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5/4/2024
 
 
 
 
 
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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.
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Locomotives:  SCIH 29(SW1001) SCIH 31(SW1500)
Views:  454   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.
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Locomotives:  SCIH 29(SW1001)
Views:  425   Comments: 1
SCIH-CSL - Receding
Title:  SCIH-CSL - Receding
Description:  Heading slowly east toward the distant steel-mill complex. Any estimates on the age of that old B&O whistle post?
Photo Date:  8/27/2008  Upload Date: 9/4/2008 8:48:22 PM
Location:  Whiting, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
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Locomotives:  SCIH 29(SW1001) SCIH 31(SW1500)
Views:  400   Comments: 2
EJ&E SW1001s 444 & 445
Title:  EJ&E SW1001s 444 & 445
Description:  Westbound out of Kirk Yard on the Lakefront Line.
Photo Date:  8/7/2003  Upload Date: 2/6/2004 5:48:17 PM
Location:  Gary, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
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Locomotives:  EJE 444(SW1001) EJE 445(SW1001)
Views:  823   Comments: 0
EJ&E SW1001s #445 & 444
Title:  EJ&E SW1001s #445 & 444
Description:  Moving a cut of cars from Kirk Yard to the Pine NS/J interchange yard.
Photo Date:  5/30/2005  Upload Date: 7/6/2005 3:06:28 PM
Location:  Gary, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
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Locomotives:  EJE 445(SW1001) EJE 444(SW1001)
Views:  639   Comments: 0
EJ&E SW1001s 444 & 445
Title:  EJ&E SW1001s 444 & 445
Description:  After building their train in Curtis Yard, these stalwart little swithcers put the pedal to the metal in grand ALCo style as they head west out of the yard on their branch line near dusk.
Photo Date:  4/14/2006  Upload Date: 7/9/2006 9:13:41 PM
Location:  Gary, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
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Locomotives:  EJE 444(SW1001) EJE 445(SW1001)
Views:  536   Comments: 0
EJ&E SW1001s 444 & 446
Title:  EJ&E SW1001s 444 & 446
Description:  Leading a short mixed freight east to Kirk Yard on the elevated portion of the J mainline at Pine Juction. Though painted in the new Gary Railway livery, #446 is still a member of the J (now CN) stable of switchers.
Photo Date:  5/19/2009  Upload Date: 5/23/2009 6:59:59 PM
Location:  Gary, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
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Locomotives:  EJE 444(SW1001) EJE 446(SW1001)
Views:  389   Comments: 1
Cab Forward
Title:  Cab Forward
Description:  EJ&E SW1001 #445 leads a mixed freight west out of Curtis Yard on the J's branch line ("Gary City Track") at Pine Junction.
Photo Date:  7/6/2007  Upload Date: 5/24/2008 12:31:59 PM
Location:  Gary, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
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Locomotives:  EJE 445(SW1001)
Views:  198   Comments: 0
EJ&E SW1001 445
Title:  EJ&E SW1001 445
Description:  #445 leads a westbound manifest out of Kirk Yard on the J's Lakefront Line at Kirk Yard Junction's west terminus.
Photo Date:  8/18/2007  Upload Date: 1/13/2008 9:47:23 PM
Location:  Gary, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
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Locomotives:  EJE 445(SW1001)
Views:  231   Comments: 0
EJ&E SW1001 446
Title:  EJ&E SW1001 446
Description:  At the J's Kirk Yard.
Photo Date:  4/16/2005  Upload Date: 5/26/2005 10:20:05 PM
Location:  Gary, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
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Locomotives:  EJE 446(SW1001)
Views:  736   Comments: 0
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.
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Locomotives:  EJE 446(SW1001)
Views:  324   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.
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Locomotives:  EJE 446(SW1001)
Views:  303   Comments: 0


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