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Norfolk Southern and Union Pacific by Kevin Farmer         2003 page #2

West Central Illinois area in 2003

see #13 thru #16 below

1                           2                                  3                             4                                 5                           6

#1 and #2    Old Carpenter Rd;  6-wheel trucked Dept. of Defense cars carry 2 M1A1 Abrams tanks each.

#3 and #4    Carpenter, IL at Quercus Grove Rd;  GE D9-40CW with a former N&W SD40-2 trailing.

#5 and #6    Two UP C44AC's with a coal train north of Edwardsville at Rte. 159.

7                               8                         9                               10                         11                             12

#7     This local scene could pass for a more traditional location on the UP such as Nebraska or eastern Wyoming.

#8 and #9        GE C40-8W leads a UP freight at Rte 140 / Legion Drive in Carpenter.

#10 and #11     Info. needed on this UP movement of C&NW low-side hoppers with side-roll tarps.

#12    NS southbound;  Worden.    CRCX GE and EMD with unidentified NS GE.

13                        14                     15                      16                             17                             18                   19

#13 thru #16    Union Pacific over Norfolk Southern bridge at Worden dates back to 1903.  (CCC&StL over Wabash)                         Photo #13 shows obvious area of ex-Wabash double mainline.

#17      Broadside of Norfolk Southern GE D9-40CW #8900 near Route 4 grade crossing.

#18 and #19     UP SD70M is trailed by GE's that are still in SP and C&NW paint. North of Edwardsville at Rte 159.

20                         21                              22                               23                               24                       25

#20 and #21    Auto parts movements seemingly have always been a part of ex-Wabash in this area.  GP50 (former                        Southern unit) is running with unidentified Conrail EMD,  probably a CRCX leased SD60;   Worden IL.

#22     Eastbound UP in Carpenter with Canadian National and CSX power;  CN unit is a SD70I.

#23     Southbound NS RoadRailer on SW side of Carpenter with a GE D9-40C for power.

#24 and #25    Southbound NS is on the southwest side of Worden at Staunton Road;  6/15/03.

26                          27                            28                         29                      30                                 31

#26 thru #28    A lone 6000 HP GE C60AC is northbound on SW side of Carpenter (UP power on NS).

#29 and #30     Same train again is seen at Schein Rd area near Worden.  Broadside shows size of C60AC well.

#31     Eastbound UP with SD70M and a 3700-series SD40-2;  Carpenter.

32                           33                         34                            35                        36                                 37

#32 thru #34    Mexico assembled SD70M #4425 and "4 deuces" SD60 with intermodal train;  north of I-55, Rte 4 area.

#35 and #36      SB at Possum Hill Rd crossing in Worden; UP bridge in distance (loco. details later)

#37     (caption later)

38                         39                       40                        41                       42                         43

#38 thru #43    NS meet at Poag, IL;  a CRCX SD60I, a former Southern GP50, and a BNSF SD70MAC are on the                          southbound freight while northbound RoadRailer has a lone GE D9-40CW.

44                         45                        46                                  47                       48                                49

#44 thru #46    Same NS RoadRailer train as series above, except seen passing through Edwardsville.  The clearing area                          at left in photo #44 is the former location of Wabash station.  This area was originally a double main.

#47 and #48     2 additions to be added into the #38 thru #46 series above.

#49       Marinette, Tomahawk & Western logo (car SRN 7353)

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NOTE -- Locomotives on this page use the Norfolk Southern and Union Pacific model designations and various locomotive directories from Withers Publishing are used for identification.  Model designations from these railroads are easily matched up to both EMD and GE models due to their similarity.

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