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Viewing Album:  Year 2008 photos
 
By:Jim Tiroch
Dates:10/12/2008 - 12/31/2008
Album Info:I will no longer be doing mass photo uploads, Only the best shots will be uploaded! The albums will be done by year. Even though this is the 2008 album, Its way to late to start a 2007 album, so the first few photos are from 12-28-2007
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BNSF 6153
Title:  BNSF 6153
Description:  Heading down the Federal District from Alton, this BNSF will soon head across the river
Photo Date:  1/3/2007  Upload Date: 1/27/2008 1:43:36 PM
Location:  Granite City, IL
Author:  Jim Tiroch
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Locomotives:  BNSF 6153(ES44AC)
Views:  595   Comments: 1
NS 5177
Title:  NS 5177
Description:  NS 5177 stops short of the 20th Street crossing with a load for Granite City Steel
Photo Date:  12/28/2007  Upload Date: 12/30/2007 10:08:11 PM
Location:  Granite City, IL
Author:  Jim Tiroch
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Locomotives:  NS 5177(GP38-2)
Views:  274   Comments: 0
Venice School is a coming down!
Title:  Venice School is a coming down!
Description:  A familier site next to the Terminal Railroad's Madison yard was the Venice Public School. The building is no longer standing, and here they are, tearing down the west wing of the building
Photo Date:  12/28/2007  Upload Date: 12/30/2007 10:14:39 PM
Location:  Venice, IL
Author:  Jim Tiroch
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Views:  264   Comments: 4
NS 6164
Title:  NS 6164
Description:  NS 6164 is heading south towards AO Smith yard along IL Rt. 3. The sun popped out for a few seconds, and with the Rainbow in the background, made this picture a keeper!
Photo Date:  12/28/2007  Upload Date: 12/30/2007 10:03:09 PM
Location:  Granite City, IL
Author:  Jim Tiroch
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Locomotives:  NS 6164(SD40-2)
Views:  558   Comments: 2
PPCX 800220
Title:  PPCX 800220
Description:  A derelict heavyweight observation car owned by Frederick Siebold of Sadorus, IL sits on a short spur in Cisco, IL
Photo Date:  12/28/2007  Upload Date: 2/23/2008 8:48:46 PM
Location:  Cisco, IL
Author:  Jim Tiroch
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  607   Comments: 0
UP 2318
Title:  UP 2318
Description:  South of Litchfield on the NS
Photo Date:  12/28/2007  Upload Date: 2/23/2008 8:49:30 PM
Location:  Litchfield, IL
Author:  Jim Tiroch
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Locomotives:  UP 2318(SD60M)
Views:  240   Comments: 1
Weathered in a Fish Tank
Title:  Weathered in a Fish Tank
Description:  This car spent 3 months at the bottem of my African Ciclid tank, with this faded, weathered look
Photo Date:  1/23/2008  Upload Date: 1/27/2008 1:47:11 PM
Location:  Granite City, IL
Author:  Jim Tiroch
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Views:  649   Comments: 6
CSX 2667
Title:  CSX 2667
Description:  The Final Seaboard System painted unit on the CSX Roster, what a chance encounter!
Photo Date:  2/23/2008  Upload Date: 2/23/2008 8:45:51 PM
Location:  Decatur, IL
Author:  Jim Tiroch
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Locomotives:  CSX 2667(GP38-2)
Views:  772   Comments: 1
CSX 6028
Title:  CSX 6028
Description:  With ADM in the background, 6028 heads back into the yard to end the shift
Photo Date:  2/23/2008  Upload Date: 2/24/2008 2:23:08 AM
Location:  Granite City, IL
Author:  Jim Tiroch
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Locomotives:  CSX 6028(GP40-2)
Views:  410   Comments: 0
CSX 6028
Title:  CSX 6028
Description:  Backing into the ADM Mill at WABIC Jct.
Photo Date:  2/23/2008  Upload Date: 2/23/2008 8:46:27 PM
Location:  Decatur, IL
Author:  Jim Tiroch
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Locomotives:  CSX 6028(GP40-2)
Views:  650   Comments: 1
CSX 2667
Title:  CSX 2667
Description:  The Final Seaboard System painted unit on the CSX Roster
Photo Date:  2/23/2008  Upload Date: 2/23/2008 8:45:15 PM
Location:  Decatur, IL
Author:  Jim Tiroch
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Locomotives:  CSX 2667(GP38-2)
Views:  466   Comments: 0
CSX 4434
Title:  CSX 4434
Description:  Note the 4th Unit!
Photo Date:  2/23/2008  Upload Date: 2/23/2008 8:44:40 PM
Location:  Decatur, IL
Author:  Jim Tiroch
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Locomotives:  CSX 4434(GP40-2)
Views:  326   Comments: 1
GTW 4928
Title:  GTW 4928
Description:  IC yard, Engine track
Photo Date:  2/23/2008  Upload Date: 2/24/2008 2:19:02 AM
Location:  Decatur, IL
Author:  Jim Tiroch
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Locomotives:  GTW 4928(GP38-2)
Views:  391   Comments: 2
IC 3110
Title:  IC 3110
Description:  Whats this? A New Railroad? Illinois IC? Looks like CN decided to Not Redo the 3110 after they had started!
Photo Date:  2/23/2008  Upload Date: 2/24/2008 2:18:33 AM
Location:  Decatur, IL
Author:  Jim Tiroch
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Locomotives:  IC 3110(GP40R)
Views:  332   Comments: 1
UTAX 3
Title:  UTAX 3
Description:  Utah's Frontrunner heads north towards the end of the Line in Ogden
Photo Date:  2/23/2008  Upload Date: 8/30/2008 10:43:08 PM
Location:  Ogden, UT
Author:  Jim Tiroch
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Locomotives:  UTAX 3(MP36PH-3C)
Views:  264   Comments: 0
NS 5317
Title:  NS 5317
Description:  NS local from Springfield or Jacksonville
Photo Date:  2/23/2008  Upload Date: 2/24/2008 2:20:36 AM
Location:  Decatur, IL
Author:  Jim Tiroch
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Locomotives:  NS 5317(GP38-2)
Views:  304   Comments: 3
Untitled
Title:  Untitled
Description:  Pacing at 60 MPH northbound along IL 48....Train is going faster then the road speed, which is 55
Photo Date:  2/23/2008  Upload Date: 2/24/2008 2:20:58 AM
Location:  Taylorville, IL
Author:  Jim Tiroch
Categories: 
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Views:  154   Comments: 0
NS 9697
Title:  NS 9697
Description:  Crossing WABIC Crossing
Photo Date:  2/23/2008  Upload Date: 2/24/2008 2:19:56 AM
Location:  Decatur, IL
Author:  Jim Tiroch
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Locomotives:  NS 9697(C40-9W)
Views:  691   Comments: 2
PREX 1616
Title:  PREX 1616
Description:  Sitting in Cisco, IL awaiting the next day's assignment
Photo Date:  2/23/2008  Upload Date: 2/24/2008 2:19:32 AM
Location:  Cisco, IL
Author:  Jim Tiroch
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Locomotives:  PREX 1616(GP16)
Views:  279   Comments: 1
UPY 569
Title:  UPY 569
Description:  With the Wasatch Mountains in the backdrop, the UP Local works the Clearfield industrial park. I was on my way to pick up a trailer for my first Solo Run as a trucker
Photo Date:  5/9/2008  Upload Date: 8/29/2008 11:24:44 PM
Location:  Clearfield, UT
Author:  Jim Tiroch
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Locomotives:  UPY 569(GP15-1) UPY 564(GP15-1)
Views:  417   Comments: 0
WAMX 3503
Title:  WAMX 3503
Description:  The Eastern Idaho picks up 3 cars of Potatos at Wilcox Potatos, I happened to be picking up a load of spuds for Kansas City from Wicox...
Photo Date:  5/10/2008  Upload Date: 8/29/2008 11:28:00 PM
Location:  Rexburg, ID
Author:  Jim Tiroch
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Locomotives:  WAMX 3503(GP35R)
Views:  529   Comments: 2
AMTK 2039
Title:  AMTK 2039
Description:  From the Cab of Central Refrigerated Service Truck 85794 heading from Manchester, PA to Merimac, NH, The Acela is stopped at a red bored as I creep by in Traffic on I-95
Photo Date:  6/3/2008  Upload Date: 8/29/2008 11:31:00 PM
Location:  Darien, CT
Author:  Jim Tiroch
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Locomotives:  AMTK 2039(Acela Power Car)
Views:  316   Comments: 0
Rail Detector SUV
Title:  Rail Detector SUV
Description:  An independent Rail Detector SUV sits at a rest area outside Burlington VT on I-93 (or is it I-94?)
Photo Date:  6/4/2008  Upload Date: 8/29/2008 11:48:05 PM
Location:  Burlington, VT
Author:  Jim Tiroch
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Views:  209   Comments: 2
UPY 2697
Title:  UPY 2697
Description:  From the Cab of Central Refrigerated Service Truck 85794, heading to La Porte, TX for a load of Hienikin Beer for Denver, CO, 8 NRE Gensets sit in the yard along I-10
Photo Date:  7/1/2008  Upload Date: 8/29/2008 11:33:44 PM
Location:  La Porte, TX
Author:  Jim Tiroch
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Locomotives:  UPY 2697(3GS21B) UPY 2689(RP20GE) UPY 2690(RP20GE) UPY 2692(RP20GE) UPY 2691(RP20GE) UPY 2688(RP20GE) UPY 2694(RP20GE) UPY 2681(RP20GE)
Views:  1087   Comments: 1
KCS 2901
Title:  KCS 2901
Description:  Sittin by the sanding tower
Photo Date:  7/4/2008  Upload Date: 8/30/2008 11:49:11 PM
Location:  East Saint Louis, IL
Author:  Jim Tiroch
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Locomotives:  KCS 2901(GP40-2LW)
Views:  557   Comments: 0
KCS 2915
Title:  KCS 2915
Description:  Sitting at the Ready tracks
Photo Date:  7/4/2008  Upload Date: 8/30/2008 10:50:48 PM
Location:  East Saint Louis, IL
Author:  Jim Tiroch
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Locomotives:  KCS 2915(GP40-3)
Views:  206   Comments: 1
WAMX 1510
Title:  WAMX 1510
Description:  From CRS 85794, WAMX 1510 heads back to the engine house in Twin Falls, ID
Photo Date:  8/23/2008  Upload Date: 8/30/2008 10:39:58 PM
Location:  Idaho Falls, ID
Author:  Jim Tiroch
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Locomotives:  WAMX 1510(SW1500)
Views:  338   Comments: 0
DBGX 2001
Title:  DBGX 2001
Description:  Taken on property of AGI Producers Co-Op in Plainview Texas WITH Permission, Ex-INRD 2001
Photo Date:  9/16/2008  Upload Date: 9/17/2008 2:49:09 PM
Location:  Plainview, TX
Author:  Jim Tiroch
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Locomotives:  DBGX 2001(SD10)
Views:  465   Comments: 2
FMRC 1702, GNBC 626 and 627
Title:  FMRC 1702, GNBC 626 and 627
Description:  I pulled over my soon to be retired Kenworth W-900 on I-40 to get this picture of three Farmrail/Grainbelt railroad units outside Sayre, OK
Photo Date:  9/17/2008  Upload Date: 9/19/2008 4:05:58 PM
Location:  Sayre, OK
Author:  Jim Tiroch
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Locomotives:  FMRC 1702(GP9) GNBC 627(GP38AC) GNBC 626(GP38AC)
Views:  2193   Comments: 12
Unknown
Title:  Unknown
Description:  Who owns this car and what is its number?
Photo Date:  10/12/2008  Upload Date: 10/13/2008 12:38:13 AM
Location:  Vandalia, IL
Author:  Jim Tiroch
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Views:  119   Comments: 0
Store
Title:  Store
Description:  A former IC Caboose now used as a store
Photo Date:  10/12/2008  Upload Date: 10/13/2008 12:37:58 AM
Location:  Vandalia, IL
Author:  Jim Tiroch
Categories:  RollingStock
Locomotives: 
Views:  143   Comments: 0
VRRC 104
Title:  VRRC 104
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/12/2008  Upload Date: 10/13/2008 12:38:01 AM
Location:  Vandalia, IL
Author:  Jim Tiroch
Categories: 
Locomotives:  VRRC 104(SW9)
Views:  203   Comments: 0
VRRC 104
Title:  VRRC 104
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/12/2008  Upload Date: 10/13/2008 12:38:07 AM
Location:  Vandalia, IL
Author:  Jim Tiroch
Categories: 
Locomotives:  VRRC 104(SW9)
Views:  176   Comments: 0
VRRC 104
Title:  VRRC 104
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/12/2008  Upload Date: 10/13/2008 12:38:10 AM
Location:  Vandalia, IL
Author:  Jim Tiroch
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Locomotives:  VRRC 104(SW9)
Views:  185   Comments: 0
ARR 1801 in "Runway Train" (Now Respondek 1800)
Title:  ARR 1801 in "Runway Train" (Now Respondek 1800)
Description:  Heres Alaska Railroad 1801 in a Screen Shot from the 1986 Film "Runaway Train." Today, This unit works for the Respondek Rail Corp. as #1800. Note the High Hood in the movie. This hood is FAKE, nothing more than Plywood. You can tell because its higher than the Long hood. This unit, and the trailing unit, 1812, both recieved Fake High-Short Hoods for the Film. The road number of this unit was confirmed by a former employee, Obie Meeks, who also appeared in the film on "Eastbound 12" as the Engineer. He was the Master Mechanic on the Alaska when the film was shot. Other Units in the consist include GP40-2 3010, F9A 1500 (Retired, now on display in Anchorage, AK) and GP7's 1801, and 1812. The 1801 was spared from any damage in the film, unlike the 3010 and 1812. PHOTO IS A SCREEN SHOT FROM THE FILM.
Photo Date:  10/12/2008  Upload Date: 10/29/2008 1:46:01 AM
Location:  Seward, AK
Author:  Jim Tiroch
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Locomotives:  ARR 1801(GP7) RRC 1800(GP8)
Views:  1441   Comments: 0
ARR 1801
Title:  ARR 1801
Description:  Heres Alaska Railroad 1801 in a Screen Shot from the 1986 Film "Runaway Train." Today, This unit works for the Respondek Rail Corp. as #1800. Note the High Hood in the movie. This hood is FAKE, nothing more than Plywood. You can tell because its higher than the Long hood. This unit, and the trailing unit, 1812, both recieved Fake High-Short Hoods for the Film. The road number of this unit was confirmed by a former employee, Obie Meeks, who also appeared in the film on "Eastbound 12" as the Engineer. He was the Master Mechanic on the Alaska when the film was shot. Other Units in the consist include GP40-2 3010, F9A 1500 (Retired, now on display in Anchorage, AK) and GP7's 1801, and 1812. The 1801 was spared from any damage in the film, unlike the 3010 and 1812. PHOTO IS A SCREEN SHOT FROM THE FILM. (Note the Person on the walk way, thats the Hostler "Sara")
Photo Date:  10/12/2008  Upload Date: 10/29/2008 1:54:39 AM
Location:  Seward, AK
Author:  Jim Tiroch
Categories: 
Locomotives:  ARR 1801(GP7) RRC 1800(GP8)
Views:  1303   Comments: 0

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