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| Title: |
Jennies to the mine |
| Description: |
A train of ore jennies rolls through Hoffman Av interlocking behind a quartet of BN power as it heads for Duluth and on to the Iron Range for more pellets. |
| Photo Date: |
6/24/1987 Upload Date: 5/11/2015 4:37:04 AM |
| Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BN 7050(SD40-2) BN 4026(B30-7AB) BN 8057(SD40-2) BN 7912(SD40-2) |
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431 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Visitor from afar |
| Description: |
This 113 car coal train came through Hoffman Av with a real surprise-a CLEAN SP unit in the middle of a three unit set. This is the best looking SP power I have ever seen. That's Dayton's Bluff in the background. There's a park on top of the bluff which has a great view of the St Paul skyline and the action along the river. |
| Photo Date: |
6/24/1987 Upload Date: 5/9/2015 4:14:27 AM |
| Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BN 7915(SD40-2) SP 7535(SD45R) BN 7817(SD40-2) |
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316 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Typical trio |
| Description: |
A three unit set of a pair of SDs bracketing a cabless GE roll into Hoffman Av. This power set was not an uncommon sight at the time. The MILW Ford Hauler from the St Paul assembly plant is pulling up in the background. |
| Photo Date: |
6/24/1987 Upload Date: 5/9/2015 4:17:10 AM |
| Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BN 8001(SD40-2) BN 4093(B30-7AB) BN 6334(SD40-2) |
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367 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Interesting power |
| Description: |
If a power set like this was leading a train today, youd sit up and watch. In the 80s, it was no big deal. An SD40-2 and GP 40 roll a 92 car westbound past Hoffman Av. |
| Photo Date: |
6/24/1987 Upload Date: 5/9/2015 4:23:49 AM |
| Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BN 8052(SD40-2) BN 3044(GP40-2) |
| Views: |
386 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Dodging the dinkies |
| Description: |
BN was not shy about running freights during rush hour, and it was common to see several during the hours when commuter trains ran every couple of minutes. Even locals got a shot, such as this caboose hop heading back to Clyde. |
| Photo Date: |
6/25/1987 Upload Date: 5/14/2015 1:29:30 AM |
| Location: |
La Grange, IL |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BN 2706(GP39-2) |
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123 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Headed to Eola |
| Description: |
A local behind a GP 39 rolls west in between the commuter trains with a couple dozen cars for the yard at Eola, out near Aurora. Just another trian to the dispatchers. |
| Photo Date: |
6/25/1987 Upload Date: 5/14/2015 1:31:46 AM |
| Location: |
La Grange, IL |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BN 2706(GP39-2) |
| Views: |
122 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Pigs west |
| Description: |
After shooting an impressive number of Es on the racetrack. I went down below to see what was doing on the IHB, which crosses under the BN here. I saw a number of commuter trains, of course, but also some freights, including this 60 car pig train, which was smack in the middle of the rush. |
| Photo Date: |
6/25/1987 Upload Date: 5/14/2015 1:35:29 AM |
| Location: |
La Grange, IL |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BN 3153(GP50) BN 8087(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
262 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Even coal trains |
| Description: |
This eastbound coal train was in the mix with all the commuters. Only on BN would you see a coal drag mixed in with 79 MPH passenger trains, and no delays to anyone. |
| Photo Date: |
6/25/1987 Upload Date: 5/14/2015 1:37:16 AM |
| Location: |
La Grange, IL |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BN 5518(C30-7) BN 5081(C30-7) BN 5577(C30-7) |
| Views: |
244 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Eastbound with a pup |
| Description: |
This eastbound, also in the rush hour mix had a switcher tagging along, most likely headed to Clyde for work or servicing. |
| Photo Date: |
6/25/1987 Upload Date: 5/14/2015 1:39:19 AM |
| Location: |
La Grange, IL |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BN 8081(SD40-2) BN 7172(SD40-2) BN 210(SW1200) |
| Views: |
304 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Doubling up |
| Description: |
A pair of Es roll a westbound dinky into La Grange. Odd thing is, this was only a four car train. |
| Photo Date: |
6/25/1987 Upload Date: 5/12/2015 3:32:35 AM |
| Location: |
La Grange, IL |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BN 9901(E9AM) BN 9924(E9AM) |
| Views: |
265 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Hiding in the bushes |
| Description: |
This westbound dinky had pulled up so its engine was just showing from behind the shrubbery. I cant see why anyone would hide an E unit!! |
| Photo Date: |
6/25/1987 Upload Date: 5/14/2015 1:41:27 AM |
| Location: |
La Grange, IL |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BN 9903(E9AM) |
| Views: |
186 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Getting late |
| Description: |
The sun is dipping low, and this pair of E units is in shadow as it makes it La Grange stop. |
| Photo Date: |
6/25/1987 Upload Date: 5/14/2015 1:43:58 AM |
| Location: |
La Grange, IL |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BN 9907(E9AM) BN 9915(E9AM) |
| Views: |
252 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Down the middle |
| Description: |
A dinky blows-or actually, doesnt blow-through La Grange on the center track as it makes a high speed run for Aurora. La Grange, like many Chicago suburbs, had a whistle oridinance prohibiting trains from blowing for crossings. The trains were thick here during rush hour, not only commuters, but BN was not squamish about running big freights mixed in with the dinky parade, so you could just as easily be stepping in front of a 100 car coal train as a commuter. Its a wonder more people were not killed. |
| Photo Date: |
6/25/1987 Upload Date: 5/12/2015 3:37:48 AM |
| Location: |
La Grange, IL |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BN 9908(E9AM) |
| Views: |
354 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Late express |
| Description: |
As the day fades into dusk, an express train rolls 9 cars down the middle to get the last rush hour riders home. |
| Photo Date: |
6/25/1987 Upload Date: 5/14/2015 1:45:04 AM |
| Location: |
La Grange, IL |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BN 9912(E9AM) |
| Views: |
382 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Back to Union |
| Description: |
An eastbound dinky stops at La Grange on its return to Union Station. In the distance is a westbound rolling down the center track. |
| Photo Date: |
6/25/1987 Upload Date: 5/12/2015 3:45:57 AM |
| Location: |
La Grange, IL |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BN 9916(E9AM) BN 9919(E9AM) |
| Views: |
308 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Crossing the Harbor |
| Description: |
I caught this dinky crossing the IHB. How, I can't figure. You didn't hear the trains on the BN, since La Grange had a whistle ordinance. If you weren't looking at the bridge when the train hit it, you missed it. IHB trains ran at about 10 MPH, so were easy to get. The BN was a lot faster. |
| Photo Date: |
6/25/1987 Upload Date: 5/14/2015 1:48:31 AM |
| Location: |
La Grange, IL |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BN 9918(E9AM) |
| Views: |
189 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Blasting through |
| Description: |
The westbound we saw in the distance while the eastbound made its stop is now upon us at high speed. |
| Photo Date: |
6/25/1987 Upload Date: 5/12/2015 3:46:51 AM |
| Location: |
La Grange, IL |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BN 9919(E9AM) |
| Views: |
157 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Smoking it up |
| Description: |
The E 9 on this commuter train throws some smoke skyward as it starts out for its next station on the way to Aurora. |
| Photo Date: |
6/25/1987 Upload Date: 5/12/2015 3:53:57 AM |
| Location: |
La Grange, IL |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BN 9920(E9AM) |
| Views: |
208 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Pouring it on |
| Description: |
The E in charge of this westbound on the center track of the "racetrack" show us why its called that as he notches out. |
| Photo Date: |
6/25/1987 Upload Date: 5/12/2015 3:57:19 AM |
| Location: |
La Grange, IL |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BN 9922(E9AM) |
| Views: |
211 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
By the hour |
| Description: |
The big new thing at this time was "power by the hour", where railroads would lease diesels, with payment based on horsepower hours. Since technology now allowed for a real time record of actual usage, it was possible for this type of billing, more accurate than a HP times how long the engine was gone billing. BN leased a group of B39-8s on this basis, and we see two of them at Cicero, under the mercury vapor lamps, making the colors a little off. |
| Photo Date: |
3/11/1990 Upload Date: 12/23/2015 4:18:47 AM |
| Location: |
Cicero, IL |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
LMX 8546(B39-8E) LMX 8526(B39-8E) BN 3133(GP50) |
| Views: |
618 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Rolling for the cities |
| Description: |
A southbound BN train gets moving at Cloquet |
| Photo Date: |
12/8/1995 Upload Date: 5/16/2014 2:17:10 AM |
| Location: |
Cloquet, MN |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Winter,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BN 8013(SD40-2) BN 4112(B30-7AB) BN 7200(SD40-2) BN 8171(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
325 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Westbound local |
| Description: |
An unusual unit, a GP 28 leads a westbound local through Berwyn |
| Photo Date: |
1/6/1996 Upload Date: 7/31/2014 3:13:02 AM |
| Location: |
Berwyn, IL |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Winter,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BN 1537(GP28M) BN 6333(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
525 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Local with a switcher |
| Description: |
End cab switchers were becoming hard to find by the mid 90s, but BN still used them on locals in certain places. This one is out of the racetrack at Berwyn, hustling back to Clyde Yard with 9 cars |
| Photo Date: |
1/6/1996 Upload Date: 5/16/2014 2:04:54 AM |
| Location: |
Berwyn, IL |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Winter,Station,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BN 234(SW1200) |
| Views: |
232 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Westbound stacks |
| Description: |
A westbound stack train, one of several that morning, passes Berwyn |
| Photo Date: |
1/6/1996 Upload Date: 7/31/2014 3:17:46 AM |
| Location: |
Berwyn, IL |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Winter,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BN 6704(SD40-2) BN 6369(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
317 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Pure BN |
| Description: |
The merger with Santa Fe was still news when I took these. I had to wait for dispatch after dropping a container at Clyde yard in Cicero. I hated the sitting at the time, but it was a good chance to capture a road whose image would soon fade. |
| Photo Date: |
1/6/1996 Upload Date: 7/31/2014 3:20:11 AM |
| Location: |
Berwyn, IL |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Winter,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BN 6846(SD40-2) BN 4071(B30-7AB) BN 7204(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
385 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Interlopers are appearing |
| Description: |
The second unit is showing the wave of the future, as Santa Fe power starts to infiltrate the Q |
| Photo Date: |
1/6/1996 Upload Date: 7/31/2014 3:22:05 AM |
| Location: |
Berwyn, IL |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Winter,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BN 7823(SD40-2) ATSF 5139(SD40-2) BN 4041(B30-7AB) |
| Views: |
377 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Road train meets local |
| Description: |
The local behind the SW is met by a short road train just getting underway from Clyde. |
| Photo Date: |
1/6/1996 Upload Date: 5/16/2014 2:08:54 AM |
| Location: |
Berwyn, IL |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Winter,Station,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BN 7877(SD40-2) BN 4085(B30-7AB) |
| Views: |
289 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Station shot |
| Description: |
A westbound passes the Q station at Berwyn |
| Photo Date: |
1/6/1996 Upload Date: 7/31/2014 3:23:04 AM |
| Location: |
Berwyn, IL |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Winter,Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BN 7877(SD40-2) BN 4085(B30-7AB) |
| Views: |
230 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
CN westbound |
| Description: |
This westbound CN train for Winnipeg just met an eastbound and is headed for Minneapolis and eventually the DWP. |
| Photo Date: |
1/6/1996 Upload Date: 7/31/2014 3:29:26 AM |
| Location: |
Berwyn, IL |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Winter,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CN 5617(SD70I) CN 5041(SD40) |
| Views: |
360 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Trackage rights |
| Description: |
A CN train on trackage rights passes through Berwyn with a pair of GTW family units and 63 cars. |
| Photo Date: |
1/6/1996 Upload Date: 5/16/2014 2:14:49 AM |
| Location: |
Berwyn, IL |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Winter,Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
GTW 5930(SD40-2) GTW 5921(SD40) |
| Views: |
440 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Eastbound too |
| Description: |
An eastbound CN train off the DWP approaches Berwyn behind CN North America-an ex GTW unit in this case- and GT power. |
| Photo Date: |
1/6/1996 Upload Date: 7/31/2014 3:32:06 AM |
| Location: |
Berwyn, IL |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Winter,Action |
| Locomotives: |
GTW 5930(SD40-2) GTW 5921(SD40) |
| Views: |
458 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Eastbound on the racetrack |
| Description: |
An eastbound behind four CR units passes the Berwyn station. |
| Photo Date: |
1/6/1996 Upload Date: 6/22/2014 4:33:05 AM |
| Location: |
Berwyn, IL |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Winter,Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 5071(B40-8) CR 6506(SD40-2) CR 3373(GP40-2) |
| Views: |
322 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SP too |
| Description: |
The racetrack became an interesting place to watch the action, as besides CN, SP also had trackage rights for a couple of trains per day to Kansas City. Heres one of them, behind a mix of classic SP power. |
| Photo Date: |
1/6/1996 Upload Date: 7/31/2014 3:34:25 AM |
| Location: |
Berwyn, IL |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Winter,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SP 8526(SD40T-2) SP 9330(SD45T-2) SP 7542(SD45R) SP 9313(SD45T-2) |
| Views: |
934 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Pig train for Portland |
| Description: |
I had just dropped a container at Cicero on the BN. After dropping, I bobtailed the truck out to Berwyn and waited for my next assignment. While I was sitting there, here comes the train headed west. About midway back in the train, amid all the other JB Hunt boxes, was the one I had just dropped. Wave good bye.... |
| Photo Date: |
1/20/1996 Upload Date: 1/8/2012 4:00:48 AM |
| Location: |
Berwyn, IL |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Winter,Station,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BN 7823(SD40-2) ATSF 5139(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
391 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Big Texas |
| Description: |
An empty coal train makes its way back to the Wyoming mines on the FW&D near Vernon Tex, in a panoramic view of the Texas prairie. |
| Photo Date: |
2/10/1996 Upload Date: 8/4/2014 2:26:54 AM |
| Location: |
Vernon, TX |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BN 9515(SD70MAC) BN 9400(SD70MAC) BN 9708(SD70MAC) |
| Views: |
472 Comments: 0 |
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