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4/24/2024
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Viewing Album:  Illinois Trains (Outside of Greater Chicago)
 
By:Andre Wehrle
Dates:6/8/2000 - 9/20/2022
Album Info:Forays into the Badger State's neighbor to the south that do not include Chicago or its suburbs (they have their own album).
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UP 1038 streetrunning on Madison Street
Title:  UP 1038 streetrunning on Madison Street
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/14/2020  Upload Date: 9/14/2020 11:13:57 PM
Location:  Rockford, IL
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 1038(GP60)
Views:  139   Comments: 1
UP 1038 streetrunning on Madison Street crossing Hill
Title:  UP 1038 streetrunning on Madison Street crossing Hill
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/14/2020  Upload Date: 9/14/2020 11:14:38 PM
Location:  Rockford, IL
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 1038(GP60)
Views:  197   Comments: 0
IR 3500 parked off Samuelson Road
Title:  IR 3500 parked off Samuelson Road
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/14/2020  Upload Date: 9/14/2020 11:16:20 PM
Location:  New Milford, IL
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  IR 3500(GP35)
Views:  135   Comments: 1
Going for a stroll on Madison Street
Title:  Going for a stroll on Madison Street
Description:  The UP local Y-BE51 has done their Thursday work in Loves Park (A gondola or two dropped off for Cimco scrapyard, two tanks picked up at Rock Valley Oil & Chemical) and is on the return trip to Belvidere.
Photo Date:  5/6/2021  Upload Date: 5/8/2021 10:46:13 PM
Location:  Rockford, IL
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 5245(GP40-2)
Views:  51   Comments: 0
Coming Through!
Title:  Coming Through!
Description:  The UP local out of Belvidere typically makes the trek up and down Madison Street just two days a week to switch out a few cars at a couple of customers in Loves Park. A portion of this ex-C&NW line, including this street running, is also used by a trolley car operated by the Rockford Park District. Its schedule is arranged so as to eliminate any possibility of conflict with a UP freight movement on this dark territory.
Photo Date:  5/6/2021  Upload Date: 5/8/2021 10:46:33 PM
Location:  Rockford, IL
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 5245(GP40-2)
Views:  147   Comments: 0
Crossing Seventh Street
Title:  Crossing Seventh Street
Description:  This location was on my bucket list since I found out it has a pair of old C&NW-era Griswold cantilever signals.
Photo Date:  5/6/2021  Upload Date: 5/8/2021 10:46:57 PM
Location:  Rockford, IL
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 5245(GP40-2)
Views:  120   Comments: 0
Crossing the Kishwaukee River
Title:  Crossing the Kishwaukee River
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/6/2021  Upload Date: 5/8/2021 10:47:34 PM
Location:  Cherry Valley, IL
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 5245(GP40-2) UPY 700(GP15-1)
Views:  135   Comments: 1
Almost Home
Title:  Almost Home
Description:  ...at least I think so. The Belvidere yard is just on the other side of the Irene Road crossing, and I lost the train in there. Not sure if they were done for the day after arriving there; or if they had more work to do around town, perhaps switching the big auto plant, or if that is handled by other jobs. I never heard a peep out of this train on the scanner, so I must not have had the right one of UP's multitude of frequencies activated.
Photo Date:  5/6/2021  Upload Date: 5/8/2021 10:48:05 PM
Location:  Belvidere, IL
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 5245(GP40-2)
Views:  146   Comments: 1
Empty grain train for DeLong rounds the Oak Grove Rd. curve
Title:  Empty grain train for DeLong rounds the Oak Grove Rd. curve
Description:  Thanks to a timely heads up on the Facebook group, I got here just in the nick of time to catch this. This is on a short (3-ish mile) stub of the former Kenosha-Rockford "KD Line," this portion of which also served to connect Harvard with South Beloit until sometime in the 1980s. Now its only reason for existence is to serve the DeLong (formerly Seegers Grain) elevator on the west edge of Chemung. The train will stop here and the UP power will go in the hole on the stub track to the right. DeLong's SW7 will then dart in and grab the empties.
Photo Date:  7/10/2021  Upload Date: 7/12/2021 9:40:57 PM
Location:  Chemung, IL
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 2613(ET44AH)
Views:  40   Comments: 0
Swinging Down
Title:  Swinging Down
Description:  Once the train comes to a stop, the conductor will uncouple the power, then it will pull ahead and he will line the switch so it can go in the hole on the stub track to the right.
Photo Date:  7/10/2021  Upload Date: 7/12/2021 9:42:18 PM
Location:  Chemung, IL
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 2613(ET44AH)
Views:  63   Comments: 0
As far west as the UP power will take the train
Title:  As far west as the UP power will take the train
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/10/2021  Upload Date: 7/12/2021 9:45:52 PM
Location:  Chemung, IL
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 2613(ET44AH)
Views:  45   Comments: 0
Waiting Patiently
Title:  Waiting Patiently
Description:  DeLong's SW7 (formerly the sole power rostered under the name Chicago-Chemung Railroad, when it and the line were both owned by Seegers Grain) has been shuttling grain hoppers back and forth on this short section of ex-C&NW trackage for quite a few years now. Built in 1950 for C&O, it still carries the paint and number applied by the Chicago, Madison & Northern in the early '80s.
Photo Date:  7/10/2021  Upload Date: 7/12/2021 9:47:44 PM
Location:  Chemung, IL
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  TDCX 202(SW7)
Views:  51   Comments: 0
UP 2613
Title:  UP 2613
Description:  The UP power pulls partway across Oak Grove Road to clear the switch so it can reverse into the stub track and clear the way for DeLong Co. 202 to come get the grain MTs. I used HDR in Photoshop CC 2021 to add some life to the colors in this and several of the next few photos taken on this overcast day.
Photo Date:  7/10/2021  Upload Date: 7/12/2021 9:47:58 PM
Location:  Chemung, IL
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 2613(ET44AH) TDCX 202(SW7)
Views:  52   Comments: 0
Big winged Uncle Petes reverse into the stub track to clear up for DeLong's switcher
Title:  Big winged Uncle Petes reverse into the stub track to clear up for DeLong's switcher
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/10/2021  Upload Date: 7/12/2021 9:48:47 PM
Location:  Chemung, IL
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 2613(ET44AH)
Views:  49   Comments: 0
DeLong's SW7 moves in to take over
Title:  DeLong's SW7 moves in to take over
Description:  The emergency contact number blue tags on the crossing posts still say "Chicago-Chemung Railroad Corp." The reporting mark for this Seegers Grain-owned outfit was CCUO, but the engine is now lettered TDCX presumably for "The DeLong Company," which is also emblazoned on the backs of the high-vis vests worn by the crew.
Photo Date:  7/10/2021  Upload Date: 7/12/2021 9:48:58 PM
Location:  Chemung, IL
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  TDCX 202(SW7)
Views:  74   Comments: 0
TDCX 202 is flagged over Oak Grove Road
Title:  TDCX 202 is flagged over Oak Grove Road
Description:  Besides the crew operating the engine, DeLong had flaggers stationed at each of the three crossings they would run over between here and the elevator.
Photo Date:  7/10/2021  Upload Date: 7/12/2021 9:49:10 PM
Location:  Chemung, IL
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  TDCX 202(SW7)
Views:  66   Comments: 0
Coming in for the joint
Title:  Coming in for the joint
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/10/2021  Upload Date: 7/12/2021 9:49:34 PM
Location:  Chemung, IL
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 2613(ET44AH) TDCX 202(SW7)
Views:  58   Comments: 0
Side by Side
Title:  Side by Side
Description:  A difference of about 65 years and 3,200 HP.
Photo Date:  7/10/2021  Upload Date: 7/12/2021 9:49:45 PM
Location:  Chemung, IL
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  TDCX 202(SW7) UP 2613(ET44AH)
Views:  57   Comments: 0
Starting to pull the empties west toward the elevator
Title:  Starting to pull the empties west toward the elevator
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/10/2021  Upload Date: 7/12/2021 9:49:56 PM
Location:  Chemung, IL
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  TDCX 202(SW7) UP 2613(ET44AH)
Views:  85   Comments: 0
The Long Arm of The DeLong Company
Title:  The Long Arm of The DeLong Company
Description:  They've seemingly taken over the vast majority of grain elevators in the State Line region in recent years, including this one (formerly Seegers) at Chemung, IL; the former Gavilon (Avalon, WI), and the former Demeter (South Beloit, IL).
Photo Date:  7/10/2021  Upload Date: 7/12/2021 9:50:05 PM
Location:  Chemung, IL
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  TDCX 202(SW7)
Views:  64   Comments: 0
Pint-Sized Powerhouse
Title:  Pint-Sized Powerhouse
Description:  With the bell tolling merrily but the 12-cylinder 567 growling, the 71-year-old, 1,200 horsepower switcher moves the entire empty grain train that was just brought in by two 4K+ HP UP road units. Granted, it couldn't do this with the loads, but still an impressive performance.
Photo Date:  7/10/2021  Upload Date: 7/12/2021 9:50:16 PM
Location:  Chemung, IL
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  TDCX 202(SW7)
Views:  57   Comments: 0
Seeing double? CNW 178529
Title:  Seeing double? CNW 178529
Description:  This unpatched C&NW hopper car was the fourth in the empty grain train. No, you're not seeing things, there are two faded ball-and-bar logos on there.
Photo Date:  7/10/2021  Upload Date: 7/12/2021 9:50:26 PM
Location:  Chemung, IL
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  41   Comments: 0
CNW 178529 with its dual logos rolls along ex-C&NW rails
Title:  CNW 178529 with its dual logos rolls along ex-C&NW rails
Description:  This grain train ran via Proviso yard to Harvard along what was once the Chicago-Twin Cities main line via Beloit (or Janesville), Madison and Elroy. Now it is on a stub of the former "KD Line" between Kenosha and Rockford, this portion of which also connected Harvard with South Beloit until the late '80s.
Photo Date:  7/10/2021  Upload Date: 7/12/2021 9:50:36 PM
Location:  Chemung, IL
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
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Views:  29   Comments: 0
Approaching White Oaks Road and the DeLong facility
Title:  Approaching White Oaks Road and the DeLong facility
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/10/2021  Upload Date: 7/12/2021 9:50:46 PM
Location:  Chemung, IL
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  TDCX 202(SW7)
Views:  46   Comments: 0
$2 Medium Slushies
Title:  $2 Medium Slushies
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/10/2021  Upload Date: 7/12/2021 9:50:55 PM
Location:  Chemung, IL
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  TDCX 202(SW7)
Views:  116   Comments: 0
Other side of C&NW 178529 also has the "double vision" logo
Title:  Other side of C&NW 178529 also has the "double vision" logo
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/10/2021  Upload Date: 7/12/2021 9:51:04 PM
Location:  Chemung, IL
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  28   Comments: 0
GMTX 2698 on the local switch job
Title:  GMTX 2698 on the local switch job
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/9/2021  Upload Date: 8/21/2021 4:11:49 PM
Location:  Rochelle, IL
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GMTX 2698(GP38-2) BNSF 7896(ES44DC)
Views:  204   Comments: 0
Distant EMDs
Title:  Distant EMDs
Description:  A short train of mostly 2-bay covered hoppers (sand?) came east by the park. They had five units led by two EMDs (SD60M and SD40-2) and three GEs. The two EMDs cut off from the train for some reason and were way up here when I came to investigate.
Photo Date:  8/9/2021  Upload Date: 8/21/2021 4:12:52 PM
Location:  Rochelle, IL
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 1759(SD40-2)
Views:  87   Comments: 0
EMD pair has re-joined the GE trio
Title:  EMD pair has re-joined the GE trio
Description:  The five-unit consist has recombined and runs light west after dropping its train.
Photo Date:  8/9/2021  Upload Date: 8/21/2021 4:13:28 PM
Location:  Rochelle, IL
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 1404(SD60M) BNSF 1759(SD40-2) BNSF 7896(ES44DC)
Views:  139   Comments: 0
BJRY 572 switching AmeriCold/Lineage
Title:  BJRY 572 switching AmeriCold/Lineage
Description:  First time I've ever seen the BJRY actually working in Rochelle, although unfortunately it wasn't the ALCo.
Photo Date:  8/9/2021  Upload Date: 8/21/2021 4:59:45 PM
Location:  Rochelle, IL
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BJRY 572(GP15-1)
Views:  105   Comments: 0
Wider view of BJRY 572 among the many spurs for AmeriCold/Lineage Logistics
Title:  Wider view of BJRY 572 among the many spurs for AmeriCold/Lineage Logistics
Description:  I would have liked to shoot more, but this is a tough area to set up with no shoulders and frequent truck traffic on the road that runs through this industrial park on the southeast edge of Rochelle.
Photo Date:  8/9/2021  Upload Date: 8/21/2021 6:25:15 PM
Location:  Rochelle, IL
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BJRY 572(GP15-1)
Views:  94   Comments: 0
Five-unit power set runs light west
Title:  Five-unit power set runs light west
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/9/2021  Upload Date: 8/21/2021 6:25:36 PM
Location:  Rochelle, IL
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 6133(ES44AC)
Views:  76   Comments: 0
Swooshed Triclops trails the power move past the park
Title:  Swooshed Triclops trails the power move past the park
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/9/2021  Upload Date: 8/21/2021 6:25:58 PM
Location:  Rochelle, IL
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 1404(SD60M)
Views:  107   Comments: 0
UP 6067 is DPU on a westbound Geneva Sub coal train
Title:  UP 6067 is DPU on a westbound Geneva Sub coal train
Description:  I spotted the headlight of this train at the crossing in "downtown" Franklin Grove, and waited for it to slowly make its way to me. After shooting video of the head end (UP 6021 leader, plus UP 7474), I started driving east towards Rochelle on IL-38 but grabbed this profile of the DPU motor from the car window.
Photo Date:  4/30/2022  Upload Date: 5/23/2022 1:40:31 PM
Location:  Franklin Grove, IL
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 6067(AC44CWCTE)
Views:  33   Comments: 0
BNSF 7942 stopped with a westbound intermodal
Title:  BNSF 7942 stopped with a westbound intermodal
Description:  Stopped in town, fouling the UP diamonds, I think because of severe thunderstorm warnings to the west.
Photo Date:  4/30/2022  Upload Date: 5/23/2022 1:43:42 PM
Location:  Rochelle, IL
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 7942(ES44C4)
Views:  47   Comments: 0
Boarded up and tagged BN cupola caboose 12521 sitting along the Illinois Railway tracks
Title:  Boarded up and tagged BN cupola caboose 12521 sitting along the Illinois Railway tracks
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/25/2022  Upload Date: 5/28/2022 9:32:30 PM
Location:  Ottawa, IL
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Views:  55   Comments: 0
Illinois Railway power including an ex-NS SD60M
Title:  Illinois Railway power including an ex-NS SD60M
Description:  I was surprised to find the 410 not already in the database, hopefully someone who knows its history can fill it in. It appears to have a Leslie 3-chime horn and, interestingly, no rear ditch lights. Edit: Thanks to whoever updated the unit history. It's ex-BN/HLCX recently renumbered from its as-built number of 8163. Per other photos on here it received the Helm blue dip sometime between March and April of 2007, prior to that it was still in BN Cascade Green.
Photo Date:  5/25/2022  Upload Date: 5/28/2022 9:35:58 PM
Location:  Ottawa, IL
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Locomotives:  OMLX 410(SD40-2) PRLX 6770(SD60M)
Views:  466   Comments: 1
BN 12521, your friendly neighborhood caboose
Title:  BN 12521, your friendly neighborhood caboose
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/25/2022  Upload Date: 5/28/2022 9:38:37 PM
Location:  Ottawa, IL
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
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Views:  65   Comments: 0

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