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5/4/2024
 
 
 
 
 
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BC Rail SD40-2 754
Title:  BC Rail SD40-2 754
Description:  One of the last two BCR SD40-2s recently retired by CN.
Photo Date:  5/10/2009  Upload Date: 5/12/2009 7:36:05 PM
Location:  Homewood, IL
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
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Locomotives:  BCOL 754(SD40-2)
Views:  391   Comments: 4
TFM SD40-2 1437
Title:  TFM SD40-2 1437
Description:  At IHB's Blue Island Yard.
Photo Date:  9/19/2004  Upload Date: 11/27/2004 9:48:39 PM
Location:  Riverdale, IL
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  TFM 1437(SD40-2)
Views:  577   Comments: 0
Leased HLCX Power
Title:  Leased HLCX Power
Description:  Currently leased by the EJ&E, HLCX ex-UP de-turboed SD40-2Ms #2002 and 2001 are seen lugging a westbound mixed freight upgrade out of Kirk Yard on the J's elevated mainline. 2002 is on the N. Clark Road overpass
Photo Date:  6/30/2007  Upload Date: 9/8/2007 11:48:41 AM
Location:  Gary, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
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Locomotives:  HLCX 2001(SD40-2) HLCX 2002(SD38-2)
Views:  480   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.
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Locomotives:  NS 3226(SD40-2)
Views:  643   Comments: 0
NS SD40-2 3316
Title:  NS SD40-2 3316
Description:  High Nose unit westbound past the Hammond-Whiting Amtral station.
Photo Date:  4/9/2005  Upload Date: 5/15/2005 9:55:54 PM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
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Locomotives:  NS 3316(SD40-2)
Views:  468   Comments: 0
UP SD70M 4815
Title:  UP SD70M 4815
Description:  Light with NS #3376 on the NS mainline at Pine Junction.
Photo Date:  4/13/2003  Upload Date: 1/24/2004 7:44:57 PM
Location:  Gary, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
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Locomotives:  UP 4815(SD70M) NS 3376(SD40-2)
Views:  1064   Comments: 0
Leased Ohio Central Power
Title:  Leased Ohio Central Power
Description:  3 OHCR SD40-2s - 4023, 4024, & 4025 - leased by the EJ&E idling on the J branch line near Curtis Yard at Pine Junction.
Photo Date:  1/8/2005  Upload Date: 2/6/2005 9:37:56 PM
Location:  Gary, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
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Locomotives:  OHCR 4023(SD40-2)
Views:  613   Comments: 2
OHCS SD40-2 4023
Title:  OHCS SD40-2 4023
Description:  One of an elusive leased 3-some finally captured at the J's Kirk Yard.
Photo Date:  4/17/2005  Upload Date: 6/11/2005 4:54:18 PM
Location:  Gary, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
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Locomotives:  OHCS 4023(SD40-2)
Views:  262   Comments: 0
CN SD40-2 5377
Title:  CN SD40-2 5377
Description:  Hitting the ex-GTW/EJ&E diamonds eastbound at the Broad St. crossing.
Photo Date:  5/22/2003  Upload Date: 1/27/2004 6:29:36 PM
Location:  Griffith, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
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Locomotives:  CN 5377(SD40-2)
Views:  779   Comments: 3
CN SD40-2 5381
Title:  CN SD40-2 5381
Description:  Laying over at IHB's Blue Island Yard.
Photo Date:  11/7/2004  Upload Date: 12/11/2004 7:21:17 PM
Location:  Riverdale, IL
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CN 5381(SD40-2)
Views:  770   Comments: 1
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:  565   Comments: 1
SOO SD40-2 6602
Title:  SOO SD40-2 6602
Description:  Westbound on the CSX ex-B&O mainline at Pine Junction.
Photo Date:  6/22/2003  Upload Date: 1/30/2004 6:03:27 PM
Location:  Gary, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
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Locomotives:  SOO 6602(SD40-2) CP 5673(SD40-2)
Views:  872   Comments: 1
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.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 5913(SD40-2)
Views:  281   Comments: 2
GTW/IC Power
Title:  GTW/IC Power
Description:  GTW SD40-2 #5932 & IC C44-9W #2711 - both in CN livery - lead a mixed freight north through Homewood on the CN/IC mainline.
Photo Date:  3/18/2007  Upload Date: 5/14/2007 9:31:46 PM
Location:  Homewood, IL
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
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Locomotives:  GTW 5932(SD40-2) IC 2711(C44-9W)
Views:  542   Comments: 0
GTW/IC Power (Receding Shot)
Title:  GTW/IC Power (Receding Shot)
Description:  In this receding shot, GTW #5932 & IC 2711 lead theit manifest north past the Metra/Amtrak stations at Homewood IL.
Photo Date:  3/18/2007  Upload Date: 5/14/2007 9:37:18 PM
Location:  Homewood, IL
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
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Locomotives:  GTW 5932(SD40-2) IC 2711(C44-9W)
Views:  523   Comments: 0
GTW SD40-2 5933
Title:  GTW SD40-2 5933
Description:  Leading an eastbound mixed freight on the CSX mainline at Pine Junction.
Photo Date:  10/23/2005  Upload Date: 1/1/2006 3:32:48 PM
Location:  Gary, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
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Locomotives:  GTW 5933(SD40-2)
Views:  432   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.
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Locomotives:  CP 5934(SD40-2)
Views:  384   Comments: 0
CP SD40-2 6004
Title:  CP SD40-2 6004
Description:  Westbound on the NS mainline at MP 499, Pine Junction.
Photo Date:  10/5/2003  Upload Date: 2/21/2004 10:36:33 AM
Location:  Gary, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
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Locomotives:  CP 6004(SD40-2)
Views:  647   Comments: 0
WC SD40-2 6004
Title:  WC SD40-2 6004
Description:  At the CN/IC shops area.
Photo Date:  5/10/2009  Upload Date: 5/12/2009 7:25:10 PM
Location:  Homewood, IL
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
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Locomotives:  WC 6004(SD40-2)
Views:  149   Comments: 0
IC SD40-2 6106
Title:  IC SD40-2 6106
Description:  At CN/IC's Markham Yard.
Photo Date:  12/21/2003  Upload Date: 3/14/2004 10:14:54 PM
Location:  Homewood, IL
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  IC 6106(SD40-2)
Views:  663   Comments: 1
CN SD40-2 6111
Title:  CN SD40-2 6111
Description:  Eastbound on the ex-GTW mainline at the Main St. crossing.
Photo Date:  5/2/2003  Upload Date: 1/27/2004 6:15:48 PM
Location:  Griffith, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
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Locomotives:  IC 6111(SD40-2)
Views:  736   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:  484   Comments: 1
NS SD40-2 6120
Title:  NS SD40-2 6120
Description:  Westbound on the ex-NYC/CR mainline at Pine Junction.
Photo Date:  7/6/2004  Upload Date: 9/20/2004 8:29:20 PM
Location:  Gary, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 6120(SD40-2)
Views:  410   Comments: 0
NS SD40-2 6192
Title:  NS SD40-2 6192
Description:  At the Pine Yard lead track switch, Pine Junction.
Photo Date:  6/20/2004  Upload Date: 9/18/2004 8:22:10 PM
Location:  Gary, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 6192(SD40-2)
Views:  401   Comments: 2
HLCX SD40-2 6208
Title:  HLCX SD40-2 6208
Description:  Ex-BC Rail unit holding westbound on the IHB mainline (Track #3 of the former Gary & Western RR yard east of Gibson Jct.).
Photo Date:  4/24/2005  Upload Date: 6/13/2005 11:10:19 PM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  HLCX 6208(SD40-2)
Views:  593   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:  444   Comments: 0
Westbound CSX-HLCX Manifest
Title:  Westbound CSX-HLCX Manifest
Description:  CSX #8815 gets her mixed freight underway with help from HLCX #6209 at Pine Junction.
Photo Date:  7/25/2004  Upload Date: 7/22/2008 10:08:47 AM
Location:  Gary, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 8815(SD40-2) HLCX 6209(SD40-2)
Views:  719   Comments: 2
HLCX SD40-2 6334
Title:  HLCX SD40-2 6334
Description:  Approaching on the IHB mainline out of Blue Island Yard, HLCX #6334 - on the point of a 4-unit HLCX/IC/CSX consist - leads an eastbound autorack train through Dolton Junction. The photo is not out of focus; it's blurred by intense heat-wave distortion.
Photo Date:  7/15/2007  Upload Date: 8/12/2007 8:13:14 PM
Location:  Dolton, IL
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  HLCX 6334(SD40-2)
Views:  351   Comments: 0
BNSF SD40-2 6336
Title:  BNSF SD40-2 6336
Description:  Holdong westbound on the busy IHB mainline (former Gary & Western RR yard east of Gibson Jct.).
Photo Date:  2/26/2005  Upload Date: 3/26/2005 6:30:42 PM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 6336(SD40-2)
Views:  519   Comments: 2
BNSF SD40U 6360
Title:  BNSF SD40U 6360
Description:  Ex-ATSF unit westbound on the IHB mainline (Track 3 of the old Gary & Western RR yard).
Photo Date:  12/7/2003  Upload Date: 3/14/2004 12:18:27 AM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 6360(SD40-2)
Views:  765   Comments: 3
BNSF SD40-2 6768
Title:  BNSF SD40-2 6768
Description:  Ex-ATSF long-snout unit westbound on the IHB mainline at Dolton Junction.
Photo Date:  12/7/2003  Upload Date: 3/13/2004 11:31:59 PM
Location:  Dolton, IL
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 6768(SD40-2)
Views:  605   Comments: 1
BNSF Manifest
Title:  BNSF Manifest
Description:  BNSF #1001 on the point of a BNSF/NS 6 pack (seen earlier in a meet with IHB #1505 in East Chicago), leads her mixed freight south through IHB's Gibson Junction on the Kankakee Line. The train is still snaking past the Gibson shops area with it's 1906-vintage roundhouse.
Photo Date:  8/27/2008  Upload Date: 9/8/2008 1:33:18 AM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 1001(C44-9W) BNSF 6792(SD40-2) BNSF 925(C40-8W) BNSF 7822(SD40-2) NS 9047(C40-9W) NS 8713(C40-8)
Views:  808   Comments: 1
WB BNSF Shortie
Title:  WB BNSF Shortie
Description:  A very short mixed freight, led by a BNSF Pumpkin and Yellowbonnet, heads west past the Amtrak station.
Photo Date:  10/4/2008  Upload Date: 12/30/2008 8:12:56 PM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 7872(SD40-2) BNSF 6803(SD40-2)
Views:  292   Comments: 3
BNSF SD40-2 6846
Title:  BNSF SD40-2 6846
Description:  Whitface loco leading an eastbound manifest on the NS mainline at Pine Junction near dusk.
Photo Date:  10/23/2005  Upload Date: 1/1/2006 3:26:51 PM
Location:  Gary, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 6846(SD40-2)
Views:  1323   Comments: 0
BNSF SD40-2 6893
Title:  BNSF SD40-2 6893
Description:  Ex-ATSF Yellowbonnets eastbound on the CSX mainline at Pine Junction.
Photo Date:  4/17/2004  Upload Date: 9/16/2004 8:08:42 PM
Location:  Gary, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 6893(SD40-2)
Views:  387   Comments: 0
BNSF SD40-2 6902
Title:  BNSF SD40-2 6902
Description:  Ex-ATSF Yellowbonnet at IHB's Blue Island Yard.
Photo Date:  8/16/2003  Upload Date: 2/8/2004 7:20:35 PM
Location:  Riverdale, IL
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 6902(SD40-2)
Views:  641   Comments: 1
BNSF GP35u 2594 & SD40-2 6902
Title:  BNSF GP35u 2594 & SD40-2 6902
Description:  Heading west for Blue Island Yard on the IHB mainline at Dolton Junction behind UP SD70M #4830.
Photo Date:  9/18/2005  Upload Date: 12/14/2005 6:41:58 PM
Location:  Dolton, IL
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 2594(GP35u) BNSF 6902(SD40-2)
Views:  466   Comments: 1
BNSF SD40-2 6929
Title:  BNSF SD40-2 6929
Description:  Eastbound out of Gibson Yard with an autorack train on an IHB main-Kankakee Line connector track.
Photo Date:  1/16/2005  Upload Date: 2/17/2005 9:45:43 PM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 6929(SD40-2)
Views:  577   Comments: 1
BNSF SD40-2 6958
Title:  BNSF SD40-2 6958
Description:  Yellowbonnet eastbound on the IHB mainline at CP Grove.
Photo Date:  3/6/2005  Upload Date: 4/9/2005 4:04:53 PM
Location:  Dolton, IL
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 6958(SD40-2)
Views:  378   Comments: 1
CEFX SD40-2 7097
Title:  CEFX SD40-2 7097
Description:  Eastbound on the CSX mainline at East Curtis.
Photo Date:  9/20/2003  Upload Date: 2/17/2004 11:27:43 PM
Location:  Gary, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CEFX 7097(SD40-2)
Views:  618   Comments: 1
BNSF Gets Buzzed
Title:  BNSF Gets Buzzed
Description:  An eastbound BNSF manifest, led by SD40-2 #7135, gets "buzzed" by a formation of vintage trainers - participants in the weekend's Chicago Air Show - at Pine Junction.
Photo Date:  8/18/2007  Upload Date: 5/3/2008 11:15:05 AM
Location:  Gary, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 7135(SD40-2)
Views:  250   Comments: 1
CSX SD40-2 8862
Title:  CSX SD40-2 8862
Description:  Holding westbound on the CSX main at Curtis Junction; Conductor Adkins cools off on the front porch.
Photo Date:  7/16/2003  Upload Date: 2/1/2004 11:55:42 PM
Location:  Gary, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 8862(SD40-2) BNSF 7138(SD40-2)
Views:  919   Comments: 0
BNSF SD40-2 7144
Title:  BNSF SD40-2 7144
Description:  Eastbound on the IHB mainline at Dolton Junction.
Photo Date:  11/9/2003  Upload Date: 3/9/2004 11:15:17 PM
Location:  Dolton, IL
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 7144(SD40-2)
Views:  516   Comments: 1
HLCX SD40-2 7149
Title:  HLCX SD40-2 7149
Description:  Ex-BN Whiteface (w/retro'd SD45 radiator grilles) that was for a time modified to run on natural gas.
Photo Date:  5/22/2005  Upload Date: 7/2/2005 12:27:20 AM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  HLCX 7149(SD40-2)
Views:  928   Comments: 2
FURX SD40-2 7220
Title:  FURX SD40-2 7220
Description:  Ex-BN loco northbound on IHB portion of the Kankakee Line during the day's snowstorm.
Photo Date:  1/22/2005  Upload Date: 3/4/2005 7:42:37 PM
Location:  East Chicago, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  FURX 7220(SD40-2)
Views:  624   Comments: 2
HLCX SD40-2 7231
Title:  HLCX SD40-2 7231
Description:  Westbound on the CSX mainline at Euclid Avenue.
Photo Date:  10/23/2005  Upload Date: 1/1/2006 6:03:32 PM
Location:  East Chicago, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  HLCX 7231(SD40-2)
Views:  465   Comments: 0
FURX SD40-2 7288
Title:  FURX SD40-2 7288
Description:  At IHB's Blue Island Yard.
Photo Date:  2/22/2004  Upload Date: 3/27/2004 10:07:25 AM
Location:  Riverdale, IL
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  FURX 7288(SD40-2)
Views:  517   Comments: 0
BNSF SD40-2 7831
Title:  BNSF SD40-2 7831
Description:  Eastbound on the IHB mainline at Dolton Junction.
Photo Date:  9/27/2003  Upload Date: 2/19/2004 5:10:24 PM
Location:  Dolton, IL
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 7831(SD40-2)
Views:  512   Comments: 3
BNSF SD40-2 7861
Title:  BNSF SD40-2 7861
Description:  Leading an eastbound multi-road 6 pack on the NS mainline at Pine Junction.
Photo Date:  12/5/2004  Upload Date: 1/23/2005 10:30:41 PM
Location:  Gary, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 7861(SD40-2)
Views:  403   Comments: 2
UP and CSX side-by-side
Title:  UP and CSX side-by-side
Description:  UP C40-8 #9148 and CSX SD40-2 #8026 - each at the head of their respective stack trains - face the setting sun on the CSX ex-B&O mainline. #8026 has just gotten a green board and is beginning to accelerate.
Photo Date:  3/26/2006  Upload Date: 5/31/2006 10:54:47 PM
Location:  East Chicago, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 9148(C40-8) CSX 8026(SD40-2)
Views:  452   Comments: 0


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