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By:Kaiden Roberts
Dates:11/1/2021 - 12/31/2025
Album Info:My photos taken in the state of Illinois
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Blue Island Boogie
Title:  Blue Island Boogie
Description:  An Iowa Interstate transfer job crosses overtop of a lengthy manifest train
Photo Date:  6/22/2024  Upload Date: 1/15/2025 10:26:18 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Kaiden Roberts
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,RollingStock,Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  IAIS 502(ES44AC)
Views:  13   Comments: 0
Blowin’ Smoke
Title:  Blowin’ Smoke
Description:  A pair of Indiana Harbor Belt EMD locomotives spew out a cloud of exhaust as they bring a long string of freight cars through Blue Island Jct
Photo Date:  6/22/2024  Upload Date: 1/19/2025 4:11:56 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Kaiden Roberts
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  IHB 4016(GP40-2)
Views:  4   Comments: 0
Heritage Ties
Title:  Heritage Ties
Description:  lowa Interstates Rock Island heritage unit pulls a transfer job by a pile of disused ties.
Photo Date:  9/8/2024  Upload Date: 1/15/2025 9:37:20 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Kaiden Roberts
Categories:  Scenic,Track,Action
Locomotives:  IAIS 513(ES44AC)
Views:  8   Comments: 0
Rock and Reverse
Title:  Rock and Reverse
Description:  IAIS shoves its train southward from the Broadway St crossing
Photo Date:  9/8/2024  Upload Date: 1/15/2025 10:00:09 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Kaiden Roberts
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  IAIS 513(ES44AC)
Views:  12   Comments: 0
Dashing by Darrow
Title:  Dashing by Darrow
Description:  A pair of KBSR units run as light power by Primient’s Darrow Elevator
Photo Date:  12/30/2024  Upload Date: 1/9/2025 1:03:17 PM
Location:  Darrow, IL
Author:  Kaiden Roberts
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  KBSR 705(GP38M-2)
Views:  25   Comments: 0
Webster’s Wonders
Title:  Webster’s Wonders
Description:  The Webster diamond of the TP&W and KB&S is a treasure trove of vintage railroad signaling and long abandoned facilities. Here, we see the KBS bringing a train of covered hopper cars over the diamond
Photo Date:  12/30/2024  Upload Date: 1/9/2025 1:18:14 PM
Location:  Sheldon, IL
Author:  Kaiden Roberts
Categories:  Scenic,Station,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  KBSR 703(GP38M-2)
Views:  15   Comments: 0
Sheldon Switcher
Title:  Sheldon Switcher
Description:  IBCX 5620 grabs onto a cut of empty covered hoppers to bring them the short distance towards the grain elevator to be loaded
Photo Date:  12/30/2024  Upload Date: 1/10/2025 1:14:28 PM
Location:  Sheldon, IL
Author:  Kaiden Roberts
Categories:  Scenic,Yard,Track,Action
Locomotives:  IBCX 5620(GP9)
Views:  17   Comments: 0
Loading.. Loading.. Loading..
Title:  Loading.. Loading.. Loading..
Description:  Kentland Elevator’s switch engine slowly pulls a cut of empty covered hoppers through the loading bay
Photo Date:  12/30/2024  Upload Date: 1/9/2025 1:22:44 PM
Location:  Sheldon, IL
Author:  Kaiden Roberts
Categories:  Scenic,RollingStock,Yard,Action
Locomotives:  IBCX 5620(GP9)
Views:  14   Comments: 0
Sheldon Shenanigans
Title:  Sheldon Shenanigans
Description:  The KBSR’s Lafayette job makes their final set out of the day for Kentland Elevator. The elevator’s switch engine, an ex B&O GP9, is seen to the engineer’s side of the train while awaiting its turn to use the mainline.
Photo Date:  12/30/2024  Upload Date: 1/9/2025 1:08:31 PM
Location:  Sheldon, IL
Author:  Kaiden Roberts
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  KBSR 702(GP38M-2) IBCX 5620(GP9)
Views:  16   Comments: 0
Whistle in the Windmill
Title:  Whistle in the Windmill
Description:  A towering wind turbine overlooks the Kentland Elevator switcher while it cuts away from a string of freshly loaded covered hopper cars
Photo Date:  12/30/2024  Upload Date: 1/9/2025 1:12:51 PM
Location:  Sheldon, IL
Author:  Kaiden Roberts
Categories:  Scenic,Yard,Action
Locomotives:  IBCX 5620(GP9)
Views:  19   Comments: 0
Rails to Nowhere
Title:  Rails to Nowhere
Description:  An ex B&O GP9 moves a pair of covered hoppers towards the loading bay at the elevator. This particular unit is confined to the town of Sheldon as it is operated by the Kentland Elevator as its private switching unit. Note the “rails to nowhere” still embedded within the crossing
Photo Date:  12/30/2024  Upload Date: 1/10/2025 1:09:15 PM
Location:  Sheldon, IL
Author:  Kaiden Roberts
Categories:  Scenic,Yard,Track,Action
Locomotives:  IBCX 5620(GP9)
Views:  17   Comments: 0
Stop, Switch, Shuffle
Title:  Stop, Switch, Shuffle
Description:  IBCX 5620 stops just after the switch to grab another cut of covered hoppers to be loaded at the elevator
Photo Date:  12/30/2024  Upload Date: 1/13/2025 12:16:43 PM
Location:  Sheldon, IL
Author:  Kaiden Roberts
Categories:  Scenic,Yard,Track,Action
Locomotives:  IBCX 5620(GP9)
Views:  15   Comments: 0


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