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Norfolk Southern and Union Pacific by Kevin Farmer       2003 page #1

West Central Illinois area in 2003

'Prairie Landmark'

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#1 thru #4    GE D9-40CW's are power on CIPX coal train on the Norfolk Southern;   SE side of Staunton, IL

#5 and #6     Various power on the UP includes an ex-SP SD40T-2 and CSX SD40-2;  east side of Worden, IL

#7                NS on the east side of Worden just after sunrise;  2 photos

8                             9                                   10                         11                             12                     13

#8 and #9       NS RoadRailer trains with SD70 #2573 at Staunton, IL  and SD70 #2530 at Worden, IL

#10 and #11    Eastbound Norfolk Southern passing through Worden, IL.

#12 and #13    UP near Worden includes GE power from Conrail and Norfolk Southern.

14                          15                                 16                     17                              18                         19

#14 and #15    NS MofW equpment atWorden, IL;  same location on 2 different days.

#16 and #17    Norfolk Southern SD60 trails a new UP SD70M 'Flare' in the Worden / Staunton area.

#18 and #19    UP SD70M 'Flare' -  near Quercus Grove Rd and on SE side of Worden (same train in 2 locations).

20                      21                              22                       23                                 24                          25

#20 and #21    Leased EMD's  #7018 and #7078 on UP at Legion Rd in Carpenter, IL.

#22 and #23    Wisconsin Central SD45's on the UP;  east of Worden.

#24 and #25    UP passing over NS on the south side of Worden;  trailing unit behind ex-C&NW GE is an ex-SP SD40T-2.

26                        27                                 28                          29                         30                               31

#26 ans #27      Norfolk Southern at Shien Rd;  Worden.  --  GE D8-40C leads a D9-40CW for power.

#28, #29, #30    UP at New Poag Rd near Rte 111; power is a new SD70M 'Flare' and an SD60M.

#31                   Southbound NS transfer;  south of Hartford, IL

32                         33                         34                           35                             36                                   37

#32 thru #36    A variety of BNSF power on the UP,  with 2 ex-BN SD40-2's leading newer power that includes an

ex-ATSF GE in warbonnet paint (2 photos at Carpenter and 3 at Worden).

#37       A warbonnet GE trails UP SD70M and SD50 through Worden on the morning of 5-8-03.

38                        39                                   40                            41                          42                          43

#38 and #39    GE D9-40CW, EMD SD60 and 2 SD40-2's on NS;  SW side of Carpenter, IL

#40 thru 43     Union Pacific SD70M 'Flare' and SD60M;  Carpenter, between Rte 140 and Legion Dr.

44                              45                        46                       47                        48                                49

#44         Norfolk Southern GP50 and SD60 on long RoadRailer train;  SW side of Carpenter, IL

#45 thru #48    Old Carpenter Rd area in Carpenter, IL;  4 UP SD40-2's have one of the former high-geared extended                          nose variations leading and an ex-C&NW unit trailing.

#49         UP SD60M with Wisconsin Central SD45 at Legion Drive in Carpenter.

BNSF holds the main while host Union Pacific comes up the siding to complete a meet north of Edwardsville at Rte 159.  BNSF has trackage rights over the UP in this area.

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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