photo Date: |
10/11/2008 Upload Date: 7/3/2009 8:24:35 PM |
| Location: |
East Chicago, IN |
| Author: |
Mike Rapchak Jr. |
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| Locomotives: |
IHB 2272(SW1200) |
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275 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
IHB SW1500 1507 |
| Description: |
Rolling westbound light abross Michigan Avenue. |
| Photo Date: |
10/11/2008 Upload Date: 7/3/2009 8:57:29 PM |
| Location: |
East Chicago, IN |
| Author: |
Mike Rapchak Jr. |
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| Locomotives: |
IHB 1507(SW1500) |
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298 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
New BNSF ES44DC 7481 |
| Description: |
One of two brand new BNSF GEVOs being towed in sister #7788's westbound mixed freight Q381. |
| Photo Date: |
10/11/2008 Upload Date: 10/16/2008 5:27:42 PM |
| Location: |
East Chicago, IN |
| Author: |
Mike Rapchak Jr. |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
BNSF 7481(ES44DC) |
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287 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
New BNSF ES44DC 7484 |
| Description: |
One of two brand new BNSF GEVOs being towed in sister #7788's westbound mixed freight Q381. |
| Photo Date: |
10/11/2008 Upload Date: 10/16/2008 5:35:01 PM |
| Location: |
East Chicago, IN |
| Author: |
Mike Rapchak Jr. |
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| Locomotives: |
BNSF 7484(ES44DC) |
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384 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
EJ&E 303 and a Tank-car Train |
| Description: |
A difficult into-the sun shot of a rare daytime sighting: EJ&E SW1200 #303 holding with her northbound tank-car train on the J's Whiting Branch south of Calumet Junction. |
| Photo Date: |
10/14/2008 Upload Date: 10/14/2008 7:59:43 PM |
| Location: |
East Chicago, IN |
| Author: |
Mike Rapchak Jr. |
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| Locomotives: |
EJE 303(SW1200) |
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284 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
EJ&E 303 |
| Description: |
Three months before CN's takeover of the J, #303 idles on the J's Whiting Branch track in East Chicago. |
| Photo Date: |
10/14/2008 Upload Date: 5/23/2009 7:09:40 PM |
| Location: |
East Chicago, IN |
| Author: |
Mike Rapchak Jr. |
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| Locomotives: |
EJE 303(SW1200) |
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233 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Southbonund on the Kanakaee Line |
| Description: |
Heading south out of Michigan Ave. Yard, NS #9401 crosses 149th Street with her long mixed freight. |
| Photo Date: |
10/14/2008 Upload Date: 10/14/2008 8:08:22 PM |
| Location: |
East Chicago, IN |
| Author: |
Mike Rapchak Jr. |
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| Locomotives: |
NS 9401(C40-9W) NS 8859(C40-9) |
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368 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
BNSF SD70ACe 9353 |
| Description: |
Stunning locomotive. |
| Photo Date: |
10/26/2008 Upload Date: 10/26/2008 5:43:55 PM |
| Location: |
East Chicago, IN |
| Author: |
Mike Rapchak Jr. |
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BNSF 9353(SD70ACe) |
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293 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
The "Love Shack" Returns! |
| Description: |
CSX transfer caboose #16607 - dubbed the "Love Shack" by CSX crews - leads this short freight being pushed west on the CSX mainline at Calumet Junction by GP15T #1503. This is the first time I've seen this cab since 2003. |
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10/29/2008 Upload Date: 10/30/2008 7:23:02 PM |
| Location: |
East Chicago, IN |
| Author: |
Mike Rapchak Jr. |
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| Locomotives: |
CSX 1503(GP15T) |
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636 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
The "Love Shack" Returns! 2 |
| Description: |
Rolling across the CSX/IHB diamonds at Calumet Junction, the "Love Shack"'s crew salutes the photographer. |
| Photo Date: |
10/29/2008 Upload Date: 10/30/2008 7:27:18 PM |
| Location: |
East Chicago, IN |
| Author: |
Mike Rapchak Jr. |
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429 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Northbound Bottle Train |
| Description: |
NS #3049 leads a molten-iron bottle train north through IHB's Michigan Avenue yard on the Kankakee Line. |
| Photo Date: |
10/29/2008 Upload Date: 10/29/2008 7:59:06 PM |
| Location: |
East Chicago, IN |
| Author: |
Mike Rapchak Jr. |
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| Locomotives: |
NS 3049(GP40-2) |
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300 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
WCCH 1802 |
| Description: |
This one is a toughy. I've read various descriptiohs incl. ex-SLSF SD38-2 & SD38P (& now SD20). Because of the SD45-style flared radiator grilles I tended toward the latter. Upon closer examination it appears that this is indeed a modified SD24/20. |
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3/6/2009 Upload Date: 3/12/2009 3:26:56 PM |
| Location: |
East Chicago, IN |
| Author: |
Mike Rapchak Jr. |
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WCCH 1802(SD20) |
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669 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Grasselli Interlocking Tower |
| Description: |
Being prepared for the move to the Hoosier Valley Railroad Museum in North Judson. |
| Photo Date: |
5/7/2009 Upload Date: 6/13/2009 3:14:29 PM |
| Location: |
East Chicago, IN |
| Author: |
Mike Rapchak Jr. |
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119 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
NS 5146 |
| Description: |
Running long hood forward, #5146 approaches Calumet Junction on the CSX mainline. |
| Photo Date: |
5/14/2009 Upload Date: 9/3/2009 2:03:42 AM |
| Location: |
East Chicago, IN |
| Author: |
Mike Rapchak Jr. |
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| Locomotives: |
NS 5146(GP38-2) |
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336 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
CSX 7836 |
| Description: |
Approaching Calumet Junction through the afternoon's heat-wave distortion. |
| Photo Date: |
5/31/2009 Upload Date: 6/3/2009 10:58:42 PM |
| Location: |
East Chicago, IN |
| Author: |
Mike Rapchak Jr. |
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| Locomotives: |
CSX 7836(C40-8W) |
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113 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
CSX 5280's Stack Train |
| Description: |
Approaching the diamonds at Calumet Junction. Note the condition of the CSX ex-B&O-mainline rails in the bottom center of the photo[!]. I can't believe there hasn't been a derailment here. |
| Photo Date: |
6/20/2009 Upload Date: 6/21/2009 1:55:00 AM |
| Location: |
East Chicago, IN |
| Author: |
Mike Rapchak Jr. |
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CSX 5280(ES44DC) |
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114 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
NB NS Drag |
| Description: |
#9197 leads a slow manifest north on the IHB Kankakee Line through Grasselli Junction. The location of the former Grasselli interlocking tower - since moved to the HVRM museum in N. Judson, IN - is visible in the foreground. |
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6/20/2009 Upload Date: 7/3/2009 8:28:46 PM |
| Location: |
East Chicago, IN |
| Author: |
Mike Rapchak Jr. |
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| Locomotives: |
NS 9197(C40-9W) |
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114 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
WB UP Manifest |
| Description: |
Lumbering through gritty, cluttered Calumet Junction - with a twist: this is the first photo I've shot from the north side of the CSX mainline. The late-afternoon sun is so high in the sky that it illuminates the north side more than the south. |
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6/26/2009 Upload Date: 6/27/2009 7:13:19 PM |
| Location: |
East Chicago, IN |
| Author: |
Mike Rapchak Jr. |
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| Locomotives: |
UP 6440(AC44CW) |
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218 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SP Daylight #4449: A Portrait |
| Description: |
IMO the most magnificent locomotive ever built - steam, diesel, or electric. |
| Photo Date: |
7/31/2009 Upload Date: 8/2/2009 7:29:59 PM |
| Location: |
East Chicago, IN |
| Author: |
Mike Rapchak Jr. |
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| Locomotives: |
SP 4449(4-8-4) |
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199 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SP Daylight #4449 Receding |
| Description: |
Crossing Chicago Avenue just south of Calumet Junction. It was about this time that Mr. Claytor began using 4449's "steamboat" chime whistle. If you've never heard one of these whistles in real life you have no idea of how they actually sound. "Enchanting" isn't quite adequate. |
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7/31/2009 Upload Date: 8/2/2009 7:33:28 PM |
| Location: |
East Chicago, IN |
| Author: |
Mike Rapchak Jr. |
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| Locomotives: |
SP 4449(4-8-4) |
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180 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SP Daylight #4449: Farewell |
| Description: |
This is actually at Gibson Junction in Hammond (just south of East Chicago) but I wanted to keep the photo set together on one page. 4449 has just arrived at IHB's Gibson Junction and has accessed the IHB mainline. She's heading west past the Gibson shops area. Farewell, Beautiful Lady; and I hope we meet again someday. |
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7/31/2009 Upload Date: 8/2/2009 7:38:30 PM |
| Location: |
East Chicago, IN |
| Author: |
Mike Rapchak Jr. |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
SP 4449(4-8-4) |
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161 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SP Daylight #4449 |
| Description: |
Heading south on the IHB Kankakee Line through Calumet Junction after uncoupling from her train at CP 502. |
| Photo Date: |
7/31/2009 Upload Date: 7/31/2009 11:40:39 PM |
| Location: |
East Chicago, IN |
| Author: |
Mike Rapchak Jr. |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
SP 4449(4-8-4) |
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254 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
An Old IHB Veteran |
| Description: |
NW2 #8811 leads a cut of cars north across Chicago Avenue on the Kankakee Line. |
| Photo Date: |
8/31/2009 Upload Date: 9/2/2009 6:56:38 PM |
| Location: |
East Chicago, IN |
| Author: |
Mike Rapchak Jr. |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
IHB 8811(NW2) |
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269 Comments: 0 |
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