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Amboy IC Depot
Title:  Amboy IC Depot
Description:  The depot was once the Northern Division headdquarters of the IC until 1894 and controlled the movement of trains over 345 mile stretch with 53 individual stations. The headquarters included a rail yard as seen to the right in the photo as well as locomotive repair and maintenance shops. The depot now stands alone, devoid of any tracks running through the town.
Photo Date:  5/25/2008  Upload Date: 6/12/2018 6:49:25 AM
Location:  Amboy, IL
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Station,Steam,Passenger
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Views:  105   Comments: 0
NSW 0-8-0 #76
Title:  NSW 0-8-0 #76
Description:  Built by Baldwin in 1929 for the Grand Truck Western as their 8376, the loco was retired in 1958 but purchased by Northwestern Steel and Wire to serve them until 1980. Although no relation to Illinois Central, it does look the part sitting next to the Amboy depot.
Photo Date:  5/25/2008  Upload Date: 6/12/2018 6:49:27 AM
Location:  Amboy, IL
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Station,Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:  NSW 76(0-8-0)
Views:  433   Comments: 1
NSW 0-8-0 #76
Title:  NSW 0-8-0 #76
Description:  The face of a worker - first for the Grand Trunk Western (#8376), then for the Northwestern Steel and Wire (#76), and finally window dressing for the Amboy IC depot.
Photo Date:  5/25/2008  Upload Date: 6/12/2018 6:49:32 AM
Location:  Amboy, IL
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Station,Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:  NSW 76(0-8-0)
Views:  303   Comments: 0
NSW 0-8-0 #76
Title:  NSW 0-8-0 #76
Description:  Another view of the 1929 Baldwin switcher originally built for the Grand Trunk Western and later served the Northwestern Steel and Wire Company. Now it is a static display next to the Illinois Central Amboy depot in an area that once contained a large yard for the IC Northern Division.
Photo Date:  5/25/2008  Upload Date: 6/12/2018 6:49:38 AM
Location:  Amboy, IL
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Station,Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:  NSW 76(0-8-0)
Views:  459   Comments: 0
Dispatcher's Desk at the Amboy IC depot museum
Title:  Dispatcher's Desk at the Amboy IC depot museum
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/25/2008  Upload Date: 6/12/2018 6:49:45 AM
Location:  Amboy, IL
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Station,Steam,Passenger
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Views:  181   Comments: 0
IC Conductor's Uniform
Title:  IC Conductor's Uniform
Description:  Almost appearing as a ghost from the railroading past, the complete uniform of an Illinois Central conductor stands to the side in the Amboy depot museum.
Photo Date:  5/25/2008  Upload Date: 6/12/2018 6:49:49 AM
Location:  Amboy, IL
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Station,Steam,Passenger
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Views:  64   Comments: 0
IC Green Diamond Sign
Title:  IC Green Diamond Sign
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/25/2008  Upload Date: 6/12/2018 6:49:57 AM
Location:  Amboy, IL
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Station,Steam,Passenger
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Views:  338   Comments: 0
IC Railroad lantern at the Amboy depot museum
Title:  IC Railroad lantern at the Amboy depot museum
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/25/2008  Upload Date: 6/12/2018 6:50:00 AM
Location:  Amboy, IL
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Station,Steam,Passenger
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Views:  83   Comments: 0
Switch Stand Lantern at the Amoby depot museum
Title:  Switch Stand Lantern at the Amoby depot museum
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/25/2008  Upload Date: 6/12/2018 6:50:07 AM
Location:  Amboy, IL
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Station,Steam,Passenger
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Views:  98   Comments: 0
Amboy IC Depot
Title:  Amboy IC Depot
Description:  Room full of railroad tools once used at the depot and now preserved as examples for the newer generations.
Photo Date:  5/25/2008  Upload Date: 6/12/2018 6:50:11 AM
Location:  Amboy, IL
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Station,Steam,Passenger
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Views:  103   Comments: 0
Transformer at the Amboy depot museum
Title:  Transformer at the Amboy depot museum
Description:  Here is an interesting railroad transformer that was used at the Amboy depot to convert various voltages for the different uses in the depot.
Photo Date:  5/25/2008  Upload Date: 6/12/2018 6:50:16 AM
Location:  Amboy, IL
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Station,Steam,Passenger
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Views:  126   Comments: 0
IC Freight House
Title:  IC Freight House
Description:  The former Illinois Central freight house now serves as another museum building in Amboy.
Photo Date:  5/25/2008  Upload Date: 6/12/2018 6:50:23 AM
Location:  Amboy, IL
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Station,Steam,Passenger
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Views:  108   Comments: 0
UP 7818 North
Title:  UP 7818 North
Description:  UP Brownsville Sub
Photo Date:  5/29/2018  Upload Date: 6/12/2018 8:14:19 AM
Location:  Combes, TX
Author:  Randy Curlin
Categories:  Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  UP 7818(AC45CCTE) UP 2667(ET44AH) UP 4665(SD70M)
Views:  160   Comments: 4
UP 7818 North
Title:  UP 7818 North
Description:  UP Brownsville Sub
Photo Date:  5/29/2018  Upload Date: 6/12/2018 8:14:30 AM
Location:  Combes, TX
Author:  Randy Curlin
Categories:  Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  UP 7818(AC45CCTE) UP 2667(ET44AH) UP 4665(SD70M)
Views:  114   Comments: 1
UP 7818 North
Title:  UP 7818 North
Description:  UP Brownsville Sub
Photo Date:  5/29/2018  Upload Date: 6/12/2018 8:14:34 AM
Location:  Combes, TX
Author:  Randy Curlin
Categories:  Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  UP 7818(AC45CCTE) UP 2667(ET44AH) UP 4665(SD70M)
Views:  140   Comments: 2
UP 7818 North
Title:  UP 7818 North
Description:  UP Brownsville Sub
Photo Date:  5/29/2018  Upload Date: 6/12/2018 8:14:40 AM
Location:  Combes, TX
Author:  Randy Curlin
Categories:  Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  UP 7818(AC45CCTE) UP 2667(ET44AH) UP 4665(SD70M)
Views:  133   Comments: 2
CSX 2671
Title:  CSX 2671
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/22/2018  Upload Date: 6/12/2018 8:40:48 AM
Location:  Fostoria, OH
Author:  Tim Vermande
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 2671(GP38-2)
Views:  71   Comments: 0
CSX 2671
Title:  CSX 2671
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/22/2018  Upload Date: 6/12/2018 8:41:33 AM
Location:  Fostoria, OH
Author:  Tim Vermande
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 2671(GP38-2)
Views:  86   Comments: 0
CSX 3116
Title:  CSX 3116
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/21/2018  Upload Date: 6/12/2018 8:42:10 AM
Location:  Walbridge, OH
Author:  Tim Vermande
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 3116(ES44AC-H)
Views:  59   Comments: 0
UPY 744
Title:  UPY 744
Description:  UPY 744 sits next to the yard office for it's next duties.
Photo Date:  5/13/2018  Upload Date: 6/12/2018 8:53:23 AM
Location:  Boone, IA
Author:  Dwight Hartje
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Transit,Track
Locomotives:  UPY 744(GP15AC)
Views:  125   Comments: 1
BKTY 157256
Title:  BKTY 157256
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/1/2017  Upload Date: 6/12/2018 8:58:03 AM
Location:  Denver, CO
Author:  David Grothe
Categories: 
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Views:  38   Comments: 0
BKTY 150058
Title:  BKTY 150058
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/1/2017  Upload Date: 6/12/2018 9:00:24 AM
Location:  Denver, CO
Author:  David Grothe
Categories: 
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Views:  64   Comments: 0
UP 4698
Title:  UP 4698
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/13/2018  Upload Date: 6/12/2018 9:09:43 AM
Location:  Boone, IA
Author:  Dwight Hartje
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Transit,Track
Locomotives:  UP 4698(SD70M)
Views:  35   Comments: 1
ACTX 210030
Title:  ACTX 210030
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/8/2018  Upload Date: 6/12/2018 9:10:29 AM
Location:  Allentown, PA
Author:  Dick Leonhardt
Categories: 
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Views:  59   Comments: 0
AGR 77519
Title:  AGR 77519
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/7/2018  Upload Date: 6/12/2018 9:13:08 AM
Location:  Allentown, PA
Author:  Dick Leonhardt
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  87   Comments: 0
UP 4698
Title:  UP 4698
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/13/2018  Upload Date: 6/12/2018 9:14:23 AM
Location:  Boone, IA
Author:  Dwight Hartje
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Transit,Track
Locomotives:  UP 4698(SD70M)
Views:  36   Comments: 1
AMTK 11797
Title:  AMTK 11797
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/8/2018  Upload Date: 6/12/2018 9:17:27 AM
Location:  Allentown, PA
Author:  Dick Leonhardt
Categories: 
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Views:  26   Comments: 0
AMTK 11804
Title:  AMTK 11804
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/8/2018  Upload Date: 6/12/2018 9:19:21 AM
Location:  Allentown, PA
Author:  Dick Leonhardt
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  30   Comments: 0
CITX 349896
Title:  CITX 349896
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/7/2018  Upload Date: 6/12/2018 9:24:00 AM
Location:  Allentown, PA
Author:  Dick Leonhardt
Categories: 
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Views:  30   Comments: 0
CNA 712546
Title:  CNA 712546
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/8/2018  Upload Date: 6/12/2018 9:25:59 AM
Location:  Allentown, PA
Author:  Dick Leonhardt
Categories: 
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Views:  20   Comments: 0
NS 5628
Title:  NS 5628
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/11/2018  Upload Date: 6/12/2018 9:28:57 AM
Location:  Allentown, PA
Author:  Dick Leonhardt
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 5628(GP38-2)
Views:  119   Comments: 0
NS 5628
Title:  NS 5628
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/11/2018  Upload Date: 6/12/2018 9:30:14 AM
Location:  Allentown, PA
Author:  Dick Leonhardt
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 5628(GP38-2)
Views:  129   Comments: 0
PRLX 4845
Title:  PRLX 4845
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/9/2018  Upload Date: 6/12/2018 9:59:47 AM
Location:  Gainesville, GA
Author:  Larry Burford
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRLX 4845(SD70ACe)
Views:  541   Comments: 1
Leaving Chicago
Title:  Leaving Chicago
Description:  Seen from the Southwest Chief
Photo Date:  6/5/2018  Upload Date: 6/12/2018 10:19:40 AM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Yard,Track
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Views:  216   Comments: 0
Amtrak trains await their next runs
Title:  Amtrak trains await their next runs
Description:  Seen from the Southwest Chief.
Photo Date:  6/5/2018  Upload Date: 6/12/2018 10:19:44 AM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Yard,Passenger
Locomotives:  AMTK 84(P42DC) AMTK 126(P42DC)
Views:  188   Comments: 0
AMTK 517 switches a random assortment of cars
Title:  AMTK 517 switches a random assortment of cars
Description:  Seen from the westbound Southwest Chief leaving Chicago.
Photo Date:  6/5/2018  Upload Date: 6/12/2018 10:19:48 AM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 517(B32-8WH)
Views:  288   Comments: 0
AMTK 517 and 35 outside the car shops
Title:  AMTK 517 and 35 outside the car shops
Description:  Seen from the westbound Southwest Chief leaving Chicago.
Photo Date:  6/5/2018  Upload Date: 6/12/2018 10:19:52 AM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Yard,Passenger
Locomotives:  AMTK 517(B32-8WH) AMTK 35(P42DC)
Views:  304   Comments: 0
Looking into the Amtrak Chicago engine facility
Title:  Looking into the Amtrak Chicago engine facility
Description:  Seen from the westbound Southwest Chief leaving Chicago.
Photo Date:  6/5/2018  Upload Date: 6/12/2018 10:19:56 AM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  AMTK 158(P42DC) AMTK 12(P42DC)
Views:  277   Comments: 1
Two Geeps sit in an unknown yard
Title:  Two Geeps sit in an unknown yard
Description:  Seen from the westbound Southwest Chief on the racetrack.
Photo Date:  6/5/2018  Upload Date: 6/12/2018 10:20:01 AM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  BNSF 3136(GP50) BNSF 2666(GP39-3)
Views:  313   Comments: 1
Looking back towards Chicago
Title:  Looking back towards Chicago
Description:  Seen from the last car of the westbound Southwest Chief along the racetrack.
Photo Date:  6/5/2018  Upload Date: 6/12/2018 10:20:04 AM
Location:  Downers Grove, IL
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Track
Locomotives: 
Views:  137   Comments: 0
BNSF 2042 awaits its next assignment
Title:  BNSF 2042 awaits its next assignment
Description:  Seen from the westbound Southwest Chief.
Photo Date:  6/5/2018  Upload Date: 6/12/2018 10:20:10 AM
Location:  Mendota, IL
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  BNSF 2042(GP38-3)
Views:  363   Comments: 2
Passing over the ex-ATSF Transcon
Title:  Passing over the ex-ATSF Transcon
Description:  Seen from the westbound Southwest Chief. We will enter this line on the west side of Galesburg.
Photo Date:  6/5/2018  Upload Date: 6/12/2018 10:20:14 AM
Location:  Galesburg, IL
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories: 
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Views:  226   Comments: 0
Looking back towards the Mississippi River Bridge
Title:  Looking back towards the Mississippi River Bridge
Description:  Seen from the westbound Southwest Chief.
Photo Date:  6/5/2018  Upload Date: 6/12/2018 10:20:18 AM
Location:  Fort Madison, IA
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Bridge,Passenger
Locomotives: 
Views:  144   Comments: 0
Kansas City Streetcar crosses E 20th St
Title:  Kansas City Streetcar crosses E 20th St
Description:  These streetcars were built by the American subsidiary of the Spanish company Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles (CAF) in Elmira Heights, New York
Photo Date:  6/6/2018  Upload Date: 6/12/2018 10:20:23 AM
Location:  Kansas City, MO
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Transit
Locomotives: 
Views:  168   Comments: 0
Three trains at Union Station
Title:  Three trains at Union Station
Description:  Left: Missouri River Runner preparing to depart for St Louis. Middle: eastbound Southwest Chief making its station stop. Right: unknown manifest.
Photo Date:  6/6/2018  Upload Date: 6/12/2018 10:20:27 AM
Location:  Kansas City, MO
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  162   Comments: 0
As the Southwest Chief departs, a UP manifest passes
Title:  As the Southwest Chief departs, a UP manifest passes
Description:  Seen from the Main St bridge.
Photo Date:  6/6/2018  Upload Date: 6/12/2018 10:20:30 AM
Location:  Kansas City, MO
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  UP 2285(SD60M) UP 8956(SD70AH)
Views:  241   Comments: 0
A UP manifest moves through the area as the last car in the eastbound Southwest Chief ducks under the Main St Bridge
Title:  A UP manifest moves through the area as the last car in the eastbound Southwest Chief ducks under the Main St Bridge
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/6/2018  Upload Date: 6/12/2018 10:20:35 AM
Location:  Kansas City, MO
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  UP 5620(AC44CWCTE)
Views:  202   Comments: 0
Missouri River Runner and UP Manifest
Title:  Missouri River Runner and UP Manifest
Description:  The Missouri River Runner is due to depart soon.
Photo Date:  6/6/2018  Upload Date: 6/12/2018 10:20:39 AM
Location:  Kansas City, MO
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 4616(SC-44)
Views:  285   Comments: 0
Two BNSF GE's lead a train by Union Station
Title:  Two BNSF GE's lead a train by Union Station
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/6/2018  Upload Date: 6/12/2018 10:20:44 AM
Location:  Kansas City, MO
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 4199(C44-9W)
Views:  144   Comments: 0
The rear DPU of a BNSF grain train passes Union Station.
Title:  The rear DPU of a BNSF grain train passes Union Station.
Description:  The Missouri River Runner on the left waits for its departure time.
Photo Date:  6/6/2018  Upload Date: 6/12/2018 10:20:49 AM
Location:  Kansas City, MO
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 4616(SC-44) BNSF 4289(ES44C4)
Views:  308   Comments: 1


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