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Viewing Album:  Chicago Land Trip August 2009
 
By:Josh Dulak
Dates:8/26/2009 - 8/30/2009
Album Info:Photos taken during my trip to the Chicago area in August of 2009. Enjoy!
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IAIS 157
Title:  IAIS 157
Description:  IAIS 157 comes down into Blue Island to pick up cars from the IHB.
Photo Date:  8/29/2009  Upload Date: 12/20/2009 12:48:49 AM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Josh Dulak
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  IAIS 157(SD38-2)
Views:  211   Comments: 0
IAIS 157
Title:  IAIS 157
Description:  The engineer open up the cab window on SD38-2 157 to give a friendly wave.
Photo Date:  8/29/2009  Upload Date: 12/20/2009 12:52:49 AM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Josh Dulak
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  IAIS 157(SD38-2)
Views:  281   Comments: 0
Face of IAIS 504
Title:  Face of IAIS 504
Description:  IAIS 504 is the second of 2 units. They are going to retrieve cars from the IHB yard.
Photo Date:  8/29/2009  Upload Date: 12/20/2009 12:57:45 AM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Josh Dulak
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  IAIS 504(ES44AC)
Views:  372   Comments: 0
IAIS 504
Title:  IAIS 504
Description:  IAIS 504 bangs over the CN diamond at Blue Island.
Photo Date:  8/29/2009  Upload Date: 12/20/2009 12:58:55 AM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Josh Dulak
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  IAIS 504(ES44AC)
Views:  355   Comments: 0
IAIS 157
Title:  IAIS 157
Description:  IAIS 157 has its cars from the IHB, and is pulling back through Blue Island.
Photo Date:  8/29/2009  Upload Date: 12/20/2009 1:02:06 AM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Josh Dulak
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  IAIS 157(SD38-2)
Views:  300   Comments: 0
CSX 5473
Title:  CSX 5473
Description:  CSX 5473 heads a stack train towards Barr Yard.
Photo Date:  8/29/2009  Upload Date: 12/20/2009 1:03:50 AM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Josh Dulak
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CSX 5473(ES44DC)
Views:  81   Comments: 0
IAIS 505
Title:  IAIS 505
Description:  IAIS 505 and 2 geeps return from the IHB with only 1 car in tow.
Photo Date:  8/29/2009  Upload Date: 12/20/2009 1:06:41 AM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Josh Dulak
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  IAIS 505(ES44AC)
Views:  327   Comments: 0
Something Quite Rare
Title:  Something Quite Rare
Description:  2 IAIS trains at Blue Island. CBBI hammers the CN diamond, while the BISW shoves back up to the Metra/IAIS line.
Photo Date:  8/29/2009  Upload Date: 12/20/2009 1:09:00 AM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Josh Dulak
Categories:  Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  71   Comments: 0
CN 2564
Title:  CN 2564
Description:  CN 2564 leads a land barge over the IHB in Blue Island. Check out that 3rd unit!
Photo Date:  8/29/2009  Upload Date: 12/20/2009 1:11:12 AM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Josh Dulak
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CN 2564(C44-9W)
Views:  183   Comments: 0
BC Rail 746
Title:  BC Rail 746
Description:  Wow, I had no clue these things were still out and about. 3rd out on a CN train at Blue Island.
Photo Date:  8/29/2009  Upload Date: 12/20/2009 1:13:09 AM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Josh Dulak
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  BCOL 746(SD40-2)
Views:  559   Comments: 1
CSX 326
Title:  CSX 326
Description:  CSX 326 leads a stack down the IHB at Blue Island.
Photo Date:  8/29/2009  Upload Date: 12/20/2009 1:16:35 AM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Josh Dulak
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CSX 326(AC44CW)
Views:  378   Comments: 0
CSX 326
Title:  CSX 326
Description:  CSX 326 is about to cross back onto the CSX, so it can continue to Barr Yard.
Photo Date:  8/29/2009  Upload Date: 12/20/2009 1:20:46 AM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Josh Dulak
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CSX 326(AC44CW)
Views:  296   Comments: 0
Loram RG 311
Title:  Loram RG 311
Description:  Loram Rail Grinder 311 scurries through Blue Island on the IHB.
Photo Date:  8/29/2009  Upload Date: 12/20/2009 1:22:19 AM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Josh Dulak
Categories:  Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  86   Comments: 0
CP 8883
Title:  CP 8883
Description:  I come all the way from CP territory in MN to see this!?! 2 CP gevos lead train 612, for the CSX at Barr Yard.
Photo Date:  8/29/2009  Upload Date: 12/20/2009 1:25:57 AM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Josh Dulak
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CP 8883(ES44AC)
Views:  242   Comments: 0
BNSF 783
Title:  BNSF 783
Description:  2 "Fake bonnets" lead a Manifest up the IHB in Blue Island.
Photo Date:  8/29/2009  Upload Date: 12/20/2009 1:27:29 AM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Josh Dulak
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 783(C44-9W)
Views:  250   Comments: 0
IHB 2923
Title:  IHB 2923
Description:  2 IHB SD20s lead a train down to IHB. Sweet!
Photo Date:  8/29/2009  Upload Date: 12/20/2009 1:30:40 AM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Josh Dulak
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  IHB 2923(SD20)
Views:  202   Comments: 0
IHB 2923
Title:  IHB 2923
Description:  IHB 2923 and 2924 hammer the CN diamond at Blue Island. Boy dont they look sharp!
Photo Date:  8/29/2009  Upload Date: 12/20/2009 1:32:42 AM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Josh Dulak
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  IHB 2923(SD20)
Views:  178   Comments: 1
BNSF 6032
Title:  BNSF 6032
Description:  BNSF 6032 heads a coal train through Blue Island, fresh out of Barr Yard.
Photo Date:  8/29/2009  Upload Date: 12/24/2009 11:12:01 AM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Josh Dulak
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 6032(ES44AC)
Views:  253   Comments: 0
CSX 5413
Title:  CSX 5413
Description:  CSX 5413 is hot on the tail of a BNSF coal train, as its glides through Blue Island.
Photo Date:  8/29/2009  Upload Date: 12/24/2009 11:13:47 AM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Josh Dulak
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CSX 5413(ES44DC)
Views:  114   Comments: 0
Metra 410
Title:  Metra 410
Description:  Metra 410 leads on of the many daily Metra trains through Blue Island.
Photo Date:  8/29/2009  Upload Date: 12/24/2009 11:16:08 AM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Josh Dulak
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  METX 410(MP36PH-3S)
Views:  349   Comments: 0
BNSF 5346
Title:  BNSF 5346
Description:  BNSF 5346 takes auto-racks down the IHB in Blue Island.
Photo Date:  8/29/2009  Upload Date: 12/24/2009 11:19:21 AM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Josh Dulak
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 5346(C44-9W)
Views:  206   Comments: 0
IHB 1503
Title:  IHB 1503
Description:  The same locomotive seen earlier in the day, returns back through Blue Island with a cut of tank cars.
Photo Date:  8/29/2009  Upload Date: 12/24/2009 11:20:39 AM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Josh Dulak
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  IHB 1503(SW1500)
Views:  330   Comments: 0
CSX 5340
Title:  CSX 5340
Description:  CSX 5340 leads two other matching Gevos on a stack train, down the IHB, in Blue Island.
Photo Date:  8/29/2009  Upload Date: 12/24/2009 11:24:08 AM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Josh Dulak
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CSX 5340(ES44DC)
Views:  74   Comments: 0
IHB 4014
Title:  IHB 4014
Description:  A pair of great looking IHB GP40-2s lead a train up the IHB, with some interesting H/W loads on the head end.
Photo Date:  8/29/2009  Upload Date: 12/24/2009 11:26:55 AM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Josh Dulak
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  IHB 4014(GP40-2)
Views:  197   Comments: 1
IHB 4014
Title:  IHB 4014
Description:  IHB 4014 and another matching GP40-2 gleam in the evening light as they head a train up the IHB through Blue Island.
Photo Date:  8/29/2009  Upload Date: 12/24/2009 11:28:44 AM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Josh Dulak
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  IHB 4014(GP40-2)
Views:  186   Comments: 0
BNSF 4175
Title:  BNSF 4175
Description:  BNSF 4175 takes auto-racks up the IHB through Blue Island.
Photo Date:  8/29/2009  Upload Date: 12/24/2009 11:31:37 AM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Josh Dulak
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 4175(C44-9W)
Views:  114   Comments: 0
A Diving Line
Title:  A Diving Line
Description:  A signal appears to act as a diving line between the dark and light sky.
Photo Date:  8/29/2009  Upload Date: 12/24/2009 11:44:50 AM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Josh Dulak
Categories:  Signal
Locomotives: 
Views:  172   Comments: 0
BNSF 9934
Title:  BNSF 9934
Description:  BNSF 9934 slowly pulls its coal drag off the IHB and onto the CN at Blue Island.
Photo Date:  8/29/2009  Upload Date: 12/24/2009 11:46:03 AM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Josh Dulak
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 9934(SD70MAC)
Views:  151   Comments: 0
IAIS 508
Title:  IAIS 508
Description:  IAIS 508 is on the point of a ethanol train, waiting for permission onto the IHB in Blue Island. \
Photo Date:  8/29/2009  Upload Date: 12/24/2009 11:50:18 AM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Josh Dulak
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  IAIS 508(ES44AC)
Views:  229   Comments: 0
BNSF 9967
Title:  BNSF 9967
Description:  BNSF 9967 is the DPU on a BNSF coal train, entering the CN at Blue Island.
Photo Date:  8/29/2009  Upload Date: 12/24/2009 11:51:38 AM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Josh Dulak
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 9967(SD70MAC)
Views:  180   Comments: 0
IAIS 508
Title:  IAIS 508
Description:  IAIS 508 has got permission to take its ethanol train onto the IHB at Blue Island.
Photo Date:  8/29/2009  Upload Date: 12/24/2009 11:55:35 AM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Josh Dulak
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  IAIS 508(ES44AC)
Views:  277   Comments: 0
CSX 5319
Title:  CSX 5319
Description:  CSX 5319 weaves from the CSX onto the IHB in Blue Island. The lead locomotive gleams in the last rays of sun.
Photo Date:  8/29/2009  Upload Date: 12/24/2009 11:57:09 AM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Josh Dulak
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CSX 5319(ES44DC)
Views:  168   Comments: 0
CN 8804
Title:  CN 8804
Description:  CN 8804 leads a "land barge" up to a red signal in Blue Island, where they will have to wait for an IAIS ethanol to clear.
Photo Date:  8/29/2009  Upload Date: 12/24/2009 12:00:08 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Josh Dulak
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CN 8804(SD70M-2)
Views:  233   Comments: 0
Under and Over
Title:  Under and Over
Description:  CN 8804 waits for a clear signal at Blue Island, while a Metra rushes by over head.
Photo Date:  8/29/2009  Upload Date: 12/24/2009 12:01:54 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Josh Dulak
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  CN 8804(SD70M-2)
Views:  321   Comments: 0
IAIS 509
Title:  IAIS 509
Description:  IAIS 509 is the DPU of an ethanol train, backing down the IHB through Blue Island.
Photo Date:  8/29/2009  Upload Date: 12/24/2009 12:08:11 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Josh Dulak
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  IAIS 509(ES44AC)
Views:  331   Comments: 0
CN 8804
Title:  CN 8804
Description:  CN 8804 is back underway at Blue Island. What a great lash-up CN SD70M-2, CN SD40-2W, and an IC SD70!
Photo Date:  8/29/2009  Upload Date: 12/24/2009 12:07:26 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Josh Dulak
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CN 8804(SD70M-2)
Views:  261   Comments: 0
HBR 5008
Title:  HBR 5008
Description:  HBR 5008, IR 3500, and HBR 5009 are getting ready to leave the shops at Ottawa, IL.
Photo Date:  8/30/2009  Upload Date: 12/24/2009 12:11:28 PM
Location:  Ottawa, IL
Author:  Josh Dulak
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  HBRY 5008(SD50)
Views:  401   Comments: 0
HBR 5008
Title:  HBR 5008
Description:  HBR 5008 is all ready to depart the shops at Ottawa, while IR 4 sits dead waiting for repairs at the shop.
Photo Date:  8/30/2009  Upload Date: 12/24/2009 12:15:38 PM
Location:  Ottawa, IL
Author:  Josh Dulak
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  HBRY 5008(SD50)
Views:  383   Comments: 0
HBR 5009
Title:  HBR 5009
Description:  HBR 5009 brings up the back, in the line of power. I was lucky enough to see the day she was brought back to life, after being out for several weeks in need of a truck replacement.
Photo Date:  8/30/2009  Upload Date: 12/24/2009 12:17:46 PM
Location:  Ottawa, IL
Author:  Josh Dulak
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  HBRY 5009(SD50)
Views:  308   Comments: 0
My Train Home
Title:  My Train Home
Description:  Wrapping up a great trip to the Chicago area, Amtrak 96 leads train 7 into Glenview.
Photo Date:  8/30/2009  Upload Date: 12/24/2009 12:20:02 PM
Location:  Glenview, IL
Author:  Josh Dulak
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 96(P42DC)
Views:  232   Comments: 0

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