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  1. Burlington Bob

    Railroad Songs

    And another one!
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    Railroad Songs

    No collection of railroad songs is complete without this!
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    Around the IC in Central IL, 2000s

    I had completely forgotten about the frog eyes! Like I said, it's been a long time since I have seen any pictures of the Paducah units. Thanks for posting that!
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    Around the IC in Central IL, 2000s

    Did, or do you ever get to Gibson City to take photos? Back in 2007 I spent four months working at Clinton Nuclear Power Station. I spent several days there and got a few photos at one of the grain elevators where they had a little Plymouth switcher that, IIRC, was painted white. I took quite...
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    Around the IC in Central IL, 2000s

    Just checked Wikipedia, turns out it is a Paducah Rebuild. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/EMD_GP11
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    Around the IC in Central IL, 2000s

    I was going by the filter intakes behind the cab. It's been awhile since I've seen any pictures of them. You may very well be right, please let me know.
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    BNSF in Illinois

    Found an empty taconite train headed north towards Galesburg waiting for a meet just south of Abingdon, IL in January, 2006. Got the OK by Track Warrant for the move to Galesburg. This was dark territory before CTC was installed. Running out of daylight as the train picks up speed.
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    Around the IC in Central IL, 2000s

    Some photos of an IC loco at the Monticello Railroad Museum in April 2015. Not sure, but it looks to be a GP10 Paducah Rebuild. Please let me know if that's not correct. I looked on the Monticello Railway Museum website and they list it as a GP11. http://www.mrym.org At the...
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    BNSF in Illinois

    Beardstown has had quite a colorful history including some wild west related stuff, Abe Lincoln and the infamous Beardstown Ladies. There are other stories that I can't vouch for the veracity of and besides, they wouldn't be appropriate for posting here. The old roundhouse is used, I just...
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    RRF Coffee Shop

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    Posting picture size and formats?

    I believe the forum software will handle the sizing of any photos you post. The older software had you resize photos if they were too big. Now, everything seems to be as simple as select and post. I'm by no means what you would call computer literate and I have managed to get by. :rolleyes:
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    BNSF in Illinois

    Probably there for repairs, the repair shop is in the building to the left of the loco servicing rack in the more distant picture.
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    BNSF in Illinois

    Here's some photos of the BNSF hump yard at Galesburg taken in April, 2006.
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    RRF Coffee Shop

    Good morning America! It's 66 degrees and sunny and windy. They're calling for 50% chance of thunderstorms at 11:00 AM and continuing for a couple of days. At least I got the yard mowed yesterday and won't have to worry about that for a few days. We order our groceries online from Walmart...
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    Baltimore & Ohio

    Hey Louis, you know that last picture is a model? A very good one, though!
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