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Viewing Album:  Chicago Trip 2015
 
By:Jay Epstein
Dates:10/15/2015 - 10/17/2015
Album Info:Pictures from a train trip my friend and I took to the Chicago area in October of 2015.
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Loaded coal under the C&NW signal bridge
Title:  Loaded coal under the C&NW signal bridge
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/16/2015  Upload Date: 10/26/2015 10:13:39 PM
Location:  Rochelle, IL
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  UP 6931(AC4460CW) UP 6261(AC44CW)
Views:  222   Comments: 2
UP 6931 leads coal loads east
Title:  UP 6931 leads coal loads east
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/16/2015  Upload Date: 10/26/2015 10:13:39 PM
Location:  Rochelle, IL
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 6931(AC4460CW) UP 6261(AC44CW)
Views:  276   Comments: 2
UP 6506 serves as the DPU on a loaded coal train
Title:  UP 6506 serves as the DPU on a loaded coal train
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/16/2015  Upload Date: 10/26/2015 10:13:40 PM
Location:  Rochelle, IL
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 6506(AC44CW)
Views:  97   Comments: 0
UP 7484 and another GE leads coal loads east
Title:  UP 7484 and another GE leads coal loads east
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/16/2015  Upload Date: 10/26/2015 10:13:41 PM
Location:  Rochelle, IL
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 7484(AC45CCTE) UP 7202(AC44CW)
Views:  140   Comments: 0
UP 6837 serves as the DPU on a loaded coal train
Title:  UP 6837 serves as the DPU on a loaded coal train
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/16/2015  Upload Date: 10/26/2015 10:13:41 PM
Location:  Rochelle, IL
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 6837(AC44CW)
Views:  151   Comments: 2
BNSF 8089 leads a westbound intermodal
Title:  BNSF 8089 leads a westbound intermodal
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/16/2015  Upload Date: 10/26/2015 10:13:42 PM
Location:  Rochelle, IL
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 8089(ES44C4) BNSF 4725(C44-9W)
Views:  105   Comments: 0
Old MILW caboose near the park
Title:  Old MILW caboose near the park
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/16/2015  Upload Date: 10/26/2015 10:13:42 PM
Location:  Rochelle, IL
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  RollingStock
Locomotives: 
Views:  45   Comments: 0
Heading back to North Dakota
Title:  Heading back to North Dakota
Description:  Empty oil cans heading back to North Dakota. Note that the power is arranged elephant style and the trailing units are from NS and CSX.
Photo Date:  10/16/2015  Upload Date: 10/26/2015 10:13:44 PM
Location:  Rochelle, IL
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 8177(ES44C4) NS 9220(C44-9W)
Views:  257   Comments: 0
CSX 8071 trails on an empty oil train
Title:  CSX 8071 trails on an empty oil train
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/16/2015  Upload Date: 10/26/2015 10:13:45 PM
Location:  Rochelle, IL
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  CSX 8071(SD40-2)
Views:  51   Comments: 0
UP 7649 leads a westbound intermodal past the park
Title:  UP 7649 leads a westbound intermodal past the park
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/16/2015  Upload Date: 10/26/2015 10:13:45 PM
Location:  Rochelle, IL
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 7649(AC45CCTE) UP 4513(SD70M)
Views:  137   Comments: 2
Empty coal approaches the park
Title:  Empty coal approaches the park
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/16/2015  Upload Date: 10/26/2015 10:13:46 PM
Location:  Rochelle, IL
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 6480(AC44CW)
Views:  110   Comments: 0
UP 6480 leads empties back to the Powder River Basin
Title:  UP 6480 leads empties back to the Powder River Basin
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/16/2015  Upload Date: 10/26/2015 10:13:47 PM
Location:  Rochelle, IL
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 6480(AC44CW) UP 5840(AC44CWCTE)
Views:  165   Comments: 2
A train peaks its nose over the hill
Title:  A train peaks its nose over the hill
Description:  At this point we were working our way back towards to Chicago.
Photo Date:  10/16/2015  Upload Date: 10/27/2015 10:42:55 PM
Location:  Malta, IL
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  26   Comments: 0
UP 5795 slides down the hill into Malta
Title:  UP 5795 slides down the hill into Malta
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/16/2015  Upload Date: 10/26/2015 10:23:19 PM
Location:  Rochelle, IL
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 5795(AC44CWCTE)
Views:  64   Comments: 0
UP 5795 and the tallest building in town
Title:  UP 5795 and the tallest building in town
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/16/2015  Upload Date: 10/26/2015 10:23:20 PM
Location:  Malta, IL
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  26   Comments: 0
Shiny new tractors
Title:  Shiny new tractors
Description:  On an eastbound manifest.
Photo Date:  10/16/2015  Upload Date: 10/26/2015 10:23:21 PM
Location:  Malta, IL
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  29   Comments: 0
Outbound approaching Elburn
Title:  Outbound approaching Elburn
Description:  Meanwhile the platform is filling up with people waiting to take this train inbound.
Photo Date:  10/16/2015  Upload Date: 10/26/2015 10:23:21 PM
Location:  Elburn, IL
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  METX 166(F40PH)
Views:  58   Comments: 0
Passengers look on as their train to Chicago approaches
Title:  Passengers look on as their train to Chicago approaches
Description:  This is an outbound and Elburn is the end of the line.
Photo Date:  10/16/2015  Upload Date: 10/26/2015 10:23:22 PM
Location:  Elburn, IL
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  METX 166(F40PH)
Views:  67   Comments: 0
A Metra train is about to arrrive from Chicago
Title:  A Metra train is about to arrrive from Chicago
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/16/2015  Upload Date: 10/26/2015 10:23:22 PM
Location:  Elburn, IL
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  METX 166(F40PH)
Views:  67   Comments: 0
METX 166 pulls into Elburn with an outbound
Title:  METX 166 pulls into Elburn with an outbound
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/16/2015  Upload Date: 10/26/2015 10:23:23 PM
Location:  Elburn, IL
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  METX 166(F40PH)
Views:  68   Comments: 0
The manifest we saw earlier in Malta now approaches
Title:  The manifest we saw earlier in Malta now approaches
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/16/2015  Upload Date: 10/26/2015 10:23:23 PM
Location:  Elburn, IL
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  UP 5795(AC44CWCTE)
Views:  53   Comments: 0
Eastbound manifest about to pass the Metra station
Title:  Eastbound manifest about to pass the Metra station
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/16/2015  Upload Date: 10/26/2015 10:23:24 PM
Location:  Elburn, IL
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 5795(AC44CWCTE)
Views:  54   Comments: 0
Metra and UP meet
Title:  Metra and UP meet
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/16/2015  Upload Date: 10/26/2015 10:23:24 PM
Location:  Elburn, IL
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  UP 5795(AC44CWCTE) METX 166(F40PH)
Views:  76   Comments: 2
Three train meet
Title:  Three train meet
Description:  The manifest clears next to the Metra train and in the distance a westbound can be seen approaching
Photo Date:  10/16/2015  Upload Date: 10/26/2015 10:23:24 PM
Location:  Elburn, IL
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  METX 166(F40PH)
Views:  65   Comments: 0
Metra about to head inboound while a westbound UP stacker approaches
Title:  Metra about to head inboound while a westbound UP stacker approaches
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/16/2015  Upload Date: 10/26/2015 10:23:25 PM
Location:  Elburn, IL
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Station,Signal,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  METX 166(F40PH)
Views:  61   Comments: 0
Two very different EMD products meet
Title:  Two very different EMD products meet
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/16/2015  Upload Date: 10/26/2015 10:23:26 PM
Location:  Elburn, IL
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  UP 5200(SD70M) METX 166(F40PH)
Views:  89   Comments: 2
A westbound stacker passes a Metra train
Title:  A westbound stacker passes a Metra train
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/16/2015  Upload Date: 10/26/2015 10:23:26 PM
Location:  Elburn, IL
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  UP 5200(SD70M) UP 5195(SD70M) METX 166(F40PH)
Views:  155   Comments: 2
Eastbound approaching
Title:  Eastbound approaching
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/16/2015  Upload Date: 10/26/2015 10:23:26 PM
Location:  La Fox, IL
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Station,Signal,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  34   Comments: 0
Loaded coal heading east
Title:  Loaded coal heading east
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/16/2015  Upload Date: 10/26/2015 10:23:27 PM
Location:  La Fox, IL
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  UP 5987(AC44CWCTE)
Views:  87   Comments: 0
Patched C&NW OLS unit as a coal train DPU
Title:  Patched C&NW OLS unit as a coal train DPU
Description:  Defintely the catch of the trip!!!! You can still see the old C&NW number as well!
Photo Date:  10/16/2015  Upload Date: 10/26/2015 10:23:27 PM
Location:  Geneva, IL
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 6713(AC44CW) CNW 8811(AC44CW)
Views:  251   Comments: 0
Going away shot of the C&NW OLS patch unit
Title:  Going away shot of the C&NW OLS patch unit
Description:  She was the DPU on an eastbound coal train and certainly the catch of the trip!!!! You can still see the old C&NW number as well!
Photo Date:  10/16/2015  Upload Date: 10/26/2015 10:23:28 PM
Location:  Geneva, IL
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 6713(AC44CW) CNW 8811(AC44CW)
Views:  235   Comments: 0
Outbound approaching the Route 59 stop
Title:  Outbound approaching the Route 59 stop
Description:  We saw this same engine on the "racetrack" the previous day. Note the other headlight in the distance.
Photo Date:  10/16/2015  Upload Date: 10/26/2015 10:23:28 PM
Location:  Aurora, IL
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Station,Signal,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  METX 205(F40PHM-2)
Views:  96   Comments: 0
Gallery cars gleaming in the evening light
Title:  Gallery cars gleaming in the evening light
Description:  At the Route 59 stop.
Photo Date:  10/16/2015  Upload Date: 10/26/2015 10:23:29 PM
Location:  Aurora, IL
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Station,Passenger
Locomotives: 
Views:  32   Comments: 0
Into the sunset
Title:  Into the sunset
Description:  A Metra outbound departs the Route 59 stop.
Photo Date:  10/16/2015  Upload Date: 10/26/2015 10:32:13 PM
Location:  Aurora, IL
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  31   Comments: 0
An inbound arrives on the left-hand main
Title:  An inbound arrives on the left-hand main
Description:  Location is the Route 59 stop.
Photo Date:  10/16/2015  Upload Date: 10/26/2015 10:32:14 PM
Location:  Aurora, IL
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  METX 189(F40PHM-2)
Views:  72   Comments: 0
METX 118 rests under the streets of Chicago
Title:  METX 118 rests under the streets of Chicago
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/17/2015  Upload Date: 10/26/2015 10:32:16 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Roster,Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  METX 118(F40PH-3)
Views:  132   Comments: 0
Metra trains rest in Union Station
Title:  Metra trains rest in Union Station
Description:  These platforms are on the north side of the station.
Photo Date:  10/17/2015  Upload Date: 10/26/2015 10:32:17 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Station,Passenger
Locomotives: 
Views:  39   Comments: 0
Michigan Train resting between runs
Title:  Michigan Train resting between runs
Description:  On the south side of Union Station.
Photo Date:  10/17/2015  Upload Date: 10/26/2015 10:32:17 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  AMTK 58(P42DC)
Views:  98   Comments: 0
METX 147 waits to leave the Ogilvie Transportation Center
Title:  METX 147 waits to leave the Ogilvie Transportation Center
Description:  Note the OLS scheme.
Photo Date:  10/17/2015  Upload Date: 10/26/2015 10:32:18 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  METX 147(F40PH-3)
Views:  126   Comments: 0
Complex trackwork outside the Ogilvie Transportation Center
Title:  Complex trackwork outside the Ogilvie Transportation Center
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/17/2015  Upload Date: 10/26/2015 10:32:19 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Signal,Track
Locomotives: 
Views:  38   Comments: 0
Metra F40's rest between runs
Title:  Metra F40's rest between runs
Description:  At the Ogilvie Transportation Center.
Photo Date:  10/17/2015  Upload Date: 10/26/2015 10:32:20 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Roster,Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  METX 150(F40PH) METX 176(F40PH-2)
Views:  209   Comments: 0
A Green Line loop train passes over the Ogilvie Transportation Center throat
Title:  A Green Line loop train passes over the Ogilvie Transportation Center throat
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/17/2015  Upload Date: 10/26/2015 10:32:21 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Station,Transit,Passenger,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  31   Comments: 0
"Village of Hanover Park"
Title:  "Village of Hanover Park"
Description:  Waiting to leave the Ogilvie Transportation Center
Photo Date:  10/17/2015  Upload Date: 10/26/2015 10:32:22 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  METX 147(F40PH-3)
Views:  122   Comments: 0
Orange line train arriving at the Washington/Wells stop
Title:  Orange line train arriving at the Washington/Wells stop
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/17/2015  Upload Date: 10/26/2015 10:32:23 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Station,Transit,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  CTA 2753(Electric M.U.)
Views:  53   Comments: 0
Brown Line train pulling into the Washington/Wells stop
Title:  Brown Line train pulling into the Washington/Wells stop
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/17/2015  Upload Date: 10/26/2015 10:32:24 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Station,Signal,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  CTA 3355(Electric M.U.)
Views:  40   Comments: 0
Snaking through Chicago
Title:  Snaking through Chicago
Description:  The loop is a must for any railfan visiting Chicago! It is a wild experience!
Photo Date:  10/17/2015  Upload Date: 10/26/2015 10:32:25 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Transit,Passenger,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  29   Comments: 0
Rounding the curve onto Wabash Ave
Title:  Rounding the curve onto Wabash Ave
Description:  The loop is a must for any railfan visiting Chicago! It is a wild experience!
Photo Date:  10/17/2015  Upload Date: 10/26/2015 10:32:27 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Transit,Passenger,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  28   Comments: 0
Who needs to park somewhere when you have the loop?
Title:  Who needs to park somewhere when you have the loop?
Description:  Shot at the Randolph/Wabash stop.
Photo Date:  10/17/2015  Upload Date: 10/26/2015 10:32:29 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Station,Transit,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  CTA 3248(Electric M.U.)
Views:  50   Comments: 0
Trains meet on the loop
Title:  Trains meet on the loop
Description:  Shot at the Randolph/Wabash stop.
Photo Date:  10/17/2015  Upload Date: 10/26/2015 10:32:30 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Station,Transit,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  CTA 3248(Electric M.U.) CTA 5053(Electric M.U.)
Views:  59   Comments: 0
South Shore Line train at Milenium Park station
Title:  South Shore Line train at Milenium Park station
Description:  Waiting to head o South Bend with a charter full of University of Southern California fans for the Notre Dame-USC footabll game. Notre Dame won 41-31.
Photo Date:  10/17/2015  Upload Date: 10/26/2015 10:32:32 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  NICD 34(Electric M.U.)
Views:  216   Comments: 0

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