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Welcome to my rail fan page! Here you'll find information and pictures of railroad related items from the Chicagoland area, Wisconsin and Indiana. Enjoy your stay. All Aboard!

Saturday, May 28, 2016

The Oak Park Society of Model Engineers


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A Florida East Coast Railroad freight train crossing a trestle. Stuart Florida, April 1974. John Scency photograph.

 
From the internet site Fallen Flags.Org
www.rr-fallenflags.org

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Missouri Pacific locomotives pulling a Union Pacific freight train. South Holland Illinois. April 2nd 1983. Tom Golden photograph.

 
From the internet site Fallen Flags.Org
www.rr-fallenflags.org

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Wednesday, May 25, 2016

The Oak Park Society of Model Engineers, Promo # 2


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Monday, May 23, 2016

Pacific Southwest Railway Museum Excursion -- 4/15/2000


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Mountain Grades of the B&O DVD video


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A very busy model railroad. The Oak Park Society of Model Engineers,H.O Scale Model Railroad Club in Oak Park Illinois.


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A former Conrail locomotive, leads a westbound Norfolk Southern freight train near the Metra, Mont Clare commuter rail station. Chicago Illinois. November 2006.

 
I took this photograph one hazy late autum morning, back in
November of 2006.
 
A former Conrail locomotive, is viewed leading a westbound
Norfolk Southern Railroad freight train over Canadian Pacific
ex Milwaukee Road tracks, at the Chicago city limits, east of
neighboring near northwest suburban Elmwood Park Illinois.

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CB&Q 9255 Yard Work at Illinois Railway Museum


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Northbound Metra evening rush hour local commuter train, crossing Algonquin Road. Des Plaines Illinois. Monday, May 23rd 2016.


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Wednesday, May 18, 2016

Reading Railroad Alco RS 3 diesel locomotive # 510 and a caboose. Lancaster Pennsylvania. September 6th, 1969.


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GG1 An American Classic 1of4


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Boston & Maine Railroad EMD F 3 diesel locomotive # 4228 inside the Sommerville Massachusettes roundhouse. February 1970. Roger Puta photograph.


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MTH Premier PRR G5s 10-Wheeler (4-6-0) O-Gauge Steam Locomotive


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An historic photograph taken during the early days of Conrail. Akron Ohio. April 1976. Roger Durfee photograph.


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NYC steam passenger train.


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New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Alco S 2 switcher and crew. Boston Massachusettes. August 23rd, 1963. Bob Rathke photograph.

 
From the internet site Fallen Flags.Org
www.rr-fallenflags.org

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Tuesday, May 17, 2016

Welcome aboard the "Bus Day" edition of Eddie's Railfan Page!

 
Your host and photographer Eddie K at work.

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A privately owned preserved 1947 Flxible Clipper motorcoach bus.


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Big Bus Tours of Chicago double deck bus.


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Chicago Transit Authority Route # 62 / Archer - Harlem bus idling at the west terminal. Chicago Illinois. December 2014.


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San Diego Zoo double deck sightseeing bus. San Diego California. June 2013.


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Gray Line Tours bus runby. Chicago IL. May 2016.


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University of Chicago Ford paratransit mini bus. Chicago Illinois. May 2016.


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Wednesday, May 11, 2016

A rusty former Soo Line wide vision caboose, brings up the rear of a westbound Canadian Pacific freight train. Bensenville Illinois. July 2006.


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The Whitehorse Waterfront Trolley (Yukon)


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Oregon Lumber Company 3 truck Shay steam logging locomotive # 7 inside the engine house. The Hesston Steam Museum. Hesston Indiana. Circa 2010.

 
For more information on this fun and very family
friendly attraction in northwest Indiana, please
visit their website at www.hesston.org

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Mainline steam fantrip runby.


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A Union Pacific Railroad EMD GP 15 light roadswitcher, runs light near the Metra / Western Avenue coach yard. Chicago Illinois, circa 2007.


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Riding aboard preserved Chicago Transit Authority 1948 vintage PCC steamlined electric streetcar # 4391. The Illinois Railway Museum. Union Illinois. 2013.

 
A sight many Chicagoan's seen daily prior to 1958.

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Conrail, The "Black and Blue Years", Part 1. 1976-1979


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Sunday, May 08, 2016

Welcome aboard Eddie's Railfan Page!

 
Coming to you, from the city of Chicago Illinois USA!

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NKP 765: The Wabash Cannonball 2015


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The Summit Illinois Amtrak / Metra commuter rail station. Summit Illinois. November 2007.


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The San Antonio Zoo Train. San Antonio Texas. June 2014.


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Chicago's Kiddieland Amusement Park


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A 1950's era Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad streamlined "Zephyr" passenger train speeds along the mainline.

 
Photographed at the Oak Park Society of Model Engineers,H.O
Scale Model Railroad Club in Oak Park Illinois.

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B&O Steam with LIVE sound!


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An H.O Scale Model of a Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad 50 Foot "Waffe Sided" boxcar.

 
An icon from the 1970's era North American Railroading.

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Friday, May 06, 2016

Trains of Chicago - Illinois Railway Museum - September 8 1990


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Northbound Norfolk Southern Railroad switching local, passing through Brighton Junction. Chicago Illinois. September 2006.


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Union Pacific Odyssey vol-2 HD Remastered


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Southern Pacific Railroad, Alco S 1 yard switcher diesel # 1028. Unknown location. 1950's era.


From the internet site Fallen Flags.Org
www.rr-fallenflags.org

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Thursday, May 05, 2016

Welcome aboard the "Bus Day" edition of Eddie's Railfan Page!


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Diesels and Dollars - 1958


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American Coach Limosuine Ford limosuine mini bus. Oak Brook Illinois. Early April 2016.


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Eastbound CTA Rt # 152 / Addison Street bus.


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Rear leftside interior photograph, aboard a 2012 Gillig 35 foot transit bus.


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Edmonton BBC 181 Trolley Bus


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The off street west terminal loop, for the Chicago Transit Authority's Route # 152 / Addison Street bus line. Chicago Illinois. Wednesday, May 4th, 2016.

 
Located on West Addison Street near North Pontiac Avenue.

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Windy City Limosuine MCI motorcoach bus. Broadview Illinois. April 2016.


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Coach USA Airport Supersaver bus arrives.


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Monday, May 02, 2016

Preserved electric interurban coaches from the defunct Chicago, Aurora And Elgin Railroad. Photographed in 2013, at the Illinois Railway Museum in Union Illinois. www.irm.org


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Short covered hopper cars from the BNSF Railway (Left) and fallen flag predecessor railroad Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe. Chicago Illinois. October 2011.

 
Traveling together over the Belt Railway of Chicago.

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The Oak Park Society of Model Engineers Video promo.


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Remembering Chicago's Kiddieland Amusement Park. 1929 -2009. A fun place to visit on summer evenings.


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A westbound Metra local commuter train, departs from Elmhurst Illinois. August 1988.


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Steam Locomotives At Speed !!


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Sunday, May 01, 2016

Santa Fe mainline steam freight runby.

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St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad (Frisco) EMD GP 15 light roadswitcher # 105, leads a freight train. Ft Touson Oklahoma. June 1980. James Holder photograph.


From the internet site Fallen Flags.Org
www-rr-fallenflags.org

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The Hard Coal Roads -- what went wrong

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A southbound Canadian Pacific freight train, passes through Hawthorne Junction at the Chicago city limits. Chicago / Cicero Illinois. January 2007.


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      • The Oak Park Society of Model Engineers
      • A Florida East Coast Railroad freight train crossi...
      • Missouri Pacific locomotives pulling a Union Pacif...
      • The Oak Park Society of Model Engineers, Promo # 2
      • Pacific Southwest Railway Museum Excursion -- 4/15...
      • Mountain Grades of the B&O DVD video
      • A very busy model railroad. The Oak Park Society o...
      • A former Conrail locomotive, leads a westbound Nor...
      • CB&Q 9255 Yard Work at Illinois Railway Museum
      • Northbound Metra evening rush hour local commuter ...
      • Reading Railroad Alco RS 3 diesel locomotive # 510...
      • GG1 An American Classic 1of4
      • Boston & Maine Railroad EMD F 3 diesel locomotive ...
      • MTH Premier PRR G5s 10-Wheeler (4-6-0) O-Gauge Ste...
      • An historic photograph taken during the early days...
      • NYC steam passenger train.
      • New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Alco S 2 s...
      • Welcome aboard the "Bus Day" edition of Eddie's Ra...
      • A privately owned preserved 1947 Flxible Clipper m...
      • Big Bus Tours of Chicago double deck bus.
      • Chicago Transit Authority Route # 62 / Archer - Ha...
      • San Diego Zoo double deck sightseeing bus. San Die...
      • Gray Line Tours bus runby. Chicago IL. May 2016.
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      • Oregon Lumber Company 3 truck Shay steam logging l...
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