Union Pacific's LBU52 08 job has a former Cotton Belt GP60 facing south as they switch Jones Island directly south of Downtown Milwaukee, WI. Good things always tend to happen around that magical annual weekend in Milwaukee.
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On one sunny, long Summers' Day, Milwaukee North Line train #2621 faces the setting sun coming into Grayslake, IL on the Fox Lake Subdivision, part of Metra's Milwaukee North Line.
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Regardless of what the fine citizens of Hammond had planned back in 1979, the city was still a part of Indiana. Don't let the missing letters on the water tank fool you. There's a lot of rail activity going on in this part of town today, but sadly, it does not include the Louisville & Nashville. But back in September of 1979, the Old Reliable furnished the action. The L&N had purchased the Monon Railroad. The Monon was a money maker, but South Hammond yard was not part of the big picture. This part of the Hoosier Line is gone and now is being revived as the new commuter line going in, that will be operated by the SouthShore, or NICTD (?). But let us return to yesteryear and relive the gallant days of railroading past. Uh, here's the head brakeman getting off the northbound, led by U30B 2823. He's about to start lining switches, at least those that are still left. They were tearing this yard apart while the trains were still using it. I imagine that every day was a guessing game for the crews. What tracks do we get to play with today?
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Bringing up the rear of the train as the DPU on loaded ethanol B651, CSX 3287 rolls under the C&O cantilever signal at SK Cabin in Thelma, Kentucky as the train heads down the Big Sandy Subdivision. This was once the west end of the Bobb siding, which is one of several sidings on the line that have been removed by CSX in recent years.
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CSX Big Sandy Subdivision
Thelma, KY
CSX B651-21 (Ethanol Loads; Chicago, IL to Charlotte, NC)
CSX 991 ES44AC Blt. 2011
CSX 5261 ES40DC Ex. CSX 5261 ES44DC Blt. 2006
(DPU) CSX 3287 ET44AC Blt. 2015
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