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By:Neil Barratt
Dates:9/25/2008 - 9/26/2008
Album Info:Chicago's Metra in transition, The Zephyr, and a look at the "L" train.
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BURLINGTON Route Zephyr
Title:  BURLINGTON Route Zephyr
Description:  At the Illinois Museum of Science and Industry
Photo Date:  9/25/2008  Upload Date: 9/28/2008 5:59:50 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  CBQ 9900(AA)
Views:  169   Comments: 0
METX 411
Title:  METX 411
Description:  At the Canal Street crossing, Metra 411 heads out of Ogilvie terminal, with the L train roaring by overhead.
Photo Date:  9/25/2008  Upload Date: 9/28/2008 5:59:52 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Bridge,Station,Transit,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  METX 411(MP36PH-3S)
Views:  326   Comments: 2
METX 417
Title:  METX 417
Description:  Metra 417 backs into the Ogilvie terminal looking for work.
Photo Date:  9/25/2008  Upload Date: 9/28/2008 5:59:53 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  METX 417(MP36PH-3S)
Views:  306   Comments: 0
METX 139
Title:  METX 139
Description:  Everywhere you turn there's another train coming or going.
Photo Date:  9/25/2008  Upload Date: 9/28/2008 6:00:04 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Bridge,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  METX 139(F40PH)
Views:  236   Comments: 0
Northwest Railway Terminal Powerhouse
Title:  Northwest Railway Terminal Powerhouse
Description:  Once serving a busy freight yard, now an upscale restaurant.
Photo Date:  9/25/2008  Upload Date: 9/28/2008 5:59:55 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Bridge,Yard,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  120   Comments: 0
UP 728
Title:  UP 728
Description:  I heard this locomotive but had to climb around to see where the rumble was coming from. This was the only sign of freight trains amongst all the commuters.
Photo Date:  9/25/2008  Upload Date: 9/28/2008 5:59:56 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Bridge,Yard,Action
Locomotives:  UP 728(GP38-2)
Views:  202   Comments: 0
METX 115
Title:  METX 115
Description:  Very similar to Toronto's GO Transit transition from the EMD F59PH to the streamlined MPI MP40PH-3C, Chicago's Metra is moving to the MPI MP36PH-3S from the familiar EMD F40PH. On the tracks above this F40PH run other Metra commuters, as well as Union Pacific trains.
Photo Date:  9/25/2008  Upload Date: 9/28/2008 5:59:58 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Bridge,Yard,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  METX 115(F40PH)
Views:  315   Comments: 2
METX 117
Title:  METX 117
Description:  The old and the new head northwest out of Ogilvie terminal.
Photo Date:  9/25/2008  Upload Date: 9/28/2008 5:59:59 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  METX 117(F40PH) METX 419(MP36PH-3S)
Views:  435   Comments: 0
METX 193
Title:  METX 193
Description:  Everywhere you turn there's another train coming or going - on a track you didn't even know was there.
Photo Date:  9/25/2008  Upload Date: 9/28/2008 6:00:02 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Bridge,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  METX 193(F40PHM-2)
Views:  270   Comments: 0
The L Train
Title:  The L Train
Description:  The L train shoots across the Wells Street bridge at twilight, while river boats ferry the tourists through the maze of old and new buildings.
Photo Date:  9/25/2008  Upload Date: 9/28/2008 6:00:01 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Night,Transit,Passenger,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  175   Comments: 1


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