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BNSF 8262 |
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Today my dad and I are starting Day 3 of our Galesburg Railroad Days trip. Today we will work the BNSF Transcon Main to Galesburg. We started off the morning in Toluca to catch a couple trains on the "Coal Jumbo" a giant hill that overlooks the town and the railroad. It was very muddy from the evening before so I was the only one who went up. Just a bit too cloudy still and hazy from all the humidity to get a good shot of any train up there. Too many trees in the way to get a clear view as well. But I went up there anyways. First came an westbound intermodel with 5 BNSF engines. |
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6/23/2018 Upload Date: 9/1/2018 10:05:02 AM |
Location: |
Toluca, IL |
Author: |
Jacob Werling |
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BNSF 8262(ES44C4) |
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Title: |
BNSF 5715 |
Description: |
I wasnt all that happy with my shot from the Jumbo so I decided to come down to the truck again to catch the next train. BNSF 5715 leads a westbound intermodel close behind the other train. Just too cloudy and hazy today to get anything decent from up there with the type of cameras I have. |
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6/23/2018 Upload Date: 9/1/2018 10:07:26 AM |
Location: |
Toluca, IL |
Author: |
Jacob Werling |
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BNSF 5715(AC44CW) |
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141 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
BNSF 8172 |
Description: |
Next we moved on to just outside of La Rose IL where we caught another eastbound intermodel train led by BNSF 8172 |
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6/23/2018 Upload Date: 9/1/2018 10:10:42 AM |
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La Rose, IL |
Author: |
Jacob Werling |
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BNSF 8172(ES44C4) |
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125 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
BNSF 3787 |
Description: |
Next we moved down to Winter Haven Road just outside of Wilburn, IL. Here the road passes above the tracks so we decided to shoot some trains from above. We ended up staying a lot longer than we thought we would as there were a lot of trains converging on us at once. First up was an eastbound intermodel led by a Tier 4 GEVO |
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6/23/2018 Upload Date: 9/1/2018 10:18:16 AM |
Location: |
Wilbern, IL |
Author: |
Jacob Werling |
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BNSF 3787(ET44C4) |
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264 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
BNSF 5444 |
Description: |
Next we moved into the tiny town to Wilbern to at least try to catch one of the many trains that were coming by another one of the Sonoco Gas Houses. We were successful with this one as BNSF 5444 leads a westbound intermodel by the gas house. There were also some wild raspberries by the tracks which provided for a good snack while waiting on the train! |
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6/23/2018 Upload Date: 9/1/2018 10:21:53 AM |
Location: |
Wilbern, IL |
Author: |
Jacob Werling |
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BNSF 5444(C44-9W) |
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124 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
BNSF 4276 |
Description: |
Next we moved back to Winter Haven Road to catch the remainder of the trains that were coming. Next up came BNSF 4276 leading an eastbound intermodel |
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6/23/2018 Upload Date: 9/1/2018 10:23:39 AM |
Location: |
Wilbern, IL |
Author: |
Jacob Werling |
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BNSF 4276(ES44C4) |
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133 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
BNSF 6745 |
Description: |
Next up came BNSF 6745 leading a long intermodel train east. |
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6/23/2018 Upload Date: 9/1/2018 10:25:14 AM |
Location: |
Wilbern, IL |
Author: |
Jacob Werling |
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BNSF 6745(ES44C4) |
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164 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
BNSF 7213 |
Description: |
The one eastbound stack train slowed down and eventually came to a stop. Not too long after it stopped, BNSF 7213 led the eastbound UPS train under us, whipping by the other stack train. |
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6/23/2018 Upload Date: 9/1/2018 10:28:09 AM |
Location: |
Wilbern, IL |
Author: |
Jacob Werling |
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BNSF 7213(ES44DC) |
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368 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
BNSF 4703 |
Description: |
A fakebonnet trails 3rd out on the intermodel. Little bit of a fakebonnet fail for this one though |
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6/23/2018 Upload Date: 9/1/2018 10:29:45 AM |
Location: |
Wilbern, IL |
Author: |
Jacob Werling |
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BNSF 4703(C44-9W) |
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98 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
BNSF 7801 |
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After the UPS train changed from Track 1 back over to Track 2, the first of the intermodels fired up and continued east. A pair of BNSF GEs brought up the rear pushing really hard. |
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6/23/2018 Upload Date: 9/1/2018 10:32:35 AM |
Location: |
Wilbern, IL |
Author: |
Jacob Werling |
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BNSF 7801(ES44DC) |
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122 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
BNSF 7801 |
Description: |
The DPU pushes hard on the rear of the eastbound intermodel as they regain speed and momentum once again |
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6/23/2018 Upload Date: 9/1/2018 10:35:54 AM |
Location: |
Wilbern, IL |
Author: |
Jacob Werling |
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BNSF 7801(ES44DC) |
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123 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
BNSF 4459 |
Description: |
BNSF 4459 leads an eastbound intermodel underneath us on Winter Haven Rd. |
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6/23/2018 Upload Date: 9/1/2018 10:37:26 AM |
Location: |
Wilbern, IL |
Author: |
Jacob Werling |
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BNSF 4459(C44-9W) |
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104 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
UP 8782 |
Description: |
UP 8782 leads a westbound UP runthrough intermodel underneath us on Winter Haven Rd. Friendly crew gave us a couple extra honks! |
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6/23/2018 Upload Date: 9/1/2018 10:39:32 AM |
Location: |
Wilbern, IL |
Author: |
Jacob Werling |
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UP 8782(SD70ACe) |
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135 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
UP 8131 |
Description: |
UP 8131 brings up the rear of the westbound UP intermodel. |
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6/23/2018 Upload Date: 9/1/2018 10:41:03 AM |
Location: |
Wilbern, IL |
Author: |
Jacob Werling |
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UP 8131(ES44AC-H) |
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123 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
UP 8131 |
Description: |
Its suprising how these UP intermodels move so fast even through theyre so long! Continuing off into the distance. |
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6/23/2018 Upload Date: 9/1/2018 10:42:29 AM |
Location: |
Wilbern, IL |
Author: |
Jacob Werling |
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UP 8131(ES44AC-H) |
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131 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
BNSF 7951 |
Description: |
BNSF 7951 leads an eastbound intermodel underneath us at Winter Haven Rd. with a CSX SD70MAC in trail. Couldnt turn in time to get a photo of it. |
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6/23/2018 Upload Date: 9/1/2018 10:44:31 AM |
Location: |
Wilbern, IL |
Author: |
Jacob Werling |
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BNSF 7951(ES44C4) |
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206 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
BNSF 7206 |
Description: |
BNSF 7206 leads a westbound intermodel underneath us at Winter Haven Rd. |
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6/23/2018 Upload Date: 9/1/2018 10:46:02 AM |
Location: |
Wilbern, IL |
Author: |
Jacob Werling |
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BNSF 7206(ES44DC) |
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Title: |
CSX 3185 |
Description: |
Got a 2nd chance getting a shot of a CSX engine. Not as impressive as the SD70MAC, but it'll have to do |
Photo Date: |
6/23/2018 Upload Date: 9/1/2018 11:07:15 AM |
Location: |
Wilbern, IL |
Author: |
Jacob Werling |
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CSX 3185(ES44AC-H) |
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Title: |
BNSF 9134 |
Description: |
After the last westbound we were able to finally get off the bridge and move to the other side of town. Though we had to do it very quickly since the road we had to take gets very far away from the tracks. When we got to the other side of town we could already see the train coming and it wasnt more than 2 minutes that the gates went down and BNSF 9134 came west with a trailer train. Finally something other than a GEVO or Dash 9 leading! |
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6/23/2018 Upload Date: 9/1/2018 11:10:13 AM |
Location: |
Wilbern, IL |
Author: |
Jacob Werling |
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BNSF 9134(SD70ACe) |
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101 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
BNSF 6695 |
Description: |
Next we moved onto Chillicothe, IL in hopes to catch the IAIS Peoria Local coming back north. BNSF got quiet for a little bit after the big burst of trains but it wasnt long before it started getting busy again. We sat by the yard office in Chillicothe and first caught BNSF 6695 leading a westbound intermodel |
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6/23/2018 Upload Date: 9/1/2018 11:14:02 AM |
Location: |
Chillicothe, IL |
Author: |
Jacob Werling |
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BNSF 6695(ES44C4) |
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114 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
BNSF 786 |
Description: |
A fakebonnet trails 3rd of 4 on the westbound intermodel |
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6/23/2018 Upload Date: 9/1/2018 11:17:50 AM |
Location: |
Chillicothe, IL |
Author: |
Jacob Werling |
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BNSF 786(C44-9W) |
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111 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
BNSF 7622 |
Description: |
BNSF 7622 leads an eastbound intermodel through Chillicothe |
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6/23/2018 Upload Date: 9/1/2018 11:19:32 AM |
Location: |
Chillicothe, IL |
Author: |
Jacob Werling |
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BNSF 7622(ES44DC) |
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Title: |
BNSF 8012 |
Description: |
Between this train and the last train, we heard the IAIS dispatcher give IAIS 111 permission to come north up to Bureau Jct. About 15 minutes passed and this train came. By that point we were worried the IAIS was going to come through town while this train passed as well. We took our luck and caught BNSF 8012 rushing east with an intermodel through Chillicothe before dashing to the IAIS tracks. |
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6/23/2018 Upload Date: 9/1/2018 11:22:30 AM |
Location: |
Chillicothe, IL |
Author: |
Jacob Werling |
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BNSF 8012(ES44C4) |
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113 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
CREX 1423 |
Description: |
A CITIRAIL GEVO trails 6th of 6 on the eastbound intermodel |
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6/23/2018 Upload Date: 9/1/2018 11:24:33 AM |
Location: |
Chillicothe, IL |
Author: |
Jacob Werling |
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CREX 1423(ES44AC) |
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127 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
ATSF 999130 |
Description: |
We went down to the IAIS tracks. Little did we know that trains through Chillicothe have a 10 MPH speed restriction through town so we ended up waiting a very long time, missing one train we could have easily caught on BNSF. While we waited we took some photos of the ATSF caboose and old Rock Island Depot (now a museum). |
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6/23/2018 Upload Date: 9/1/2018 11:27:26 AM |
Location: |
Chillicothe, IL |
Author: |
Jacob Werling |
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111 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
BNSF 7200 |
Description: |
A slow eastbound intermodel crosses the IAIS tracks in Chillicothe. Easily could have caught this train as the IAIS local didnt even come for a while after this. But, have to do what you have to do. |
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6/23/2018 Upload Date: 9/1/2018 11:30:17 AM |
Location: |
Chillicothe, IL |
Author: |
Jacob Werling |
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BNSF 7200(ES44DC) |
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124 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
NS 8815 |
Description: |
A tophat NS Dash 9 trails as the last unit on the intermodel. Would have been nice to have gotten a better shot of that unit as not many of them are left. |
Photo Date: |
6/23/2018 Upload Date: 9/1/2018 11:31:32 AM |
Location: |
Chillicothe, IL |
Author: |
Jacob Werling |
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NS 8815(C40-9) |
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115 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Rock Island Depot |
Description: |
Finally we started to hear and see the IAIS local so we moved to the other side of the tracks. A shot of the depot before the train came. |
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6/23/2018 Upload Date: 9/1/2018 11:33:11 AM |
Location: |
Chillicothe, IL |
Author: |
Jacob Werling |
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71 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
IAIS 153 |
Description: |
IAIS 153 leads IAIS 111 slowly north through Chillicothe |
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6/23/2018 Upload Date: 9/1/2018 11:34:51 AM |
Location: |
Chillicothe, IL |
Author: |
Jacob Werling |
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IAIS 153(SD38-2) |
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90 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
IAIS 153 |
Description: |
A closer shot of IAIS 111 |
Photo Date: |
6/23/2018 Upload Date: 9/1/2018 11:37:11 AM |
Location: |
Chillicothe, IL |
Author: |
Jacob Werling |
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IAIS 153(SD38-2) |
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81 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
IAIS 153 |
Description: |
A roster shot of IAIS 153. The more we thought about it, we have suspisions that this was not the "Peoria Rocket" (what IAIS calls the local to Peoria) because the entire train was distillers grain hoppers from ADM. It is unusual for the local to be all of one type of cars so IAIS 111 might be an extra distillers grain train. |
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6/23/2018 Upload Date: 9/1/2018 11:39:48 AM |
Location: |
Chillicothe, IL |
Author: |
Jacob Werling |
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IAIS 153(SD38-2) |
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Title: |
BNSF 7123 |
Description: |
Next we moved down to the other side of Chillicothe and caught a westbound autorack train coming underneah the old ATSF signal bridge stands. Sad that just one year ago these were still in use. |
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6/23/2018 Upload Date: 9/1/2018 11:44:16 AM |
Location: |
Chillicothe, IL |
Author: |
Jacob Werling |
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BNSF 7123(ES44C4) |
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140 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
BNSF 7123 |
Description: |
A closer shot of the autorack train. A CSX unit trailed but I wasnt fast enough to grab a shot of it |
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6/23/2018 Upload Date: 9/1/2018 11:45:44 AM |
Location: |
Chillicothe, IL |
Author: |
Jacob Werling |
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BNSF 7123(ES44C4) |
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101 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
BNSF 5445 |
Description: |
The next stop was Edelstien. A UP train was cleared north across the BNSF already there when we got close. Only around 5 trains run the line a day so we wanted to definitely try to catch it. First off though we caught an westbound trailer train coming around one of the big curves just east of town. |
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6/23/2018 Upload Date: 9/1/2018 11:49:16 AM |
Location: |
Edelstein, IL |
Author: |
Jacob Werling |
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BNSF 5445(C44-9W) |
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81 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
BNSF 4705 |
Description: |
A fakebonnet trails 4th of 6 on the trailer train. |
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6/23/2018 Upload Date: 9/1/2018 11:50:19 AM |
Location: |
Chillicothe, IL |
Author: |
Jacob Werling |
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BNSF 4705(C44-9W) |
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129 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
BNSF 6938 |
Description: |
We moved to the other side of town and by this point we could see the UP train coming, along with the next BNSF train. Thankfully we successfully caught them both with little time to spare. First off was the eastbound BNSF intermodel. |
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6/23/2018 Upload Date: 9/1/2018 11:52:56 AM |
Location: |
Edelstein, IL |
Author: |
Jacob Werling |
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BNSF 6938(ES44C4) |
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129 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
UP 4254 |
Description: |
A pair of UP engines tumble north with a small freight. Usually the trains on this line are coal trains so it was kind of unusual to see a manifest. |
Photo Date: |
6/23/2018 Upload Date: 9/1/2018 11:55:10 AM |
Location: |
Edelstein, IL |
Author: |
Jacob Werling |
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UP 4254(SD70M) |
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93 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
BNSF 7001 |
Description: |
After catching the freight we had to get right back to BNSF because our next eastbound train was approaching. We got there with less than a minute before BNSF 7001 led an eastbound intermodel by us |
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6/23/2018 Upload Date: 9/1/2018 11:57:50 AM |
Location: |
Edelstein, IL |
Author: |
Jacob Werling |
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BNSF 7001(ES44C4) |
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99 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
BNSF 683 |
Description: |
Next up came one of the best trains of the trip! A pair of warbonnets (still marked for Santa Fe!) and a B40-8W lead an eastbound local through Edelstein! |
Photo Date: |
6/23/2018 Upload Date: 9/1/2018 12:01:22 PM |
Location: |
Edelstein, IL |
Author: |
Jacob Werling |
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BNSF 683(C44-9W) |
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114 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
BNSF 2907 |
Description: |
Not too far behind the local came another local east, this time with a pair of standard cab engines. |
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6/23/2018 Upload Date: 9/1/2018 12:02:58 PM |
Location: |
Edelstein, IL |
Author: |
Jacob Werling |
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BNSF 2907(GP39E) |
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113 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
BNSF 4208 |
Description: |
Next we moved onto Princeton to go look at the model of the planet Uranus that is on display in the park. After we went to see that, we got back to the track and caught a westbound intermodel. |
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6/23/2018 Upload Date: 9/1/2018 1:53:22 PM |
Location: |
Princeton, IL |
Author: |
Jacob Werling |
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BNSF 4208(ES44C4) |
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116 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
BNSF 7280 |
Description: |
Next we moved on to Laura, IL where we caught another westbound intermodel. |
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6/23/2018 Upload Date: 9/1/2018 1:56:45 PM |
Location: |
Laura, IL |
Author: |
Jacob Werling |
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BNSF 7280(ES44DC) |
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121 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
UP 2752 |
Description: |
UP 2752 rockets east by us in Laura. Tried for something a little bit different by getting the truck in the photo but the shutter speed on my camera slowed down too much and it almost cut the nose off of the engine. Probably wont do something like that again, but it is different and I still like it |
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6/23/2018 Upload Date: 9/1/2018 2:00:19 PM |
Location: |
Laura, IL |
Author: |
Jacob Werling |
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UP 2752(ES44AC-H) |
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141 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
UP 5406 |
Description: |
UP 5406 brings up the rear of the intermodel train. This train was the fastest train I have ever seen, easily pushing 80 MPH. Didnt take long for it to pass! |
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6/23/2018 Upload Date: 9/1/2018 2:02:55 PM |
Location: |
Laura, IL |
Author: |
Jacob Werling |
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UP 5406(AC45CCTE) |
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114 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
BNSF 3996 |
Description: |
Next we moved onto Williamsfield, IL where we caught an eastbound empty table train as it started to get dark. |
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6/23/2018 Upload Date: 9/1/2018 2:04:54 PM |
Location: |
Williamsfield, IL |
Author: |
Jacob Werling |
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BNSF 3996(ET44C4) |
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125 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
BNSF 4572 |
Description: |
We arrived at East Galesburg IL and grabbed some supper at Subway before heading back to the tracks to close off the evening. BNSF 4572 leads a westbound intermodel by the East Galesburg interlocking to close off the day of railfanning. Well, definitely more trains today than yesterday! A total of 30 trains on the day brings us to 97 for the trip. Plenty of cool catches today as well. Tomorrow we go to the train show (the main reason for the trip) and continue railfanning west to Fort Madison along the Transcon! |
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6/23/2018 Upload Date: 9/1/2018 2:08:31 PM |
Location: |
East Galesburg, IL |
Author: |
Jacob Werling |
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BNSF 4572(C44-9W) |
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87 Comments: 0 |
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