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Viewing Album:  08/12/07: Blue Island, IL (IAIS Business is Picking Up)
 
By:Scott Malec
Dates:8/12/2007 - 8/12/2007
Album Info:Today's stop is at Blue Island and featured a surprising amount of IAIS action. A brief conversation with one of the conductors while he waited for a train to back up revealed that they are getting more and more cars and movements between Burr Oak Yard, the IAIS spur and IHB's Blue Island Yard are becoming increasingly difficult. It's a good problem to have. Nice to see a regional doing well.
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IAIS 714, 713 & 705
Title:  IAIS 714, 713 & 705
Description:  A trio of IAIS Geeps head down the IHB to Blue Island Yard to pick up a train...
Photo Date:  8/12/2007  Upload Date: 8/12/2007 5:13:21 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Scott Malec
Categories: 
Locomotives:  IAIS 714(GP38-2) IAIS 713(GP38-2) IAIS 705(GP38-2)
Views:  513   Comments: 0
IHB 3802
Title:  IHB 3802
Description:  And now an IHB Geep struggles solo with a transfer...
Photo Date:  8/12/2007  Upload Date: 8/12/2007 5:13:27 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Scott Malec
Categories: 
Locomotives:  IHB 3802(GP38-2)
Views:  351   Comments: 0
IHB 3802
Title:  IHB 3802
Description:  3802 heads northbound with a transfer...
Photo Date:  8/12/2007  Upload Date: 8/12/2007 5:13:28 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Scott Malec
Categories: 
Locomotives:  IHB 3802(GP38-2)
Views:  293   Comments: 0
CSX 7630 & 558
Title:  CSX 7630 & 558
Description:  A southbound CSX train tries to sneak behind the IHB transfer...
Photo Date:  8/12/2007  Upload Date: 8/12/2007 5:13:30 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Scott Malec
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 7630(C40-8) CSX 558(AC44CW)
Views:  398   Comments: 0
IAIS 718 & 707
Title:  IAIS 718 & 707
Description:  Another set of IAIS Geeps work a train off the spur from the Metra main...
Photo Date:  8/12/2007  Upload Date: 8/12/2007 5:13:31 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Scott Malec
Categories: 
Locomotives:  IAIS 718(GP38-2) IAIS 707(GP38-2)
Views:  416   Comments: 0
IAIS 718 & 707
Title:  IAIS 718 & 707
Description:  Heading down the spur line to connect with the IHB...
Photo Date:  8/12/2007  Upload Date: 8/12/2007 5:13:35 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Scott Malec
Categories: 
Locomotives:  IAIS 718(GP38-2) IAIS 707(GP38-2)
Views:  355   Comments: 0
IAIS 718 & 707
Title:  IAIS 718 & 707
Description:  Backing up to pick up more cars on the IAIS spur...
Photo Date:  8/12/2007  Upload Date: 8/12/2007 5:13:36 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Scott Malec
Categories: 
Locomotives:  IAIS 718(GP38-2) IAIS 707(GP38-2)
Views:  372   Comments: 0
CSX 4815, GCFX 3085, CSX 5864, 7874 & 46
Title:  CSX 4815, GCFX 3085, CSX 5864, 7874 & 46
Description:  Check out THIS lashup...
Photo Date:  8/12/2007  Upload Date: 8/12/2007 5:13:38 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Scott Malec
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 4815(SD70MAC) GCFX 3085(SD40-2) CSX 5864(B36-7) CSX 7874(C40-8W) CSX 46(AC44CW)
Views:  797   Comments: 0
CSX 5864, 7874 & 46
Title:  CSX 5864, 7874 & 46
Description:  You don't see too many of these ancient GEs on the rails anymore...
Photo Date:  8/12/2007  Upload Date: 8/12/2007 5:13:39 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Scott Malec
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 5864(B36-7) CSX 7874(C40-8W) CSX 46(AC44CW)
Views:  672   Comments: 0
CSX 46
Title:  CSX 46
Description:  Last unit in the variety pack...
Photo Date:  8/12/2007  Upload Date: 8/12/2007 5:13:42 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Scott Malec
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 46(AC44CW)
Views:  417   Comments: 0
CSX 7632 & 6124
Title:  CSX 7632 & 6124
Description:  A CSX manifest heads south on the IHB....
Photo Date:  8/12/2007  Upload Date: 8/12/2007 5:13:43 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Scott Malec
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 7632(C40-8) CSX 6124(GP40-2)
Views:  458   Comments: 0
CSX 7632 & 6124
Title:  CSX 7632 & 6124
Description:  Heading pass the grade crossing control tower about to switch to the CSX main...
Photo Date:  8/12/2007  Upload Date: 8/12/2007 5:13:44 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Scott Malec
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 7632(C40-8) CSX 6124(GP40-2)
Views:  447   Comments: 0
BNSF 7670 & 784
Title:  BNSF 7670 & 784
Description:  A GEVO and a Warbonnet work a load of autoracks down the IHB...
Photo Date:  8/12/2007  Upload Date: 8/12/2007 5:13:45 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Scott Malec
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 7670(ES44DC) BNSF 784(C44-9W)
Views:  484   Comments: 0
BNSF 7670 & 784
Title:  BNSF 7670 & 784
Description:  A BNSF auto rack train heads south past the tower on the IHB...
Photo Date:  8/12/2007  Upload Date: 8/12/2007 5:13:46 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Scott Malec
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 7670(ES44DC) BNSF 784(C44-9W)
Views:  412   Comments: 0
CSX 50 & 8756
Title:  CSX 50 & 8756
Description:  CSX power hop...
Photo Date:  8/12/2007  Upload Date: 8/12/2007 5:13:47 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Scott Malec
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 50(AC44CW) CSX 8756(SD60M)
Views:  541   Comments: 1
IAIS 705, 713, 714 & NREX 7507
Title:  IAIS 705, 713, 714 & NREX 7507
Description:  Thre three IAIS units from earlier are back from Blue Island Yard with a train and NREX help...
Photo Date:  8/12/2007  Upload Date: 8/12/2007 5:13:48 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Scott Malec
Categories: 
Locomotives:  IAIS 705(GP38-2) IAIS 713(GP38-2) IAIS 714(GP38-2) NREX 7507(SD45)
Views:  646   Comments: 1
IAIS 705, 713, 714 & NREX 7507
Title:  IAIS 705, 713, 714 & NREX 7507
Description:  Here's a better look at the ex-WC SD45...NREX's paint budget must be running pretty low...
Photo Date:  8/12/2007  Upload Date: 8/12/2007 5:13:49 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Scott Malec
Categories: 
Locomotives:  IAIS 705(GP38-2) IAIS 713(GP38-2) IAIS 714(GP38-2) NREX 7507(SD45)
Views:  1101   Comments: 5
BNSF 4547 & CSX 7664
Title:  BNSF 4547 & CSX 7664
Description:  This is one of the cleaner Dash-9s you'll see on the BNSF roster...
Photo Date:  8/12/2007  Upload Date: 8/12/2007 5:13:51 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Scott Malec
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 4547(C44-9W) CSX 7664(C40-8W)
Views:  415   Comments: 0
BNSF 4547 & CSX 7664
Title:  BNSF 4547 & CSX 7664
Description:  The BNSF/CSX tag team works its way south from the IHB to the CSX main...
Photo Date:  8/12/2007  Upload Date: 8/12/2007 5:13:52 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Scott Malec
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 4547(C44-9W) CSX 7664(C40-8W)
Views:  414   Comments: 0
IAIS 718 & 707
Title:  IAIS 718 & 707
Description:  718 & 707 are back again after having assembled their train, they will now move out onto the IHB to back the load into Blue Island Yard...
Photo Date:  8/12/2007  Upload Date: 8/12/2007 5:13:53 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Scott Malec
Categories: 
Locomotives:  IAIS 718(GP38-2) IAIS 707(GP38-2)
Views:  354   Comments: 0
CP 8653 & 9623
Title:  CP 8653 & 9623
Description:  A pair of CP beavers work elephant style pulling coal empties southbound on the IHB...
Photo Date:  8/12/2007  Upload Date: 8/12/2007 5:13:54 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Scott Malec
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 8653(AC44CW) CP 9623(AC44CW)
Views:  361   Comments: 1
CP 8653 & 9623
Title:  CP 8653 & 9623
Description:  Southbound CP train with empty coal hoppers on the IHB...
Photo Date:  8/12/2007  Upload Date: 8/12/2007 5:13:17 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Scott Malec
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 8653(AC44CW) CP 9623(AC44CW)
Views:  377   Comments: 0

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