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By:Scott Malec
Dates:3/2/2007 - 3/2/2007
Album Info:I was off today and I was determined to do some railfanning today even though it was 30 degrees with 45 mph wind gusts and blowing snow. This was easily the worst conditions I've ever shot in. It was a very busy day and overall I'm happy with the results even with the weather.
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IAIS 712
Title:  IAIS 712
Description:  IAIS 712 and a partner rest at Evans Yard near 135th and California as the snow comes down...
Photo Date:  3/2/2007  Upload Date: 3/2/2007 6:37:08 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Scott Malec
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Locomotives:  IAIS 712(GP38-2)
Views:  358   Comments: 1
HLCX 8156
Title:  HLCX 8156
Description:  Solo lease unit pulls mixed freight off the IHB onto the CSX...
Photo Date:  3/2/2007  Upload Date: 3/2/2007 6:37:10 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Scott Malec
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Locomotives:  HLCX 8156(SD40-2)
Views:  380   Comments: 0
HLCX 8156
Title:  HLCX 8156
Description:  Crossing Broadway and heading south...
Photo Date:  3/2/2007  Upload Date: 3/2/2007 6:37:12 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Scott Malec
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Locomotives:  HLCX 8156(SD40-2)
Views:  303   Comments: 0
CSX 8539 & 8082
Title:  CSX 8539 & 8082
Description:  Northbound stack train on the CSX main...
Photo Date:  3/2/2007  Upload Date: 3/2/2007 6:37:13 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Scott Malec
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Locomotives:  CSX 8539(SD50) CSX 8082(SD40-2)
Views:  443   Comments: 0
CSX 8539 & 8082
Title:  CSX 8539 & 8082
Description:  8082 looks to be in pretty bad shape...
Photo Date:  3/2/2007  Upload Date: 3/2/2007 6:37:14 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Scott Malec
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Locomotives:  CSX 8539(SD50) CSX 8082(SD40-2)
Views:  427   Comments: 0
CSX 5375 & 5358
Title:  CSX 5375 & 5358
Description:  Two stack trains meet on the CSX main...
Photo Date:  3/2/2007  Upload Date: 3/2/2007 6:37:15 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Scott Malec
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Locomotives:  CSX 5375(ES44DC) CSX 5358(ES44DC)
Views:  492   Comments: 0
CSX 5375 & 5358
Title:  CSX 5375 & 5358
Description:  Two sister units pass the signals southbound on the CSX main...
Photo Date:  3/2/2007  Upload Date: 3/2/2007 6:37:17 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Scott Malec
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 5375(ES44DC) CSX 5358(ES44DC)
Views:  483   Comments: 0
CSX 5375 & 5358
Title:  CSX 5375 & 5358
Description:  CSX stack train southbound headed for Barr Yard...
Photo Date:  3/2/2007  Upload Date: 3/2/2007 6:37:18 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Scott Malec
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Locomotives:  CSX 5375(ES44DC) CSX 5358(ES44DC)
Views:  511   Comments: 0
IAIS 711
Title:  IAIS 711
Description:  IAIS puts a train together on the small spur line coming off the Metra ex-RI main...
Photo Date:  3/2/2007  Upload Date: 3/2/2007 6:37:19 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Scott Malec
Categories: 
Locomotives:  IAIS 711(GP38-2)
Views:  342   Comments: 0
IAIS 711
Title:  IAIS 711
Description:  IAIS transfer crossing Broadway and headed for the IHB...
Photo Date:  3/2/2007  Upload Date: 3/2/2007 6:37:21 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Scott Malec
Categories: 
Locomotives:  IAIS 711(GP38-2)
Views:  348   Comments: 0
IAIS 711
Title:  IAIS 711
Description:  711 pulls a train off the Metra main headed for the IHB connection...
Photo Date:  3/2/2007  Upload Date: 3/2/2007 6:37:22 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Scott Malec
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Locomotives:  IAIS 711(GP38-2)
Views:  277   Comments: 0
BNSF 6188 & 6187
Title:  BNSF 6188 & 6187
Description:  Two very new ES44ACs try to sneak past a stack train as the action gets intense at Blue Island Crossing. The IAIS train from the previous shot is still rolling behind me with a unit tacked onto the end. This is 6187 and 88's first appearance on this website. Yay me.
Photo Date:  3/2/2007  Upload Date: 3/2/2007 6:37:23 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Scott Malec
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Locomotives:  BNSF 6188(ES44AC) BNSF 6187(ES44AC)
Views:  405   Comments: 0
BNSF 6188 & 6187
Title:  BNSF 6188 & 6187
Description:  Love them shiny new trucks...
Photo Date:  3/2/2007  Upload Date: 3/2/2007 6:37:24 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Scott Malec
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 6188(ES44AC) BNSF 6187(ES44AC)
Views:  403   Comments: 0
UP 4628 & 4926
Title:  UP 4628 & 4926
Description:  As the BNSF train heads north on the CSX and the IAIS train rolls behind me, two UP SD70Ms pull up and stop with a load of coal empties northbound on the CN main. The train wait about a half hour for the IAIS train to switch over on to the IHB and clear the crossing.
Photo Date:  3/2/2007  Upload Date: 3/2/2007 6:37:26 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Scott Malec
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Locomotives:  UP 4628(SD70M) UP 4926(SD70M)
Views:  412   Comments: 0
IHB 4010 & 2924
Title:  IHB 4010 & 2924
Description:  Two long hood forward IHB units contribute to the action at the crossing with a load of grain southbound crossing the CN main...
Photo Date:  3/2/2007  Upload Date: 3/2/2007 6:37:27 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Scott Malec
Categories: 
Locomotives:  IHB 4010(GP40P-2) IHB 2924(SD20)
Views:  708   Comments: 0
IHB 4010 & 2924
Title:  IHB 4010 & 2924
Description:  The IHB train passes the crossing gate control tower. Just out of shot on the right, the UP train awaits clearance on the CN main...
Photo Date:  3/2/2007  Upload Date: 3/2/2007 6:37:28 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Scott Malec
Categories: 
Locomotives:  IHB 4010(GP40P-2) IHB 2924(SD20)
Views:  630   Comments: 0
IAIS 716
Title:  IAIS 716
Description:  IAIS 716 brings up the rear of this short transfer headed for the IHB...
Photo Date:  3/2/2007  Upload Date: 3/2/2007 6:37:29 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Scott Malec
Categories: 
Locomotives:  IAIS 716(GP38-2)
Views:  337   Comments: 0
IAIS 716
Title:  IAIS 716
Description:  This unit is pushing from the back end approaching the IHB connection with a short transfer....
Photo Date:  3/2/2007  Upload Date: 3/2/2007 6:37:30 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Scott Malec
Categories: 
Locomotives:  IAIS 716(GP38-2)
Views:  321   Comments: 0
CSX 5412 & 5288
Title:  CSX 5412 & 5288
Description:  Another pair of CSX sisters pull a stack train off the IHB to the CSX main to Barr Yard. This is 5412's first appearance on this website. Yay me again.
Photo Date:  3/2/2007  Upload Date: 3/2/2007 6:37:32 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Scott Malec
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 5412(ES44DC) CSX 5288(ES44DC)
Views:  614   Comments: 0
CSX 5412 & 5288
Title:  CSX 5412 & 5288
Description:  A pair of ES44DCs head south off the IHB and onto the CSX to Barr Yard...
Photo Date:  3/2/2007  Upload Date: 3/2/2007 6:37:33 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Scott Malec
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 5412(ES44DC) CSX 5288(ES44DC)
Views:  540   Comments: 0
UP 4628 & 4926
Title:  UP 4628 & 4926
Description:  Meanwhile on the CN, the UP train finally makes it's move as the IHB is about to clear...
Photo Date:  3/2/2007  Upload Date: 3/2/2007 6:37:34 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Scott Malec
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 4628(SD70M) UP 4926(SD70M)
Views:  391   Comments: 0
UP 4628 & 4926
Title:  UP 4628 & 4926
Description:  This UP train with coal empties is using the connection from the northbound CN main to the northbound IHB....
Photo Date:  3/2/2007  Upload Date: 3/2/2007 6:37:35 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Scott Malec
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 4628(SD70M) UP 4926(SD70M)
Views:  371   Comments: 0
IAIS 712
Title:  IAIS 712
Description:  IAIS 712 stands alone in the driving snow. What a bleak winter shot...
Photo Date:  3/2/2007  Upload Date: 3/2/2007 6:37:36 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Scott Malec
Categories: 
Locomotives:  IAIS 712(GP38-2)
Views:  304   Comments: 1
CSX 8830 & 475
Title:  CSX 8830 & 475
Description:  Old and new power pull yet another CSX stack train through the crossing...
Photo Date:  3/2/2007  Upload Date: 3/2/2007 6:37:37 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Scott Malec
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 8830(SD40-2) CSX 475(AC44CW)
Views:  594   Comments: 0
CSX 8830 & 475
Title:  CSX 8830 & 475
Description:  475 gives the old GM the leading honors today...
Photo Date:  3/2/2007  Upload Date: 3/2/2007 6:37:39 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Scott Malec
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 8830(SD40-2) CSX 475(AC44CW)
Views:  573   Comments: 0
CN 5443 & 9410 & WC 6906
Title:  CN 5443 & 9410 & WC 6906
Description:  Winter keeps it's icy death grip on the Chicago area as this CN freight comes off the IHB to connect with it's own mainline southbound...
Photo Date:  3/2/2007  Upload Date: 3/2/2007 6:37:40 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Scott Malec
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CN 5443(SD50F) CN 9410(GP40-2LW) WC 6906(SD40-3)
Views:  657   Comments: 0
WC 6906
Title:  WC 6906
Description:  A shot of the former WC unit...
Photo Date:  3/2/2007  Upload Date: 3/2/2007 6:37:41 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Scott Malec
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WC 6906(SD40-3)
Views:  364   Comments: 0
CN 5443 & 9410 & WC 6906
Title:  CN 5443 & 9410 & WC 6906
Description:  No, this isn't northern Ontario, this is suburban Chicago. The CN train continues into blizzard-like conditions...
Photo Date:  3/2/2007  Upload Date: 3/2/2007 6:37:42 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Scott Malec
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CN 5443(SD50F) CN 9410(GP40-2LW) WC 6906(SD40-3)
Views:  517   Comments: 0
IHB 4011 & 4018
Title:  IHB 4011 & 4018
Description:  Matching IHB power pulls this train underneath Kedzie Ave bridge along Wireton Road...
Photo Date:  3/2/2007  Upload Date: 3/2/2007 6:37:43 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Scott Malec
Categories: 
Locomotives:  IHB 4011(GP40-2) IHB 4018(GP40-2)
Views:  529   Comments: 0
IHB 1524 & 477
Title:  IHB 1524 & 477
Description:  I caught these two working the west end of Blue Island Yard near 139th and Thornton Road...
Photo Date:  3/2/2007  Upload Date: 3/2/2007 6:37:44 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Scott Malec
Categories: 
Locomotives:  IHB 1524(SW1500) IHB 477(Yard Slug)
Views:  569   Comments: 0
CSX 6355
Title:  CSX 6355
Description:  CSX 6355 pulls a short load of coils off the mainline down this industrial branch at 136th and Chatham. I didn't even know this branch line existed until the other day when I saw it on a satellite map. My first trip to it yields a train...
Photo Date:  3/2/2007  Upload Date: 3/2/2007 6:37:46 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Scott Malec
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 6355(GP40-2)
Views:  315   Comments: 1
CSX 6355
Title:  CSX 6355
Description:  Crossing 139th Street on an industrial branchline...
Photo Date:  3/2/2007  Upload Date: 3/2/2007 6:37:47 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Scott Malec
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 6355(GP40-2)
Views:  256   Comments: 0
GCFX 3060 & HLCX 8155
Title:  GCFX 3060 & HLCX 8155
Description:  Leaser combo on the CSX main westbound at the Chatham Street grade crossing near 136th Street...
Photo Date:  3/2/2007  Upload Date: 3/2/2007 6:37:48 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Scott Malec
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GCFX 3060(SD40-2) HLCX 8155(SD40-2)
Views:  431   Comments: 1
GCFX 3060 & HLCX 8155
Title:  GCFX 3060 & HLCX 8155
Description:  Westbound on the CSX at Chatham Street approaching Western Ave...
Photo Date:  3/2/2007  Upload Date: 3/2/2007 6:37:50 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Scott Malec
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GCFX 3060(SD40-2) HLCX 8155(SD40-2)
Views:  396   Comments: 0
GCFX 3060 & HLCX 8155
Title:  GCFX 3060 & HLCX 8155
Description:  Same train as the last two pics, only this time at Blue Island Crossing proper. I raced over from 136th and Chatham for this encore performance...
Photo Date:  3/2/2007  Upload Date: 3/2/2007 6:37:51 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Scott Malec
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GCFX 3060(SD40-2) HLCX 8155(SD40-2)
Views:  424   Comments: 0
GCFX 3060 & HLCX 8155
Title:  GCFX 3060 & HLCX 8155
Description:  Last train of the day for me...
Photo Date:  3/2/2007  Upload Date: 3/2/2007 6:37:06 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Scott Malec
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GCFX 3060(SD40-2) HLCX 8155(SD40-2)
Views:  472   Comments: 0


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