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2/26/2025
 
 
 
 
 
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UP 3817
Title:  UP 3817
Description:  3817 waits for whatever is next.
Photo Date:  10/17/2014  Upload Date: 10/22/2014 11:56:20 AM
Location:  Pocatello, ID
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  UP 3817(SD70M)
Views:  140   Comments: 3
UP 6701
Title:  UP 6701
Description:  Q091 approaches Lincoln Avenue
Photo Date:  4/21/2012  Upload Date: 4/21/2012 10:55:13 PM
Location:  Dolton, IL
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 6701(AC44CW) UP 6517(AC44CW) UP 3819(SD70M)
Views:  474   Comments: 0
UP 4169
Title:  UP 4169
Description:  L091, the westbound Produce Express, wheels across Hohman Avenue.
Photo Date:  12/19/2012  Upload Date: 12/19/2012 9:46:52 PM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 4169(SD70M) UP 3960(SD70M) UP 7638(AC45CCTE)
Views:  382   Comments: 2
UP 7734
Title:  UP 7734
Description:  Loaded auto racks coming from Proviso Yard to the Harbor Belt at Blue Island
Photo Date:  2/18/2016  Upload Date: 2/22/2016 3:47:46 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  UP 7734(ES44AC) UP 3982(SD70M)
Views:  346   Comments: 4
UP 8532
Title:  UP 8532
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/18/2016  Upload Date: 2/22/2016 3:52:28 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 6337(AC44CW) UP 3982(SD70M) UP 7734(ES44AC) UP 8532(SD70ACe)
Views:  340   Comments: 3
UP 6998
Title:  UP 6998
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/8/2017  Upload Date: 2/11/2017 8:51:37 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Winter,Action
Locomotives:  UP 6998(AC44CW) UP 3993(SD70M)
Views:  320   Comments: 2
CSXT 377
Title:  CSXT 377
Description:  In two days, this was the only foreign power I saw.
Photo Date:  6/16/2015  Upload Date: 6/22/2015 12:31:57 PM
Location:  McCammon, ID
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CSX 377(AC44CW) UP 3998(SD70M) UP 7728(AC45CCTE) UP 8543(SD70ACe)
Views:  332   Comments: 1
UP 8543
Title:  UP 8543
Description:  Westbound containers
Photo Date:  6/16/2015  Upload Date: 6/22/2015 12:34:54 PM
Location:  McCammon, ID
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 8543(SD70ACe) UP 7728(AC45CCTE) UP 3998(SD70M) CSX 377(AC44CW)
Views:  362   Comments: 3
UP 4012
Title:  UP 4012
Description:  Now we'll have a fleet of westbounds. Q351 is bringing engines in tow back to Willard.
Photo Date:  11/8/2013  Upload Date: 11/9/2013 5:57:14 PM
Location:  Westfield, NY
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 4012(SD70M) CSX 7911(C40-8W) CSX 575(AC44CW) CSX 4535(SD70MAC) CSX 1194(MP15AC) CSX 1558(GP15-1)
Views:  280   Comments: 3
UP 4043
Title:  UP 4043
Description:  Mixed freight north with UP power on the CN at Allanson Road.
Photo Date:  7/28/2018  Upload Date: 7/31/2018 10:34:15 AM
Location:  Mundelein, IL
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 4043(SD70M)
Views:  300   Comments: 1
"Onion Pacific"
Title:  "Onion Pacific"
Description:  A little white paint and we have a new logo.
Photo Date:  7/28/2018  Upload Date: 7/31/2018 10:43:09 AM
Location:  Mundelein, IL
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 4043(SD70M)
Views:  192   Comments: 1
UP 5302
Title:  UP 5302
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/28/2018  Upload Date: 7/31/2018 10:43:47 AM
Location:  Mundelein, IL
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 4043(SD70M) UP 5302(AC45CCTE)
Views:  281   Comments: 1
UP 4771
Title:  UP 4771
Description:  K800, with loads of molten sulfur, charges through East Chicago on a marvelous October morning
Photo Date:  10/10/2012  Upload Date: 10/12/2012 10:06:10 AM
Location:  East Chicago, IN
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 4098(SD70M) UP 7760(AC45CCTE) UP 4771(SD70M)
Views:  469   Comments: 0
IHB 1521
Title:  IHB 1521
Description:  An odd couple approach Lincoln Avenue on the IHB
Photo Date:  12/13/2011  Upload Date: 12/13/2011 7:05:21 PM
Location:  Dolton, IL
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  IHB 1521(SW1500) UP 4156(SD70M)
Views:  231   Comments: 0
UP 4159
Title:  UP 4159
Description:  Q137 approaches, appropriately, 137th Street.
Photo Date:  2/22/2014  Upload Date: 2/25/2014 11:35:29 AM
Location:  Riverdale, IL
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 4159(SD70M) CSX 7613(C40-8)
Views:  251   Comments: 3
UP 4191
Title:  UP 4191
Description:  Three big yellow motors on a Chicago-Cincinnati mixer is not an everyday sight. The third unit appears to be in tow.
Photo Date:  2/22/2014  Upload Date: 2/25/2014 11:33:25 AM
Location:  East Chicago, IN
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 4191(SD70M) UP 5105(SD70M) UP 7738(ES44AC)
Views:  298   Comments: 0
UP 7738
Title:  UP 7738
Description:  At the other end of Peiguss Yard, Q501 starts up after a brief stop at Baring Avenue. The tank two tracks over is new here.
Photo Date:  2/22/2014  Upload Date: 2/25/2014 11:33:53 AM
Location:  East Chicago, IN
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 7738(ES44AC) UP 5105(SD70M) UP 4191(SD70M)
Views:  244   Comments: 5
UP 4203
Title:  UP 4203
Description:  The morning mixed transfer from the Harbor to Proviso has very clean veteran power.
Photo Date:  8/19/2017  Upload Date: 8/22/2017 10:49:28 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 4203(SD70M) UP 5143(SD70M)
Views:  226   Comments: 1
UP 4270
Title:  UP 4270
Description:  A rail train waits at 138th St for permission to cross through Dolton Junction
Photo Date:  5/11/2012  Upload Date: 5/12/2012 11:13:40 AM
Location:  Dolton, IL
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 4270(SD70M) UP 9553(C41-8W)
Views:  326   Comments: 1
UP 4283
Title:  UP 4283
Description:  It's all EMD today.
Photo Date:  9/1/2016  Upload Date: 9/18/2016 9:53:16 PM
Location:  Wellington, OH
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 4283(SD70M)
Views:  149   Comments: 1
UP 4431
Title:  UP 4431
Description:  Not a Z train but worth a look.
Photo Date:  3/12/2015  Upload Date: 3/20/2015 3:18:00 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 4431(SD70M) UP 4293(SD70M)
Views:  307   Comments: 3
UP 4317
Title:  UP 4317
Description:  Q091 on its way to the west coast for more fruits and vegetablds. Q227 is waiting in the distance for its signal.
Photo Date:  9/1/2016  Upload Date: 9/18/2016 9:53:54 PM
Location:  Wellington, OH
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 4317(SD70M)
Views:  164   Comments: 1
UP 7078
Title:  UP 7078
Description:  The UP shifts some power around.
Photo Date:  9/9/2014  Upload Date: 9/13/2014 5:04:11 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 7078(AC4460CW) UP 3402(SD40-2) UP 4839(SD70M) UP 4339(SD70M) UP 8034(AC45CCTE) UP 9630(C44-9W) UP 8313(SD70ACe) UP 9163(C40-8)
Views:  724   Comments: 6
UP 4345
Title:  UP 4345
Description:  This is Q090, the eastbound produce train. I got caught on the wroog side.
Photo Date:  12/16/2017  Upload Date: 12/21/2017 12:53:07 PM
Location:  Portage, IN
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 4345(SD70M)
Views:  146   Comments: 1
UP 6228
Title:  UP 6228
Description:  But this shot would have been right into the sun.
Photo Date:  12/16/2017  Upload Date: 12/21/2017 12:50:56 PM
Location:  Portage, IN
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 6228(AC44CW) UP 4345(SD70M)
Views:  262   Comments: 1
UP 7511
Title:  UP 7511
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/16/2017  Upload Date: 12/21/2017 12:48:28 PM
Location:  Portage, IN
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 7511(ES44AC) UP 6228(AC44CW) UP 4345(SD70M)
Views:  983387   Comments: 1
UP 4955
Title:  UP 4955
Description:  A UP light engine move heads home through Riverdale.
Photo Date:  8/9/2013  Upload Date: 8/10/2013 10:39:30 AM
Location:  Riverdale, IL
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 4955(SD70M) UP 4357(SD70M) UP 8717(SD70ACe)
Views:  363   Comments: 4
UP 8717
Title:  UP 8717
Description:  Y125 made it around the corser and got another stop signal at 138th Street.
Photo Date:  8/9/2013  Upload Date: 8/10/2013 10:40:36 AM
Location:  Riverdale, IL
Author:  Jim"Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CSX 6070(GP40-2) HLCX 4215(GP40-2) UP 8717(SD70ACe) UP 4357(SD70M) UP 4955(SD70M)
Views:  477   Comments: 2
UP 5048
Title:  UP 5048
Description:  K649 pulls alongside on Track 2.
Photo Date:  10/25/2013  Upload Date: 10/26/2013 12:16:57 PM
Location:  Riverdale, IL
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 5048(SD70M) UP 4361(SD70M)
Views:  243   Comments: 1
UP 5542
Title:  UP 5542
Description:  UP 5542 has a transfer run for Barr Yard
Photo Date:  7/25/2012  Upload Date: 7/26/2012 10:43:05 AM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 5542(AC45CCTE) UP 4365(SD70M)
Views:  356   Comments: 2
UP 4401
Title:  UP 4401
Description:  Meanwhile Y171 has pulled out on track 2 to reposition his train in the yard.
Photo Date:  8/21/2015  Upload Date: 8/25/2015 8:55:14 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 4401(SD70M)
Views:  203   Comments: 4
UP 4426
Title:  UP 4426
Description:  Double Stacks West
Photo Date:  6/14/2015  Upload Date: 6/20/2015 11:10:40 AM
Location:  McCammon, ID
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 4426(SD70M)
Views:  282   Comments: 1
CN 2434
Title:  CN 2434
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/25/2014  Upload Date: 10/26/2014 7:52:38 PM
Location:  Griffith, IN
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CN 2434(C40-8M) UP 4472(SD70M)
Views:  165   Comments: 6
HLCX 8142
Title:  HLCX 8142
Description:  Q368 meets Q091 at Dolton
Photo Date:  1/28/2012  Upload Date: 1/28/2012 6:44:13 PM
Location:  Dolton, IL
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  HLCX 8142(SD40-2) CSX 4799(SD70MAC) UP 4478(SD70M) UP 4777(SD70M)
Views:  410   Comments: 0
UP 7220
Title:  UP 7220
Description:  Q146 heads for North Baltimore with UP power.
Photo Date:  5/6/2015  Upload Date: 5/17/2015 10:35:29 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  UP 7220(AC44CW) UP 4537(SD70M)
Views:  251   Comments: 3
UP 4572
Title:  UP 4572
Description:  The trailer has seen some hard service.
Photo Date:  12/16/2017  Upload Date: 12/21/2017 12:52:22 PM
Location:  Portage, IN
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 4572(SD70M) UP 8815(SD70ACe)
Views:  238   Comments: 1
UP 4622
Title:  UP 4622
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/19/2014  Upload Date: 8/20/2014 11:37:11 AM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 4622(SD70M) UP 5129(SD70M)
Views:  245   Comments: 2
UP 5129
Title:  UP 5129
Description:  Racks westbound on the Harbor.
Photo Date:  8/19/2014  Upload Date: 8/20/2014 11:37:44 AM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 5129(SD70M) UP 4622(SD70M)
Views:  152   Comments: 4
CSXT 496
Title:  CSXT 496
Description:  It's as far from home as I am.
Photo Date:  10/15/2014  Upload Date: 10/16/2014 9:19:19 PM
Location:  Pocatello, ID
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CSX 496(AC44CW) UP 4666(SD70M)
Views:  301   Comments: 2
UP 4666
Title:  UP 4666
Description:  The incoming engineer clambers down to wait for his replacement. I'm glad I was there to see it.
Photo Date:  10/15/2014  Upload Date: 10/16/2014 9:21:22 PM
Location:  Pocatello, ID
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 4666(SD70M) CSX 496(AC44CW)
Views:  263   Comments: 3
UP 4666
Title:  UP 4666
Description:  A train of empty autoracks pulls into Pocatello for a recrew. The trailing unit looks familiar.
Photo Date:  10/15/2014  Upload Date: 10/16/2014 9:21:53 PM
Location:  Pocatello, ID
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 4666(SD70M) CSX 496(AC44CW)
Views:  235   Comments: 2
UP 4706
Title:  UP 4706
Description:  A six-unit light power move heads for Curtis Yard.
Photo Date:  2/9/2013  Upload Date: 2/11/2013 4:14:32 PM
Location:  Dolton, IL
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 4706(SD70M) UP 4994(SD70M) UP 8019(AC45CCTE) UP 8426(SD70ACe) UP 8758(SD70ACe) UP 5536(AC45CCTE)
Views:  648   Comments: 3
UP 4716
Title:  UP 4716
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/24/2015  Upload Date: 1/27/2015 11:58:18 AM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 4716(SD70M) UP 4864(SD70M)
Views:  334   Comments: 1
UP 4864
Title:  UP 4864
Description:  This is Q388 headed for Willard.
Photo Date:  1/24/2015  Upload Date: 1/27/2015 11:58:54 AM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 4864(SD70M) UP 4716(SD70M)
Views:  297   Comments: 3
NS 7610
Title:  NS 7610
Description:  NS 7610 leads an empty ethanol train out of the Harbor Belt's Blue Island Yard and through Blue Island junction.
Photo Date:  5/20/2016  Upload Date: 5/26/2016 8:33:26 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 7610(ES40DC) UP 4729(SD70M) NS 8394(C40-8W)
Views:  265   Comments: 2
NS 7610
Title:  NS 7610
Description:  By now the tail of the train is up on the old Rock Island tracks used by Metra and the Iowa Interstate.
Photo Date:  5/20/2016  Upload Date: 5/26/2016 8:34:12 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  NS 7610(ES40DC) UP 4729(SD70M) NS 8394(C40-8W)
Views:  300   Comments: 2
NS 7610
Title:  NS 7610
Description:  The third leg of the triangle crosses over the first as the train heads into the old Rock Island yard.
Photo Date:  5/20/2016  Upload Date: 5/26/2016 8:35:04 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  NS 7610(ES40DC) UP 4729(SD70M)
Views:  276   Comments: 2
NS 8394
Title:  NS 8394
Description:  The power clears the bridge.
Photo Date:  5/20/2016  Upload Date: 5/26/2016 8:35:40 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  NS 8394(C40-8W) UP 4729(SD70M) NS 7610(ES40DC)
Views:  252   Comments: 1
UP 4779
Title:  UP 4779
Description:  K090, crude oil empties from Atmore, Alabama to Bensenville
Photo Date:  7/15/2015  Upload Date: 7/20/2015 6:44:54 PM
Location:  Union Mills, IN
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 4779(SD70M)
Views:  110   Comments: 2
UP 5223
Title:  UP 5223
Description:  This guy caught me out of position.
Photo Date:  6/3/2015  Upload Date: 6/6/2015 7:24:32 PM
Location:  Tuscola, IL
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 5223(SD70M) UP 4824(SD70M)
Views:  90   Comments: 1


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