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By:Scott Malec
Dates:8/16/2007 - 8/16/2007
Album Info:I had a day off today so I decided to go to one of my favorite spots as a child, LaGrange Crossing. I hadn't been there in a year and my father used to take me there when I was in grammar school and we used to climb up on the BNSF bridge and videotape trains. Well today I didn't think twice about climbing up there and after about an hour and a half a BNSF, IHB or CSX (I couldn't tell which) track crew that was driving by reported me to the LaGrange P.D. A short while later a squad car showed up and I came down off the bridge where I was promptly issued a trespassing citation. I was clearly a railfan taking pictures and had the camera to prove it but the cop didn't ask to see them and I didn't want to argue so I just kept my mouth shut. Now I have to take a day off and go to court for this. Attention LaGrange railfans, STAY OFF THE BRIDGE.
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IHB 4011
Title:  IHB 4011
Description:  A quick stop in Bridgeview on the way to LaGrange yields this train idling just south of 71st Street...
Photo Date:  8/16/2007  Upload Date: 8/16/2007 5:50:09 PM
Location:  Bridgeview, IL
Author:  Scott Malec
Categories: 
Locomotives:  IHB 4011(GP40-2)
Views:  399   Comments: 0
BNSF 4022
Title:  BNSF 4022
Description:  A westbound intermodal caught on the bridge over the IHB...
Photo Date:  8/16/2007  Upload Date: 8/16/2007 5:50:10 PM
Location:  La Grange, IL
Author:  Scott Malec
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 4022(C44-9W)
Views:  358   Comments: 0
NS 5184
Title:  NS 5184
Description:  A short stack train led by an NS Geep heads north on the IHB...
Photo Date:  8/16/2007  Upload Date: 8/16/2007 5:50:11 PM
Location:  La Grange, IL
Author:  Scott Malec
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 5184(GP38-2)
Views:  470   Comments: 4
BNSF 5449, 4932 & CEFX 6019
Title:  BNSF 5449, 4932 & CEFX 6019
Description:  Am eastbound grain and chemical train approaches the bridge over the IHB...
Photo Date:  8/16/2007  Upload Date: 8/16/2007 5:50:12 PM
Location:  La Grange, IL
Author:  Scott Malec
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 5449(C44-9W) BNSF 4932(C44-9W) CEFX 6019(SD60)
Views:  654   Comments: 0
BNSF 5449, 4932 & CEFX 6019
Title:  BNSF 5449, 4932 & CEFX 6019
Description:  Crossing over the IHB at La Grange with the Brookfield water tower in the distance...
Photo Date:  8/16/2007  Upload Date: 8/16/2007 5:50:13 PM
Location:  La Grange, IL
Author:  Scott Malec
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 5449(C44-9W) BNSF 4932(C44-9W) CEFX 6019(SD60)
Views:  730   Comments: 1
METX 190
Title:  METX 190
Description:  Outbound scoot charges west...
Photo Date:  8/16/2007  Upload Date: 8/16/2007 5:50:15 PM
Location:  La Grange, IL
Author:  Scott Malec
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  METX 190(F40PHM-2) METX 190(F40PHM-2)
Views:  346   Comments: 0
METX 403
Title:  METX 403
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/16/2007  Upload Date: 8/16/2007 5:50:16 PM
Location:  La Grange, IL
Author:  Scott Malec
Categories:  Bridge
Locomotives: 
Views:  178   Comments: 0
BNSF 9723 & 5764
Title:  BNSF 9723 & 5764
Description:  After getting ticketed at LaGrange, I head over to Hinsdale where I don't have to worry about trespassing issues.
Photo Date:  8/16/2007  Upload Date: 8/16/2007 5:50:17 PM
Location:  Hinsdale, IL
Author:  Scott Malec
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 9723(SD70MAC) BNSF 5764(ES44AC)
Views:  546   Comments: 0
BNSF 9723 & 5764
Title:  BNSF 9723 & 5764
Description:  Somebody better trim that tree...
Photo Date:  8/16/2007  Upload Date: 8/16/2007 5:50:18 PM
Location:  Hinsdale, IL
Author:  Scott Malec
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 9723(SD70MAC) BNSF 5764(ES44AC)
Views:  507   Comments: 0
METX 213
Title:  METX 213
Description:  One of the many commuter trains to stop at Hinsdale today...
Photo Date:  8/16/2007  Upload Date: 8/16/2007 5:50:19 PM
Location:  Hinsdale, IL
Author:  Scott Malec
Categories: 
Locomotives:  METX 213(F40PHM-2)
Views:  302   Comments: 0
METX 213
Title:  METX 213
Description:  Onward to the next stop...
Photo Date:  8/16/2007  Upload Date: 8/16/2007 5:50:20 PM
Location:  Hinsdale, IL
Author:  Scott Malec
Categories: 
Locomotives:  METX 213(F40PHM-2)
Views:  385   Comments: 0
AMTK 81
Title:  AMTK 81
Description:  Westbound Amtrak blows past Hinsdale Station...
Photo Date:  8/16/2007  Upload Date: 8/16/2007 5:50:22 PM
Location:  Hinsdale, IL
Author:  Scott Malec
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 81(P42DC)
Views:  179   Comments: 0
BNSF 1103 & 7733
Title:  BNSF 1103 & 7733
Description:  H1 & H2 paint schemes are both represented here...
Photo Date:  8/16/2007  Upload Date: 8/16/2007 5:50:24 PM
Location:  Hinsdale, IL
Author:  Scott Malec
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 7733(ES44DC) BNSF 1103(C44-9W)
Views:  448   Comments: 0
BNSF 1103 & 7733
Title:  BNSF 1103 & 7733
Description:  A Dash-9 and a GEVO work this westbound freight past Lincoln Ave...
Photo Date:  8/16/2007  Upload Date: 8/16/2007 5:50:25 PM
Location:  Hinsdale, IL
Author:  Scott Malec
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 1103(C44-9W) BNSF 7733(ES44DC)
Views:  423   Comments: 0
BNSF 8953 & 9921
Title:  BNSF 8953 & 9921
Description:  Two Big MACs lined up elephant style pull empty coal hoppers westbound...
Photo Date:  8/16/2007  Upload Date: 8/16/2007 5:50:27 PM
Location:  Hinsdale, IL
Author:  Scott Malec
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 8953(SD70MAC) BNSF 9921(SD70MAC)
Views:  442   Comments: 0
BNSF 8953 & 9921
Title:  BNSF 8953 & 9921
Description:  The two Big MACs cross Lincoln Ave with empty hoppers...
Photo Date:  8/16/2007  Upload Date: 8/16/2007 5:50:28 PM
Location:  Hinsdale, IL
Author:  Scott Malec
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 8953(SD70MAC) BNSF 9921(SD70MAC)
Views:  524   Comments: 0
METX 190
Title:  METX 190
Description:  I shot 190 earlier in LaGrange on its outbound run...
Photo Date:  8/16/2007  Upload Date: 8/16/2007 5:50:29 PM
Location:  Hinsdale, IL
Author:  Scott Malec
Categories: 
Locomotives:  METX 190(F40PHM-2)
Views:  327   Comments: 0
METX 187
Title:  METX 187
Description:  Pulling out of Hinsdale Station at the start of the afternoon rush...
Photo Date:  8/16/2007  Upload Date: 8/16/2007 5:50:30 PM
Location:  Hinsdale, IL
Author:  Scott Malec
Categories: 
Locomotives:  METX 187(F40PHM-2)
Views:  375   Comments: 0
AMTK 189
Title:  AMTK 189
Description:  Another westbound Amtrak flies through Hinsdale...
Photo Date:  8/16/2007  Upload Date: 8/16/2007 5:50:32 PM
Location:  Hinsdale, IL
Author:  Scott Malec
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 189(P42DC)
Views:  140   Comments: 0
BNSF 7785
Title:  BNSF 7785
Description:  A couple of newer looking GEVOs lead a westbound intermodal...
Photo Date:  8/16/2007  Upload Date: 8/16/2007 5:50:33 PM
Location:  Hinsdale, IL
Author:  Scott Malec
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 7785(ES44DC)
Views:  407   Comments: 0
BNSF 967
Title:  BNSF 967
Description:  A Dash-9 in H1 brings up the rear of this lashup....
Photo Date:  8/16/2007  Upload Date: 8/16/2007 5:50:08 PM
Location:  Hinsdale, IL
Author:  Scott Malec
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 967(C44-9W)
Views:  318   Comments: 0


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