A2, photos on Flickr

MP36 #420blazeityolo leads an outbound commuter train past Metra's venerable Tower A2 on a bright and clear Spring evening. I believe this is now the last manned interlocking tower in Chicagoland.

Tower A2 by Benjamin Dziechciowski

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UP YPR60A navigates Tower A2 interlocking, home to some of the last C&NW-era GRS SA and Type E signals in existence. Not far behind it, rounding the bend at Noble Street is a California Avenue job shuttling coaches from Ogilvie for servicing.

a2 by The Jolly Photographer

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a²+b²=c² by piriskoskis.

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A2 by Dᴇxᴛᴇʀ

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Tools:

- Reshade 4.9.1

- 4K DSR | Nvidia

- Cam tools by Otis_Inf

- Edited in Photoshop and Lightroom

Through the window of the old fortress by Alexander

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A2

a2 by The Jolly Photographer

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A2 by Skytrmx

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Freecamera by IDK31FC

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SRWE Hotsampling

METX 523 @ A2 by Trevor Jahns

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Metra 523 shoves an inbound into the city while an outbound sits at the platform. About an hour after this, a dust storm from central Illinois blew in and covered all of Chicago for the remainder of the evening.

a2 by The Jolly Photographer

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a2 by The Jolly Photographer

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Tower A2 by Benjamin Dziechciowski

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UPY #729 pushes a commuter set out of California Avenue Yard over A2 interlocking. Buried under weeks and weeks of snow in the foreground right is the former Panhandle Lead, inactive since the ADM flour mill shut down in September, 2019; the dwarf signal is still powered.

A2 by Zeolite C O

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No, I didn't mean A1. A2, they try harder. Otherwise known as Western Avenue. Here's an outbound Milwaukee District train saluting M of W forces there.

A2 poster changi by William Cho

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Beyond our Shores... Changi

A2 by [̲̅I̲̅м̲̅ρ̲̅є̲̅я̲̅i̲̅α̲̅l̲̅ ̲̅α̲̅м̲̅s̲̅] ®

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Credits of pic: Ibnu

Canon A2 by Dave Buckle

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Canon A2 with a Magnicon 28-70mm 2.8-4.5 lens.

a2 by Mateusz Droba

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a2 by The Jolly Photographer

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A2 by Benjamin Dziechciowski

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UP YPR60 slowly navigates the interlocking at Tower A2 after switching the sole industry east of California Avenue as it meets West Line #44 pushed by the only F59PHI in full Metra livery. The second signal bridge contains two of the last GRS Type E signals in existence on the former C&NW. Noble Street can be seen in the distance.

a2 by Mas Martís

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A2 - Thirst Advertising by Thang Le | Photography

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Model: Stacey Fenton

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A2-ABE by Bart Massart