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| Title: |
Metra |
| Description: |
125 |
| Photo Date: |
4/2/2014 Upload Date: 4/2/2014 12:41:13 PM |
| Location: |
Des Plaines, IL |
| Author: |
Mike Berka |
| Categories: |
Track |
| Locomotives: |
METX 125(F40PH) |
| Views: |
232 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Canadian Pacific |
| Description: |
8835 |
| Photo Date: |
4/2/2014 Upload Date: 4/2/2014 12:42:37 PM |
| Location: |
Des Plaines, IL |
| Author: |
Mike Berka |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CP 8835(ES44AC) |
| Views: |
89 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Union Pacific |
| Description: |
5677 |
| Photo Date: |
4/7/2014 Upload Date: 4/7/2014 12:31:02 PM |
| Location: |
Des Plaines, IL |
| Author: |
Mike Berka |
| Categories: |
Signal |
| Locomotives: |
UP 5677(AC44CWCTE) |
| Views: |
148 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
NS 8757 brings the roadrailer from Minneapolis, ZEMCH, south on the New Line |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
4/26/2014 Upload Date: 8/30/2014 3:02:36 PM |
| Location: |
Des Plaines, IL |
| Author: |
Jon Hall |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
NS 8757(C40-8) |
| Views: |
162 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
ZEMCH rolls south toward Proviso and eventually interchange to the NS |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
4/26/2014 Upload Date: 8/30/2014 3:02:41 PM |
| Location: |
Des Plaines, IL |
| Author: |
Jon Hall |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
NS 8757(C40-8) |
| Views: |
169 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Union Pacific |
| Description: |
8025 |
| Photo Date: |
4/27/2014 Upload Date: 4/27/2014 5:16:27 PM |
| Location: |
Des Plaines, IL |
| Author: |
Mike Berka |
| Categories: |
Signal |
| Locomotives: |
UP 8025(AC45CCTE) |
| Views: |
135 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Union Pacific |
| Description: |
7672 ballast train |
| Photo Date: |
5/11/2014 Upload Date: 5/11/2014 4:56:45 PM |
| Location: |
Des Plaines, IL |
| Author: |
Mike Berka |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 7672(AC45CCTE) |
| Views: |
140 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
SOO 6024 |
| Description: |
SOO SD60 6024 leads 484 south through Des Plaines. |
| Photo Date: |
5/26/2014 Upload Date: 11/18/2014 12:00:40 AM |
| Location: |
Des Plaines, IL |
| Author: |
Robby Gragg |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
SOO 6024(SD60) |
| Views: |
105 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
UPY 739 |
| Description: |
UPY GP15-1 739 leads the 6am local north through Des Plaines. |
| Photo Date: |
6/25/2014 Upload Date: 11/17/2014 8:59:29 PM |
| Location: |
Des Plaines, IL |
| Author: |
Robby Gragg |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
UPY 739(GP15AC) |
| Views: |
142 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
C P Rail |
| Description: |
6042 |
| Photo Date: |
6/28/2014 Upload Date: 6/28/2014 3:11:54 PM |
| Location: |
Des Plaines, IL |
| Author: |
Mike Berka |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CP 6042(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
98 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Union Pacific |
| Description: |
9448 on a empty WEPX. |
| Photo Date: |
7/4/2014 Upload Date: 7/5/2014 4:41:16 PM |
| Location: |
Des Plaines, IL |
| Author: |
Mike Berka |
| Categories: |
Signal |
| Locomotives: |
UP 9448(C41-8W) |
| Views: |
99 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Union Pacific |
| Description: |
8184 |
| Photo Date: |
7/6/2014 Upload Date: 7/6/2014 4:52:20 PM |
| Location: |
Des Plaines, IL |
| Author: |
Mike Berka |
| Categories: |
Signal |
| Locomotives: |
UP 8184(ES44AC-H) |
| Views: |
151 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Union Pacific |
| Description: |
8183 |
| Photo Date: |
7/6/2014 Upload Date: 7/6/2014 4:53:25 PM |
| Location: |
Des Plaines, IL |
| Author: |
Mike Berka |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
UP 8183(ES44AC-H) |
| Views: |
240 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Signals |
| Description: |
Heres a closer view of the signals. |
| Photo Date: |
1/10/2015 Upload Date: 1/10/2015 12:48:58 PM |
| Location: |
Des Plaines, IL |
| Author: |
Mike Berka |
| Categories: |
Signal |
| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
326 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Signal bridge |
| Description: |
This bridge is located on the Metra Harvard Subdivision, and it still has a couple of old CNW type signals on it. This was photographed at the Cumberland station. |
| Photo Date: |
1/10/2015 Upload Date: 1/10/2015 12:47:30 PM |
| Location: |
Des Plaines, IL |
| Author: |
Mike Berka |
| Categories: |
Signal |
| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
327 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Signal |
| Description: |
This signal is on the Canadian National, at the Deval interlocking. Deval tower was closed in June 2005, and torn down in November 2012. The track in the background is the Metra Harvard Subdivision. Back in the Soo Line days, there was a semaphore here. |
| Photo Date: |
1/10/2015 Upload Date: 1/10/2015 12:52:27 PM |
| Location: |
Des Plaines, IL |
| Author: |
Mike Berka |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
263 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Signal |
| Description: |
This view is looking south toward Schiller Park, and Im snapping this photo from Prairie Avenue, and this signal is located on Thacker Street. |
| Photo Date: |
1/10/2015 Upload Date: 1/10/2015 12:57:29 PM |
| Location: |
Des Plaines, IL |
| Author: |
Mike Berka |
| Categories: |
Signal |
| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
275 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Signal bridge |
| Description: |
This signal bridge is on the Canadian National line that runs between Schiller Park, and Fond du Lac. Metra also uses this line to Antioch. |
| Photo Date: |
1/10/2015 Upload Date: 1/10/2015 12:54:54 PM |
| Location: |
Des Plaines, IL |
| Author: |
Mike Berka |
| Categories: |
Signal |
| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
224 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Signal head |
| Description: |
Here is a close up of the southbound signal at Thacker Street, and these have LEDs, which are very bright. |
| Photo Date: |
1/10/2015 Upload Date: 1/10/2015 12:59:24 PM |
| Location: |
Des Plaines, IL |
| Author: |
Mike Berka |
| Categories: |
Signal |
| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
325 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Distant signal |
| Description: |
As far as I know, this is still an original CNW distant signal which is now used by Union Pacific on the track called the "live wye" which connecrs trains coming out from Proviso and going to Janesville, to use this track and signal to go from the Milwaukee Subdivision, to the Harvard Subdivision. This signal is at Golf Road. |
| Photo Date: |
1/10/2015 Upload Date: 1/10/2015 4:27:16 PM |
| Location: |
Des Plaines, IL |
| Author: |
Mike Berka |
| Categories: |
Signal |
| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
316 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Signal bridge |
| Description: |
This photo was snapped from the Des Plaines Metra station platform, at Graceland Avenue. This view is looking west towards Mt. Prospect on Metras Harvard Subdivision. Which really is owned by Union Pacific. |
| Photo Date: |
1/10/2015 Upload Date: 1/10/2015 4:42:47 PM |
| Location: |
Des Plaines, IL |
| Author: |
Mike Berka |
| Categories: |
Signal |
| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
272 Comments: 65537 |
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| Title: |
Signals |
| Description: |
This is at the location on the Union Pacific Milwaukee Subdivision called Norma. This used to be the CNW New Line. The track in the distance all the way to the left, is the wye track that connects the Milwaukee Subdivision with the Harvard Subdivision. |
| Photo Date: |
1/11/2015 Upload Date: 1/11/2015 4:53:15 PM |
| Location: |
Des Plaines, IL |
| Author: |
Mike Berka |
| Categories: |
Signal |
| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
236 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Signal |
| Description: |
This little signal here doesnt do too much. It just pretty much gives a flashing red when the trains are going against the current of traffic. |
| Photo Date: |
1/11/2015 Upload Date: 1/11/2015 4:55:47 PM |
| Location: |
Des Plaines, IL |
| Author: |
Mike Berka |
| Categories: |
Signal |
| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
284 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Signal |
| Description: |
This is looking south towards Proviso on the Milwaukee Subdivision at Norma. |
| Photo Date: |
1/11/2015 Upload Date: 1/11/2015 4:57:54 PM |
| Location: |
Des Plaines, IL |
| Author: |
Mike Berka |
| Categories: |
Signal |
| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
230 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Signals |
| Description: |
This is still at Norma, and the signal on the left is for going against the current of traffic. The signal on the right is if you are on the "live wye" going between the Harvard Subdivision and the Milwaukee Subdivision towards Proviso. These photos were snapped from Thacker Street. |
| Photo Date: |
1/11/2015 Upload Date: 1/11/2015 5:02:10 PM |
| Location: |
Des Plaines, IL |
| Author: |
Mike Berka |
| Categories: |
Signal |
| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
274 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Signals |
| Description: |
The Union Pacific still uses the CNW way of left hand running. The signal on the right is for going against the current of traffic, and the track just up ahead is the Metra Harvard Subdivision. |
| Photo Date: |
1/11/2015 Upload Date: 1/11/2015 5:05:20 PM |
| Location: |
Des Plaines, IL |
| Author: |
Mike Berka |
| Categories: |
Signal |
| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
199 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Signal bridge |
| Description: |
This is on the Metra Harvard Subdivision looking east towards downtown Des Plaines. |
| Photo Date: |
1/11/2015 Upload Date: 1/11/2015 5:07:25 PM |
| Location: |
Des Plaines, IL |
| Author: |
Mike Berka |
| Categories: |
Signal |
| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
207 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Signal bridge |
| Description: |
This is also on the Harvard Subdivision, but looking west toward the Metra Cumberland station. The track at the very right connects with the Milwaukee Subdivision. |
| Photo Date: |
1/11/2015 Upload Date: 1/11/2015 5:10:29 PM |
| Location: |
Des Plaines, IL |
| Author: |
Mike Berka |
| Categories: |
Signal |
| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
216 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Signals |
| Description: |
Here is a close up of the signals, and as you can see the signal is green for a Metra train. These signals are always usually at yellow. |
| Photo Date: |
1/11/2015 Upload Date: 1/11/2015 5:12:38 PM |
| Location: |
Des Plaines, IL |
| Author: |
Mike Berka |
| Categories: |
Signal |
| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
192 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Signal bridge |
| Description: |
This is the other side of the bridge looking east. |
| Photo Date: |
1/11/2015 Upload Date: 1/11/2015 5:14:20 PM |
| Location: |
Des Plaines, IL |
| Author: |
Mike Berka |
| Categories: |
Signal |
| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
193 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Signals |
| Description: |
Here is a better look at the signals. |
| Photo Date: |
1/11/2015 Upload Date: 1/11/2015 5:15:37 PM |
| Location: |
Des Plaines, IL |
| Author: |
Mike Berka |
| Categories: |
Signal |
| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
172 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Signal |
| Description: |
This signal is at the north end of the Des Plaines coach yard, and takes trains from there to the Harvard Subdivision. This was called the coach yard, because back in the day some of the commuter trains would park there for the night, and on weekends. |
| Photo Date: |
1/11/2015 Upload Date: 1/11/2015 5:18:52 PM |
| Location: |
Des Plaines, IL |
| Author: |
Mike Berka |
| Categories: |
Signal |
| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
220 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Union Pacific |
| Description: |
5337 |
| Photo Date: |
1/11/2015 Upload Date: 1/11/2015 5:22:32 PM |
| Location: |
Des Plaines, IL |
| Author: |
Mike Berka |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 5337(AC45CCTE) |
| Views: |
168 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Signal |
| Description: |
Here's another view. |
| Photo Date: |
1/18/2015 Upload Date: 1/18/2015 4:30:13 PM |
| Location: |
Des Plaines, IL |
| Author: |
Mike Berka |
| Categories: |
Signal |
| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
200 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Signals |
| Description: |
These signals are on the Union Pacific Milwaukee Subdivision at Touhy Avenue. These are actually back in the day CNW signals. |
| Photo Date: |
1/18/2015 Upload Date: 1/18/2015 4:28:56 PM |
| Location: |
Des Plaines, IL |
| Author: |
Mike Berka |
| Categories: |
Signal |
| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
214 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Signal bridge |
| Description: |
This is on the Metra Harvard Subdivision, and the train on the left is at the Dee Road station heading into Chicago, while the other train is heading towards Des Plaines. |
| Photo Date: |
1/19/2015 Upload Date: 1/19/2015 4:46:27 PM |
| Location: |
Des Plaines, IL |
| Author: |
Mike Berka |
| Categories: |
Signal |
| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
195 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Signal bridge |
| Description: |
This is on the Metra Harvard Subdivision at the location called Seeger. This is where trains going from the Harvard Subdivision can connect with the Milwaukee Subdivision. This view is looking towards downtown Des Plaines. |
| Photo Date: |
1/19/2015 Upload Date: 1/19/2015 5:00:00 PM |
| Location: |
Des Plaines, IL |
| Author: |
Mike Berka |
| Categories: |
Signal |
| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
283 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Signals |
| Description: |
Here is a view of some of the CNW and Union Pacific type signals. |
| Photo Date: |
1/19/2015 Upload Date: 1/19/2015 5:01:51 PM |
| Location: |
Des Plaines, IL |
| Author: |
Mike Berka |
| Categories: |
Signal |
| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
183 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Signal |
| Description: |
This is on the Canadian National line between Schiller Park and Fond du Lac. The track just past the signal is the Union Pacific Milwaukee Subdivision that runs between Proviso and Butler. Back in the Soo Line days, this signal used to be a semaphore. |
| Photo Date: |
1/19/2015 Upload Date: 1/19/2015 5:05:07 PM |
| Location: |
Des Plaines, IL |
| Author: |
Mike Berka |
| Categories: |
Signal |
| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
190 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Signal bridge |
| Description: |
This is the other side of the signal bridge at Seeger, looking towards Mt. Prospect. |
| Photo Date: |
1/19/2015 Upload Date: 1/19/2015 5:09:17 PM |
| Location: |
Des Plaines, IL |
| Author: |
Mike Berka |
| Categories: |
Signal |
| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
231 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Signals |
| Description: |
The signal is green for a southbound empty CWEX coal train. The switch in the foreground goes back to the CNW days when they used this switch to deliver transformer loads to Commonwealth Edison. The crosstrack past that, is the Canadian National line between Schiller Park and Fond du Lac. The switch past that, connects this Union Pacific Milwaukee Subdivision with the Metra Harvard Subdivision. The cross track after that, is the Metra Harvard Subdivision. |
| Photo Date: |
3/1/2015 Upload Date: 3/1/2015 5:21:31 PM |
| Location: |
Des Plaines, IL |
| Author: |
Mike Berka |
| Categories: |
Signal |
| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
264 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Signals |
| Description: |
The signal is yellow for a Union Pacific frac sand train. The crossovers in the foreground are hardly ever used, and have to be thrown by hand. Back in the day, these were up a little further by the signals. |
| Photo Date: |
3/1/2015 Upload Date: 3/1/2015 5:25:19 PM |
| Location: |
Des Plaines, IL |
| Author: |
Mike Berka |
| Categories: |
Signal |
| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
223 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Union Pacific |
| Description: |
8823 frac sand train. |
| Photo Date: |
3/1/2015 Upload Date: 3/1/2015 5:27:37 PM |
| Location: |
Des Plaines, IL |
| Author: |
Mike Berka |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 8823(SD70ACe) |
| Views: |
162 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Signals |
| Description: |
The signal is green for a northbound train on the Union Pacific Milwaukee Subdivision. The red signal is for going against the current of traffic, and only flashes. |
| Photo Date: |
3/7/2015 Upload Date: 3/7/2015 4:50:50 PM |
| Location: |
Des Plaines, IL |
| Author: |
Mike Berka |
| Categories: |
Signal |
| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
212 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Signal bridge |
| Description: |
The signal is red after a westbound Metra train went by, and is now at the Cumberland station. The track going off to the left, goes into the Des Plaines coach yard. Way back in the 1980s, the CNW used to park commuter trains here for the night, and on weekends. Also, the APL stack trains used to go through the coach yard as well. They would go from the New Line, which is now the Milwaukee Subdivision, and cut through the coach yard to connect with the Harvard Subdivision for the run into Chicago. |
| Photo Date: |
3/8/2015 Upload Date: 3/8/2015 4:50:26 PM |
| Location: |
Des Plaines, IL |
| Author: |
Mike Berka |
| Categories: |
Signal |
| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
194 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Norfolk Southern |
| Description: |
9471 |
| Photo Date: |
3/29/2015 Upload Date: 3/29/2015 6:07:25 PM |
| Location: |
Des Plaines, IL |
| Author: |
Mike Berka |
| Categories: |
Signal |
| Locomotives: |
NS 9471(C40-9W) |
| Views: |
69 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Signal head |
| Description: |
Here is a close up, and you can easily see the LEDs. |
| Photo Date: |
4/12/2015 Upload Date: 4/12/2015 6:49:31 PM |
| Location: |
Des Plaines, IL |
| Author: |
Mike Berka |
| Categories: |
Signal |
| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
50 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Signal |
| Description: |
We have a diverging clear for a southbound Canadian National train. |
| Photo Date: |
4/12/2015 Upload Date: 4/12/2015 6:44:39 PM |
| Location: |
Des Plaines, IL |
| Author: |
Mike Berka |
| Categories: |
Signal |
| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
44 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Union Pacific |
| Description: |
1938 |
| Photo Date: |
5/9/2015 Upload Date: 5/9/2015 4:55:08 PM |
| Location: |
Des Plaines, IL |
| Author: |
Mike Berka |
| Categories: |
Track |
| Locomotives: |
UP 1938(SD40N) |
| Views: |
108 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Union Pacific |
| Description: |
1938 |
| Photo Date: |
5/9/2015 Upload Date: 5/9/2015 4:56:33 PM |
| Location: |
Des Plaines, IL |
| Author: |
Mike Berka |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
UP 1938(SD40N) |
| Views: |
132 Comments: 0 |
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