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so who exactly owns this unit now? I saw this unit at work in Peoria a few times on the now a bike trail Rock Island Kellar Branchline. I believe it is Mu'able. I remember the CIRY MU'd it to SW14 1202 back in 2009 one time. I rode in this units cab once a few years ago. CIRY MU'd the 1206 and 1209 ...

Eh Something tells me she'll be alright for a while, most of the units that were repainted (2 years ago now) were at some point stationed in Chicago, and were covered in graffiti. 1005 lucked out when it was stationed in Chicago in the early 2000's. If they do any repainting anytime soon (I'm sure t...

Bump Yep D.O.T. is now defunct, they just haven't patched up all of their engines yet. They roster 8 EMD SW's, and according to Chicago crews the 1005 at Kellog is their smallest, oldest, and most reliable. The original owner Don went to jail for "murder for hire" he put a hit on his wife. I believe...

ah, oh and btw I can hear something is rolling east through Union Pier right now

Cool man, I guess that means they haul ass. I caught some Westbound Amtrak train on there tonight @ NB. I wasn't expecting it, as I had no clue that anything ran that late on that line.

Thanks guys,

Yeah, I saw the Chi-DT train today, and AMTK 370 1.5 hours late. I'll definitly have to look into tht B05 job. What kind of power is usually found, Gp38-2's and the like?

NS local on the Amtrak MC line? Really? If someone could elaborate on that. I seem to remember seeing BNSF coal trains running on these tracks as well.


Thanks

Hi Guys, I don't post here too often. I was looking to shoot some stuff along the Pere Marquette in New Buffalo. I know Amtrak makes runs through there (PM and Blue Water I believe). Does CP still run through on occation as well. I'd love to see stuff running through at night to. Lots of neat props ...

Yes 502 is at East Chicago. So 4449 will run the length of the IHB. Then make a reverse move to Western Avenue.

A bit off topic, but from what I hear on IlliniRail, 4449 is supposed to be pulled from its train (at an unknown location) and run up the IHB to Franklin Park. It will then sit on display @ the same location as FPRR Daze, from Friday night til sunday AM.
Frank.

According to NKP 765's twitter it will be in owosso til october

@juliewbee The 765 will be in Owosso until the middle of October.
about 9 hours ago from web in reply to juliewbee

This is gonna be so awesome! Too bad the night photo thing sold out, unless someone wants to sell me theirs for a competitive price=)

Oh Yeah, I was definitely going to try to shoot some of their geeps street running on 11th street. I've been reading, apparantly the D700 occationally makes its way down to NB to switch out that yard with all of the old bad order cars?

Hey Everyone, My name is Frank, and I'm new to the board. I live in Chicago,but am at my family's place in Union Pier pretty regularly. Up until today, I thought that all you saw through the area was CSX manifests, BNSF Coal trains, and Amtrak. Well I found out that I'll be spending Spring Break up ...