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Viewing Album:  Whiting IN
 
By:Mike Rapchak Jr.
Dates:8/18/2002 - 12/31/2009
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CP CW44AC 8530
Title:  CP CW44AC 8530
Description:  Westbound on the ex-NYC mainline at the Front St. crossing.
Photo Date:  8/18/2002  Upload Date: 2/2/2004 12:51:15 AM
Location:  Whiting, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
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Locomotives:  CP 8530(AC44CW)
Views:  689   Comments: 0
NS SD40-2 3226
Title:  NS SD40-2 3226
Description:  High nose unit eastbound on the NS ex-Pennsy mainline at MP 507.
Photo Date:  8/18/2002  Upload Date: 4/12/2004 8:11:02 PM
Location:  Whiting, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 3226(SD40-2)
Views:  638   Comments: 0
NS C39-8 8602
Title:  NS C39-8 8602
Description:  Westbound on the ex-NYC mainline at Front Street.
Photo Date:  8/18/2002  Upload Date: 2/2/2004 12:31:39 AM
Location:  Whiting, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 8602(C39-8)
Views:  2233   Comments: 1
NS CW40-9 9322
Title:  NS CW40-9 9322
Description:  Westbound on the ex-NYC mainline at 117th Street.
Photo Date:  8/18/2002  Upload Date: 2/2/2004 12:19:35 AM
Location:  Whiting, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 9322(C40-9W)
Views:  576   Comments: 0
Amtrak P42DC 121
Title:  Amtrak P42DC 121
Description:  Eastbound on the NS ex-PRR mainline at the Hammond-Whiting Amtrak station.
Photo Date:  4/28/2003  Upload Date: 2/2/2004 1:10:43 AM
Location:  Whiting, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 1(P42DC)
Views:  2406   Comments: 3
NS GP38-2 5156
Title:  NS GP38-2 5156
Description:  High nose unit westbound on the ex-NYC mainline approaching Front Street.
Photo Date:  4/28/2003  Upload Date: 2/2/2004 12:59:31 AM
Location:  Whiting, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 5156(GP38-2)
Views:  528   Comments: 1
Amtrak P42DC 122
Title:  Amtrak P42DC 122
Description:  Westbound on the NS ex-NYC Chicago Line at Front Street.
Photo Date:  2/15/2004  Upload Date: 4/12/2004 7:49:06 PM
Location:  Whiting, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 122(P42DC)
Views:  713   Comments: 0
CP SD40-2 5609
Title:  CP SD40-2 5609
Description:  Westbound on the NS ex-NYC Chicago Line at 117th Street.
Photo Date:  2/15/2004  Upload Date: 4/12/2004 7:53:46 PM
Location:  Whiting, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 5609(SD40-2)
Views:  561   Comments: 1
Amtrak Express
Title:  Amtrak Express
Description:  In a scene blurred by heat-wave distortion, Amtrak P42 #27, running on the NS ex-NYC mainline, approaches the Front St. crossing with a Chicago-bound express
Photo Date:  7/11/2007  Upload Date: 8/12/2007 6:00:57 PM
Location:  Whiting, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 27(P42DC)
Views:  291   Comments: 0
Eastbound Amtrak Express
Title:  Eastbound Amtrak Express
Description:  After leaving the Hammond/Whiting Amtrak station, this Amtrak express, led by P42DC #127 approaches the 117th St. crossing as it heads east on the NS Chicago Line
Photo Date:  10/21/2007  Upload Date: 5/4/2008 6:21:50 PM
Location:  Whiting, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 127(P42DC)
Views:  221   Comments: 0
Amtrak-CP Meet
Title:  Amtrak-CP Meet
Description:  An eastbound Amtrak express meets with a CP manifest on the NS Chicago Line.
Photo Date:  10/21/2007  Upload Date: 11/13/2007 8:59:56 PM
Location:  Whiting, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 127(P42DC)
Views:  245   Comments: 0
CP Manifest
Title:  CP Manifest
Description:  A CP mixed freight led by SD40-2 #5934 is seen holding westbound on the NS Chicago Line just east of Front Street
Photo Date:  10/21/2007  Upload Date: 11/13/2007 9:02:30 PM
Location:  Whiting, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 5934(SD40-2)
Views:  379   Comments: 0
NS Mixed Freight
Title:  NS Mixed Freight
Description:  C40-9W #9527 leads a mixed freight west on the Chicago Line near Front Street.
Photo Date:  10/21/2007  Upload Date: 11/13/2007 8:57:51 PM
Location:  Whiting, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 9527(C40-9W)
Views:  313   Comments: 0
CP Stacker
Title:  CP Stacker
Description:  Led by a trio of ES44ACs, this CP intermodal approaches from the east on the Norfolk Southern mainline.
Photo Date:  5/31/2008  Upload Date: 6/12/2008 12:14:17 AM
Location:  Whiting, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 8780(ES44AC) CP 8819(ES44AC) CP 8826(ES44AC)
Views:  615   Comments: 0
Eastbound NS Double Stack
Title:  Eastbound NS Double Stack
Description:  Led by NS C40-9W #9881, this eastbound stack train is seen on approach to Front Street at Whiting, IN.
Photo Date:  5/31/2008  Upload Date: 5/31/2008 7:19:14 PM
Location:  Whiting, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 9881(C40-9W)
Views:  304   Comments: 0
EJ&E 671
Title:  EJ&E 671
Description:  #671 - with HLCX #6519 - sits at the north end of the J's Whiting Yard.
Photo Date:  5/31/2008  Upload Date: 7/14/2008 8:23:30 PM
Location:  Whiting, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  EJE 671(SD38-2) HLCX 6519(SD40M-3)
Views:  391   Comments: 2
Rounding the Bend
Title:  Rounding the Bend
Description:  A westbound NS stack train rounds the curve on the NS mainline. This curve connects the ex-NYC main and the ex-PRR main (as evidenced by the classic postion-light signal bridge in the foreground).
Photo Date:  5/31/2008  Upload Date: 6/4/2008 12:08:53 AM
Location:  Whiting, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 9138(C40-9W)
Views:  372   Comments: 0
Eastbound Amtrak Express
Title:  Eastbound Amtrak Express
Description:  Heading east on the old Pennsylvania mainline.
Photo Date:  8/24/2008  Upload Date: 8/27/2008 8:55:37 PM
Location:  Whiting, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  155   Comments: 0
SCIH/CSL
Title:  SCIH/CSL
Description:  South Chicago & Indiana Harbor - formerly the Chicago Short Line - caboose #4, SW1001 #39, and SW1500 #31 (both switchers still in CSL livery and road numbers) slowly approach from the west on the ex-B&OCT passenger main on a beautiful late-August afternoon.
Photo Date:  8/27/2008  Upload Date: 9/4/2008 8:46:45 PM
Location:  Whiting, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SCIH 29(SW1001) SCIH 31(SW1500)
Views:  452   Comments: 0
SCIH-CSL SW1001 29
Title:  SCIH-CSL SW1001 29
Description:  Still in Chicago Short Line Livery and road number.
Photo Date:  8/27/2008  Upload Date: 9/4/2008 8:01:05 PM
Location:  Whiting, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SCIH 29(SW1001)
Views:  423   Comments: 1
SCIH-CSL SW1500 31
Title:  SCIH-CSL SW1500 31
Description:  Still in Chicago Short Line Livery and road number.
Photo Date:  8/27/2008  Upload Date: 9/4/2008 8:03:06 PM
Location:  Whiting, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SCIH 31(SW1500)
Views:  504   Comments: 0
WB BNSF Coal Freight on the NS Main
Title:  WB BNSF Coal Freight on the NS Main
Description:  Led by ES44AC #6050, this coal freight is holding on the NS Chicago Line a ways east of the Front Street crossing
Photo Date:  9/7/2008  Upload Date: 9/13/2008 7:55:35 PM
Location:  Whiting, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 6050(ES44AC) BNSF 5600(AC44CW)
Views:  390   Comments: 0
EB BNSF Coal Freight on NS
Title:  EB BNSF Coal Freight on NS
Description:  While sister 6050's coal freight holds to the east, another BNSf coal freight - this one eastbound and led by ES44AC #6091 - arrives on the NS Chicago Line
Photo Date:  9/7/2008  Upload Date: 9/13/2008 8:02:39 PM
Location:  Whiting, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 6091(ES44AC) BNSF 9175(SD70ACe)
Views:  397   Comments: 0
BNSF Coal Freight Meet on NS
Title:  BNSF Coal Freight Meet on NS
Description:  #6091's eastbound coal freight finally meets with sister #6050's westbound version.
Photo Date:  9/7/2008  Upload Date: 9/13/2008 8:11:40 PM
Location:  Whiting, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 6091(ES44AC) BNSF 6050(ES44AC)
Views:  372   Comments: 0
Nice Truck, Dumb Move!
Title:  Nice Truck, Dumb Move!
Description:  At the NS Front Street crossing. Would've made a nice hood ornament for lead loco #9158!
Photo Date:  9/7/2008  Upload Date: 9/16/2008 9:39:55 PM
Location:  Whiting, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 9158(C40-9W)
Views:  360   Comments: 2
Westbound CP Stack Train
Title:  Westbound CP Stack Train
Description:  Approaching Front Street on the NS mainline.
Photo Date:  9/7/2008  Upload Date: 10/22/2008 2:22:55 AM
Location:  Whiting, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 8570(AC44CW) CP 9718(AC44CW)
Views:  415   Comments: 0
CEFX 1035
Title:  CEFX 1035
Description:  No longer a common sight in this area, one of CEFX's handsome AC4400s leads a westbound manifest on the NS Chicago Line.
Photo Date:  9/16/2008  Upload Date: 9/26/2008 7:25:15 PM
Location:  Whiting, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CEFX 1035(AC44CW)
Views:  347   Comments: 2
On the Lakefront Line
Title:  On the Lakefront Line
Description:  The view was tight and the lighting not ideal, but this is only the second train I've seen on the EJ&E's Lakefront Line in 22 years. SW1001 #446 - in her new yellow "Gary Railroad" livery - approaches the Front Street crossing with a westbound mixed freight.
Photo Date:  9/16/2008  Upload Date: 9/17/2008 10:35:14 PM
Location:  Whiting, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  EJE 446(SW1001)
Views:  321   Comments: 2
EJ&E 446 and Her Mixed Freight: Receding Shot
Title:  EJ&E 446 and Her Mixed Freight: Receding Shot
Description:  #446 heads slowly eastward through Whiting on the Lakefront Line, toward the distant steel-mill complex in East Chicago.
Photo Date:  9/16/2008  Upload Date: 9/22/2008 6:26:33 PM
Location:  Whiting, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  EJE 446(SW1001)
Views:  302   Comments: 0
Eastbound BNSF Coal
Title:  Eastbound BNSF Coal
Description:  SD70ACe #9178 leads this long coal freight through the afternoon mist on the NS Chicago Line.
Photo Date:  9/25/2008  Upload Date: 9/27/2008 6:38:40 PM
Location:  Whiting, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 9178(SD70ACe)
Views:  326   Comments: 0
BNSF SD70ACe #9178
Title:  BNSF SD70ACe #9178
Description:  A closer look at #9178 as she passes by eastbound.
Photo Date:  9/25/2008  Upload Date: 9/27/2008 6:42:36 PM
Location:  Whiting, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 9178(SD70ACe)
Views:  329   Comments: 0
CN-NS Meet
Title:  CN-NS Meet
Description:  On the NS Chicago Line at the Front Street crossing.
Photo Date:  9/25/2008  Upload Date: 9/29/2008 8:21:17 PM
Location:  Whiting, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 9548(C40-9W) CN 5624(SD70I) IC 6113(SD40-2)
Views:  480   Comments: 1
Close Call
Title:  Close Call
Description:  Another close call at Front Street: that silver pickup got a bit too cozy for comfort with Amtrak #29's eastbound express.
Photo Date:  9/26/2008  Upload Date: 10/8/2008 10:02:48 PM
Location:  Whiting, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 29(P42DC)
Views:  220   Comments: 0
EJ&E Coal on the Lakefront Line
Title:  EJ&E Coal on the Lakefront Line
Description:  #673 leads a coal freight west on the Lakefront Line; destination is the ComEd power-generating plant just across the IN/IL state line.
Photo Date:  9/26/2008  Upload Date: 10/1/2008 9:22:03 PM
Location:  Whiting, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  EJE 673(SD38-2) EJE 654(SD38) HLCX 6518(SD40M-3)
Views:  406   Comments: 0
EJ&E Coal on the Lakefront Line: Receding Shot
Title:  EJ&E Coal on the Lakefront Line: Receding Shot
Description:  Heading west across Front Street along the southern border of Whiting's lakefront park.
Photo Date:  9/26/2008  Upload Date: 10/1/2008 9:26:06 PM
Location:  Whiting, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  EJE 673(SD38-2) EJE 654(SD38) HLCX 6518(SD40M-3)
Views:  400   Comments: 0
CSX Coke Freight
Title:  CSX Coke Freight
Description:  Led by HLCX SD40-2 #6208 (former BC Rail #740), this CSX coke freight rolls east across Front Street on the ex-B&OCT passenger mainline, headed for the steel mill complexes in neighboring East Chicago.
Photo Date:  10/4/2008  Upload Date: 3/21/2009 1:20:28 PM
Location:  Whiting, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  HLCX 6208(SD40-2) CSX 339(AC44CW)
Views:  440   Comments: 0
High-Iron Portrait
Title:  High-Iron Portrait
Description:  This portrait of NS #8989 and her eastbound double-stack train, brightly lit by the afternoon sun, represents the epitome of modern mainline railroading.
Photo Date:  10/4/2008  Upload Date: 10/8/2008 10:12:11 PM
Location:  Whiting, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 9898(C40-9W)
Views:  247   Comments: 0
Eastbound BNSF Coal Freight
Title:  Eastbound BNSF Coal Freight
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/9/2008  Upload Date: 10/20/2008 3:48:35 PM
Location:  Whiting, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 9735(SD70MAC) BNSF 9509(SD70MAC)
Views:  376   Comments: 1
Eastbound UP Coal Freight
Title:  Eastbound UP Coal Freight
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/9/2008  Upload Date: 10/20/2008 3:58:09 PM
Location:  Whiting, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 6553(AC44CW) UP 8146(SD9043MAC)
Views:  363   Comments: 0
Amtrak Approach
Title:  Amtrak Approach
Description:  A very short eastbound express approaches at high speed.
Photo Date:  10/26/2008  Upload Date: 10/30/2008 7:45:46 PM
Location:  Whiting, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 33(P42DC)
Views:  203   Comments: 0
Amtrak Receding
Title:  Amtrak Receding
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/26/2008  Upload Date: 10/30/2008 7:47:55 PM
Location:  Whiting, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 90219(NPCU)
Views:  236   Comments: 1
NS 2577
Title:  NS 2577
Description:  Whiteface SD70 eastbound on the ex-NYC mainline.
Photo Date:  5/19/2009  Upload Date: 6/3/2009 11:01:26 PM
Location:  Whiting, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 2577(SD70)
Views:  223   Comments: 0
NS 9373
Title:  NS 9373
Description:  Westbound on the ex-NYC mainline.
Photo Date:  5/19/2009  Upload Date: 6/3/2009 11:03:46 PM
Location:  Whiting, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 9373(C40-9W)
Views:  181   Comments: 0
Afternoon Amtrak Express
Title:  Afternoon Amtrak Express
Description:  Westbound on the NS Chicago Line with NPCU #90225 on the point.
Photo Date:  6/20/2009  Upload Date: 6/21/2009 2:00:14 AM
Location:  Whiting, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 90225(NPCU)
Views:  241   Comments: 1
WB UP Mixed Freight
Title:  WB UP Mixed Freight
Description:  On the NS Chicago Line, led by SD70M #4920.
Photo Date:  6/20/2009  Upload Date: 6/21/2009 2:02:40 AM
Location:  Whiting, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 4920(SD70M)
Views:  262   Comments: 0
NPCU 90200 & Amtrak Express
Title:  NPCU 90200 & Amtrak Express
Description:  Chicago-bound
Photo Date:  8/31/2009  Upload Date: 9/9/2009 1:27:19 AM
Location:  Whiting, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 90200(NPCU)
Views:  220   Comments: 3
CN Mixed Freight
Title:  CN Mixed Freight
Description:  Eastbound on the NS mainline.
Photo Date:  8/31/2009  Upload Date: 9/2/2009 6:54:27 PM
Location:  Whiting, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CN 2300(ES44DC) CN 2523(C44-9W)
Views:  408   Comments: 2
Another Afternoon Amtrak Express
Title:  Another Afternoon Amtrak Express
Description:  P42DC #37 leads this Chicago-bound express west on the NS mainline.
Photo Date:  9/3/2009  Upload Date: 9/19/2009 10:07:30 PM
Location:  Whiting, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 37(P42DC)
Views:  146   Comments: 0
EJ&E SD38-3 657
Title:  EJ&E SD38-3 657
Description:  #657 - now a Dash 3 - is the trailing unit of an empty coal freight eastbound on the J's Lakefront Line.
Photo Date:  9/3/2009  Upload Date: 9/13/2009 3:10:53 PM
Location:  Whiting, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  EJE 657(SD38-3)
Views:  494   Comments: 0
NS C40-9W 9300
Title:  NS C40-9W 9300
Description:  Accelerating a westbound mixed freight on the ex-NYC Chicago Line.
Photo Date:  9/3/2009  Upload Date: 9/14/2009 1:24:08 AM
Location:  Whiting, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 9300(C40-9W)
Views:  163   Comments: 0

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