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Norfolk Southern and Union Pacific
by Kevin Farmer 2003 page #5

West Central Illinois area in 2003

Old Route 66

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#1 and #2 Canadian National EMD SD40-2W and GE D8-40CM are eastbound on Union Pacific at Livingston.

#3 Well powered northbound NS RoadRailer at Staunton on a foggy morning includes former Conrail GE leading.

#5 and #6 Northbound NS working the grain loading area at Karnes.

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#7 thru #9 Ex-Norfolk & Western C39-8 #8582 prepares to leave Citation (Poag) with a train of ballast cars.

#10 and #11 Southbound BNSF with GE C44-9W #5243 waits in the Poag area.

#12

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#13 Former Southern #3192; Alabama Great Southern owned SD40.

#14 thru #16 Train is left south of town at Karnes while NS works the Mennel Milling Company at Mt.Olive.

#17 and #18 Northbound NS at Karnes with C39-8 #8601 and ex-Southern GP50 #7068.

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#19 thru #24    Trailing unit behind BNSF C44-9W #5243 at a meet on the NS can claim to have a movie star in the family.
                        UP SD70M #3982 is in the same number series with UP Challenger #3985 that is used on fantrips.
                        (The current 3900 series that replaces UP's 4-6-6-4s is now former SP units with guided trucks.)

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#25 and #26 RoadRailer with SD40-2 #1650 & #1645 (both from N&W's first low-nose order); northbound at Karnes.

#27 and #28 RoadRailer northbound at Staunton with D9-40CW #9553.

#29 CRCX SD60I #6760 leading a southbound near Fourth St in Staunton was assembled by Conrail at Altoona, Pa.

#30

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NS D9-40CW #9320
NS SD60 #6616
Santa Fe C44-9W #678
(classic warbonnet paint seems to look good on everything)

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#31 and #32 Northbound NS waiting to leave Citation.

#33 thru #39 Photo study of power on train in photos #31 and #32.

40 41 42 (#9217) 43 (#6075) 44 (#6075) 45

46 (#6075) 47 (#6163) 48 (#6163)

#40 Northbound NS backs to its train at Karnes after working the Georgia Pacific facility in Mt.Olive.

#41 and #42 Photo #41 is all three units on train in photo #40; photo #42 is rear view of lead D9-40CW #9217.

#43 thru #48    SD40-2 #6075 and #6163; both units are in the same number series but from 2 different EMD orders.
                        Long hood is the front even though they are low nose variations and N&W is marked as owner of both.
                        #6163 has the later style radiator grills while #6075 appears in newer paint with white stripe on frame.

Permission and proper credit are necessary to use photos on this page for pther purposes.

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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