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Viewing Album:  April 2006
 
By:Tristan Garrett
Dates:4/1/2006 - 4/30/2006
Album Info:Photos from April of 2006.
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Terrible shot of 185
Title:  Terrible shot of 185
Description:  Fitting that this photo of Metra is terrible.
Photo Date:  4/4/2006  Upload Date: 4/4/2007 4:34:24 AM
Location:  Downers Grove, IL
Author:  Tristan Garrett
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Locomotives:  METX 185(F40PHM-2)
Views:  455   Comments: 0
Amtrak 32 on 347 west
Title:  Amtrak 32 on 347 west
Description:  32 leads train A 347 1 04 west through Downers Grove.
Photo Date:  4/4/2006  Upload Date: 4/4/2007 4:34:25 AM
Location:  Downers Grove, IL
Author:  Tristan Garrett
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Locomotives:  AMTK 32(P42DC)
Views:  326   Comments: 0
A RAIL! WOW!
Title:  A RAIL! WOW!
Description:  And a tie plate!
Photo Date:  4/4/2006  Upload Date: 4/4/2007 4:34:27 AM
Location:  Downers Grove, IL
Author:  Tristan Garrett
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Views:  156   Comments: 0
Eastbound dinky
Title:  Eastbound dinky
Description:  Shoving east into Downers Grove.
Photo Date:  4/6/2006  Upload Date: 4/4/2007 4:16:49 AM
Location:  Downers Grove, IL
Author:  Tristan Garrett
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Views:  147   Comments: 0
I didn't wait long enough...
Title:  I didn't wait long enough...
Description:  No, this isn't flagrant mockery of the rule of thirds, this is a case of "where is the other train?"...
Photo Date:  4/6/2006  Upload Date: 4/4/2007 4:18:15 AM
Location:  Downers Grove, IL
Author:  Tristan Garrett
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Locomotives:  METX 186(F40PHM-2)
Views:  318   Comments: 0
There we go...
Title:  There we go...
Description:  Two trains in one shot. Yay.
Photo Date:  4/6/2006  Upload Date: 4/4/2007 4:21:45 AM
Location:  Downers Grove, IL
Author:  Tristan Garrett
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Locomotives:  METX 191(F40PHM-2) METX 186(F40PHM-2)
Views:  542   Comments: 0
405 on flipback
Title:  405 on flipback
Description:  Or whatever you want to call it. This is one of the two typical methods by which reversal of the train at Downers Grove is accomplished.
Photo Date:  4/6/2006  Upload Date: 4/4/2007 4:22:50 AM
Location:  Downers Grove, IL
Author:  Tristan Garrett
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Locomotives:  METX 405(MP36PH-3S)
Views:  379   Comments: 0
Westbound junk freight
Title:  Westbound junk freight
Description:  Probably M BRCGAL, but I really don't know.
Photo Date:  4/9/2006  Upload Date: 4/4/2007 4:34:19 AM
Location:  Downers Grove, IL
Author:  Tristan Garrett
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Locomotives:  BNSF 7053(SD40-2) BNSF 7922(SD40-2)
Views:  428   Comments: 0
BNSF 2914
Title:  BNSF 2914
Description:  Backlit telesmashes can be fun once in a while.
Photo Date:  4/9/2006  Upload Date: 4/4/2007 8:19:51 AM
Location:  Downers Grove, IL
Author:  Tristan Garrett
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Locomotives:  BNSF 2914(GP39E)
Views:  333   Comments: 0
Metra 185 west
Title:  Metra 185 west
Description:  Boring shot, but hey, at least you can see the whole train...
Photo Date:  4/9/2006  Upload Date: 4/4/2007 4:34:19 AM
Location:  Downers Grove, IL
Author:  Tristan Garrett
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Locomotives:  METX 185(F40PHM-2)
Views:  469   Comments: 0
Metra 107 through National Street
Title:  Metra 107 through National Street
Description:  Passing through the National Street depot in Elgin. Photo by John Means.
Photo Date:  4/14/2006  Upload Date: 4/4/2007 4:34:21 AM
Location:  Elgin, IL
Author:  John Means
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Locomotives:  METX 107(F40PH)
Views:  438   Comments: 0
Eastbound Scoot into National Street
Title:  Eastbound Scoot into National Street
Description:  An eastbound makes his way in under cloudy skies, which eventually did clear up.
Photo Date:  4/14/2006  Upload Date: 4/4/2007 4:34:21 AM
Location:  Elgin, IL
Author:  Tristan Garrett
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  182   Comments: 0
424 on the back end of that eastbound
Title:  424 on the back end of that eastbound
Description:  Rolling east into National Street depot.
Photo Date:  4/14/2006  Upload Date: 4/4/2007 4:34:22 AM
Location:  Elgin, IL
Author:  Tristan Garrett
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Locomotives:  METX 424(MP36PH-3S)
Views:  401   Comments: 0
107 rolling east
Title:  107 rolling east
Description:  Coming into the plant at National Street.
Photo Date:  4/14/2006  Upload Date: 4/4/2007 4:34:23 AM
Location:  Elgin, IL
Author:  Tristan Garrett
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Locomotives:  METX 107(F40PH)
Views:  433   Comments: 0
Being suspicious and taking pictures from high up
Title:  Being suspicious and taking pictures from high up
Description:  Apparently nobody (except Animal Control) cares if you take a picture of a train in Elgin, but get yourself some elevation and you're a security threat. Whatever....
Photo Date:  4/14/2006  Upload Date: 4/4/2007 4:34:23 AM
Location:  Elgin, IL
Author:  Tristan Garrett
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Locomotives:  METX 210(F40PHM-2)
Views:  593   Comments: 0
Inside an Amtrak coach
Title:  Inside an Amtrak coach
Description:  Looking out of the window in Horizon coach AMTK 54521.
Photo Date:  4/22/2006  Upload Date: 4/4/2007 2:56:48 AM
Location:  Libertyville, IL
Author:  Tristan Garrett
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  236   Comments: 0
Ticket stub or something
Title:  Ticket stub or something
Description:  I don't know what this thing is called.
Photo Date:  4/22/2006  Upload Date: 4/4/2007 3:00:19 AM
Location:  Hinsdale, IL
Author:  Tristan Garrett
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  232   Comments: 0
Crossbuck and UP MSSPR
Title:  Crossbuck and UP MSSPR
Description:  I think it's MSSPR, anyway. Train rolls south.
Photo Date:  4/22/2006  Upload Date: 4/4/2007 3:15:55 AM
Location:  Pleasant Prairie, WI
Author:  Tristan Garrett
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Views:  152   Comments: 0
Inside Metra coach 740
Title:  Inside Metra coach 740
Description:  For a 56-year-old Q coach, she looks pretty good inside and out.
Photo Date:  4/22/2006  Upload Date: 4/4/2007 3:28:28 AM
Location:  Western Springs, IL
Author:  Tristan Garrett
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  222   Comments: 0
3 F40s... nothing special
Title:  3 F40s... nothing special
Description:  A trio of F40PH-2s sit over in Waukegan.
Photo Date:  4/22/2006  Upload Date: 4/18/2007 3:14:35 PM
Location:  Waukegan, IL
Author:  Tristan Garrett
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Locomotives:  METX 158(F40PH) METX 166(F40PH) METX 170(F40PH)
Views:  661   Comments: 1
Keats and Smoky Catnip
Title:  Keats and Smoky Catnip
Description:  Showing off his weapons of fright: a D50, a cell phone, and his car.
Photo Date:  4/22/2006  Upload Date: 4/18/2007 3:14:36 PM
Location:  Pleasant Prairie, WI
Author:  Tristan Garrett
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Views:  192   Comments: 0
UP 3071 on MSSPR 21
Title:  UP 3071 on MSSPR 21
Description:  Today's MSSPR (or yesterday's, I guess) rolls south into Pleasant Prairie with some nice power, yellow or not.
Photo Date:  4/22/2006  Upload Date: 4/4/2007 3:38:23 AM
Location:  Pleasant Prairie, WI
Author:  Tristan Garrett
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Locomotives:  UP 3071(SD40-2) UP 2971(SD40M-2) UP 3081(SD40-2)
Views:  476   Comments: 3
Emergency lighting
Title:  Emergency lighting
Description:  For the uninitated, at Union Station, whenever a BN train leaves for the western suburbs, there is a period of anywhere from 30 seconds to two minutes when the emergency lighting in the coaches comes on as the station power is removed and the HEP generator on the loco is started.
Photo Date:  4/22/2006  Upload Date: 4/4/2007 3:40:27 AM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Tristan Garrett
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Views:  134   Comments: 0
Looking north on the CP
Title:  Looking north on the CP
Description:  At Bain Station Road, MP 51.57 if I recall correctly.
Photo Date:  4/22/2006  Upload Date: 4/4/2007 4:34:37 AM
Location:  Pleasant Prairie, WI
Author:  Tristan Garrett
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Views:  170   Comments: 1
In the hole...
Title:  In the hole...
Description:  What else is new?
Photo Date:  4/27/2006  Upload Date: 4/4/2007 4:34:29 AM
Location:  La Fox, IL
Author:  Tristan Garrett
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Locomotives:  UP 4021(SD70M)
Views:  333   Comments: 0
Nothing new here...
Title:  Nothing new here...
Description:  A UP train sitting in the siding. Welcome to reality.
Photo Date:  4/27/2006  Upload Date: 4/4/2007 4:34:30 AM
Location:  La Fox, IL
Author:  Tristan Garrett
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Locomotives:  UP 4021(SD70M)
Views:  310   Comments: 0
Metra westbound into La Fox
Title:  Metra westbound into La Fox
Description:  Yawn...
Photo Date:  4/27/2006  Upload Date: 4/4/2007 4:34:30 AM
Location:  Downers Grove, IL
Author:  Tristan Garrett
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Locomotives:  METX 145(F40PH)
Views:  323   Comments: 0
Oops, underexposed...
Title:  Oops, underexposed...
Description:  Boring Metra.
Photo Date:  4/27/2006  Upload Date: 4/4/2007 4:34:31 AM
Location:  La Fox, IL
Author:  Tristan Garrett
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Locomotives:  METX 171(F40PH)
Views:  384   Comments: 0
UP 4088
Title:  UP 4088
Description:  One of the best photos of today, and I didn't even shoot it. Oh well.
Photo Date:  4/27/2006  Upload Date: 4/4/2007 4:34:32 AM
Location:  La Fox, IL
Author:  John Means
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Locomotives:  UP 4088(SD70M) NS 2732(SD70M-2)
Views:  610   Comments: 0
Ex-C&NW motor
Title:  Ex-C&NW motor
Description:  Still has that ever-present smiley face on the nose bell.
Photo Date:  4/27/2006  Upload Date: 4/4/2007 4:34:32 AM
Location:  La Fox, IL
Author:  Tristan Garrett
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Locomotives:  UP 2990(SD40-2) UP 2965(SD40M-2)
Views:  537   Comments: 1
Gah
Title:  Gah
Description:  Right number, wrong railroad... Coal empties.
Photo Date:  4/27/2006  Upload Date: 4/4/2007 4:34:33 AM
Location:  La Fox, IL
Author:  Tristan Garrett
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Locomotives:  UP 7149(AC44CW) CSX 227(AC44CW)
Views:  502   Comments: 0
Westbound Metra
Title:  Westbound Metra
Description:  Running lefty, like the C&NW before it.
Photo Date:  4/27/2006  Upload Date: 4/4/2007 4:34:34 AM
Location:  La Fox, IL
Author:  Tristan Garrett
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Locomotives:  METX 160(F40PH)
Views:  402   Comments: 0
Another ex-C&NW
Title:  Another ex-C&NW
Description:  No smiley face. :(
Photo Date:  4/27/2006  Upload Date: 4/4/2007 4:34:34 AM
Location:  La Fox, IL
Author:  Tristan Garrett
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Locomotives:  UP 3091(SD40-2) UP 2987(SD40-2)
Views:  438   Comments: 1
Wrong side of the sun
Title:  Wrong side of the sun
Description:  But it's Metra, so who cares?
Photo Date:  4/27/2006  Upload Date: 4/4/2007 4:34:35 AM
Location:  La Fox, IL
Author:  Tristan Garrett
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Locomotives:  METX 136(F40PH)
Views:  369   Comments: 0
More coal empties...
Title:  More coal empties...
Description:  A fun engine though.
Photo Date:  4/27/2006  Upload Date: 4/4/2007 4:34:36 AM
Location:  La Fox, IL
Author:  Tristan Garrett
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Locomotives:  UP 8013(SD9043MAC)
Views:  311   Comments: 0
Halfway decent shot of Metra
Title:  Halfway decent shot of Metra
Description:  Still on the wrong side, though.
Photo Date:  4/27/2006  Upload Date: 4/4/2007 4:34:36 AM
Location:  La Fox, IL
Author:  Tristan Garrett
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Locomotives:  METX 150(F40PH)
Views:  448   Comments: 0
Sun-lit shelter
Title:  Sun-lit shelter
Description:  This was once the view from the shelter between #1 and #2 tracks (I think) in La Fox. In February '07, I returned to see that doors had been put up. A shame, truly.
Photo Date:  4/27/2006  Upload Date: 4/4/2007 3:42:23 AM
Location:  La Fox, IL
Author:  Tristan Garrett
Categories: 
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Views:  424   Comments: 2

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