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UP 7633 |
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The long awaited arrival of my new SUV came a few weeks back. Unlike my very first one, however, I had to wait about a week and a half before I could take it on its first trip. I had intended on doing an all day trip on the CSX/UP Joint Line back in January, but things changed when I figured out the Bloomer was running. I still wanted to do a full day on the Villa Grove, and what better time to do it than as a break in trip for the new SUV? Back on the 10th, I did just that. I wanted to wait for a Monday as I knew that was a guaranteed day that the UP Local would run, which unfortunately is about the only predictable train on the Joint Line these days.I started the day down at Woodland Jct, with the hope of being able to work north to every location I wanted to shoot at. The railroad, however had other plans. I went 2 hours without a train, and after getting a text back from Tyler about a KBS run to Saint Anne that morning, I decided to give up waiting in Woodland and move north to Saint Anne. I waited another hour there before I FINALLY heard a horn from the north. Sure enough, UP MPRNL worked south through town. The grain elevator was not shootable where the sun was located, so I decided to go with the brick building to the far left of the tracks and the train splitting the signals. |
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7/10/2023 Upload Date: 7/23/2023 7:46:04 PM |
| Location: |
Saint Anne, IL |
| Author: |
Jacob Werling |
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UP 7633(AC45CCTE) |
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| Title: |
KBSR 702 |
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Moments later, KBS came in to town with 3 units. One was left on the main while the other two went down to pick up the cars. |
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7/10/2023 Upload Date: 7/23/2023 7:46:41 PM |
| Location: |
Saint Anne, IL |
| Author: |
Jacob Werling |
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KBSR 702(GP38M-2) |
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| Title: |
KBSR 701 |
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The units head down to the interchange passing the grain elevator office. |
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7/10/2023 Upload Date: 7/23/2023 7:47:35 PM |
| Location: |
Saint Anne, IL |
| Author: |
Jacob Werling |
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KBSR 701(GP38M-2) |
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| Title: |
KBSR 704 |
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Larry sits left behind on the main line as the other two units head down to work the interchange. This unit would bring up the rear of the train heading back to Iriquois. |
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7/10/2023 Upload Date: 7/23/2023 7:48:35 PM |
| Location: |
Saint Anne, IL |
| Author: |
Jacob Werling |
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KBSR 704(GP38M-2) |
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| Title: |
KBSR 701 |
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Both units pull of the 25 interchange cars off the UP siding and onto KBS rails back down to the switch. |
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7/10/2023 Upload Date: 7/23/2023 7:49:23 PM |
| Location: |
Saint Anne, IL |
| Author: |
Jacob Werling |
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KBSR 701(GP38M-2) |
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| Title: |
KBSR 701 |
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A wider shot including the signal guarding the diamond and a concrete whistle post. |
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7/10/2023 Upload Date: 7/23/2023 7:49:59 PM |
| Location: |
Saint Anne, IL |
| Author: |
Jacob Werling |
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| Title: |
KBSR 701 and KBSR 704 |
| Description: |
Paul meeting Larry |
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7/10/2023 Upload Date: 7/23/2023 7:50:34 PM |
| Location: |
Saint Anne, IL |
| Author: |
Jacob Werling |
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| Locomotives: |
KBSR 704(GP38M-2) KBSR 701(GP38M-2) |
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| Title: |
KBSR 701 |
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The crew wasted no time getting out of town, and I had to rush to get to the trilight distant outside of town. But I made it! |
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7/10/2023 Upload Date: 7/23/2023 7:51:34 PM |
| Location: |
Saint Anne, IL |
| Author: |
Jacob Werling |
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KBSR 701(GP38M-2) |
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| Title: |
KBSR 704 |
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Larry brings up the rear. The harmonic rocking on this train, and any KBS train really, is absolutely insane! Makes this railroad really fun to watch! |
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7/10/2023 Upload Date: 7/23/2023 7:52:31 PM |
| Location: |
Saint Anne, IL |
| Author: |
Jacob Werling |
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KBSR 704(GP38M-2) |
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| Title: |
UP 1455 |
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I had a green for a northbound after the train went through, otherwise I would have chased it to Beaverville. The signals in town, however, changed from green to red back to green at least 4 different times, which really made me question if I had a train coming or not. I decided to work back south instead of north, and I made the right choice, as the local caught up with me just north of Papineau. I wasnt here for field shots, but this turned out nicely. LSB54 works north with more traffic for the KBS at Saint Anne. They missed each other by about 5 minutes, but I would guess that KBS wouldnt take these cars anyway, even if the UP was there to hand them off right away. |
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7/10/2023 Upload Date: 7/23/2023 7:53:47 PM |
| Location: |
Papineau, IL |
| Author: |
Jacob Werling |
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UP 1455(GP40-2) |
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| Title: |
CSX 3083 |
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Sat around in Papineau for a bit, and noticed that my signals did not go back out after the local. Sure enough, I heard the horn of a northbound, which ended up being my first CSX train of the day. M502 heads north through town on Track 1. |
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7/10/2023 Upload Date: 7/23/2023 7:54:52 PM |
| Location: |
Papineau, IL |
| Author: |
Jacob Werling |
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CSX 3083(ES44AC-H) |
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| Title: |
CSX 811 |
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CSX 811 brings up the rear of M502 |
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7/10/2023 Upload Date: 7/23/2023 7:55:31 PM |
| Location: |
Papineau, IL |
| Author: |
Jacob Werling |
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CSX 811(ES44AC-H) |
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| Title: |
UP 1450 |
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Moving on in to Martinton I grabbed the local coming back light. Despite being shadow side, I love the water tower, and I wanted to include it in the photo. |
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7/10/2023 Upload Date: 7/23/2023 7:56:51 PM |
| Location: |
Martinton, IL |
| Author: |
Jacob Werling |
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UP 1450(GP40-2) |
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| Title: |
CSX 3308 |
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Things got quiet, but I knew I had a southbound coming behind the local, so I decided to work back down to Woodland to grab it, that way I could pick up where I started. The defect detector confirmed a train at Watseka, followed by a maintainer roll-by, and M503 rolled south through town right after. |
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7/10/2023 Upload Date: 7/23/2023 7:58:23 PM |
| Location: |
Woodland, IL |
| Author: |
Jacob Werling |
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CSX 3083(ES44AC-H) |
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| Title: |
CSX 5241 |
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Got some lunch at Steak n Shake in Watseka and went to sit by the elevator. After waiting quite some time, both a southbound and a northbound were lit up. M501 southbound came first. |
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7/10/2023 Upload Date: 7/23/2023 7:59:32 PM |
| Location: |
Watseka, IL |
| Author: |
Jacob Werling |
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| Locomotives: |
CSX 5241(ES40DC) |
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| Title: |
UP 8337 |
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I had enough time to get up to Pittwood to get the northbound, which was MASYC |
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7/10/2023 Upload Date: 7/23/2023 8:00:12 PM |
| Location: |
Pittwood, IL |
| Author: |
Jacob Werling |
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UP 8337(SD70ACe) |
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| Title: |
UP 5750 |
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I worked past Papineau, Martinton, and Saint Anne since I had already shot in all those places earlier in the day, and went straight to Momence to Island Park. Didnt take long to hear a horn, and I grabbed MPRAS coming across the Kankakee River |
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7/10/2023 Upload Date: 7/23/2023 8:02:48 PM |
| Location: |
Momence, IL |
| Author: |
Jacob Werling |
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UP 5750(AC44CWCTE) |
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| Title: |
KCS 5001 |
| Description: |
KCS 5001 trails 2nd of MPRAS |
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7/10/2023 Upload Date: 7/23/2023 8:04:00 PM |
| Location: |
Momence, IL |
| Author: |
Jacob Werling |
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KCS 5001(ET44AC) |
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| Title: |
CSX 5235 |
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I decided to sit in Momence for another train so I could get an elevator shot. Took awhile to get another one, but M647 showed up eventually |
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7/10/2023 Upload Date: 7/23/2023 8:04:34 PM |
| Location: |
Momence, IL |
| Author: |
Jacob Werling |
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CSX 5235(ES40DC) |
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| Title: |
CSX 3029 |
| Description: |
CSX 3029 brings up the middle on M647 |
| Photo Date: |
7/10/2023 Upload Date: 7/23/2023 8:05:47 PM |
| Location: |
Momence, IL |
| Author: |
Jacob Werling |
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CSX 3029(ES44AC-H) |
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| Title: |
CSX 4533 |
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I knew I028 was coming north with a SD70MAC on the front for a long time, but it took forever to show up where I was. Apparently a detector had hit it around Woodland and it had to stop for a while. During the 2 hour wait, nothing else showed up where I was sitting at Grant Park. Since I had a decent leader and good light, I decided to call I028 the final train of the day, and grabbed a shot with the new 23 Trailblazer in the frame. The GPS had me home at 10:30 and I decided I wanted to drive home in some daylight. A slow, but very fun day! |
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7/10/2023 Upload Date: 7/23/2023 8:07:01 PM |
| Location: |
Grant Park, IL |
| Author: |
Jacob Werling |
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CSX 4533(SD70MAC) |
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