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A beautiful sunrise on the second day of Winter along the Illinois River. Five exposure HDR processed with Nik HDR Efex Pro 2
Autumn color and the Lock Tenders House reflect in the I & M Canal at Lock 8. Five exposure HDR processed with Nik HDR Efex Pro 2
Great signage seen as Chicagoans celebrate Biden's electoral win back in November. I also want to recommend a book I read recently that was amazing called Children of the Land by Marcelo Hernandez Castillo. I highly recommend this book….a poetic nonfiction book about a Mexican family and all of the real horrors of just trying to exist in a space in this country and how hard we make it. It is unjust, it is inhumane and it needs to stop.
www.npr.org/2020/01/25/799470733/marcelo-hernandez-castil...
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A grand old home and Autumn splendor in Morris Illinos. Five exposure HDR processed with Nik HDR Efex Pro 2
Looking westward down the frozen I & M Canal at Morris Illinois, on the second day of Winter. Five exposure HDR processed with Nik HDR Efex Pro 2
Home Federal Savings in 1980 merged with Talman Federal Savings then to Bank of America. This sign is in Chicago on Adams Street. 132
UP coal loads CNAOK lead by Southern Pacific painted UP 1996 is seen hustling East under the steam era coaling tower and vintage search light signals as an off schedule Sterling Local gives a wave while they wait their turn with a nice EMD leader of its own.
Nelson, IL
2020.08.14
Chain of Rocks Bridge
Old Route 66
Crosses Mississippi River at "Chain of Rocks" ( visible on right side) between Missouri and Ilinois.
In 1991 Nick Tanev, an immigrant to the United States from Bulgaria, presented to then Mayor James Dixon and the City of Dixon, the sculpture called "The Wings of Peace and Freedom." The presentation was made during a sister cities convocation of Dixonites and Russians who had come together in peace and friendship following years of conflict between the governments of the United States and the Soviet Union.
The sculpture is an expression of Mr. Tanev's gratitude to President Ronald Reagan for his part in ending the Cold War. Because Dixon was the President's boyhood home, Mr Tanev sought to award the town that had produced such a courageous and strong leader. Mr Tanev attributed his own success and good fortune to his having left the oppression of Bulgaria for the prosperity and hope he found in the United States of America. The sculpture is for his the very symbol of the joy and triumph he found in the peace and freedom of his adopted homeland.
One of the wonderful architectural buildings that grace Chicago, lit up, colourfully during the evening.
The Rock River flows through town, making Beloit a good place for industries such as milling, metalworking, paper making (from northern Wisconsin's lumber) and other factories to flourish since the city's beginnings. Beloit Iron Works (1858-2000)
In 1980's with 7700 employees, Beloit Corporation.
In 1999 Harnischfeger Corporation filed a Chapter 11 petition for Bankruptcy.
Enter Ken and Diane Hendricks. In 2001 Ken and Diane purchased the property and began the remarkable redevelopment of the campus. Renamed the "Ironworks" to reflect the center's historic roots, renovation on the 750,000 sq. ft. of property began in 2002, and the former office buildings, foundry, and various manufacturing and storage areas were transformed into attractive loft offices and manufacturing space while retaining charm and character in the course of the renovation.
Local artist was commissioned to create the “Forged on the Rock” murals situated along the complex. These large murals honor the history and the people of Beloit Corporation. “It’s important to pay tribute to the past and the men and women who got us here,”
Beloit Ironworks Campus.
On a recent Saturday, I happened to see that CN had a northbound lined up on the STL District. This was interesting as the local generally runs at night so it figured to be a unit train. I put the word out and went along with my morning. Later on, local foam reported that it was the local with IC SD70's! Luckily for us, lots of "confusion and delay" ensued on the TRRA allowing for us to leisurely knock out an errand and then get in position for a quick flight over Willows Tower.
03-13-2022
The Local power for LPG04 rests on a clear night in Sterling, Illinois as a UP Grain Load cruises East toward Chicago on the Geneva Sub.
Amtrak number three scoots around a slower westbound at Romeo, Ilinois. All the head end biz reminds me of all the mail that once ran this route, pre-1967. I've read about it anyway.
June 15, 1996.
Illinois Railway Museum
Union, Illinois near 42.2278, -88.5275
June 27, 2024
More about the Silver Pilot on IRM's web page
My Ilinois Railway Museum pictures
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The Rock River flows through town, making Beloit a good place for industries such as milling, metalworking, paper making (from northern Wisconsin's lumber) and other factories to flourish since the city's beginnings. Beloit Iron Works (1858-2000)
In 1980's with 7700 employees, Beloit Corporation.
In 1999 Harnischfeger Corporation filed a Chapter 11 petition for Bankruptcy.
Enter Ken and Diane Hendricks. In 2001 Ken and Diane purchased the property and began the remarkable redevelopment of the campus. Renamed the "Ironworks" to reflect the center's historic roots, renovation on the 750,000 sq. ft. of property began in 2002, and the former office buildings, foundry, and various manufacturing and storage areas were transformed into attractive loft offices and manufacturing space while retaining charm and character in the course of the renovation.
Local artist was commissioned to create the “Forged on the Rock” murals situated along the complex. These large murals honor the history and the people of Beloit Corporation. “It’s important to pay tribute to the past and the men and women who got us here,”
Beloit Ironworks Campus.
C&NW search lights and code line still stand tall in Cortland, offering the perfect props to frame Union Pacific's Southern Pacific heritage unit as it ushers coal loads toward Oak Creek, WI.
Cortland, IL
2020.08.14
Savannah & Atlanta heritage SD70ACe leads NS 224 west through the slow-ordered reverse curve east of New Baden, IL. Site of a significant derailment a couple years ago, cleanup continues to this day.
Thanks to WR for the play-by-play while I was at work. Managed to get in position just before a tidal wave of foamy activists arrived on scene.
Southbound on the CN Memphis Sub, IC 1019 and IC 1010 approach the Industrial Street crossing bound for CN Harrison Yard with the RJY30 transfer train.
Soo Line westbound freight arrives from the south behind GP30, GP35, F7 (704-724-212A.) This could be a run-through from another railroad's yard to Shops Yard in North Fond du Lac, as the Soo would in many cases prefer to sort things out up there, both for arrivals from the south or east, and also for sending freight to the connecting Chicago railroads.
It's 2130, and there was still light to be found on BNSF's Chillicothe Subdivision. BNSF's LCHI102 races east across the vast plain outside Verona, IL on a gorgeous, late summer evening. Rightfully leading the way to Chicago is former Santa Fe C44-9W 654, sporting its predecessor's iconic Warbonnet paint scheme.
64-14839 KC-135R 108TH ARS / 126th ARW Scott AFB Ilinois ANG USAF, Reach 315 rolls out on runway 11 after arriving at Mildenhall.
The struggle was real. . .
Every so often, a coal train would be rerouted down the Mississippi River, then east over the C&I. Given the rolling nature of the C&I, especially west of Rochelle, heavy trains would struggle through this stretch.
I was in Milledgeville, Ill, catching action on the north side of the C&I along Ilinois Route 40 on July 11, 1998. In the summer, the morning sun lights the north side of the tracks, making for some interesting angles.
I could hear this coal train coming for miles and it was not having an easy time of it. If there was no crew change in Savanna for this train, this crew out of La Crosse likely was going to cut it close on time before it reached Aurora or Eola.
The Olde English Faire is part of Autumn on Parade, an annual festival in Oregon, Illnois. This year's AOP theme was "Everything Old is New Again," but in deciding not to go along with the crowd, I tried to make something new....old.
from the first-ever Rock River Valley Flickr Group Meetup, Stronghold Castle, Oregon, Illinois
Oct/2007
I hate to sound ungrateful or presumptuous, but PLEASE do not give me any invitations to any groups....I think trying to participate in all those groups really bogged me down! And I want to have time to comment on all of your wonderful work!!!
:)
Labor Day 2024 finds us in St.Paul looking at a uniquely Milwaukee Road workhorse, the SDL-39 diesel. It was kind of an experiment in offering a lightweight 6-axle unit for the time, and was basically a GP-39 on six axle trucks. I thought these were some very cool looking units, and we see one third of the current 1984 fleet sitting here in a lashup. And looking pretty nice.
Milwaukee was the only purchaser of these machines, buying 10 of them between 1969 and 1972. One of them was wrecked in 1983, but the remaining 9 units survived being retired by the Soo Line to go on to being purchased by the Wisconsin Central, who put them back to work. After the CN took over the WC, they leased them to the "Ilinois Central" for a short time before selling them to a lease company. But even though there were only 9 of these units left, they proved to be real survivors, ending up sold to the FEPASA Railway in Chile, where they are still in service wearing a spiffy two tone blue plus gray paint scheme for the Fepasa Railway.
Please forgive the poor, ad-hoc, pano work. It was the only way
I could present this magnificent old relic when the trees are in leaf. Chicago
The Rock River flows through town, making Beloit a good place for industries such as milling, metalworking, paper making (from northern Wisconsin's lumber) and other factories to flourish since the city's beginnings. Beloit Iron Works (1858-2000)
In 1980's with 7700 employees, Beloit Corporation.
In 1999 Harnischfeger Corporation filed a Chapter 11 petition for Bankruptcy.
Enter Ken and Diane Hendricks. In 2001 Ken and Diane purchased the property and began the remarkable redevelopment of the campus. Renamed the "Ironworks" to reflect the center's historic roots, renovation on the 750,000 sq. ft. of property began in 2002, and the former office buildings, foundry, and various manufacturing and storage areas were transformed into attractive loft offices and manufacturing space while retaining charm and character in the course of the renovation.
Local artist was commissioned to create the “Forged on the Rock” murals situated along the complex. These large murals honor the history and the people of Beloit Corporation. “It’s important to pay tribute to the past and the men and women who got us here,”
Beloit Ironworks Campus. 165