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Viewing Album:  Mostly Sweet Day at Blue Island
 
By:Jim Ford
Dates:5/6/2014 - 5/6/2014
Album Info:Lots of good stuff on a sunny day. But as previously reported, it ended with a bridge on fire.
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IAIS 508
Title:  IAIS 508
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/6/2014  Upload Date: 5/7/2014 12:02:52 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  72   Comments: 1
IAIS 508
Title:  IAIS 508
Description:  A few minutes later he pulls down onto the Rock Island Connector. He'll pull through onto the Harbor, then back through the junction toward Blue Island Yard.
Photo Date:  5/6/2014  Upload Date: 5/7/2014 12:02:04 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  IAIS 508(ES44AC)
Views:  88   Comments: 2
Spring Green
Title:  Spring Green
Description:  This won't stay pretty for very long.
Photo Date:  5/6/2014  Upload Date: 5/7/2014 12:10:02 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Track
Locomotives: 
Views:  78   Comments: 1
CSXT 7728
Title:  CSXT 7728
Description:  An unidentified mixer pulls around the corner and starts up the hill.
Photo Date:  5/6/2014  Upload Date: 5/7/2014 11:59:50 AM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CSX 7728(C40-8W) CSX 3043(ES44AC-H)
Views:  169   Comments: 1
MWCX 500091
Title:  MWCX 500091
Description:  Car at work.
Photo Date:  5/6/2014  Upload Date: 5/7/2014 12:06:27 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  RollingStock
Locomotives: 
Views:  55   Comments: 0
SHQX 15104
Title:  SHQX 15104
Description:  I have no idea what it means, but the printing is very neat. This one is new here.
Photo Date:  5/6/2014  Upload Date: 5/7/2014 12:10:41 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  RollingStock
Locomotives: 
Views:  68   Comments: 0
NS 1073
Title:  NS 1073
Description:  K011 follows behind. That's no prancing horse on the nose!
Photo Date:  5/6/2014  Upload Date: 5/7/2014 12:07:06 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 1073(SD70ACe) CSX 7794(C40-8W)
Views:  95   Comments: 1
NS 1073
Title:  NS 1073
Description:  My first ever NS heritage unit is the plainest jane in the bunch, but I'm not giving it back.
Photo Date:  5/6/2014  Upload Date: 5/7/2014 12:09:00 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  NS 1073(SD70ACe) CSX 7794(C40-8W)
Views:  141   Comments: 3
NS 1073
Title:  NS 1073
Description:  One more look. Is that sweet or what?
Photo Date:  5/6/2014  Upload Date: 5/7/2014 12:08:17 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 1073(SD70ACe)
Views:  96   Comments: 2
Young Family Out For A Walk
Title:  Young Family Out For A Walk
Description:  One of the children apparently has had enough walking.
Photo Date:  5/6/2014  Upload Date: 5/7/2014 12:03:46 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  122   Comments: 3
CSXT 3028
Title:  CSXT 3028
Description:  Q130 is the Maersk train for Portsmouth.
Photo Date:  5/6/2014  Upload Date: 5/7/2014 11:59:09 AM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CSX 3028(ES44AC-H) CSX 106(AC44CW)
Views:  147   Comments: 5
TTAX 556105
Title:  TTAX 556105
Description:  This spine appears to be sharing a truck with the coalgon on Track 1. It's new here.
Photo Date:  5/6/2014  Upload Date: 5/7/2014 12:11:18 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  RollingStock
Locomotives: 
Views:  38   Comments: 1
MQRX 5657
Title:  MQRX 5657
Description:  Macquarie Rail has several cars heading east in N830. This one is new here.
Photo Date:  5/6/2014  Upload Date: 5/7/2014 12:05:46 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  RollingStock
Locomotives: 
Views:  49   Comments: 0
CSXT GMS2
Title:  CSXT GMS2
Description:  The geometry car is running as Y351. He's headed down the Elsdon Sub on former Grand Trunk Western rails. K044 behind him may have been the last train over the bridge for a while.
Photo Date:  5/6/2014  Upload Date: 5/7/2014 12:01:15 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Track,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  96   Comments: 5
A Very Unpleasant Sight
Title:  A Very Unpleasant Sight
Description:  A sad end to a sweet day. As of the next morning, neither the cause nor the extent of damage had been determined.
Photo Date:  5/6/2014  Upload Date: 5/7/2014 12:04:49 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Bridge
Locomotives: 
Views:  124   Comments: 1

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