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Weather changes along the shores of Governors Island, Lake Mendota, Madison, Wisconsin
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A new GEVO leads coal loads past searchlight signals at Earlville, Illinois. Gone are the signals and going is coal.
Early autumn colors under the Mendota Bridge at Fort Snelling State Park in Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota.
Many interesting things to spot in this scene (including a 50th Anniversary commemorative locomotive) as Amtrak train #3, the westbound Southwest Chief, prepares to depart from the station at Mendota, Illinois on March 14, 2023.
Amtrak’s California Zephyr curves into Mendota, Illinois, on its westbound trip over Burlington Northern’s Chicago to Galesburg main line on the spring afternoon of April 16, 1988.
Power for Burlington Northern’s Mendota local rests overnight in the small yard at Mendota, Illinois, while in the background, almost looking like a model railroad are the old buildings lining Main Street glowing on the evening of May 1, 1992. What looks for the world like an EMD GP30, No. 2757 is actually a GP39E, remanufactured by EMD in July 1989 from the former CB&Q No. 969/BN No. 2246.
Usually when I drive by this barn, this horse and a colt are in front in the morning sun. As I approached this morning they appeared rather cautious and retreated to the rear. Happy Holidays everyone and Peace on Earth.
Burlington Northern EMD GP9 No. 1858 and Fort Worth & Denver caboose No. 185 are assigned to local service at Mendota, Illinois, and wait for their next call of duty on the night of August 24, 1991. BN No. 1848 was built in 1955 as Northern Pacific No. 232.
View of trackage at Mendota Illinois while passing through on an October 1964 5632 steam excursion.
Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad
Mendota Illinois
196410.1-05 EFTS
Earlville was perhaps the best-looking location on the Mendota Sub. California Zephyr rips west on a summer afternoon.
I get House Wrens nesting in my wren box every year. I can sit on my porch and less than 10 feet away they go about their business and sing their beautiful song. I don't know if I mentioned it, but I retired from work about three months ago (and loving it).
CB&Q 2-10-4 no. 6315 and 4-8-4 no. 5632 are seen doubleheading through Mendota, Illinois with a westbound fan trip.
9-6-1959
Photographer Unknown - Jacob Narup collection
It has always been a goal of mine to capture unique ice formations during the winter months. Last year I bought my first drone and with that comes new views of the lakes I love. Lake Monona and Mendota have been snowless for about a week and have provided many with rare views of the many patterns that scar the ice. This is a shot of Lake Monona from 1800 ft offshore.
What a surprise to run into this combination working around Mendota on a quiet Saturday in July 2007.
July 29, 2000 Mendota, Illinois
One of the best intact railroad pole lines left in the states about 10-12 years ago was along the old CB&Q Railroad between Aurora and Mendota, Illinois. Most of the pole line had five or six crossarms with mostly six along highway 34 between Somonauk and Plano. It was so neat driving along highway 34 seeing the six crossarm pole line right next to the highway, it was like going back in time about 75 years. This line has been taken down in sections 10-12 years ago along with all the old CB&Q signals.
This shot shows the pole line just east of Mendota, Illinois. On the pole the top two wires would be remnant telephone use and the bottom two wires either for power or part of the signaling system. Looks like all the signaling (code) wires are in the aerial cable on this section of the pole line. The insulators without wires would of been the former communication circuits of telegraph and telephone, and would of been taken out of service decades ago.
Modern technology of fiber optics, microwave, radio, satellite, and computers have been replacing the older open wire pole lines that were once a common sight along railroads.
Some of the best insulators that I found along this line were CD 145 beehives. Some of my finds were N.E.G.M.CO. in various aqua shades along with a few green ones with one being a very nice yellow green, H.G.CO. in jade green milk, many variety of "Crown Embossed Brookfields" (CREB's) including some in nice teal green, Hawleys, and one CD 151 CREB.
Scanned from a 35mm negative using a Pentax PZ-10 camera, Pentax FA 28-80mm f/3.5-4.7 lens.