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6/19/2025
 
 
 
 
 
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UP 8931
Title:  UP 8931
Description:  L090 is the eastbound produce train.
Photo Date:  2/22/2017  Upload Date: 2/24/2017 8:15:48 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  UP 8931(SD70AH) UP 6721(AC44CW)
Views:  405   Comments: 3
UP 4978
Title:  UP 4978
Description:  L091 makes his weekly run west with empties. That first trailing unit looks unusual.
Photo Date:  8/9/2013  Upload Date: 8/10/2013 10:49:20 AM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 4978(SD70M) UP 6729(AC44CW) UP 7437(AC45CCTE)
Views:  643   Comments: 3
UP 6729
Title:  UP 6729
Description:  UP 6729 still retains her CNW heritage.
Photo Date:  8/9/2013  Upload Date: 8/10/2013 10:50:19 AM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 4978(SD70M) UP 6729(AC44CW) UP 7437(AC45CCTE)
Views:  676   Comments: 4
UP 6731
Title:  UP 6731
Description:  Ex-UP units sit behind the locomotive building, nearly out of camera range. The farthest unit appears to be ex-CNW.
Photo Date:  11/13/2013  Upload Date: 11/14/2013 11:27:13 AM
Location:  Barr Yard, IL
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  UP 6731(AC44CW) UP 1837(B40-8) UP 9267(C40-8) UP 9231(C40-8) UP 9165(C40-8)
Views:  1114   Comments: 1
UP 6736
Title:  UP 6736
Description:  I don't see many Operation Lifesaver logos.
Photo Date:  2/18/2016  Upload Date: 2/22/2016 3:47:12 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 6736(AC44CW) UP 6800(AC44CW)
Views:  526   Comments: 2
UP 6800
Title:  UP 6800
Description:  Twins take ethanol loads east. The track workers have been in and out of their truck all morning.
Photo Date:  2/18/2016  Upload Date: 2/22/2016 3:49:25 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  UP 6800(AC44CW) UP 6736(AC44CW)
Views:  488   Comments: 2
UP 6792
Title:  UP 6792
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/25/2017  Upload Date: 5/28/2017 11:12:16 PM
Location:  Brady, NE
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 6792(AC44CW) UP 7969(AC45CCTE)
Views:  310   Comments: 1
UP 7969
Title:  UP 7969
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/25/2017  Upload Date: 5/28/2017 11:12:48 PM
Location:  Brady, NE
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 7969(AC45CCTE) UP 6792(AC44CW)
Views:  405   Comments: 3
UP 4865
Title:  UP 4865
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/3/2015  Upload Date: 6/6/2015 7:25:51 PM
Location:  Tuscola, IL
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 4865(SD70M) UP 6845(AC44CW)
Views:  491   Comments: 1
UP 6845
Title:  UP 6845
Description:  Somehow double stacks look odd in this setting.
Photo Date:  6/3/2015  Upload Date: 6/6/2015 7:25:14 PM
Location:  Tuscola, IL
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 6845(AC44CW) UP 4865(SD70M)
Views:  525   Comments: 2
UP 6848
Title:  UP 6848
Description:  Q130 meets Q369 coming around at Dolton.
Photo Date:  11/19/2013  Upload Date: 11/21/2013 12:43:24 PM
Location:  Riverdale, IL
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 6848(AC44CW) CSX 7392(C40-8W) CSX 3007(ES44AC-H)
Views:  557   Comments: 0
BNSF 7699
Title:  BNSF 7699
Description:  A westbound transfer is headed for Proviso.
Photo Date:  2/8/2017  Upload Date: 2/11/2017 8:50:14 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Winter,Action
Locomotives:  CN 5692(SD75I) BNSF 7669(ES44DC) UP 6998(AC44CW)
Views:  323   Comments: 4
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:  467   Comments: 2
UP 5104
Title:  UP 5104
Description:  UP 5104 has K682 in hand approaching Hohman Avenue
Photo Date:  2/15/2012  Upload Date: 2/15/2012 6:51:30 PM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 5104(SD70M) UP 7136(AC44CW) CSX 7583(C40-8) CSX 7919(C40-8W)
Views:  654   Comments: 0
UP 7226
Title:  UP 7226
Description:  K476 westbound (compass north) toward Barr Yard and on to Proviso.
Photo Date:  9/7/2011  Upload Date: 9/7/2011 10:43:54 PM
Location:  Dolton, IL
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 7226(AC44CW) UP 7147(AC44CW)
Views:  631   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:  460   Comments: 3
UP 5845
Title:  UP 5845
Description:  Five miles north of McCammon, an eastbound mixer rumbles by.
Photo Date:  6/16/2015  Upload Date: 6/22/2015 12:33:49 PM
Location:  McCammon, ID
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 5845(AC44CWCTE) UP 7260(AC44CW)
Views:  470   Comments: 2
UP 7260
Title:  UP 7260
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/16/2015  Upload Date: 6/22/2015 12:34:21 PM
Location:  McCammon, ID
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 7260(AC44CW) UP 5845(AC44CWCTE)
Views:  394   Comments: 1
CSXT 6001
Title:  CSXT 6001
Description:  The trackage just east of Lincoln is kind of kinky.
Photo Date:  1/20/2014  Upload Date: 1/22/2014 5:57:49 PM
Location:  Dolton, IL
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CSX 6001(GP40-2) UP 7278(AC44CW)
Views:  535   Comments: 1
UP 7278
Title:  UP 7278
Description:  Ex-B&O 4100 has charge of Y125 today. The boys have made sure they can find their broom.
Photo Date:  1/20/2014  Upload Date: 1/22/2014 6:02:09 PM
Location:  Dolton, IL
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CSX 6001(GP40-2) CSX 1520(GP15T) UP 7278(AC44CW)
Views:  603   Comments: 5
CP 8505
Title:  CP 8505
Description:  The silo from the burnt-out mill is still standing.
Photo Date:  8/28/2019  Upload Date: 9/9/2019 8:56:43 PM
Location:  Wellington, OH
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CP 8505(AC44CW) CP 8152(AC4400CWM)
Views:  622   Comments: 1
CP 8527
Title:  CP 8527
Description:  Ten minutes later a grain block comes flying through.
Photo Date:  8/8/2013  Upload Date: 8/8/2013 6:23:59 PM
Location:  Knollwood, IL
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CP 8527(AC44CW) CP 8939(ES44AC)
Views:  420   Comments: 4
CP 8939
Title:  CP 8939
Description:  It's rush hour and this guy has to get through a space between Metra commuter trains.
Photo Date:  8/8/2013  Upload Date: 8/8/2013 6:26:29 PM
Location:  Knollwood, IL
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CP 8939(ES44AC) CP 8527(AC44CW)
Views:  417   Comments: 1
CP 8537
Title:  CP 8537
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/8/2016  Upload Date: 7/18/2016 10:21:30 AM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CP 8537(AC44CW) CP 9367(ES44AC)
Views:  337   Comments: 1
CP 8538
Title:  CP 8538
Description:  Northbound potash with a little mixed freight on the end.
Photo Date:  4/27/2017  Upload Date: 4/29/2017 8:56:45 PM
Location:  Russell, IL
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CP 8538(AC44CW)
Views:  327   Comments: 2
CP 8841
Title:  CP 8841
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/27/2017  Upload Date: 4/29/2017 8:57:19 PM
Location:  Russell, IL
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CP 8841(ES44AC) CP 8538(AC44CW)
Views:  387   Comments: 1
CP 8544
Title:  CP 8544
Description:  Its an all-GE day.
Photo Date:  6/19/2014  Upload Date: 6/22/2014 4:54:22 PM
Location:  Rondout, IL
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CP 8544(AC44CW) CP 8891(ES44AC)
Views:  417   Comments: 0
CP 8561
Title:  CP 8561
Description:  More Canadian power. This is Q165, Montreal to Chicago through Buffalo.
Photo Date:  10/4/2018  Upload Date: 10/11/2018 8:49:15 PM
Location:  Westfield, NY
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CP 8561(AC44CW)
Views:  308   Comments: 2
CP 9831
Title:  CP 9831
Description:  Twins playing well together.
Photo Date:  10/4/2018  Upload Date: 10/11/2018 8:49:50 PM
Location:  Westfield, NY
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CP 9831(AC44CW) CP 8561(AC44CW)
Views:  412   Comments: 2
CP 8564
Title:  CP 8564
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/11/2014  Upload Date: 9/14/2014 9:57:52 PM
Location:  East Chicago, IN
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CP 8564(AC44CW) CP 8747(ES44AC)
Views:  542   Comments: 2
CP 8747
Title:  CP 8747
Description:  The second time this week Q165 has had CP power.
Photo Date:  9/11/2014  Upload Date: 9/14/2014 9:57:13 PM
Location:  East Chicago, IN
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CP 8747(ES44AC) CP 8564(AC44CW)
Views:  587   Comments: 5
CP 8628
Title:  CP 8628
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/16/2018  Upload Date: 2/27/2018 8:48:17 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 8628(AC44CW) CP 8567(AC44CW)
Views:  329   Comments: 2
CP 8578
Title:  CP 8578
Description:  An unidentified stacker heads west. Lakeshore Sub engine crews seem to call their symbol first, which makes them easy to miss.
Photo Date:  10/30/2014  Upload Date: 11/2/2014 12:33:08 PM
Location:  Westfield, NY
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CP 8578(AC44CW) CP 9594(AC44CW)
Views:  419   Comments: 3
CP 9594
Title:  CP 9594
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/30/2014  Upload Date: 11/2/2014 12:34:24 PM
Location:  Westfield, NY
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CP 9594(AC44CW) CP 8578(AC44CW)
Views:  348   Comments: 0
CP 8636
Title:  CP 8636
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/23/2015  Upload Date: 6/25/2015 6:47:26 PM
Location:  Riverdale, IL
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CP 8636(AC44CW) CP 9363(ES44AC)
Views:  449   Comments: 2
CP 8363
Title:  CP 8363
Description:  Q165 crosses 138th Street. The train number denoues intermodal on CSX, but the rear half of the train is mixed freight, which seems to be the way the CP does things.
Photo Date:  6/23/2015  Upload Date: 6/25/2015 6:49:38 PM
Location:  Riverdale, IL
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CP 9363(ES44AC) CP 8636(AC44CW)
Views:  514   Comments: 4
CP 9663
Title:  CP 9663
Description:  9663 West creeps up the westbound siding to let something more critical than ethanol empties go by. A few tanks snuck in ahead of the spacer car.
Photo Date:  9/20/2013  Upload Date: 9/21/2013 10:25:42 PM
Location:  Knollwood, IL
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CP 9663(AC44CW) CP 8637(AC44CW)
Views:  602   Comments: 2
CP 8643
Title:  CP 8643
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/7/2016  Upload Date: 5/21/2016 8:50:41 PM
Location:  Greenwich, OH
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CP 8643(AC44CW) CP 8889(ES44AC)
Views:  295   Comments: 0
CP 8889
Title:  CP 8889
Description:  Up the short connection onto the Big Four for the run to Buffalo.
Photo Date:  5/7/2016  Upload Date: 5/21/2016 8:52:45 PM
Location:  Greenwich, OH
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CP 8889(ES44AC) CP 8643(AC44CW)
Views:  289   Comments: 1
BNSF 6965
Title:  BNSF 6965
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/11/2014  Upload Date: 12/13/2014 8:27:33 PM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 6965(ES44C4) CP 9509(AC44CW) NS 8364(C40-8W)
Views:  434   Comments: 2
BNSF 6965
Title:  BNSF 6965
Description:  K138 comes around the State Line curve past Q157's rear flasher.
Photo Date:  12/11/2014  Upload Date: 12/13/2014 8:28:15 PM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 6965(ES44C4) CP 9509(AC44CW) NS 8364(C40-8W)
Views:  442   Comments: 3
NS 8364
Title:  NS 8364
Description:  It's not CSX blue, but it's a change.
Photo Date:  12/11/2014  Upload Date: 12/13/2014 8:32:12 PM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 8364(C40-8W) CP 9509(AC44CW) BNSF 6965(ES44C4)
Views:  398   Comments: 1
CP 9537
Title:  CP 9537
Description:  G738 rolls through East Chicago yard.
Photo Date:  12/1/2012  Upload Date: 12/1/2012 11:37:15 PM
Location:  East Chicago, IN
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CP 9537(AC44CW) CP 8824(ES44AC)
Views:  444   Comments: 1
CSXT 7498
Title:  CSXT 7498
Description:  K823 at Dolton Junction
Photo Date:  5/11/2012  Upload Date: 5/12/2012 11:11:11 AM
Location:  Dolton, IL
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CSX 7498(C40-8) CP 9542(AC44CW) CP 9624(AC44CW)
Views:  679   Comments: 0
CP 9549
Title:  CP 9549
Description:  Q165 crosses Magoun Street.
Photo Date:  1/28/2015  Upload Date: 2/3/2015 8:51:47 PM
Location:  East Chicago, IN
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CP 9549(AC44CW) CP 9822(AC44CW)
Views:  468   Comments: 3
CP 9822
Title:  CP 9822
Description:  Twins.
Photo Date:  1/28/2015  Upload Date: 2/3/2015 8:52:26 PM
Location:  East Chicago, IN
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CP 9822(AC44CW) CP 9549(AC44CW)
Views:  432   Comments: 2
CP 8888
Title:  CP 8888
Description:  Four Eights leads a mixed transfer freight north on the Harbor.
Photo Date:  3/8/2013  Upload Date: 3/10/2013 12:38:10 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CP 8888(ES44AC) CP 8825(ES44AC) CP 9559(AC44CW) CP 6036(SD40-2)
Views:  423   Comments: 2
CP 8860
Title:  CP 8860
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/9/2014  Upload Date: 9/10/2014 11:13:32 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CP 8860(ES44AC) CP 9632(AC44CW)
Views:  420   Comments: 5
CP 8860
Title:  CP 8860
Description:  Q165 comes west out of Barr Yard.
Photo Date:  9/9/2014  Upload Date: 9/10/2014 11:14:10 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CP 8860(ES44AC) CP 9632(AC44CW)
Views:  471   Comments: 5
CP 9632
Title:  CP 9632
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/9/2014  Upload Date: 9/10/2014 11:14:44 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CP 9632(AC44CW) CP 8860(ES44AC)
Views:  472   Comments: 1


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