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Viewing Album:  Hammond IN
 
By:Mike Rapchak Jr.
Dates:4/23/2003 - 12/31/2009
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CEFX Coal Freight
Title:  CEFX Coal Freight
Description:  Holding at IHB's Gibson Junction near sunset. The train - led by CEFX SD40-2 #3147 - is coming off the e/w IHB mainline and will head north on the Kankakee Line.
Photo Date:  3/26/2006  Upload Date: 5/31/2006 10:43:46 PM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
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Locomotives:  CEFX 3147(SD40M-2)
Views:  312   Comments: 0
Rail Traffic
Title:  Rail Traffic
Description:  CSX CW44-9 #9031 light with sister #7375 keep NS SD70 #2509 and her westbound coal freight company as they wait for clearance on the IHB mainline.
Photo Date:  3/29/2006  Upload Date: 7/5/2006 2:13:16 PM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
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Locomotives:  CSX 9031(C40-9W) CSX 7375(C40-8W) NS 2509(SD70)
Views:  766   Comments: 0
BNSF C44-9W 660
Title:  BNSF C44-9W 660
Description:  Warbonnet #660 highballs a hot trailer train west on the NS ex-Nickel Plate mainline through Osborn Junction (this is where the IHB/NS Kankakee Line crosses the ex-NKP main).
Photo Date:  4/9/2006  Upload Date: 7/6/2006 12:28:21 PM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
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Locomotives:  BNSF 660(C44-9W)
Views:  409   Comments: 0
CSX CW60AC 681
Title:  CSX CW60AC 681
Description:  On the turntable at the Indiana Harbor Belt's Gibson shops area.
Photo Date:  4/15/2006  Upload Date: 7/10/2006 12:49:41 AM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
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Locomotives:  CSX 681(AC60CW)
Views:  449   Comments: 0
IHB NW2 8811
Title:  IHB NW2 8811
Description:  One of IHB's three or four remaining 1949-vintage NW2s, #8811 pulls onto the IHB mainline with a cut of autorack cars just west of Hohman Ave. Junction at the IN/IL state border.
Photo Date:  4/15/2006  Upload Date: 7/10/2006 12:57:01 AM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
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Locomotives:  IHB 8811(NW2)
Views:  710   Comments: 2
CSX CW44AC #524
Title:  CSX CW44AC #524
Description:  Holding with her westbound coal freight on the IHB mainline at the former Gary & Western Railroad yard.
Photo Date:  5/21/2006  Upload Date: 8/27/2006 2:30:48 PM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
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Locomotives:  CSX 524(AC44CW)
Views:  326   Comments: 0
GMTX GP38-2 2618
Title:  GMTX GP38-2 2618
Description:  Making a very rare appearance in this area, GMTX #2618 is seen holding southbound on the IHB Kankakee Line just north of Gibson Junction.
Photo Date:  5/21/2006  Upload Date: 8/27/2006 4:33:45 PM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
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Locomotives:  GMTX 2618(GP38-2)
Views:  373   Comments: 0
UP Power
Title:  UP Power
Description:  C44AC #6579 and SD9043AC 8030 are seen holding northbound on the NS portion of the Kankakee Line with a short cut of hopper cars. They're parked beneath the 169th St. overpass.
Photo Date:  8/6/2006  Upload Date: 10/19/2006 10:22:08 PM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
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Locomotives:  UP 6579(AC44CW) UP 8030(SD9043MAC)
Views:  469   Comments: 0
Osborn Junction
Title:  Osborn Junction
Description:  NS C40-9 #8769 & SD70M-2 #2728 lead a mixed freight east through Osborn Junction on the ex-NKP mainline. This junction is where the n/s Kankakee Line crosses the NKP.
Photo Date:  8/13/2006  Upload Date: 10/22/2006 5:23:20 PM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
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Locomotives:  NS 8769(C40-9) NS 2728(SD70M-2)
Views:  541   Comments: 0
UP SD9043ACs
Title:  UP SD9043ACs
Description:  Having come off the CSX Porter Branch, UP SD9043ACs #8053 and 8031 hold with their westbound coal freight on the IHB mainline at the IHB transfer-yard area.
Photo Date:  9/30/2006  Upload Date: 1/23/2007 8:01:56 PM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 8053(SD9043MAC) UP 8031(SD9043MAC)
Views:  340   Comments: 0
NS GPs
Title:  NS GPs
Description:  High-nose GP38-2 #5047 and Whiteface GP40-2 #3028 pull a cut of cars out of a local industry and onto an ex-NKP-mainline runner track near 165th St.
Photo Date:  10/8/2006  Upload Date: 11/26/2006 2:28:17 PM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
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Locomotives:  NS 5047(GP38-2) NS 3028(GP40-2)
Views:  509   Comments: 2
BNSF Meet
Title:  BNSF Meet
Description:  C44-9Ws #4409 and 5058 meet with their respective trains on the ex-Nickel Plate mainline.
Photo Date:  10/21/2006  Upload Date: 2/20/2007 6:29:56 PM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 4409(C44-9W) BNSF 5058(C44-9W)
Views:  456   Comments: 0
IHB Gibson Shops Area
Title:  IHB Gibson Shops Area
Description:  A view behind the roundhouse featuring GP40-2 #4011 and SD38-2 #3861. #4011 has just come off the turntable.
Photo Date:  10/29/2006  Upload Date: 3/27/2007 6:19:38 PM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
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Locomotives:  IHB 4011(GP40-2) IHB 3861(SD38-2)
Views:  668   Comments: 0
NS B32-8s
Title:  NS B32-8s
Description:  Twin NS B32-8s - #3542 & 3542 - lead a mixed freight south through Gibson Junction, then curving southeast a they approach the Gibson shops area on the Kankakee Line.
Photo Date:  10/29/2006  Upload Date: 3/27/2007 6:31:02 PM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
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Locomotives:  NS 3542(B32-8) NS 3543(B32-8)
Views:  456   Comments: 0
Massed Motive Power
Title:  Massed Motive Power
Description:  CSX and UP power are featured with side-by-side coal freights holding westbound on the IHB mainline.
Photo Date:  11/12/2006  Upload Date: 3/27/2007 6:24:22 PM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 5297(ES44DC) UP 5917(AC44CWCTE) UP 6526(AC44CW)
Views:  520   Comments: 0
IHB SW1500 1508
Title:  IHB SW1500 1508
Description:  #1508 shoves a cut of autorack cars into the IHB transfer yard east of Gibson Junction.
Photo Date:  11/24/2006  Upload Date: 3/31/2007 9:30:58 PM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
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Locomotives:  IHB 1508(SW1500)
Views:  414   Comments: 0
CBNS GP50 5004
Title:  CBNS GP50 5004
Description:  Cape Breton & Central Nova Scotia Railway (ex-BN) #5004 heads east on the IHB mainline at Hammond, IN.
Photo Date:  12/9/2006  Upload Date: 3/31/2007 9:33:43 PM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
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Locomotives:  CBNS 5004(GP50)
Views:  411   Comments: 0
NS 5356 and Bottle Train
Title:  NS 5356 and Bottle Train
Description:  Leading her molten-iron bottle train south on the Kankakee Line, GP38-2 #5356 approaches Gibson Junction where she'll access the IHB mainline and head west to Riverdale, IL.
Photo Date:  4/29/2007  Upload Date: 5/27/2007 8:36:16 PM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
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Locomotives:  NS 5356(GP38-2)
Views:  399   Comments: 0
Broken UP Coal Freight
Title:  Broken UP Coal Freight
Description:  UP SD9043MAC #8133 holds on the Kankakee Line with two sister locos and a small portion of her nortthbound coal freight - the remainder of which is visible in the distance. The train was broken to prevent blockage of grade crossings.
Photo Date:  4/29/2007  Upload Date: 5/27/2007 8:38:49 PM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 8133(SD9043MAC) UP 6687(AC44CW) UP 7301(AC4460CW)
Views:  514   Comments: 0
CP 9599
Title:  CP 9599
Description:  #9599 leads her mixed freight south on the Indiana Harbor Belt portion of the Kankakee Line. She's on approach to Gibson Junction and the IHB's Gibson shops area.
Photo Date:  5/3/2007  Upload Date: 6/3/2007 3:42:03 PM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
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Locomotives:  CP 9599(AC44CW)
Views:  373   Comments: 0
Osborn Junction
Title:  Osborn Junction
Description:  NS C40-9W #9953 hits the ex-NKP-main/Kankakee-Line diamonds with her eastbound manifest at Osborn Junction.
Photo Date:  6/10/2007  Upload Date: 7/18/2007 9:19:12 PM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
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Locomotives:  NS 9953(C40-9W)
Views:  310   Comments: 0
CF&E 3883
Title:  CF&E 3883
Description:  Chicago,Fort Wayne & Eastern GP38-2 #3883 idles at the head of her mixed freight while waiting for clearance on the IHB mainline.
Photo Date:  6/16/2007  Upload Date: 6/27/2007 8:03:07 PM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CFE 3883(GP38-2)
Views:  702   Comments: 5
Warbonnet on the ex-NKP
Title:  Warbonnet on the ex-NKP
Description:  BNSF Warbonnet C40-8W #901 crosses the Osborn Junction diamond with a westbound double-stack train.
Photo Date:  6/27/2007  Upload Date: 8/12/2007 6:06:36 PM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 901(C40-8W)
Views:  347   Comments: 0
Early Morning Intermodal
Title:  Early Morning Intermodal
Description:  NS C40-8W #8430 leads an eastbound intermodal through Hammond on the ex-NKP mainline at 7:30 a.m.
Photo Date:  6/30/2007  Upload Date: 9/1/2007 12:52:14 PM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 8430(C40-8W)
Views:  167   Comments: 0
IHB Motive Power
Title:  IHB Motive Power
Description:  A sampling of IHB motive power on display behind the Gibson shops-area roundhouse.
Photo Date:  7/12/2007  Upload Date: 8/26/2007 12:26:03 PM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  IHB 4011(GP40-2) IHB 3862(SD38-2) IHB 2920(SD20) IHB 4015(GP40-2)
Views:  760   Comments: 2
NS GP50 7085
Title:  NS GP50 7085
Description:  #7085 is running light northbound on the ex-NKP main; she's crossing the NS/IHB diamonds at Hohman Ave. Junction.
Photo Date:  7/15/2007  Upload Date: 8/12/2007 8:00:11 PM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 7085(GP50)
Views:  297   Comments: 0
BNSF Coal Train
Title:  BNSF Coal Train
Description:  Rolling south out of East Chicago on the Kankakee Line, BNSF #5145's coal train enters IHB's Gibson Junction.
Photo Date:  7/22/2007  Upload Date: 8/16/2007 2:51:02 PM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 5145(C44-9W)
Views:  287   Comments: 0
NS Geep 5042
Title:  NS Geep 5042
Description:  #5052 idles on the ex-NKP mainline just east of Indianapolis Blvd. in Woodmar.
Photo Date:  7/22/2007  Upload Date: 8/16/2007 2:47:22 PM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 5042(GP38-2)
Views:  304   Comments: 2
NS Frieght on the ex-Nickel Plate
Title:  NS Frieght on the ex-Nickel Plate
Description:  NS B32-8s 3530 & 3540 lead a mixed freight east through Hessville on the ex-NKP mainline. The train is coming off the Kankake Line at Osborn Junction and is crossing Kennedy Avenue.
Photo Date:  7/29/2007  Upload Date: 8/21/2007 8:20:06 PM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 3530(B32-8) NS 3540(B32-8)
Views:  481   Comments: 0
Mittal Steel Bottle Train
Title:  Mittal Steel Bottle Train
Description:  NS #3031 heads south across the Grand Calumet River Bridge into Hammond with her long bottle train. The river marks the boundary between Hammond and East Chicago.
Photo Date:  8/18/2007  Upload Date: 1/2/2008 6:46:58 PM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 3031(GP40-2)
Views:  442   Comments: 0
IHB SD20s 2924 & 2925
Title:  IHB SD20s 2924 & 2925
Description:  Idling on the Kankakee Line just north of Gibson Junction.
Photo Date:  8/18/2007  Upload Date: 1/10/2008 8:33:50 PM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  IHB 2924(SD20) IHB 2925(SD20)
Views:  442   Comments: 2
NS Manifest on the NKP
Title:  NS Manifest on the NKP
Description:  Slightly blurred by heat-wave distortion, an eastbound mixed freight led by new NS SD70M-2 #2678 approaches Osborn Junction on the ex-NKP mainline.
Photo Date:  8/18/2007  Upload Date: 1/5/2008 3:40:56 PM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 2678(SD70M-2)
Views:  351   Comments: 0
NS B32-8s
Title:  NS B32-8s
Description:  Twin NS B32-8s #3548 & 3545 lead a slow mixed freight north through Hessville on the Kankakee Line. They're approaching Gibson Juncton and are about to cross 161st Street.
Photo Date:  9/22/2007  Upload Date: 1/7/2008 5:23:23 PM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 3548(B32-8) NS 3545(B32-8)
Views:  358   Comments: 1
NS Crew Change
Title:  NS Crew Change
Description:  NS B32-8 #3547 and her southbound manifest hold for a crew change on the Kankakee Line at Gibson Junction.
Photo Date:  10/21/2007  Upload Date: 11/13/2007 10:24:52 PM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 3547(B32-8)
Views:  390   Comments: 0
NS 5027
Title:  NS 5027
Description:  GP38-2 #5027 jockeys a string of steel-coil cars in Colehour Yard, at the Indiana/Illinois border.
Photo Date:  10/21/2007  Upload Date: 12/16/2007 2:38:32 PM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 5027(GP38-2)
Views:  339   Comments: 1
Eastbound NS Manifest
Title:  Eastbound NS Manifest
Description:  The sun is getting low on this late October afternoon as NS #9035 approaches the Chicago Line's Calumet Ave. crossing with an eastbound manifest.
Photo Date:  10/21/2007  Upload Date: 5/4/2008 6:25:13 PM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 9035(C40-9W)
Views:  234   Comments: 0
Through Osborn Junction
Title:  Through Osborn Junction
Description:  A mixed freight led by NS ex-CR #8399 lumbers slowly northward through Osborn Junction on the Kankakee Line.
Photo Date:  3/29/2008  Upload Date: 6/6/2008 5:03:30 PM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 8399(C40-8W)
Views:  285   Comments: 3
State Line Junction [a]
Title:  State Line Junction [a]
Description:  The main portion of what remains of this once incredibly complex and busy juntion. THe view is looking north along the IHB banch line. The CSX (ex-B&O), NS (ex-NKP), and SouthShore/NICTD-interurban mainlines are visible.
Photo Date:  3/29/2008  Upload Date: 6/6/2008 4:46:36 PM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  106   Comments: 0
State Line Junciton [b] - a closer look
Title:  State Line Junciton [b] - a closer look
Description:  A closer view of the junction area. A portion of the small IHB yard is visible to the north arcoss Gostlin St; and the old Taylor Chain plant's smokestack is obviously still standing.
Photo Date:  3/29/2008  Upload Date: 6/6/2008 4:50:32 PM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  134   Comments: 0
IHB SW1500 1516
Title:  IHB SW1500 1516
Description:  A closer look at #1516
Photo Date:  4/20/2008  Upload Date: 6/5/2008 11:52:32 PM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  IHB 1516(SW1500)
Views:  271   Comments: 0
Autoracks
Title:  Autoracks
Description:  IHB SW1500 #1516 works a string of autoracks near the Gibson Yard western terminus.
Photo Date:  4/20/2008  Upload Date: 6/5/2008 11:39:08 PM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  IHB 1516(SW1500)
Views:  246   Comments: 0
Amtrak Approach
Title:  Amtrak Approach
Description:  A short Amtrak express rolls east into Indiana on the NS mainline, on approach to the Hammond-Whiting Station.
Photo Date:  5/31/2008  Upload Date: 7/18/2008 2:37:57 AM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 34(P42DC)
Views:  124   Comments: 0
Amtrak Departure
Title:  Amtrak Departure
Description:  Leaving the station and headed for Michigan.
Photo Date:  5/31/2008  Upload Date: 7/18/2008 2:40:03 AM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 90222(NPCU)
Views:  149   Comments: 0
Building a Train
Title:  Building a Train
Description:  NS #9559 creeps east across the IN/IL border while building her train in nearby Colehour Yard.
Photo Date:  5/31/2008  Upload Date: 6/4/2008 12:15:52 AM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 9559(C40-9W)
Views:  248   Comments: 0
An NS Meet
Title:  An NS Meet
Description:  NS trains meet on the ex-Pennsy tracks near the IN/IL border.
Photo Date:  5/31/2008  Upload Date: 6/4/2008 12:18:42 AM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 9559(C40-9W) NS 9138(C40-9W)
Views:  290   Comments: 0
NS & Phil Smidt's
Title:  NS & Phil Smidt's
Description:  An NS mixed freight just out of Colehour Yard idles across Railroad Street from the recently-closed Phil Smidt seafood restaurant. This Whiting icon, like the mighty Pennsylvania RR, is yet another victim of the changing times.
Photo Date:  5/31/2008  Upload Date: 6/3/2008 11:54:15 AM
Location:  Whiting, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 9559(C40-9W)
Views:  1530   Comments: 2
Chicago South Shore Line
Title:  Chicago South Shore Line
Description:  South Shore Line (NICTD) MU #37 leads an interurban west out of the Hammond station at the Dearborn Street crossing.
Photo Date:  6/10/2008  Upload Date: 6/10/2008 11:26:03 PM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NICD 37(Electric M.U.)
Views:  172   Comments: 0
CSX 2571
Title:  CSX 2571
Description:  #2571 is holding with her westbound manifest just east of Calumet Avenue on the CSX-exBOCT mainline.
Photo Date:  6/10/2008  Upload Date: 6/11/2008 1:14:33 AM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 2571(GP38-2)
Views:  325   Comments: 0
IHB Mixed Frieght
Title:  IHB Mixed Frieght
Description:  #4016 rolls a mixed freight west on the IHB mainline along Plummer Street near the IN/IL border.
Photo Date:  6/10/2008  Upload Date: 6/12/2008 1:09:27 AM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  IHB 4016(GP40-2)
Views:  267   Comments: 0
NS Manifest
Title:  NS Manifest
Description:  This NS mixed freight, led by a pair of B32-8s, winds its way through Gibson Junction and enters the Kankakee Line northbound towards East Chicago.
Photo Date:  6/10/2008  Upload Date: 6/17/2008 1:19:31 PM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 3561(B32-8) NS 3548(B32-8)
Views:  155   Comments: 0

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