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Driving trains from here to there... (and back again)


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Some #Amtrak mileage accumulation (well, 1038mi to be exact) to the Mile High City with 05 1400 Chicago Union > Emeryville ‘Californian Zephyr’ - motive power by GE #P42DC #Genesis 198 & 204 ‘Beech Grove’ (captured at Galesburg)
November 18, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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Forty-four stop, 46:40hr, 2076mi #Amtrak 040 1105 Miami > Chicago Union ‘Floridian’ nears journeys end…
November 17, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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Big Apple to The Windy City showdown as
Siemens #Charger powered #Amtrak 051 0640 New York Penn > Chicago Union (via Indianapolis) ‘Cardinal’ leads GE #Genesis powered 049 1540 New York Penn > Chicago Union (via Buffalo) ‘Lake Shore Limited’ along #TheRacetrack
November 17, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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Chicago Transit Authority “Elevated” or #TheL or just #L
November 17, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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#UnionPacific, GM ElectroMotive-Diesel, #SD40N 1756+1716 running light across Blue Island Jn
November 16, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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GE #Dash #8-32BWH 517 relegated from the mainline to “yard duties” shunts heritage stock around #Amtrak Chicago Depot
November 15, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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#Metra GM ElectroMotive-Diesel #F40PH 135 ‘Village of Arlington Heights’ & 145
‘City of Aurora’ - Chicago Ogilvie Station
November 15, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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Wabtec MotivePower #MP36PH 425 ‘Don Orseno’ stands ready to power #Metra Rock Island 703 1630 Chicago LaSalle > Joliet
November 15, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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Siemens #Charger ALC-42 325 & 335 double-head #Amtrak 07 1505 Chicago Union > Seattle King Street/Portland Union ‘Empire Builder’ through Fulton Market District
November 15, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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GE #P42DC #Genesis No.55 powers #Amtrak 337 1515 Chicago Union > Milwaukee-Downtown ‘Hiawatha’ through Fulton Market District
November 14, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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GE #P42DC #Genesis No.48 & No.69
#Amtrak Chicago Locomotive Shop
November 13, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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#Amtrak 125mph diesel-electric Siemens #Charger - Chicago Locomotive Shop
November 13, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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GE #P42DC #Genesis No.57 powers #Amtrak 319 0950 Chicago Union > Kansas City ‘Lincoln Service Missouri River Runner’ along #TheRacetrack
November 13, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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GM ElectroMotive-Diesel #F40PH 119 ‘Village of Cary’ & 116 ‘Village of Orland Park’ double-head #Metra BNSF 1301 1430 Chicago Union > Aurora along the Chicago Subdivision aka #TheRacetrack
November 12, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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Rail Operations Group #Class93 93001 ‘Armed Forces Covenant’, working 0Q11 1022 Derby St Andrews > Worksop Down Yard, on the bi-directional Up Tamworth Fast - Derby
November 11, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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GBRf #Class47 47727 ‘Edinburgh Castle/Caisteal Dhun Eidea’, with Bombardier #Class221 221102 in-tow, working 5D96 0940 Derby (Alstom) Litchurch Lane > (Alstom) Central Rivers Depot towards Derby L&NW Jn
November 11, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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EuroPhoenix #Class37 37423 working Colas Rail Freight 0Z37 0750 Derby Rail Technical Centre > Colwick TMD past Etches Park Depot
November 10, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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#LNER #Class91 #InterCity225 #ECML
November 10, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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Network Rail 1Q28 1022 Derby Rail Technical Centre > (Middlesbrough) Tees Yard Down Staging NMT #HST passes through through Sandiacre #ErewashValleyLine
November 9, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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Withdrawn British Rail #Class60 Brush #Type5 60049 ‘Scafell’, 60045 ‘Josephine Butler’ & 60035 ‘Florence Nightingale’ - Toton
November 9, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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HNRC Swietelsky #Class37 37607 & EuroPhoenix 37608 ‘Andromeda’ - Derby Rail Technical Centre
November 8, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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Rail Operations Group Stadler, tri-mode, #Class93 93006 - Derby St Andrews Siding
November 8, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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EuroPhoenix #Class37 37501 ‘Teesside Steelmaster’ - Derby Rail Technical Centre Yard
November 7, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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LSL #Class37 37667 ‘Flopsie’, on-hire to Colas Rail Freight, idling at Derby Rail Technical Centre Yard
November 7, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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EMR InterCity #Class222 222012 125mph #DMU, working 5P22 0731 Nottingham > Melton Mowbray, arrives at its destination…
November 6, 2025 at 6:35 PM