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LeClaireRail area misc. subjects 1970's through 1990's

click here for 1970's thru 1990's --  page #2

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C&NW-NS coal train  --  10 photos taken in 1983

During this period power and cabooses were a 50/50 split between both RR's

Nickel Plate clay hoppers  --  15 photos taken in 1983

NKP clay service hoppers to Richards Brick still in service 19-plus years after the Nickel Plate was merged into the Norfolk & Western (NS)

NKP  WB                       NKP  EB

-----------  5 photos of unloading area at Richards Brick  ----------

N&W hopper               NKP  EB                          2 photos at Edw. siding

Misc. local subjects --- Various locations

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#1    C&NW southbound #383 at Wolf St in Edwardsville. (shows upgrade at this point well).

#2    Burlington Northern SD40-2 with leased unit at Lindenwood Yard in St.Louis.

#3    Westbound freight passing over I-55 in St.Louis after crossing the Mississippi River.

#4    BN high nose GP20;  ex-Great Northern power. Lindenwood Yard in St.Louis.

#5    Gateway Western SW's near the Jefferson Smurfitt plant in Alton, IL.

#6    Last train on the former L&M;  picking up rail in March 2001. -- Scott Nauert photo

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#7    GM&O southbound freight with SD40's near Springfield, IL.;  late 1970's (??)

#8    Paducah rebuilt Geep at Wood River, Il;  early 1990's.

#9    Sperry rail car passing the former NKP station in Edwardsville, IL.;  1983.

click thumbnail for local area NS and UP in 2003

click thumbnail for 1970's thru 1990's - page #2 photos of various subjects in other areas

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