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7/24/2025
 
 
 
 
 
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NS ex-CR GP15-1 1402
Title:  NS ex-CR GP15-1 1402
Description:  Leading a westbound "bottle" train on the ex-NYC main at moonrise - Pine Junction.
Photo Date:  10/24/2004  Upload Date: 12/7/2004 8:44:03 PM
Location:  Gary, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
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Locomotives:  NS 1402(GP15-1)
Views:  1043   Comments: 0
NS GP15-1 1402
Title:  NS GP15-1 1402
Description:  Westbound with a molten iron bottle train on the IHB mainline at sunset.
Photo Date:  3/18/2006  Upload Date: 5/29/2006 1:42:41 AM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
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Locomotives:  NS 1402(GP15-1)
Views:  761   Comments: 0
NS GP15-1 1403
Title:  NS GP15-1 1403
Description:  Preparing to head east on her Chicago Line's High Iron after assembling her train in Pine Yard.
Photo Date:  12/4/2005  Upload Date: 2/6/2006 8:40:40 PM
Location:  Gary, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
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Locomotives:  NS 1403(GP15-1)
Views:  827   Comments: 0
NS GP15-1 1405
Title:  NS GP15-1 1405
Description:  Entering the IHB mainline on a remnant of the Pennsy Panhandle with an ISG "bottle" train at Dolton Junction.
Photo Date:  4/4/2004  Upload Date: 5/17/2004 12:29:50 AM
Location:  Dolton, IL
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
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Locomotives:  NS 1405(GP15-1)
Views:  1161   Comments: 0
NS ex-CR GP15-1 1406
Title:  NS ex-CR GP15-1 1406
Description:  About to enter the Pine NS/EJ&E interchange yard at Pine Junction.
Photo Date:  10/17/2004  Upload Date: 12/4/2004 2:02:51 PM
Location:  Gary, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
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Locomotives:  NS 1406(GP15-1)
Views:  924   Comments: 0
NS ex-CR GP15-1 1424
Title:  NS ex-CR GP15-1 1424
Description:  Leading an eastbound "bottle" train om the ex-CR/NYC mainline at Pine Junction.
Photo Date:  9/18/2004  Upload Date: 11/27/2004 8:58:56 PM
Location:  Gary, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
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Locomotives:  NS 1424(GP15-1)
Views:  829   Comments: 0
NS 1449/1447/1430s Train Departs Pine Yard
Title:  NS 1449/1447/1430s Train Departs Pine Yard
Description:  NS ex-CR GP151s #1449, 1447, and 1430 head their mixed freight east out of Pine Yard onto their ex-CR Chicago Line at Pine Junction.
Photo Date:  3/19/2006  Upload Date: 5/29/2006 9:12:16 PM
Location:  Gary, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 1449(GP15-1) NS 1447(GP15-1) NS 1430(GP15-1)
Views:  1161   Comments: 0
NS GP15-1 1432
Title:  NS GP15-1 1432
Description:  #1432 is leading a Mittal Steel "bottle" train east off of a CSX connector track and onto the Indiana Harbor Belt mainline via a tiny remnant of the old Pennsy Panhandle Line, at Dolton Junction.
Photo Date:  4/23/2006  Upload Date: 7/18/2006 8:07:30 PM
Location:  Dolton, IL
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
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Locomotives:  NS 1432(GP15-1)
Views:  597   Comments: 2
NS GP15-1 1444
Title:  NS GP15-1 1444
Description:  A B/W study of #1444 and her molten iron bottle train holding northbound on the Kankakee Line between Grasselli and Calumet Junctions.
Photo Date:  4/9/2006  Upload Date: 7/6/2006 12:36:11 PM
Location:  East Chicago, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
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Locomotives:  NS 1444(GP15-1)
Views:  625   Comments: 2
NS GP15-1 1447
Title:  NS GP15-1 1447
Description:  Leading a Mittal Steel bottle train east through Pine Junction.
Photo Date:  3/11/2006  Upload Date: 5/20/2006 12:18:12 PM
Location:  Gary, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 1447(GP15-1)
Views:  766   Comments: 2
NS ex-CR GP15-1 1449
Title:  NS ex-CR GP15-1 1449
Description:  Cab closeup profile of this loco as she heads east out of Pine Yard with a long mixed freight at Pine Junction.
Photo Date:  3/19/2006  Upload Date: 5/29/2006 9:04:41 PM
Location:  Gary, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 1449(GP15-1)
Views:  740   Comments: 0
NS GP15-1 1452
Title:  NS GP15-1 1452
Description:  Idling on the tail end of a molten iron bottle train. The train is holding on an IHB-mainline/Kankakee Line connector track beneath the Kennedy Ave. overpass.
Photo Date:  3/5/2006  Upload Date: 5/15/2006 3:56:09 PM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
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Locomotives:  NS 1452(GP15-1)
Views:  739   Comments: 0
NS GP15-1 1452 and a Long Bottle Trian
Title:  NS GP15-1 1452 and a Long Bottle Trian
Description:  NS #1452 is on the tail end of a long molten-iron bottle train heading east on her NS Chicago Line through Pine Junction.
Photo Date:  3/19/2006  Upload Date: 5/29/2006 9:32:06 PM
Location:  Gary, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 1452(GP15-1)
Views:  1710   Comments: 0
Nocturnal NS
Title:  Nocturnal NS
Description:  A westbound NS local led by (I believe) ex-CR GP15-1 #1457 approaches through the post-dusk darkness at Pine Junction.
Photo Date:  11/6/2004  Upload Date: 9/21/2008 7:07:50 PM
Location:  Gary, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
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Locomotives:  NS 1457(GP15-1)
Views:  595   Comments: 0
NS ex-CR GP15-1 1457
Title:  NS ex-CR GP15-1 1457
Description:  Operation Lifesaver unit westbound on the ex-NYC mainline at Pine Junction.
Photo Date:  11/13/2004  Upload Date: 12/11/2004 10:27:49 PM
Location:  Gary, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
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Locomotives:  NS 1457(GP15-1)
Views:  991   Comments: 2
NS GP15-1 1457
Title:  NS GP15-1 1457
Description:  #1457 has just finished assembling her steel-coil train in the Pine NS/EJ&E interchange yard and is getting ready to re-enter the NS mainline at Pine Junction.
Photo Date:  8/12/2006  Upload Date: 10/20/2006 4:34:51 PM
Location:  Gary, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
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Locomotives:  NS 1457(GP15-1)
Views:  728   Comments: 0
CSX GP15-1 1552
Title:  CSX GP15-1 1552
Description:  Leading an eastbound manifest through Pine Junction on her ex-B&O mainline.
Photo Date:  11/11/2005  Upload Date: 1/12/2006 10:10:51 PM
Location:  Gary, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
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Locomotives:  CSX 1552(GP15-1)
Views:  827   Comments: 0
CSX 1552 Overtakes UP 5520
Title:  CSX 1552 Overtakes UP 5520
Description:  A westbound manifest led by CSX GP15-1 #1552 overtakes UP C45ACCTE #5520 holding on the CSX mainline at Pine Junction.
Photo Date:  3/19/2006  Upload Date: 5/29/2006 8:55:07 PM
Location:  Gary, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
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Locomotives:  CSX 1552(GP15-1) UP 5520(AC45CCTE)
Views:  1045   Comments: 2
CSX GP15T 1556
Title:  CSX GP15T 1556
Description:  Now remote-controlled; working at CSX's Barr Yard.
Photo Date:  9/19/2004  Upload Date: 11/27/2004 9:11:51 PM
Location:  Riverdale, IL
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CSX 1556(GP15-1)
Views:  1134   Comments: 0
Shorty CSX Manifest
Title:  Shorty CSX Manifest
Description:  CSX GP15-1 #1561 waits for clearance to enter Curtis Yard with hep short mixed freight at Pine Junction.
Photo Date:  9/23/2007  Upload Date: 4/28/2008 8:01:35 PM
Location:  Gary, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
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Locomotives:  CSX 1561(GP15-1)
Views:  603   Comments: 0


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