I agree with George. I think The Mid-American has been a success by any measure. I like the balance of content, ranging from the"classic" IC through the ICG...
My cousin's elementary school class took a ride on #59 from McComb to Hammond today - a good excuse to head down to the depot to catch it and #58. ARR - 14:29 ...
Thank you to all who attended tonight's IPRRF monthly meeting at Jason Myers. We got a lot done and planned for a lot more. One of the big plans is for our...
Heading North / West from Chicago: 11:00 on the move through 16/Clark Streets CN5798 (SD75i) + CN5542 (SD60F) + CN4143 (GP9Rm) + 2 Brand New BNSF SD70ACe units...
Confirmed by Amtrak sources. As of 11pm FRI, the Zephyr for SAT will detour over CNW. FRI #6 left Omaha 740am-ish and arrived Chicago 949pm-ish. Please pass...
Waiting now at 16th/Clark on the busiest day I can remember on the SCAL IC1025 - IC 6064 - IC6067 - all b&w Photo at link below along with all but 2 of today's...
For sale ILLINOIS CENTRAL IN COLOR, Lloyd E. Stagner, Morning Sun Books, 1996, 128 pages. Brand new MINT condition sealed in the publisher's shrink wrap. Lots...
Mel/List; For those who don't know, Lloyd Stagner passed away earlier this year as did Rich Kindig of Colorado. Tim Vana/Omaha, NE ... Books, 1996, 128 pages. ...
On Monday,May 5,spotted CN/GTW GP38-2 #5833 & CN/GTW GP9R #4610 sitting on a siding at Illinois ave. & New ave. around 5:54pm. An AMTK train flew by SB with a...
I was in a gravel pit north of the town of Fluker La. today and saw the remains of an ICRR cafe lounge there. The car was painted in the streamline colors...
Tuesday afternoon about 2:30pm I spotted a northbound train with BNSF power heading into Fulton on the IC (err, the CN). Does anyone know if this was a...
Cliff: We've been running BNSF trains on trackage rights north out of Memphis lately. They come onto the CN at Line A, near Lamar Avenue, and proceed north....
... Memphis ... proceed ... Hi Joseph, Thanks for the reply. The train I saw was a manifest freight. I could see the locomotives but couldn't get the engine...
Cliff: I checked and there were no re-routes scheduled through Fulton for the last twenty-four hours. There were three BNSF coal trains, one loaded and two...
I've done some album changes on RR Picture Archive. All of the Amtrak photos have been taken out of the "CN/IC McComb Sub" album, and put into two separate ...
Northbound BNSF detours are F4337x-(date) and southbounds are F4349x-(date). I remember at least one detour being a manifest-type train rather than a coal...
BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY-DISCONTINUANCE OF TRACKAGE RIGHTS EXEMPTION-IN COOK COUNTY, IL Decided: April 29, 2008 By petition filed January 14, 2008, BNSF Railway...
If they are coal empties, as we have been having every so often here in Carbondale, they keep going north up the main line of mid-america thru Cairo, Anna, and...
In a message dated 5/8/2008 8:29:36 A.M. Central Daylight Time, emd_sd_60@... writes: If they are coal empties, as we have been having every so often...
If I had to guess, they make better time going the other route since most traffic is northwards. Taking the P&I to the Beardstown Sub means that train will...
This morning on May 8,spotted CN/IC 9561 & GTW 6224 switching at a refinery alongside of New ave. Both were running long hood forward. John Baletto,Alsip,IL...
Hi all, Here are more links to a few new movies up on youtube from me. They are the Furball and a XM338, One of six trains last Sunday out on the East end of...
The coal trains thru here all have 5 units (4 head, one DPU) and almost all the hoppers are JHMX, which is Alabama Power Company. They get on the CN at Memphis...
... From: "chris bodkin" <emd_sd_60@...> ... And the southbounds come onto the Bluford Sub at Metropolis and go to Memphis. Terry. [Non-text portions of...
Hi all, I've had some time and extra energy this week and have scanned and posted a number of additional IC/G slides from the 70s-90's to my Flickr account. ...
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