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4/3/2025
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Amtrak 34 on Train 383 Meets Metra Train 1292
Title:  Amtrak 34 on Train 383 Meets Metra Train 1292
Description:  Amtrak's Illinois Zephyr meets Metra train 1292 as the light fades away.
Photo Date:  3/11/2008  Upload Date: 3/22/2008 3:38:38 PM
Location:  Naperville, IL
Author:  Ken Ford
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 34(P42DC)
Views:  453   Comments: 0
UP 8557 East
Title:  UP 8557 East
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/14/2008  Upload Date: 3/23/2008 9:22:45 PM
Location:  Elmhurst, IL
Author:  Ken Ford
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 8557(SD70ACe)
Views:  618   Comments: 3
METX 132 on Train 57
Title:  METX 132 on Train 57
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/14/2008  Upload Date: 3/23/2008 6:10:09 PM
Location:  Elmhurst, IL
Author:  Ken Ford
Categories: 
Locomotives:  METX 132(F40PH)
Views:  583   Comments: 0
Metra Train 1292
Title:  Metra Train 1292
Description:  Like a salmon swimming upstream, Metra train 1292 heads east against the waves of westbound traffic.
Photo Date:  3/11/2008  Upload Date: 3/22/2008 3:38:23 PM
Location:  Naperville, IL
Author:  Ken Ford
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  346   Comments: 0
UP 7668 West
Title:  UP 7668 West
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/11/2008  Upload Date: 3/22/2008 7:14:35 PM
Location:  Winfield, IL
Author:  Ken Ford
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 7668(AC45CCTE)
Views:  570   Comments: 0
Metra 161 on Train 33
Title:  Metra 161 on Train 33
Description:  F40PH-2 161 slows for a station stop.
Photo Date:  3/11/2008  Upload Date: 3/22/2008 7:13:39 PM
Location:  Winfield, IL
Author:  Ken Ford
Categories: 
Locomotives:  METX 161(F40PH)
Views:  548   Comments: 0
UP 3033 West
Title:  UP 3033 West
Description:  Ex-CNW SD40-2 3033 glides west with a long string of empty well cars.
Photo Date:  3/11/2008  Upload Date: 3/22/2008 7:12:51 PM
Location:  Winfield, IL
Author:  Ken Ford
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 3033(SD40-2)
Views:  599   Comments: 1
Metra 402 on Train 1279
Title:  Metra 402 on Train 1279
Description:  MP36PH-3S 402 is on a skip-stop train - next stop Aurora. This unit is named "State of Illinois".
Photo Date:  3/11/2008  Upload Date: 3/22/2008 3:38:06 PM
Location:  Naperville, IL
Author:  Ken Ford
Categories: 
Locomotives:  METX 402(MP36PH-3S)
Views:  646   Comments: 0
Metra 401 on Train 1271
Title:  Metra 401 on Train 1271
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/11/2008  Upload Date: 3/22/2008 3:37:40 PM
Location:  Naperville, IL
Author:  Ken Ford
Categories: 
Locomotives:  METX 401(MP36PH-3S)
Views:  595   Comments: 0
UP 9087
Title:  UP 9087
Description:  Patched ex-C&NW Dash 8 9087 negotiates a crossover vith an eastbound.
Photo Date:  3/1/2008  Upload Date: 3/1/2008 5:06:41 PM
Location:  Elburn, IL
Author:  Ken Ford
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 9087(C41-8)
Views:  747   Comments: 4
UP 3047 East
Title:  UP 3047 East
Description:  Ex-C&NW SD40-2 3047 leans through a cuqve.
Photo Date:  3/1/2008  Upload Date: 3/1/2008 5:07:00 PM
Location:  West Chicago, IL
Author:  Ken Ford
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 3047(SD40-2)
Views:  647   Comments: 1
BNSF 1482 East
Title:  BNSF 1482 East
Description:  Ex-Frisco CP15-1 1482 leads the local back to Eola Yard.
Photo Date:  3/1/2008  Upload Date: 3/1/2008 5:05:53 PM
Location:  Sugar Grove, IL
Author:  Ken Ford
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 1482(GP15-1)
Views:  785   Comments: 0
BNSF 1533 East
Title:  BNSF 1533 East
Description:  Sliding through the ice fog, BNSF GP28M 1533 leads the Cat Job back to Eola.
Photo Date:  12/31/2007  Upload Date: 12/31/2007 4:54:54 PM
Location:  Montgomery, IL
Author:  Ken Ford
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 1533(GP28M)
Views:  625   Comments: 0
Metra 188 on Train 1227
Title:  Metra 188 on Train 1227
Description:  F40PHM-2 188 swings into Aurora Transportation Center with train 1227.
Photo Date:  12/31/2007  Upload Date: 12/31/2007 4:54:33 PM
Location:  Aurora, IL
Author:  Ken Ford
Categories: 
Locomotives:  METX 188(F40PHM-2)
Views:  642   Comments: 0
AMTK 3
Title:  AMTK 3
Description:  AMTK P42 3 accelerates the California Zephyr through Meriden, IL as the Southwest Chief fades into the background.
Photo Date:  11/29/2006  Upload Date: 11/1/2006 11:28:32 PM
Location:  Meriden, IL
Author:  Ken Ford
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 3(P42DC)
Views:  949   Comments: 1
AMTK 181
Title:  AMTK 181
Description:  AMTK P42 181 speeds the westbound Southwest Chief into the setting sun at Meriden, IL.
Photo Date:  10/29/2006  Upload Date: 11/1/2006 11:25:31 PM
Location:  Meriden, IL
Author:  Ken Ford
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 181(P42DC)
Views:  747   Comments: 0
BNSF 7159 East
Title:  BNSF 7159 East
Description:  BNSF ex-BN SD40-2 7159 and ex-ATSF SD40-2 6760 team up to lead an eastbound past the world-famous (?) Ho-Ka Turkey Farm near Waterman, IL.
Photo Date:  1/30/2005  Upload Date: 6/9/2006 12:35:02 PM
Location:  Waterman, IL
Author:  Ken Ford
Categories:  Winter,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 7159(SD40-2) BNSF 6760(SD40-2)
Views:  887   Comments: 1
BNSF 4995 West
Title:  BNSF 4995 West
Description:  BNSF GE C44-9W leads a westbound out of the mist at Chana, IL.
Photo Date:  1/30/2005  Upload Date: 6/9/2006 12:32:27 PM
Location:  Chana, IL
Author:  Ken Ford
Categories:  Winter,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 4995(C44-9W)
Views:  802   Comments: 0
BNSF 8936 East
Title:  BNSF 8936 East
Description:  BNSF SD70MAC 8936 races eastbound coal out of a spring thunderstorm at Sugar Grove, IL.
Photo Date:  5/30/2004  Upload Date: 6/9/2006 12:42:23 PM
Location:  Sugar Grove, IL
Author:  Ken Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 8936(SD70MAC)
Views:  718   Comments: 1
BX Sunset
Title:  BX Sunset
Description:  Evening falls at BX, the crossing of the BNSF (ex-BN, ex-CB&Q) C&I line and the UP (ex-C&NW) Troy Grove branch west of Waterman, IL.
Photo Date:  1/15/2006  Upload Date: 6/9/2006 12:25:42 PM
Location:  Waterman, IL
Author:  Ken Ford
Categories:  Scenic,Night,Signal
Locomotives: 
Views:  501   Comments: 2
BNSF 7606 West
Title:  BNSF 7606 West
Description:  ES44DC 7606 leads a westbound through the sleet at Yackley Avenue in Lisle, IL.
Photo Date:  1/31/2006  Upload Date: 6/13/2006 5:31:20 PM
Location:  Lisle, IL
Author:  Ken Ford
Categories:  Winter,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 7606(ES44DC)
Views:  952   Comments: 0
BNSF 6779 East
Title:  BNSF 6779 East
Description:  An eastbound stack train led by SD40-2 6779 and a NS GE looms out of the dusk approaching the west switch of Aurora (IL) Siding.
Photo Date:  4/18/2006  Upload Date: 6/9/2006 12:44:59 PM
Location:  Aurora, IL
Author:  Ken Ford
Categories:  Night,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 6779(SD40-2)
Views:  3067   Comments: 13

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