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Published: 2014-07-06 01:38:37 +0000 UTC; Views: 431; Favourites: 27; Downloads: 2
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5/91: Burlington Northern GP40-2 3042, leads SD40-2 6924 and a pair of SD9s 6156 & 6150 on an inbound manifest to Cicero Yard; at LaVergne; Berwyn, IL.SD9 6150: CB&Q 348, Built 7/55, Retired 7/02, Sold 1/06
SD9 6156: CB&Q 354, Built 8/55, Retired 5/02, Sold to POTB & Scrapped 1/03
Scanned from 35mm Negative; Crop and edit with Photoshop.
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Very nice, not much has changed in a railroad contextΒ
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Well...the GP/SD40-2s would be C44-9Ws in Orange, SD9's are gone (replaced by SD40-2s and GP40-2s), and there are more fences.... But trains is trains!
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Yeah but the design changes are more with the inner motor than the outer hull, as for the fences, the police state mentality has got to go.Β
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A/C as opposed to DC (with the increase in HP) and the Wide-cab mainly.
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Makes sense, and more 12 wheeled Diesel road switchers, even though the outside visuals are still mostly the same, it's more of the inside that has changed
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Wonderful times back then. How I miss them.
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I was recently at the bridge over Highlands (it was closed though) but I was thinking, I wish I had known of that place when the E units still ran.
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I never did get there for the E's. It was always closer at LaVergne. It would have been cool though. I wonder if it's closure is permanent?
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They closed to replace the whole bridge. They are going to expand it into a 2 lane and have sidewalks on each side of it. It isn't going to open until 2016 though.
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Bummer in a way, the old one was made from a roundhouse turntable. But the new one seems more practical for railfanning.
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Is that true? I didn't know that. Wow, knowing that makes it a little more special now. The new design is going to have fence-like structures extending upward so it might be a little tough to grab some photos.
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Yeah, I remember reading about it.Β
Need wire cutters, must make foamer holes!
I still manage to get shots from Laramie Bridge and Mannheim into Proviso, there are usually a few gaps around the streetlight towers.
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Hahaha, you are the only railfan I know to use the word Foamer. I've read of it and I know what it means, I just never heard being used before. I remember you mentioned the gaps before, that is a nice way to get around the fencing.
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