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MoPac B23-7 4653 still sports a coat of blue paint as it switches the west end of Armourdale Yard, Kansas City. May 31, 1984. |
Date:
1984-05-31
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2007-08-17 |
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A coal train arrives at North Kansas City, MO with SD40-2's 7011-7842-7815 on the morning of May 31, 1984. |
Date:
1984-05-31
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2007-08-17 |
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A BN train (with F45's 6643 and 6617 and SD40-2 7034) tip-toes past a clean up of a derailed TOFC train. This train is on its way to KC Jct. from the BN's yard in Kansas City. May 31, 1984. |
Date:
1984-05-31
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2007-08-17 |
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BN GP9 1900 works one of the many grain elevators around Kansas City, MO on May 31, 1984. |
Date:
1984-05-31
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2007-08-17 |
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Former Rio Grande GP9's 5902, 5914, 5911 rest in the MAC Railway yard in Kansas City, MO on May 31, 1984. |
Date:
1984-05-31
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2007-08-17 |
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ICG GP11 8749 switches an ICG caboose and a cut of cars at Union Jct., Kansas City, MO. May 31, 1984. |
Date:
1984-05-31
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2007-08-17 |
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An Illinois Central cab-hop rolls through Union Jct. after departing the ICG Yard at Kansas City. Power is usual mixed bag that the ICG would field in the 1980's: GP38AC 9509, GP10 8361, SD20 2025, and SD40 6031. May 31, 1984. |
Date:
1984-05-31
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2007-08-17 |
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A Norfolk Southern train waits in the BN-NS Interchange Yard in North Kansas City, MO with N&W C30-7's 8046 and 8037 and SD40-2 6198 while Southern GP38AC 2824 switches another cut of autos. Check out the modern 1984 Ford vans. May 31, 1984. |
Date:
1984-05-31
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2007-08-17 |
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KCS SD40-2 687 leads a coal train through Airline Jct. 687 is special to me because its the street number of the house that I grew up in. May 31, 1984. |
Date:
1984-05-31
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2007-08-17 |
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Santa Fe U23B 6347 waits on shop lead 24 at Argentine, Kansas City. May 31, 1984. |
Date:
1984-05-31
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2007-08-17 |
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Santa Fe U33C 8521 sits waiting for its next assignment while a number of its sisters, U23B's, SD40's are in the deadline behind it. Argentine Yard, Kansas City. May 31, 1984. |
Date:
1984-05-31
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2007-08-17 |
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Santa Fe prototype B39-8 7400 rests on the service tracks at Argentine Yard. May 31, 1984. |
Date:
1984-05-31
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2007-08-17 |
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UP turbine 18 rests in outdoor storage along with a lot of other historical equipment. Kansas City, June 1, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-01
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2007-08-17 |
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A CNW transfer run with 4 SD40-2's crosses under the KC Junction Railway flyover at KC Jct. Kansas City, June 1, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-01
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2007-08-17 |
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After arriving at the CNW's yard, the four SD's are broken up into two two unit sets. One set rolls back through downtown KC past walls of brick. Kansas City, June 1, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-01
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2007-08-17 |
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After arriving at the CNW's yard, the four SD's are broken up into two two unit sets. One set rolls back through downtown KC past walls of brick. Kansas City, June 1, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-01
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2007-08-17 |
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The other set, with one Katy SD40-2, hangs out on the lead to the CNW yard. Kansas City, June 1, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-01
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2007-08-17 |
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Milwaukee Road GP40 2039 and Kansas City Southern SD40 632 rest at the bio grain silos by the combined MILW, KCS, and DRGW facility in Kansas City, MO, June 1, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-01
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2007-08-17 |
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Southern GP38AC 2849 waits with a few brothers at the former N&W facility at Kansas City, MO, June 1, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-01
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2007-08-17 |
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CNW SD40-2 929 shows a bit of its age as it rolls through the interlocking at Airline Jct. Kansas City, June 1, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-01
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2007-08-17 |
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Katy GP40's 208-223-219 roll north at mid-day on June 1, 1984 at Airline Jct. |
Date:
1984-06-01
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2007-08-17 |
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Milwaukee Road SD40-2's 149 and 142, in clean Hiawatha paint, bang northbound across the MoPac diamonds at Airline Jct, Kansas City, MO, June 1, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-01
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2007-08-17 |
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Milwaukee Road GP40 2063 and Katy SD40-2 615 move southbound at Airline Jct headed for the joint MILW-MKT yard in Kansas City, MO, June 1, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-01
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2007-08-17 |
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Santa Fe C30-7's 8042-8023-8088-8092 grind a coal train through KC Jct in the failing light of June 1, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-01
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2007-08-17 |
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A Norfolk Southern eastbound freight is stopped on the main to switch at Montgomery, Missouri on the main line between Kansas City and St. Louis. June 2, 1984 with power 8082-6198-1301-SOU2868. |
Date:
1984-06-02
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2007-08-17 |
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Another Norfolk Southern train, this time a westbound arriving at Luther Yard in St. Louis. Southern painted SD40-2 3199 and SD45 3139 are spliced by recently repainted NS SD40-2 3256. June 2, 1984. |
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1984-06-02
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2007-08-17 |
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Norfolk and Western SD40-2 6122 shows off an experimental spartan paint job that was tried out just before the Norfolk Southern merger. St. Louis, MO, June 2, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-02
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2007-08-17 |
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The switchers in Luther Yard included several refugees from the Norfolk Southern's purchase of the Illinois Terminal. Here is NS2292 as an example. June 2, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-02
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2007-08-17 |
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Three things come to mind when you say St. Louis...the Mississippi River, the Arch, and Budweiser. One of the ways the beer was distributed was via the Manufacturers Railway. In addition to its fleet of refrigerated cars, MRS had a variety of Alco switchers, including S2 209 seen switching near the MRS shops. June 2, 1984 |
Date:
1984-06-02
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2007-08-17 |
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Various MoPac engines sit in the Grand Junction diesel facility in St. Louis on June 2, 1984. SD40 3015 and U30C 2985 hang out with 2 other SD40-2's. |
Date:
1984-06-02
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2007-08-17 |
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MoPac class U23B 4500 waits for its next assignment at East St. Louis, IL on June 2, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-02
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2007-08-17 |
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MoPac B30-7 4811 and 4821 wait with SD40-2 3290 at St. Louis, IL on June 1, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-02
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2007-08-17 |
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BN SW1200's 263 and 268 have a transfer run in tow as they pass through Grand Junction near downtown St. Louis, MO on June 2, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-02
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2007-08-17 |
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The Illinois Central in the mid-1980's was in the midst of scaling itself down to a north-south spine line with somewhat more modern motive power. But in 1984, new power was a luxury, so cleaning up some power was the next best thing. Here black painted GP40 3014 waits with GP8 7717, GP10 8291, GP35 635, and GP10 8097. |
Date:
1984-06-02
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2007-08-17 |
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Here is a closeup of GP35 635, still in its former Gulf, Mobile, and Ohio paint job. Note the AAR Type B freight trucks under the 635, from traded-in FA's when the GP35's were new. June 3, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-02
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2007-08-17 |
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Illinois Central GP40 3021 (and sister 3001) rumble past Valley Junction tower in East St. Louis. June 3, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-02
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2007-08-17 |
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A set of Seaboard System power sits at the Chessie Yard, St Louis, IL. U23B 2755 and GP38 546 (still in former SCL paint) are about to become part of CSX. June 2, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-02
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2007-08-17 |
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South of Valley Junction in East St. Louis, IL, a MoPac coal train waits for a new crew. SD40-2's 3261-3180-3143 are ready to charge south on June 2, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-02
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2007-08-17 |
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Coming into the former northeast corner of the Southern Pacific, nearly new GP38-2's 4830-4824-4820 bring a northbound into Valley Jct, East St. Louis, IL, on June 2, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-02
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2007-08-17 |
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At the former Cotton Belt shops near Valley Junction in East St. Louis, SP GP35 6640 is worn but ready for another assignment on June 2, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-02
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2007-08-17 |
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Power for two evening eastbounds sit at the east end of the Conrail yard at East St. Louis, IL. In the background is HN cabin, which is the crossing with the Chessie main. Power is CR 5049-3005-5004 and CR 5002-5034-5047. June 2, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-02
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2007-08-17 |
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Conrail train TV4 enters the mainline at HN Cabin in East St. Louis on the evening of June 2, 1984. Power is 5047-5034-5002. |
Date:
1984-06-02
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2007-08-17 |
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At Taylorville, IL, west of Decatur, IL, a Norfolk Southern westbound freight has high nose GP30 NW541 leading SD45 1797 and GP9's 768 and 684 on June 3, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-03
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2007-08-17 |
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Grand Trunk 5805 waits for its next assignment at Belt Railway of Chicago's Clearing Yard. June 3, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-03
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2007-08-17 |
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Belt Railway of Chicago had 6 Alco C424's for heavy transfer duty. Here units 603 and 601 wait for their next assignment with GT GP38-2 5855 and Soo Line SD40 737 on June 3, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-03
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2007-08-17 |
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Classic Clearing Yard spread...from left to right, Grand Trunk 6408, Seaboard System 6253, Soo Line 737, and Seaboard System 8037 make up an eclectic line-up on June 3, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-03
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2007-08-17 |
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Two cow/calf sets (506/516 and 502/514) are stored at the front of the Belt Railway of Chicago diesel shop at Clearing Yard. By 1984, the Belt Railway had fewer transfer duties as other railroads would use their power to deliver trains to Clearing Yard. June 3, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-03
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2007-08-17 |
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Belt Railway of Chicago was one of the last operators of original EMD cow/calf sets. TR4A/B 500/515 are working a cut of cars at the east end of Clearing Yard on June 3, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-03
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2007-08-17 |
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Belt Railway of Chicago Alco S6 420 sits stored on a roundhouse tail track at Clearing Yard in Chicago on June 3, 1984. Keeping it company are several hood sections from BRC GP's and a Union Pacific NW2. |
Date:
1984-06-03
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2007-08-17 |
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An east bound train leaves Clearing Yard with MoPac B23-7 4620 and SD40 3070 with Union Pacific SD45 number 4 splicing them. June 3, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-03
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2007-08-17 |
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MoPac SD40-2 6018 and B30-7 4852 roll a westbound into Clearing Yard in Chicago, IL on Jube 3, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-03
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2007-08-17 |
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BN train 63 roars through Berwyn, IL just west of Cicero with SD40-2's 7056 and 8005 and B30-7AB's 4060 and 4115. June 3, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-03
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2007-08-17 |
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Right on 63's tail is S23, with demostrator B32-8 's 5497 and 5498, B30-7AB's 4000 and 4086 and SD40-2 6805. The four cold GE's have just laid out a smoke cloud that would make NASA proud; even the crew has looked back to see if the train will emerge from the cloud. June 3, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-03
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2007-08-17 |
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The morning sun hasn't come up yet on June 4, 1984 and BN E8Au 9901 is pushing six cars of commuters out of Aurora towards Napierville and then downtown Chicago. |
Date:
1984-06-04
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2007-08-17 |
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Side view of BN E8Au 9904 as it waits for its next assignment at Aurora, IL on June 4, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-04
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2007-08-17 |
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A "dinkey," as the BN crews call the commute train sets, waits at Aurora on June 4, 1984 for its next run. |
Date:
1984-06-04
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2007-08-17 |
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June 4th, 1984 in Chicago was a humid, overcast day, but that doesn't bother the BN's "Dinky" operations. Here BN E9Au 9925 blasts off westbound after stopping at Berwyn, IL. |
Date:
1984-06-04
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2007-08-17 |
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When watching the BN operations in Chicago, one of the places to visit is LaGrange Ave., within a stones throw of EMD's shops, where most of the America's locomotives were built. Here is 9921 rolling into LaGrange on June 4, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-04
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2007-08-17 |
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CNW GP7 4168 works a cut of 40 and 50 foot boxcars at the east end of Proviso Yard. June 4, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-04
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2007-08-17 |
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Besides the BN E-units, the other unique denizens of Chicago in 1984 were the six Belt Railway of Chicago Alco C424's. Here 605 and 600 are on a drag from CNW's Proviso Yard back to BRC's Clearing Yard, entering the IHB's trackage at CP Hill. June 4, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-04
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2007-08-17 |
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Still on the IHB and about to go under the BN's triple track main, Belt Railway of Chicago C424's 605 and 600 are continuing to Clearing Yard with their Proviso transfer job. June 4, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-04
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2007-08-17 |
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The sun is going down on June 4, 1984 when a westbound goes through the crossovers at LaGrange, IL. A matched set of BN SD40-2's, 6785-6798-6781-6721, are spliced by fuel tender FT4. In the 1980's BN experimented with fuel tenders as a way to avoid refueling engines in states with high fuel costs and taxes. |
Date:
1984-06-04
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2007-08-17 |
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Green Bay and Western C424's 311 and 313 are in charge of the Winona, MN to Green Bay, WI mainfest, Seen here June 5, 1984 at Winona (after an all night drive). |
Date:
1984-06-05
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2007-08-17 |
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Another view of 311 and 313 at Winona, MN. June 5, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-05
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2007-08-17 |
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GBW 311 and 313 pull out of Winona, MN, headed for Green Bay. June 5, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-05
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2007-08-17 |
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Green Bay and Western C424's 311 and 313 charge east with the Winona, MN to Green Bay, WI mainfest, Seen here June 5, 1984 east of Winona in Wisconsin. |
Date:
1984-06-05
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2007-08-17 |
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Green Bay and Western C424's 311 and 313 charge east with the Winona, MN to Green Bay, WI mainfest, Seen here June 5, 1984 east of Winona in Wisconsin. |
Date:
1984-06-05
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2007-08-17 |
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Green Bay and Western C424's 311 and 313 charge east with the Winona, MN to Green Bay, WI mainfest, Seen here June 5, 1984 east of Winona in Wisconsin. |
Date:
1984-06-05
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2007-08-17 |
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Green Bay and Western C424's 311 and 313 are coming eastward into Wisconsin Rapids, WI on June 5, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-05
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2007-08-17 |
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CNW train 36, the daily freight from Escanaba, MI to Green Bay, WI, rolls through Marinette, WI with C628 6710 and RS32 4240, passing a local powered by GP7 4375. June 6, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-06
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2007-08-18 |
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The crew of CNW train 36 stop at Oconto, WI to pick up a bite to eat. June 6, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-06
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2007-08-18 |
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A little street running through Oconto, WI with 6710 in the lead. June 6, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-06
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2007-08-18 |
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By mid-1984, the Escanaba & Lake Superior, an all Baldwin operation, was very upset with railfans and other trespassers, to the point of placing a monster sign at the entrance to their Wells, MI facility saying that railfans were not welcome. From the road, we see the E&LS deadline, with former Delaware and Hudson RF-16's 1205 and 1216 spliced by switcher E&LS 204. June 6, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-06
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2007-08-18 |
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Broadside view of Delaware and Hudson RF-16 1205 at Wells, MI. June 6, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-06
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2007-08-18 |
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Escanaba and Lake Superior Baldwin 201 idles outside the Wells, MI shops of the E&LS on June 6, 1984. The flatcar has a load of Baldwin primemovers to be overhauled. |
Date:
1984-06-06
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2007-08-18 |
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Minneapolis and North Shore SW1200 33 switches at Gladstone, MI on June 6th, 1984. By this time, the M&NS had been bought out by the Soo Line, thus explaining the caboose. |
Date:
1984-06-06
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2007-08-18 |
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Escanaba, MI is the home to the CNW's big ore dock on the northwestern shores of Lake Michigan. Here is the switcher power for the dock on June 6, 1984, CNW C628's 6716 and 6711. The Centuries' high nose configuration belies their former owner, Norfolk and Western. |
Date:
1984-06-06
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2007-08-18 |
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Read them and weep. Five (!) C628's bring an Ore Division train into Escanaba, MI on June 6, 1984. A 100 ore jennies are being handled by 6716-6711-6709-6702-6708. |
Date:
1984-06-06
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2007-08-18 |
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CNW 6718-6703-6725 rest between assignments under the old coaling tower at the Escanaba facilities. June 6, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-06
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2007-08-18 |
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CNW 6718-6703-6725 rest between assignments under the old coaling tower at the Escanaba facilities. June 6, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-06
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2007-08-18 |
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First (6701) and last (6730) of class wait on two of the roundhouse tracks at Escanaba. Note the broom, probably good for cleaning out switch points of the taconite pellets, which seem to get everywhere. June 6, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-06
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2007-08-18 |
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Freshly serviced scale test car CNWX 263629 sits in the yard at Escanaba, MI on June 6, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-06
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2007-08-18 |
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CNW C424 4255 is in charge of the Iron Mountain-Powers turn on June 7th, 1984. With 25 cars, the 4255 is ready to leave Hermansville, MI. |
Date:
1984-06-07
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2007-08-18 |
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At Powers, MI C424 4258 and C628 6710 charge train 36 south towards Green Bay on June 7, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-07
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2007-08-18 |
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All right now, after a week of driving 2500 miles around the midwest, we've finally reached the Holy Land of Alcos - the Lake Superior & Ispheming. RSD12 1850 sits at Eagle Mills Shops in the current green paint. June 7, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-07
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2007-08-18 |
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In the evening sun light of June 7, 1984, LS&I RSD12's 1804-1852-1803 roll a non-iron ore movement of six covered hoppers past the Eagle Mills taconite plant. |
Date:
1984-06-07
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2007-08-18 |
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LS&I runs two shifts, morning and afternoon, and the railroad is pretty quiet at night. At Marquette, RSD15's 2401-2403-2405 wait for the morning shift to take cars back to the Empire and Tilden mines. June 7, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-07
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2007-08-18 |
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The other set of road power at Marquette the evening of June 7, 1984 is made up of RSD15's 2400 and 2402 spliced by U25C 2500. You know that you're north when its still light out after 10 o'clock at night. |
Date:
1984-06-07
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2007-08-18 |
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Meanwhile, after midnight, RSD12 1803 is being serviced at the Eagle Mills shops. June 8, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-08
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2007-08-18 |
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U23C 2300 is in for some substantial work at Eagle Mills Shops. June 8, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-08
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2007-08-18 |
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A nice view from above of LS&I RSD15 2400. Marquette, MI, June 8, 1984 |
Date:
1984-06-08
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2007-08-18 |
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The Marquette Ore Dock switcher for June 8, 1984 is the great lashup of 2400-2500-2402. At this point, 2402 is the only LS&I in the red paint. Most of the RSD15's finally got the red. |
Date:
1984-06-08
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2007-08-18 |
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A blast of Alco smoke signals another movement of the Ore Dock switcher as it pulls a cut out of the storage yard and prepares to push it up to the Ore Dock at Marquette. |
Date:
1984-06-08
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2007-08-18 |
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Big Red LS&I RSD15 2402 at Marquette, MI. June 8, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-08
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2007-08-18 |
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A few miles east of Marquette along the shore of Lake Superior is the town of Munising, MI. One of the major employers here is Kimberly-Clark Paper. The LS&I services Munising on a branch isolated from the rest of railroad. After collecting RS3 1604 from an engine house at Kimberly-Clark, the crew is putting together their train at Muising in June 8, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-08
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2007-08-18 |
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At a blistering 10 MPH, 1604 is on its way the three or four miles to Munising Jct., where the cars will be set out for the Soo Line to pick up. June 8, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-08
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2007-08-18 |
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Returning from its set out with the Soo Line, LS&I 1604 rolls through someone's front yard on its way back to Munising, MI. June 8, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-08
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2007-08-18 |
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Showing her classic Alco lines, LS&I RS3 1604 returns to Munising, MI. June 8, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-08
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2007-08-18 |
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LS&I RSD12 1801 is unusual because of its choped-nose. Fortunately for railfans, the rest of the RSD12 didn't receive the same treatment. Eagle Mills, MI, June 8, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-08
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2007-08-18 |
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LS&I RSD15 2401 is serviced at Eagle Mills Shops with an incredible background of clouds. June 8, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-08
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2007-08-18 |
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RSD15 2405 gets a shot of fuel at Eagle Mills Shops. June 8, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-08
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2007-08-18 |
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The only depressing scene on the LS&I, RS3 1608 sits dead and partially parted out at Eagle Mills, but she is keeping sister 1604 running on the Munising Branch. June 8, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-08
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2007-08-18 |
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Holy Smoke! Hot and cold running chocolate Alligators! RSD15's 2405-2403-2401 have a set of empties in charge at Eagle Mills Jct. on June 8, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-08
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2007-08-18 |
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Three RSD15's (2401-2403-2405) roll back from the Tilden Mine with another load of ore for Eagle Mills and Marquette. June 8, 1984 at Q68 Junction. |
Date:
1984-06-08
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2007-08-18 |
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LS&I caboose number 3 at Eagle Mills, MI. June 8, 1984. By 1984, cabooses were not used on LS&I trains. |
Date:
1984-06-08
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2007-08-18 |
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CNW RS32 4240 switches cars at the yard in Ispheming, MI on June 8, 1984. We kept expecting a big cloud of smoke, but all we got was a little burp. |
Date:
1984-06-08
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2007-08-18 |
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OK, now we're talking smoke! C628's 6721-6704-6729 and RS32 4240 leave Ispheming headed for Little Lakes and the Ore Division. June 8, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-08
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2007-08-18 |
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On June 9, 1984, the sun has disappeared behind clouds, but the LS&I still rolls on. Here 2402-2500-2400 run light engine from Marquette to Eagle Mills for another set of loads and are seen here crossing Dead Creek Trestle. |
Date:
1984-06-09
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2007-08-18 |
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Later in the morning of June 9, 1984, 2400 leads 2500 and 2402 with a combination of coal loads and iron ore loads for Marquette as they leave the yard at Eagle Mills. |
Date:
1984-06-09
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2007-08-18 |
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U23C's 2302-2304-2300 arrive at Eagle Mills from Marquette as light engines for servicing. June 9, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-09
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2007-08-18 |
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LS&I ore car 1717 at Eagle Mills, MI. June 9, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-09
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2007-08-18 |
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LS&I ore car 8113 at Eagle Mills, MI. June 9, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-09
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2007-08-18 |
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LS&I ore car 9164 at Eagle Mills, MI. June 9, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-09
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2007-08-18 |
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LS&I coal car 1001 at Eagle Mills, MI. June 9, 1984. Coal is used at the mines to run the taconite plants. |
Date:
1984-06-09
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2007-08-18 |
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LS&I scale test car 5 at Eagle Mills, MI. June 9, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-09
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2007-08-18 |
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More smoke! C628's 6730-6702-6709 are rolling at a full boil south of Little Lake, MI headed for Escanaba. June 9, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-09
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2007-08-18 |
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C424 4258 rests at Escanaba, MI, June 9, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-09
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2007-08-18 |
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The Milwaukee Road was near the end of its independence in 1984, but could still serve up good sized trains, such as this northbound out of Bensenville Yard in North Chicago. June 10, 1984 with SD40-2's 209 and 206. |
Date:
1984-06-10
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2007-08-18 |
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One more check of the BN's facility at Cicero finds this former Frisco U30B (now BN 5792) waiting for its next assignment westbound. June 10, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-10
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2007-08-18 |
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Former Frisco GP35 BN 2570 waits mid-lashup for its next run at Cicero Yard, Chicago, IL. June 10, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-10
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2007-08-18 |
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A mid-day "dinkey" blasts off from Berwyn, IL westbound with E-unit 9907 leading two cars on June 10, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-10
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2007-08-18 |
