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| Title: |
...Now You Don't! |
| Description: |
The ugly(though not as bad as UP's) patch disapears, and we once again have a true Santa Fe Unit. ;-) |
| Photo Date: |
7/13/2006 Upload Date: 7/14/2006 11:47:02 PM |
| Location: |
Lockport, IL |
| Author: |
Mike W. |
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| Locomotives: |
BNSF 682(C44-9W) |
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659 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Now you see it... |
| Description: |
Note the little patch on the engine.... |
| Photo Date: |
7/13/2006 Upload Date: 7/14/2006 11:48:17 PM |
| Location: |
Lockport, IL |
| Author: |
Mike W. |
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| Locomotives: |
BNSF 682(C44-9W) |
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684 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Can't beat a Warbonnet |
| Description: |
It's true, nothing beats a shiny Warbonnet in the lead. |
| Photo Date: |
7/19/2006 Upload Date: 7/19/2006 7:04:46 PM |
| Location: |
Lockport, IL |
| Author: |
Mike W. |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 722(C44-9W) |
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611 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
BNSF 735 |
| Description: |
BNSF 735 powers up after stopping for a red signal. Its passing the former Thompson Steel plant, which once had its own small fleet of locomotives, while it itself, as well as 2 other locos in its consist, bear the emblems of past railroads now gone. This is from the school art scanners, shows you how much my scanner sucks. |
| Photo Date: |
5/19/2005 Upload Date: 9/21/2005 5:01:15 PM |
| Location: |
Lemont, IL |
| Author: |
Mike Wnek |
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| Locomotives: |
BNSF 735(C44-9W) BNSF 9206(SD60M) |
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1116 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Faded Glory |
| Description: |
BNSF 735 powers up after stopping for a red signal. Its passing the former Thompson Steel plant, which once had its own small fleet of locomotives, while it itself, as well as 2 other locos in its consist, bear the emblems of past railroads now gone. |
| Photo Date: |
5/19/2005 Upload Date: 7/25/2005 7:04:36 PM |
| Location: |
Lemont, IL |
| Author: |
Mike Wnek |
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| Locomotives: |
BNSF 735(C44-9W) |
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700 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Shell of a Plant |
| Description: |
BNSF 1095 leads its train past Thompson Steel, which doesn't look near as good as it once did. |
| Photo Date: |
4/8/2006 Upload Date: 4/25/2006 8:32:42 PM |
| Location: |
Lemont, IL |
| Author: |
Mike W. |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 1095(C44-9W) |
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460 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
'Round the Curve |
| Description: |
BNSF 4099 leans into the curve after crossing the Sanitary and Shipping Canal. |
| Photo Date: |
7/1/2005 Upload Date: 7/25/2005 7:03:28 PM |
| Location: |
Lemont, IL |
| Author: |
Mike Wnek |
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| Locomotives: |
BNSF 4099(C44-9W) |
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406 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
BNSF 4169 |
| Description: |
Glad I grabbed the camera on the way out the door, even if this is a crappy photo. |
| Photo Date: |
8/27/2005 Upload Date: 10/28/2005 11:53:42 PM |
| Location: |
Lemont, IL |
| Author: |
Mike Wnek |
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| Locomotives: |
BNSF 4169(C44-9W) |
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419 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
BNSF 4329 |
| Description: |
BNSF 4329 races westbound past the Aztec Steel plant in the evening. This is one of those pictures that actually came out exactly as I wanted it. |
| Photo Date: |
5/19/2005 Upload Date: 9/21/2005 4:57:47 PM |
| Location: |
Lemont, IL |
| Author: |
Mike Wnek |
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| Locomotives: |
BNSF 4329(C44-9W) |
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423 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Passing Long Gone Remains |
| Description: |
BNSF 4384 leads its train through the S-curve at Lemont, as viewed from a different angle. The ATSF depot once stood right ahead of where 4384 is now. |
| Photo Date: |
4/8/2006 Upload Date: 4/25/2006 8:32:43 PM |
| Location: |
Lemont, IL |
| Author: |
Mike W. |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 4384(C44-9W) |
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416 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Ambush! |
| Description: |
Amushed by my prey, I quickly snap off a shot of 4431. I had only just arrived when 4431's headlights appeared, and I had to struggle to get this shot. |
| Photo Date: |
1/12/2006 Upload Date: 1/13/2006 1:48:45 AM |
| Location: |
Lemont, IL |
| Author: |
Mike Wnek |
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| Locomotives: |
BNSF 4431(C44-9W) |
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622 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
BNSF 4431 |
| Description: |
BNSF 4431 leads a UP unit and an unknown Warbonnet. yet another sight for sore eyes. |
| Photo Date: |
1/12/2006 Upload Date: 1/13/2006 1:48:46 AM |
| Location: |
Lemont, IL |
| Author: |
Mike Wnek |
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| Locomotives: |
BNSF 4431(C44-9W) UP 4995(SD70M) |
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809 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Past The Passengers |
| Description: |
BNSF 4627 leads an intermodal train as passengers wait for the delayed Chicagobound Metra amid heavy flurries. |
| Photo Date: |
2/4/2006 Upload Date: 2/4/2006 6:27:19 PM |
| Location: |
Downers Grove, IL |
| Author: |
Mike Wnek |
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| Locomotives: |
BNSF 4627(C44-9W) |
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850 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Three-Train Meet |
| Description: |
A three-train meet at Joliet Union! AMTK 88 leads the Northbound Statehouse into Joliet Union station, while AMTK 127 leads the Southbound Ann Rutledge out of Joliet Union. Meanwhile, BNSF 4871 has been waiting for the two trains to finish at the station. Fuji Finepix S5100, 1/350 at F/5.6 |
| Photo Date: |
12/10/2005 Upload Date: 12/10/2005 1:03:24 PM |
| Location: |
Joliet, IL |
| Author: |
Mike Wnek |
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| Locomotives: |
AMTK 88(P42DC) AMTK 177(P42DC) BNSF 4871(C44-9W) |
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1144 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
BNSF 4871 |
| Description: |
After waiting for two Amtrak trains to clear, BNSF 4871 breaks the diamonds at Joliet with Eastbound stacks. Fuji Finepix S5100, 1/400 at F/5 |
| Photo Date: |
12/10/2005 Upload Date: 12/11/2005 11:27:50 PM |
| Location: |
Joliet, IL |
| Author: |
Mike Wnek |
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| Locomotives: |
BNSF 4871(C44-9W) |
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701 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Glints of the Past |
| Description: |
BNSF 4897 flies around the curve with an eastbound stack train on the Transcon, pushing 60 just like they did on the old ATSF. Fuji Finepix S5100, 1/640 at F/6.3 |
| Photo Date: |
12/5/2005 Upload Date: 12/6/2005 10:59:24 PM |
| Location: |
Lockport, IL |
| Author: |
Mike Wnek |
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| Locomotives: |
BNSF 4897(C44-9W) |
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558 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
BNSF 4897 |
| Description: |
BNSF 4897 heads around the curve with a eastbound stack train. Fuji Finepix S5100, 1/640 at F/6.3 |
| Photo Date: |
12/5/2005 Upload Date: 12/6/2005 10:59:26 PM |
| Location: |
Lockport, IL |
| Author: |
Mike Wnek |
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| Locomotives: |
BNSF 4897(C44-9W) |
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562 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Under the Bridge! |
| Description: |
BNSF 5308 leads an intermodal train under the Downer's Grove signal bridge eastbound with a clue as to the weather we are in for. |
| Photo Date: |
2/4/2006 Upload Date: 2/4/2006 6:27:17 PM |
| Location: |
Downers Grove, IL |
| Author: |
Mike Wnek |
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| Locomotives: |
BNSF 5308(C44-9W) |
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574 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Through a Winter Wonderland |
| Description: |
BNSF 5268, a C44-9W, kicks up snow as it heads eastbound through Lemont on December 1st, 2006. The night before, a storm system, whose clouds can be seen breaking up overhead, dumped about 12 inches of snow on the ground, causing many school cancellations, including my own. :-) |
| Photo Date: |
12/1/2006 Upload Date: 12/1/2006 10:56:47 PM |
| Location: |
Lemont, IL |
| Author: |
Mike W. |
| Categories: |
Winter,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 5361(C44-9W) |
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918 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
The Weather-Engine |
| Description: |
A closer up view of 5308. |
| Photo Date: |
2/4/2006 Upload Date: 2/4/2006 6:27:18 PM |
| Location: |
Downers Grove, IL |
| Author: |
Mike Wnek |
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| Locomotives: |
BNSF 5408(C44-9W) |
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594 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Through the backyards... |
| Description: |
As I was driving aimlessly, I spotted this spot and just had to shoot it. The results speak for themselves, IMHO. |
| Photo Date: |
10/29/2006 Upload Date: 10/30/2006 12:01:07 AM |
| Location: |
Lombard, IL |
| Author: |
Mike W. |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 9703(C44-9W) |
| Views: |
813 Comments: 1 |
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