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Check it on Black! After a 7 week journey I'm back. Hopefully I can share some beautiful places with my Flickr pals...
An Amtrak Hiawatha bound for Milwaukee departs under the Chicago skyline and the PRR signal bridge at Racine Avenue.
CN 8904, CN 2196, CN 2275, and CN/IC 2721 pull a long manifest freight westbound past the East Rockford (Illinois) control point at milepost 85.60 west on the CN North Division, Freeport Subdivision. This is also the remote control switch for the Illinois Railway interlocking controlled by CN Desk 7 in Homewood, Illinois. The lead engine is about to pass under the historic Seminary Street timber stringer bridge and will then cross the Rock River at milepost 86.0. On the opposite side of the tracks is the Behr Iron and Metal Seminary Street scrap yards.
some points with randommotion drive the controlpoints of a beziercurve.
and some other values with some more rrrrrandom of course. the scetch spits out qite nice images, but it's even more amazing to see the motion.
CSX 8739-West leads a unit train of ethanol empties westbound over the heated switch for the Illinois Railway wye at control point East Rockford in Rockford IL. The train is about to pass under the historic Seminary Street timber stringer bridge built in 1901 and will cross the Rock River just around the curve 4/10ths of a mile ahead.
CN 2550 West assisted by IC 1001 proceed westbound at low speed past the East Rockford control point and interlocking with a mixed manifest freight and ethanol unit train. They are about to duck under the historic Seminary Street timber stringer bridge built in 1901. The train stopped at the red signal at East Rockford caused by a track circuit failure ahead and is proceeding at low speed under authority of track foreman Steve Johnson who is waiting to flag the grade crossing at milepost 86.40 (Morgan Street).
The Loram LMIX-606 rail grinder pauses at the East Rockford control point while two MOW workers extinguish fires around the switch heater started by the grinding operations. East Rockford is m.p. 85.6 on the CN Freeport Subdivision. This switch is the interlocking to the Illinois Railway which has trackage rights from here on the CN.
CN 2550 west at the East Rockford interlocking (milepost 85.6 west) on the CN North Division, Freeport Subdivision in Rockford Illinois. IC 1001 assists with a combination manifest freight and empty ethanol unit train. The train made a full stop at the control point due to a red signal indication and is now proceeding at restricted speed under authority of track foreman Steve Johnson due to a failure in the signal circuit ahead. Johnson is flagging the crossing at milepost 86.40 where the crossing gates are stuck in the down position.
As everybody was busy to show off in this outstanding TriBeCa space with an outstanding rooftop terrace, no one seemed to pay this totally gorgeous, unpretentious beauty any mind, as she was diligently doing her job, cleaning there where less caring, more ego-driven people were desperately trying to be noticed.
Fortunately, I spotted her.
Like I did with Alice (you can find it in her dedicated album.) You may begin to think I like this session and the model. You wouldn't be too wrong.
Looking east at Control Point 806 in Wendover, Utah. This is the Union Pacific's (formerly Western Pacific's) line between Salt Lake City and California. Block signals are the traffic lights of railroads but they are more complicated than traffic signals used on streets. What little I know about the working conditions of train crews leads me to believe they have to understand a zillion operating rules and many different signals. They have my respect. A viewer explained this block signal thusly:
Green above red is known as a "clear signal," meaning that the block ahead (just behind the signal) is clear (unoccupied) and that the block beyond that is clear, so it is not necessary to slow down or stop at this signal or the next one.
Yellow above red (a "clear to stop signal"), means that the block behind this signal is clear, but the one after that is not, so be prepared to stop at the next block signal.
Red above red (name of combination not given) means that the block behind this signal is occupied, so you must stop here and wait until the signal changes (based on the movement of the train ahead).
NS 9525 leads CSX 7328 and a manifest freight with plenty of ethanol empties westbound past the East Rockford interlocking and over the Behr Iron and Metal switch at milepost 85.6. Here it passes under the historic Seminary Street bridge on the CN North Division, Freeport Subdivision in Rockford Illinois. The Seminary Street bridge is a timber stringer structure built in 1901. The train is about to cross the Rock River at milepost 86.0 as it continues west.
In the brush growing at the center of this photo lies the historic old IC/CB&Q Rockford diamond which served this location for many years and was once controlled by a manned interlocking tower at this site. On January 9, 2012 the diamond was replaced by a pair of switches on the CN - a manual switch leading into the yard at the Behr Iron and Metal scrap company and a remote control switch to the wye for the southbound connection to the Illinois Railway Rockford branch terminating at Flag Center, Illinois. The IR switch is remote controlled by the CN RTC in Homewood, Illinois. This is the East Rockford interlocking at milepost 85.6 west on the CN North Division, Freeport Subdivision.
CN 5642 East (SD75I) and CN 8834 (SD70M-2) lead an eastbound train of mostly ethanol loads past control point East Rockford on the Freeport Subdivision in Rockford IL on a rainy Sunday in February.
The sign on the silver shack says "CP RV734 Lakeside," which identifies the track switch (a "control point").
NS 7705 leads a westbound manifest freight past the 72nd Street grade crossing in Milwaukee on a hot summer day.
Found on a Lamp post in Southern Stockholm.
I'm extremely happy with how it turned out, it's straight out of the camera!
Even though it was dark as the inside of a cow the crew kept the door open to let some fresh air in.
I actually updated my train blog! Though not with this spotting. Yet.
As everybody was busy to show off in this outstanding TriBeCa space with an outstanding rooftop terrace, no one seemed to pay this totally gorgeous, unpretentious beauty any mind, as she was diligently doing her job, cleaning there where less caring, more ego-driven people were desperately trying to be noticed.
Fortunately, I spotted her.
As everybody was busy to show off in this outstanding TriBeCa space with an outstanding rooftop terrace, no one seemed to pay this totally gorgeous, unpretentious beauty any mind, as she was diligently doing her job, cleaning there where less caring, more ego-driven people were desperately trying to be noticed.
Fortunately, I spotted her.
This is the new bi-directional signal tower at M.P. 83.55 on the CN Freeport Subdivision in Rockford, Illinois. It uses super bright LED lights. This is adjacent to the 20th Street crossing.
With Vulgar Wizard snapping away. The conductor had to step out and manually release a switch or somesuch at Control Point Mallon--this seems to be a trouble spot for UP maintenance.
CN 5783 West and CN 8866 lead a long manifest freight and ethanol empties combination through the East Rockford control point at milepost 85.6west on the CN Freeport Subdivision on a sunny and warm Father's Day afternoon.
As everybody was busy to show off in this outstanding TriBeCa space with an outstanding rooftop terrace, no one seemed to pay this totally gorgeous, unpretentious beauty any mind, as she was diligently doing her job, cleaning there where less caring, more ego-driven people were desperately trying to be noticed.
Fortunately, I spotted her.
Backing into the third siding to drop off a few more cars.
I actually updated my train blog! Though not with this spotting. Yet.
In November 2012 I noticed that CN had recently installed this vehicular style non-directional antenna on the roof of the new Buckbee control point equipment building at M.P. 83.55 (20th Street grade crossing) on the Freeport Sub in Rockford, Illinois. The CN is being extensively upgraded through this region. I can only guess what this antenna might be for: a talking detector to be installed at this location, a remote receiver for the comm link, part of the new PTC system?
CSX 673 and 536 are about to duck under the historic Seminary Street bridge in Rockford, Illinois. The bridge was built in 1901 and rehabilitated in 2008. They are pulling a unit train of empty ethanol tank cars with a few cars of manifest freight mixed in west bound on the CN Freeport Subdivision. The signals are part of the Rockford East control point at CN milepost 85.60. The train is approaching the CN bridge over the Rock River at milepost 86.00.
A mainline switch. The metal strips between the rails and points are switch heaters. This is at North Olden siding.