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By:Jim Ford
Dates:12/4/2013 - 12/4/2013
Album Info:A couple of work trains coming and going at Blue Island on a grey, misty day.
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CSXT 2227
Title:  CSXT 2227
Description:  2227 and its prime mover hear across Broadway and onto the Blue Island Sub. This engine began life as B&O 6974.
Photo Date:  12/4/2013  Upload Date: 12/5/2013 7:16:41 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CSX 2227(Road Slug) CSX 6413(GP40-2)
Views:  148   Comments: 3
CSXT 6413
Title:  CSXT 6413
Description:  They'll go up to Vermont Street, cross over to the CN, and come back through Blue Island and onto the Elsdon Sub. 6413 is also an ex-B&O unit, 4299.
Photo Date:  12/4/2013  Upload Date: 12/5/2013 7:17:57 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CSX 6413(GP40-2) CSX 2227(Road Slug)
Views:  153   Comments: 1
CSXT 2258
Title:  CSXT 2258
Description:  J021 waits on the old Rock Island Connector. He may have been dropping rail on the New Rock Sub.
Photo Date:  12/4/2013  Upload Date: 12/5/2013 7:17:22 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CSX 2258(Road Slug) CSX 6487(GP40-2)
Views:  166   Comments: 4
CSXT 6487
Title:  CSXT 6487
Description:  J021 heads up the connector. He'll go onto the IHB, come back down shared IHB-CSX trackage through the junction and head into Barr Yard.
Photo Date:  12/4/2013  Upload Date: 12/5/2013 7:20:16 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CSX 6487(GP40-2) CSX 2258(Road Slug)
Views:  121   Comments: 1
BNSF 5119
Title:  BNSF 5119
Description:  The rail train, now heading east, had this BNSF unit carrying the EOT device. The conductor is riding inside, out of the cold.
Photo Date:  12/4/2013  Upload Date: 12/5/2013 7:15:50 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 5119(C44-9W)
Views:  98   Comments: 2
B&O 482831
Title:  B&O 482831
Description:  This car began life in 1969 as part of B&O Class B-83a. The only sign of its original identity is its number.
Photo Date:  12/4/2013  Upload Date: 12/5/2013 7:13:43 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  RollingStock
Locomotives: 
Views:  119   Comments: 0
CSXT 930323
Title:  CSXT 930323
Description:  Ichabod tags a rail train. I like the Trails to Rails note.
Photo Date:  12/4/2013  Upload Date: 12/5/2013 7:21:03 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  RollingStock
Locomotives: 
Views:  92   Comments: 1
CSXT 6847
Title:  CSXT 6847
Description:  The business end of J021 crosses the Cal-Sag and heads for home. So do I.
Photo Date:  12/4/2013  Upload Date: 12/5/2013 7:18:34 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CSX 6487(GP40-2) CSX 2258(Road Slug)
Views:  150   Comments: 2


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