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West Central Illinois Railroads in 2003
by Kevin Farmer page #9

see photos #7 thru #12

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#1 and #2 Northbound NS with trailing GE at Staunton.

#3 thru #6 UP eastbound unit coal train with 2 GE's and one of the 'MAC' seies EMD's; 3 different days.

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6 photos taken during warehouse fire in Granite City on Oct. 27, 2003

#7 Souhbound NS with 2 former Conrail units waits while fire is brought under control.

#8 and #9 Amtrak passing through thick smoke and with fire in background.

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#11 and #12 Two non-railroad fire scenes.

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#13 Eastbound UP taken from Church Road in Worden.

#14 Southbound NS crossing the UP at Lenox Tower.

#15 thru #18 BNSF and KCS GE's southbound on the NS at Worden (#15) and near Lenox.

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#19 NS SD70M details; clipping from a copy of NS Corp. publication 'High Green' (Oct 2003)
--- abbreviation 'FIRE' stands for Funtionally Integrated Railway Electronics. --- photo credit unknown

#20 thru #22 Eastbound UP west of Caseyville; EMD #3998 (ex-SP) leading.

#23 Southbound NS crossing Kell Street in Worden with lone GE #9651.

#24 Ex-Santa Fe SD40-2 is trailing unit eastbound in the Granite City area.

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#25 thru #30 RailCruise America trains at St.Louis Union Station; 12/7/03 Click here for RailCruise America website

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#37 thru #40 10 photos taken at St.Louis Union Station on 12/7/03.

#41 and 42 2 photos taken near the trainshed side of St.Louis Union Station.

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#43 HLCX SD45 #6600

#44 Eastbound NS with 3 BPRR SW1500's in consist; passing HLCX #6600 east of Granite City.

#45 and #46 BPRR SW1500's #1513-#1515 being moved east on the NS (photo #44).

#47 Eastbound UP coal train passing by the NS facility at Citation.

#48 BNSF with a matched set of former Santa Fe GP30's.

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#49 US Steel (former Granite City Steel) EMD switcher #1244 at Granite City.

#50 ADMX covered hopper #7132 on Southern flat car #152079; trucks were on second car.

#51 UTLX tank car #640601 marked for scrapping has had panels cut away on one side.

#52 NS 8-axle (span bolster) flat car #185103.

#53 SP coil steel car #595526.

#54 AEX #6985 is derailed on both sides of rail.

Permission and proper credit are necessary to use photos on this page for other 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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