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4/28/2024
 
 
 
 
 
By:Mike Rapchak Jr.
Dates:8/9/2002 - 12/31/2009
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NS Big Blue
Title:  NS Big Blue
Description:  Ex-CR C40-8W #8316 and her stack train approach MP 503 on the NS Chicago Line. The train is crossing the Indiana Harbor ship canal and entering Mittal Steel territory.
Photo Date:  9/15/2007  Upload Date: 12/16/2007 3:45:00 PM
Location:  East Chicago, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
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Locomotives:  NS 8316(C40-8W)
Views:  351   Comments: 1
NS Intermodal
Title:  NS Intermodal
Description:  Led by C40-9W #9165 and ex-CR C40-8W #8359, this NS intermodal train heads east beneath the vintage PC-era signal bridges at CP 502/503 on the ex-CR/NYC Chicago Line at Indiana Harbor.
Photo Date:  9/15/2007  Upload Date: 10/28/2007 2:41:14 PM
Location:  East Chicago, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
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Locomotives:  NS 9165(C40-9W) NS 8359(C40-8W)
Views:  524   Comments: 2
Afternoon CSX Intermodal
Title:  Afternoon CSX Intermodal
Description:  SD70ACs #4726 & 4558 lead this intermodal train west through Calumet Junction.
Photo Date:  3/23/2008  Upload Date: 6/6/2008 3:53:12 PM
Location:  East Chicago, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
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Locomotives:  CSX 4726(SD70MAC) CSX 4558(SD70MAC)
Views:  436   Comments: 0
Professional Locomotive Services Facility
Title:  Professional Locomotive Services Facility
Description:  Housed in the former Continental Machine Co. building on Huish Drive near Grasselli Junction. PLS is a locomotive rebuilder/custom manufacturer.
Photo Date:  3/23/2008  Upload Date: 6/6/2008 3:46:12 PM
Location:  East Chicago, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
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Views:  153   Comments: 0
PLS Sign
Title:  PLS Sign
Description:  Judging by the switcher silhouette I'd say that nearby Mittal Steel is one of PLS's customers.
Photo Date:  3/23/2008  Upload Date: 6/6/2008 3:50:54 PM
Location:  East Chicago, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
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Views:  130   Comments: 0
CSX ES44AHs 809 & 806
Title:  CSX ES44AHs 809 & 806
Description:  New ES44ACs #809 & 806 - both stencilled ES44AH (for "Heavy") - lead an eastbound coal freight through the stark early-spring landscape at Calumet Junction.
Photo Date:  3/29/2008  Upload Date: 3/29/2008 1:16:24 PM
Location:  East Chicago, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
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Locomotives:  CSX 809(ES44AC-H) CSX 806(ES44AC-H)
Views:  601   Comments: 2
IHB Manifest
Title:  IHB Manifest
Description:  Just out of Michigan Ave. Yard and straddling the CSX ex-B&O mainline at Calumet Junction, this IHB mixed freight prepares to continue its journey southward on the Kankakee Line.
Photo Date:  4/6/2008  Upload Date: 4/6/2008 8:40:48 PM
Location:  East Chicago, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
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Locomotives:  IHB 4012(GP40-2)
Views:  386   Comments: 0
Southbound UP Manifest
Title:  Southbound UP Manifest
Description:  #7740 leads a mixed freight south through Calumet Junction on the Kankakee Line. The front section has just cleared Chicago Avenue and is approaching Grasselli Junction.
Photo Date:  4/6/2008  Upload Date: 6/6/2008 4:17:07 PM
Location:  East Chicago, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
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Locomotives:  UP 7740(AC45CCTE)
Views:  234   Comments: 0
UP Manifest on CSX
Title:  UP Manifest on CSX
Description:  Westbound on the CSX ex-B&OCT mainline, UP SD70ACe #8339 approaches the Calumet Junction diamonds with her mixed freight, disturbing a local flock of pigeons in the process.
Photo Date:  5/4/2008  Upload Date: 5/4/2008 6:27:56 PM
Location:  East Chicago, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
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Locomotives:  UP 8339(SD70ACe)
Views:  294   Comments: 0
Bottle Train Meet
Title:  Bottle Train Meet
Description:  Two Mittal Steel molten-iron bottle trains meet on a portion of the Kankakee Line at Indiana Harbor (a northern part of East Chicago).
Photo Date:  5/31/2008  Upload Date: 5/31/2008 7:15:17 PM
Location:  East Chicago, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
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Locomotives:  NS 4608(GP59) NS 5136(GP38-2)
Views:  623   Comments: 2
Bottle Train
Title:  Bottle Train
Description:  Approaching the Dickey Road crossing, a molten-iron bottle train, led by high-nose NS GP38-2 #5136, heads south on the Kankakee Line at Indiana Harbor (northern section of East Chicago).
Photo Date:  5/31/2008  Upload Date: 5/31/2008 7:27:31 PM
Location:  East Chicago, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
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Locomotives:  NS 5136(GP38-2)
Views:  602   Comments: 0
EJ&E SW1200 303
Title:  EJ&E SW1200 303
Description:  Adorned in her new "Gary Railway" livery (in anticipation of CN's purchase of the J), #303 is seen resting between switching duties at the Mittal ex-LTV steel mill at Indiana Harbor.
Photo Date:  5/31/2008  Upload Date: 5/31/2008 7:33:33 PM
Location:  East Chicago, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
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Locomotives:  EJE 303(SW1200)
Views:  343   Comments: 0
HRCX GE 25T II-C2
Title:  HRCX GE 25T II-C2
Description:  Looking like a refugee from an amusement park, this cute, unumbered little industrial switcher belongs to Hoosier Railcar, Inc.
Photo Date:  5/31/2008  Upload Date: 6/4/2008 12:46:54 AM
Location:  East Chicago, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
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Views:  220   Comments: 2
HRCX GE 25T II-C2
Title:  HRCX GE 25T II-C2
Description:  Handling switching chores at the Hoosier Railcar facility.
Photo Date:  5/31/2008  Upload Date: 6/4/2008 12:52:03 AM
Location:  East Chicago, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
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Views:  166   Comments: 0
IHB Mixed Freight
Title:  IHB Mixed Freight
Description:  IHB #4011 leads a slow mixed freight past the now-deactivated Grasselli Junction interlocking tower while northbound on the Kankakee Line.
Photo Date:  8/24/2008  Upload Date: 8/26/2008 8:41:34 PM
Location:  East Chicago, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
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Locomotives:  IHB 4011(GP40-2)
Views:  192   Comments: 0
Big Blue
Title:  Big Blue
Description:  NS ex-CR #8305 and 8323 lead their mixed freight north through the IHB's Michigan Avenue Yard.
Photo Date:  8/27/2008  Upload Date: 9/17/2008 11:46:11 PM
Location:  East Chicago, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
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Locomotives:  NS 8305(C40-8) NS 8323(C40-8W)
Views:  295   Comments: 0
BNSF 1001
Title:  BNSF 1001
Description:  On the point of a multi-road 6 pack, BNSF #1001 leads a mixed freight south out of IHB's Michigan Ave. Yard on the Kankakee Line past the Calumet Junction intelocking tower.
Photo Date:  8/27/2008  Upload Date: 9/19/2008 3:12:14 PM
Location:  East Chicago, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
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Locomotives:  BNSF 1001(C44-9W)
Views:  224   Comments: 0
BNSF-IHB Meet
Title:  BNSF-IHB Meet
Description:  BNSF C44-9W #1001, leading a southbound manifest through IHB's Michigan Ave. Yard, meets with IHB SW1500 #1505 on the Kankakee Line at Calumet Junction.
Photo Date:  8/27/2008  Upload Date: 9/8/2008 1:29:33 AM
Location:  East Chicago, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
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Locomotives:  BNSF 1001(C44-9W) IHB 1505(SW1500)
Views:  410   Comments: 2
Westbound CSSSB Freight
Title:  Westbound CSSSB Freight
Description:  Led by a pair of colorful CSS GP38-2s, this freight is about to cross the Calumet Junction diamonds on the CSX ex-B&OCT mainline.
Photo Date:  8/27/2008  Upload Date: 9/11/2008 12:52:03 AM
Location:  East Chicago, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
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Locomotives:  CSS 2005(GP38-2)
Views:  218   Comments: 0
Indiana Harbor Belt SW1200 2272
Title:  Indiana Harbor Belt SW1200 2272
Description:  #2272 leads a mixed freight north through IHB's Michigan Avenue Yard.
Photo Date:  8/27/2008  Upload Date: 9/2/2008 8:01:23 PM
Location:  East Chicago, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
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Locomotives:  IHB 2272(SW1200)
Views:  317   Comments: 0
IHB NW2 8811
Title:  IHB NW2 8811
Description:  Heading north past the Calumet Junction tower is vintage NW2 #8811 - one of only two left on the IHB roster.
Photo Date:  8/27/2008  Upload Date: 9/22/2008 11:14:02 PM
Location:  East Chicago, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
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Locomotives:  IHB 8811(NW2)
Views:  349   Comments: 2
ArcelorMittal SW1200 153
Title:  ArcelorMittal SW1200 153
Description:  Working at the ex-LTV plant near Indiana Harbor.
Photo Date:  9/7/2008  Upload Date: 9/23/2008 6:03:29 PM
Location:  East Chicago, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
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Locomotives:  MTSX 153(SW1200)
Views:  266   Comments: 0
Southbound on the Kankakee Line
Title:  Southbound on the Kankakee Line
Description:  #4019 & 4012 rattle across the CSX ex-B&OCT mainline at Calumet Junction as they head south out of IHB's Michigan Ave. Yard
Photo Date:  9/16/2008  Upload Date: 9/17/2008 10:29:43 PM
Location:  East Chicago, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
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Locomotives:  IHB 4019(GP40-2) IHB 4012(GP40-2)
Views:  316   Comments: 0
Southbound on the Kankakee Line [2]
Title:  Southbound on the Kankakee Line [2]
Description:  IHB 4019 & 4012 roll south past the still-manned Calumet Junction interlocking tower.
Photo Date:  9/16/2008  Upload Date: 9/17/2008 10:33:10 PM
Location:  East Chicago, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
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Locomotives:  IHB 4019(GP40-2) IHB 4012(GP40-2)
Views:  356   Comments: 2
BNSF 7435 and a Mixed Freight
Title:  BNSF 7435 and a Mixed Freight
Description:  Just having gotten a green board, #7435 begins accelerating her mixed freight north out of Hammond on the Kankakee Line
Photo Date:  9/16/2008  Upload Date: 9/26/2008 7:27:35 PM
Location:  East Chicago, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
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Locomotives:  BNSF 7435(ES44DC)
Views:  283   Comments: 0
BNSF 7435 and a Mixed Freight Head North
Title:  BNSF 7435 and a Mixed Freight Head North
Description:  Accompanied by sister #7433 and Warbonnet #695, #7435 rolls her mixed freight north through Calumet Junction.
Photo Date:  9/16/2008  Upload Date: 9/26/2008 7:30:33 PM
Location:  East Chicago, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
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Locomotives:  BNSF 7435(ES44DC) BNSF 7433(ES44DC) BNSF 695(C44-9W)
Views:  547   Comments: 0
Flagging the Chicago Avenue Grade Crossing
Title:  Flagging the Chicago Avenue Grade Crossing
Description:  NS #7682's nortbound steel-coil train holds as the conductor prepares to flag the Kankakee Line's Chicago Ave. crossing - plagued by gate malfunctions resulting from the recent heavy rains and flooding.
Photo Date:  9/16/2008  Upload Date: 9/23/2008 9:43:25 PM
Location:  East Chicago, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
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Locomotives:  NS 7682(ES40DC) NS 9433(C40-9W)
Views:  412   Comments: 0
Southbound CP Autorack
Title:  Southbound CP Autorack
Description:  CP #5913 rolls a long autorack train south through Michigan Avenue Yard on the Kankakee Line near sunset.
Photo Date:  9/17/2008  Upload Date: 9/25/2008 9:48:51 PM
Location:  East Chicago, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
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Locomotives:  CP 5913(SD40-2)
Views:  281   Comments: 2
BNSF 6 Pack
Title:  BNSF 6 Pack
Description:  Accelerating west through Calumet Junction with ES44DC #7682 on the point, the consist of this BNSF-powered manifest includes four brand new ES44DCs in tow: #7454, 7460, 7461, & 7464.
Photo Date:  9/25/2008  Upload Date: 9/29/2008 8:28:30 PM
Location:  East Chicago, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
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Locomotives:  BNSF 7682(ES44DC)
Views:  306   Comments: 2
BNSF Rocks!
Title:  BNSF Rocks!
Description:  My personal favorite modern locomotive, the BNSF SD70ACe - in this case the new #9261 - puts on an impressive show - aurally as well as visually (those new horns are, er, attention-getting!) with her westbound coal freight at Calumet Junction.
Photo Date:  9/25/2008  Upload Date: 9/27/2008 6:26:41 PM
Location:  East Chicago, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
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Locomotives:  BNSF 9261(SD70ACe)
Views:  301   Comments: 0
BNSF SD70ACe 9261
Title:  BNSF SD70ACe 9261
Description:  A closer look at this most striking machine.
Photo Date:  9/25/2008  Upload Date: 9/27/2008 6:35:42 PM
Location:  East Chicago, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
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Locomotives:  BNSF 9261(SD70ACe)
Views:  383   Comments: 1
BNSF 5195 Arrives
Title:  BNSF 5195 Arrives
Description:  Arriving from Gary to the east, BNSF #5915's coal freight slows to a stop while awating another green board on the CSX mainline.
Photo Date:  9/27/2008  Upload Date: 10/4/2008 9:52:19 PM
Location:  East Chicago, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
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Locomotives:  BNSF 5915(ES44AC)
Views:  245   Comments: 2
IHB 8814
Title:  IHB 8814
Description:  1949-vintage IHB NW2 #8814 smokes it up as she accelerates a very long mixed freight south out of Michigan Ave. Yard through Calumet Junction on the Kankakee Line.
Photo Date:  9/27/2008  Upload Date: 10/5/2008 8:09:41 PM
Location:  East Chicago, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
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Locomotives:  IHB 8814(NW2)
Views:  196   Comments: 4
Southbound NS Manifest
Title:  Southbound NS Manifest
Description:  Rolling through Calumet Junction on the Kankakee Line
Photo Date:  9/27/2008  Upload Date: 10/6/2008 11:20:55 PM
Location:  East Chicago, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
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Locomotives:  NS 9519(C40-9W) NS 9251(C40-9W)
Views:  240   Comments: 2
WB UP Stack Train
Title:  WB UP Stack Train
Description:  UP SD70ACe #8624 approaches Calumet Junction on the CSX mainline with a westound stack train.
Photo Date:  9/27/2008  Upload Date: 10/5/2008 8:05:32 PM
Location:  East Chicago, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
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Locomotives:  UP 8624(SD70ACe)
Views:  291   Comments: 4
Indiana Harbor Belt Ship Canal
Title:  Indiana Harbor Belt Ship Canal
Description:  A one time several railroads crossed this canal; now it's down to just two. The nearest bridges - long out of commission and kept permanently raised - hosted B&O and IHB lines. The lowered bridge in the background - still in service - carries Norfolk Southern's ex-NYC/CR Chicago Line. Out of sight behind it is the EJ&E's Lakefront Line bridge, also still in service. The view is looking northeast toward Lake Michigan; part of the huge Mittal Steel complex is visible in the distance.
Photo Date:  10/4/2008  Upload Date: 10/14/2008 9:44:20 PM
Location:  East Chicago, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
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Views:  145   Comments: 2
"Spirit of Cincinnati"
Title:  "Spirit of Cincinnati"
Description:  One of the few decent photos I managed on this cold, wet afternoon.
Photo Date:  10/7/2008  Upload Date: 10/7/2008 10:14:14 PM
Location:  East Chicago, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
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Locomotives:  CSX 5500(ES44DC)
Views:  450   Comments: 2
Fall Has Arrived
Title:  Fall Has Arrived
Description:  It's painfully evident that this year's nice weather won't last much longer as seen in this cold, wet, gloomy scene (at only 4 p.m.) on the CSX mainline in East Chicago.
Photo Date:  10/7/2008  Upload Date: 10/9/2008 9:08:34 PM
Location:  East Chicago, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
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Locomotives:  CSX 7575(C40-8)
Views:  267   Comments: 0
Southbound NS Bottle train
Title:  Southbound NS Bottle train
Description:  NS #3049 slowly approaches Calumet Junction with a southbound molten-iron bottle train.
Photo Date:  10/9/2008  Upload Date: 10/9/2008 7:34:08 PM
Location:  East Chicago, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
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Locomotives:  NS 3049(GP40-2)
Views:  263   Comments: 0
Southbound NS Bottle train
Title:  Southbound NS Bottle train
Description:  Rolling past the Calumet Junction interlocking tower.
Photo Date:  10/9/2008  Upload Date: 10/9/2008 7:36:28 PM
Location:  East Chicago, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
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Locomotives:  NS 3049(GP40-2)
Views:  288   Comments: 0
Late-Afternoon IHB Freight
Title:  Late-Afternoon IHB Freight
Description:  SW1200 #2272 heads north across Chicago Avenue on the Kankakee Line with a short freight on a beautiful late October afternoon.
Photo Date:  10/11/2008  Upload Date: 7/3/2009 8:24:35 PM
Location:  East Chicago, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
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Locomotives:  IHB 2272(SW1200)
Views:  235   Comments: 0
IHB SW1500 1507
Title:  IHB SW1500 1507
Description:  Rolling westbound light across Michigan Avenue.
Photo Date:  10/11/2008  Upload Date: 7/3/2009 8:57:29 PM
Location:  East Chicago, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
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Locomotives:  IHB 1507(SW1500)
Views:  252   Comments: 0
Westbound BNSF/CEFX (ex-SOO) 4 Pack
Title:  Westbound BNSF/CEFX (ex-SOO) 4 Pack
Description:  Intersting consist on the head of this westbound mixed freight (Q 381) approaching Calumet Junction that included two brand new ES44DCs - #7481 & 7484 - in tow.
Photo Date:  10/11/2008  Upload Date: 10/14/2008 3:37:28 AM
Location:  East Chicago, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
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Locomotives:  BNSF 7788(ES44DC) BNSF 7481(ES44DC) BNSF 7484(ES44DC) CEFX 6001(SD60)
Views:  665   Comments: 3
New BNSF ES44DC 7481
Title:  New BNSF ES44DC 7481
Description:  One of two brand new BNSF GEVOs being towed in sister #7788's westbound mixed freight Q381.
Photo Date:  10/11/2008  Upload Date: 10/16/2008 5:27:42 PM
Location:  East Chicago, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
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Locomotives:  BNSF 7481(ES44DC)
Views:  269   Comments: 0
New BNSF ES44DC 7484
Title:  New BNSF ES44DC 7484
Description:  One of two brand new BNSF GEVOs being towed in sister #7788's westbound mixed freight Q381.
Photo Date:  10/11/2008  Upload Date: 10/16/2008 5:35:01 PM
Location:  East Chicago, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
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Locomotives:  BNSF 7484(ES44DC)
Views:  340   Comments: 0
EJ&E 303 and a Tank-car Train
Title:  EJ&E 303 and a Tank-car Train
Description:  A difficult into-the sun shot of a rare daytime sighting: EJ&E SW1200 #303 holding with her northbound tank-car train on the J's Whiting Branch south of Calumet Junction.
Photo Date:  10/14/2008  Upload Date: 10/14/2008 7:59:43 PM
Location:  East Chicago, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
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Locomotives:  EJE 303(SW1200)
Views:  252   Comments: 2
EJ&E 303
Title:  EJ&E 303
Description:  Three months before CN's takeover of the J, #303 idles on the J's Whiting Branch track in East Chicago.
Photo Date:  10/14/2008  Upload Date: 5/23/2009 7:09:40 PM
Location:  East Chicago, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
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Locomotives:  EJE 303(SW1200)
Views:  197   Comments: 0
Southbonund on the Kanakaee Line
Title:  Southbonund on the Kanakaee Line
Description:  Heading south out of Michigan Ave. Yard, NS #9401 crosses 149th Street with her long mixed freight.
Photo Date:  10/14/2008  Upload Date: 10/14/2008 8:08:22 PM
Location:  East Chicago, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
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Locomotives:  NS 9401(C40-9W) NS 8859(C40-9)
Views:  322   Comments: 0
BNSF SD70ACe 9353
Title:  BNSF SD70ACe 9353
Description:  Stunning locomotive.
Photo Date:  10/26/2008  Upload Date: 10/26/2008 5:43:55 PM
Location:  East Chicago, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
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Locomotives:  BNSF 9353(SD70ACe)
Views:  269   Comments: 2
The "Love Shack" Returns!
Title:  The "Love Shack" Returns!
Description:  CSX transfer caboose #16607 - dubbed the "Love Shack" by CSX crews - leads this short freight being pushed west on the CSX mainline at Calumet Junction by GP15T #1503. This is the first time I've seen this cab since 2003.
Photo Date:  10/29/2008  Upload Date: 10/30/2008 7:23:02 PM
Location:  East Chicago, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
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Locomotives:  CSX 1503(GP15T)
Views:  570   Comments: 0


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