I am behind the time with getting the new 500's that Metra finally got running., Seems the new units are working well now as many trains have them on the MILW side. Here a pair of Fox Lake train pass each other near A2 as the afternoon rush is starting up.

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A Metra afternoon Fox lake or Elgin train passes thru A2 and over the UP Line. The train is stopping for Western Ave and its neat to see these new 500's on this side.

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An empty grain train for the Iowa Northern races along the Dubuque Sub just west of Independence. The train is 22 miles from the interchange point with the IANR at Waterloo.

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A Southbound IMRL train is working towards Plymouth and onto the Iowa Northern at there. IMRL used the IANR alot in those days to get around the runaround at Mason City needed to run east with trains from Austin, MN. Trains using IANR could come out onto the 4th Sub at Nora Springs and head east to Marquette. The SRYs were main stay on the Wells Job in the later IMRL days. Scanned slide 2001.

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The American Orient Express (AOE) was a privately-owned, ultra-luxurious passenger train which operated in conjunction with Amtrak from 1994 until 2008. Its lineage can be traced back to the American-European Express (AEE), a short-lived experience hosted from 1989 until 1991. Here the train leaves Galesburg as the 2nd section of the Zephyr bound for Denver.
scanned slide 8-23-95.

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