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By:Don Dieckmann
Dates:2/2/2011 - 2/4/2011
Album Info:We had quite a storm here in the midwest this week, 18 - 20 inches of snow in my area. The snow began Tuesday afternoon, and ended late Wednesday morning. The days of and following the storm saw very little traffic on what is usually the very busy Union Pacific main Line out of Chicago.
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Metra 178
Title:  Metra 178
Description:  Metra 178 at milepost 29, headed into West Chicago, a couple of hours after thg snow stopped.
Photo Date:  2/2/2011  Upload Date: 5/24/2549 3:27:30 PM
Location:  West Chicago, IL
Author:  Don Dieckmann
Categories:  Winter,Passenger
Locomotives:  METX 178(F40PH-2)
Views:  280   Comments: 0
Metra 178
Title:  Metra 178
Description:  Metra 178 headed into West Chicago, a couple of hours after the snow stopped.
Photo Date:  2/2/2011  Upload Date: 2/6/2011 3:28:41 PM
Location:  West Chicago, IL
Author:  Don Dieckmann
Categories:  Winter,Passenger
Locomotives:  METX 178(F40PH-2)
Views:  325   Comments: 0
UP {racks
Title:  UP {racks
Description:  Looking west from the Sunset Road crossing, over 24 hours after the snow stopped, not a single train has used track 2. The snow is not too deep on the tracks, as they are the highist point around, and 40 mph winds blew most of it off the tracks.
Photo Date:  2/3/2011  Upload Date: 2/6/2011 3:33:09 PM
Location:  West Chicago, IL
Author:  Don Dieckmann
Categories:  Winter,Track
Locomotives: 
Views:  156   Comments: 0
UP tracks
Title:  UP tracks
Description:  Looking east from the Sunset Road crossing, over 24 hours after the snow stopped, not a single train has used track 2. The snow is not too=deep on the tracks, as they are the highest point around, and 40 mph winds blew most of it off the tracks.
Photo Date:  2/3/2011  Upload Date: 2/6/2011 3:34:26 PM
Location:  West Chicago, IL
Author:  Don Dieckmann
Categories:  Winter,Track
Locomotives: 
Views:  153   Comments: 0
UP 7423
Title:  UP 7423
Description:  Two days after the storm, UP 7423 leads a stack train east out of West Chicago.
Photo Date:  2/4/2011  Upload Date: 2/6/2011 3:36:46 PM
Location:  West Chicago, IL
Author:  Don Dieckmann
Categories:  Winter
Locomotives:  UP 7423(AC45CCTE)
Views:  294   Comments: 1
UP 7423
Title:  UP 7423
Description:  Two days after the storm, UP 7423 leads a stack train east out of West Chicago.
Photo Date:  2/4/2011  Upload Date: 2/6/2011 3:37:22 PM
Location:  West Chicago, IL
Author:  Don Dieckmann
Categories:  Winter
Locomotives:  UP 7423(AC45CCTE)
Views:  330   Comments: 0
UP 3835
Title:  UP 3835
Description:  UP 3855 leads a train into West Chicago.
Photo Date:  2/4/2011  Upload Date: 2/6/2011 3:39:19 PM
Location:  West Chicago, IL
Author:  Don Dieckmann
Categories:  Winter
Locomotives:  UP 3835(SD70M)
Views:  289   Comments: 0
UP 3835
Title:  UP 3835
Description:  UP 3835 leads a westbound train into West Chicago.
Photo Date:  2/4/2011  Upload Date: 2/6/2011 3:41:01 PM
Location:  West Chicago, IL
Author:  Don Dieckmann
Categories:  Winter
Locomotives:  UP 3835(SD70M)
Views:  288   Comments: 0
UP 3835
Title:  UP 3835
Description:  Two days after the storm, snow packed UP 3855 and 4450 leads a westbound train into West Chicago.
Photo Date:  2/4/2011  Upload Date: 2/6/2011 3:43:06 PM
Location:  West Chicago, IL
Author:  Don Dieckmann
Categories:  Winter
Locomotives:  UP 3835(SD70M)
Views:  328   Comments: 0
UP 4450
Title:  UP 4450
Description:  UP 3835 and 4450 head west into West Chicago, with a load of snow on a flatcar.
Photo Date:  2/4/2011  Upload Date: 2/6/2011 3:45:35 PM
Location:  West Chicago, IL
Author:  Don Dieckmann
Categories:  Winter
Locomotives:  UP 4450(SD70M)
Views:  275   Comments: 0


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