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By:Mike Rapchak Jr.
Dates:5/13/2002 - 12/31/2009
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NS Coke Train
Title:  NS Coke Train
Description:  NS C40-9W #9159 with help from sister SD70M-2੩ lugs a long string of empty coke hoppers upgrade out of Kirk Yard on the EJ&E elevated mainline.
Photo Date:  5/21/2006  Upload Date: 8/27/2006 4:25:42 PM
Location:  Gary, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
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Locomotives:  NS 9159(C40-9W) NS 2665(SD70M-2)
Views:  524   Comments: 0
BNSF B40-8W 543
Title:  BNSF B40-8W 543
Description:  Resplendent in her Warbonnet livery, #543 leads a mixed freight east through Pine Junction in the CSX ex-B&O mainline.
Photo Date:  6/24/2006  Upload Date: 9/1/2006 4:50:23 PM
Location:  Gary, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
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Locomotives:  BNSF 543(B40-8W)
Views:  549   Comments: 0
CEFX AC4400 1002
Title:  CEFX AC4400 1002
Description:  Leading a westbound manifest, CEFX #1003 barrels through Pine Junction on the NS Chicago Line.
Photo Date:  6/24/2006  Upload Date: 9/1/2006 5:30:20 PM
Location:  Gary, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
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Locomotives:  CEFX 1003(AC44CW)
Views:  553   Comments: 0
CSX SD45-2 8974
Title:  CSX SD45-2 8974
Description:  An increasingly rare SD45-2, #8974 heads east through Pine Junction on her ex-B&O mainline.
Photo Date:  6/24/2006  Upload Date: 9/1/2006 5:42:39 PM
Location:  Gary, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
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Locomotives:  CSX 8974(SD45-2)
Views:  549   Comments: 0
EJ&E SD18M 809
Title:  EJ&E SD18M 809
Description:  Running long hood forward, #809 makes a late-afternoon run from Kirk Yard to the Pine NS/J interchange yard at Pine Junction
Photo Date:  6/24/2006  Upload Date: 9/1/2006 5:09:38 PM
Location:  Gary, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
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Locomotives:  EJE 809(SD-M)
Views:  448   Comments: 0
EJ&E Coal Freight on the Lakefront Line
Title:  EJ&E Coal Freight on the Lakefront Line
Description:  EJ&E #654 - perhaps the only unmodified J SD38 and still sporting the older "Green Ball" livery - leads sister #662 and a long coal freight west out of Kirk Yard on the Lakefront Line, much to the delight of visiting railfans.
Photo Date:  8/6/2006  Upload Date: 10/19/2006 9:44:12 PM
Location:  Gary, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
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Locomotives:  EJE 654(SD38)
Views:  887   Comments: 1
EJ&E SD[9]M 814
Title:  EJ&E SD[9]M 814
Description:  Climbing the elevated-mainline grade west out of Kirk Yard.
Photo Date:  8/6/2006  Upload Date: 10/19/2006 9:34:24 PM
Location:  Gary, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
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Locomotives:  EJE 814(SD-M)
Views:  450   Comments: 0
BNSF Coal Freight Highballs
Title:  BNSF Coal Freight Highballs
Description:  BNSF SD70MAC #9535 with the help of sister #5183 flies west through Sine Junction with an empty coal freight on the NS mainline.
Photo Date:  8/10/2006  Upload Date: 8/10/2006 8:17:22 PM
Location:  Gary, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
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Locomotives:  BNSF 9535(SD70MAC) BNSF 5183(C44-9W)
Views:  559   Comments: 0
NS GP15-1 1457
Title:  NS GP15-1 1457
Description:  #1457 has just finished assembling her steel-coil train in the Pine NS/EJ&E interchange yard and is getting ready to re-enter the NS mainline at Pine Junction.
Photo Date:  8/12/2006  Upload Date: 10/20/2006 4:34:51 PM
Location:  Gary, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
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Locomotives:  NS 1457(GP15-1)
Views:  437   Comments: 0
NS-Mittal Steel Bottle Train
Title:  NS-Mittal Steel Bottle Train
Description:  A molten iron bottle train rolls east through Pine Junction on the NS Chicago Line, "book-ended" by twin NS B32-8s - #s 3546 and 3541.
Photo Date:  8/12/2006  Upload Date: 10/20/2006 5:09:39 PM
Location:  Gary, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
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Locomotives:  NS 3546(B32-8) NS 3541(B32-8)
Views:  597   Comments: 0
Amtrak NPCU 90200
Title:  Amtrak NPCU 90200
Description:  "Cabage" unit #90200 - on the tail end of a Chicago-bound express - displays her new livery.
Photo Date:  8/13/2006  Upload Date: 10/22/2006 4:45:52 PM
Location:  Gary, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
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Locomotives:  AMTK 90200(NPCU)
Views:  959   Comments: 1
CSX ES44DC 5375
Title:  CSX ES44DC 5375
Description:  #5375 is pulling a long coal freight - destined for the EJ&E's Kirk Yard - west out of Curtis Yard on the J branch line at Pine Junction.
Photo Date:  8/13/2006  Upload Date: 10/22/2006 5:03:25 PM
Location:  Gary, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 5375(ES44DC)
Views:  351   Comments: 0
CSX ES44DC 5375 [b]
Title:  CSX ES44DC 5375 [b]
Description:  #5375 crosses Clark Road westbound on the EJ&E branch line at Pine Junction.
Photo Date:  8/13/2006  Upload Date: 10/22/2006 5:10:38 PM
Location:  Gary, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 5375(ES44DC)
Views:  410   Comments: 0
IHB Power
Title:  IHB Power
Description:  IHB GP40-2 #4014 leads a short mixed freight west through Pine Junction on the NS Chicago Line.
Photo Date:  8/13/2006  Upload Date: 10/22/2006 5:16:24 PM
Location:  Gary, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
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Locomotives:  IHB 4014(GP40-2)
Views:  422   Comments: 0
SOO SD60 6052
Title:  SOO SD60 6052
Description:  Leading a westbound mixed freight on the NS mainline at Pine Junction.
Photo Date:  8/13/2006  Upload Date: 10/22/2006 4:53:52 PM
Location:  Gary, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  352   Comments: 0
BNSF ES44AC 5844
Title:  BNSF ES44AC 5844
Description:  Hauling a high-speed manifest west through Pine Junction.
Photo Date:  8/20/2006  Upload Date: 10/28/2006 11:25:29 PM
Location:  Gary, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 5844(ES44AC)
Views:  349   Comments: 0
CP AC4400 8568
Title:  CP AC4400 8568
Description:  Hauling a westbound stack train through Pine Junction on the NS Chicago Line.
Photo Date:  8/20/2006  Upload Date: 10/28/2006 11:16:25 PM
Location:  Gary, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 8568(AC44CW)
Views:  305   Comments: 0
CSX Power
Title:  CSX Power
Description:  CSX temporarily dominates the Pine Junction area with one train (led by CW44AC 153) holding on the ex-B&O mainline and three more in the Curtis Yard area.
Photo Date:  8/20/2006  Upload Date: 10/28/2006 11:33:42 PM
Location:  Gary, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 153(AC44CW)
Views:  466   Comments: 0
CSX 153 & 677
Title:  CSX 153 & 677
Description:  Exhibiting a bit of their ALCo lineage, CSX CW44AC #153 and CW60AC #677 smoke it up as they accelerate their westbound stack train at Pine Junction.
Photo Date:  8/20/2006  Upload Date: 11/11/2006 9:10:58 PM
Location:  Gary, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 153(AC44CW) CSX 677(AC60CW)
Views:  566   Comments: 0
CSX Coke Train
Title:  CSX Coke Train
Description:  Twin CSX SD40-2s - #8425 & 8136 - pull a long coke freight west out of Curtis Yard on the EJ&E branch line at Pine Junction.
Photo Date:  8/20/2006  Upload Date: 11/12/2006 11:30:05 AM
Location:  Gary, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 8425(SD40-2) CSX 8136(SD40-2)
Views:  511   Comments: 0
EJ&E #813
Title:  EJ&E #813
Description:  Ex-DMIR SD18M #813, leading a cut of cars west out of Kirk Yard, pauses while the brakeman aligns the switches for nearby Pine Yard.
Photo Date:  8/20/2006  Upload Date: 11/11/2006 9:49:02 PM
Location:  Gary, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  EJE 813(SD-M)
Views:  466   Comments: 0
IHB Power
Title:  IHB Power
Description:  Receding view of a pair of IHB GP40-2s running light eastbound on the NS mainline at Pine Junction; #4019 is the trailing unit.
Photo Date:  8/20/2006  Upload Date: 11/12/2006 11:17:08 AM
Location:  Gary, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  IHB 4019(GP40-2)
Views:  352   Comments: 0
BNSF C44-9W 1078
Title:  BNSF C44-9W 1078
Description:  BNSF #1078, still in the older Heritage livery, leads a short mixed freight west through Pine Junction while an NS track crew stands down as she passes by.
Photo Date:  9/2/2006  Upload Date: 11/11/2006 9:41:16 PM
Location:  Gary, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
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Locomotives:  BNSF 1078(C44-9W)
Views:  388   Comments: 0
Sunday Best
Title:  Sunday Best
Description:  CSX GP38-2 #2554 has just pulled her train out of Curtis Yard and onto the CSX mainline as her conductor boards in perperation for departure. At least I think this fellow is the conductor. He's dressed in his "Sunday Best", unusual attire for a member of a train crew.
Photo Date:  9/2/2006  Upload Date: 11/12/2006 1:16:10 PM
Location:  Gary, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
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Locomotives:  CSX 2554(GP38-2)
Views:  382   Comments: 0
IHB Mixed Freight
Title:  IHB Mixed Freight
Description:  Led by one of my personal favorite locomotives - GP40P-2 #4010 - this IHB manifest is seen passing through Pine Junction on the NS Chicago Line.
Photo Date:  9/2/2006  Upload Date: 11/12/2006 1:04:34 PM
Location:  Gary, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  IHB 4010(GP40P-2)
Views:  497   Comments: 0
NS ES40DC 7527
Title:  NS ES40DC 7527
Description:  New GEVO loco rolling through Pine Junction with her eastbound stack train.
Photo Date:  9/2/2006  Upload Date: 10/28/2006 11:42:40 PM
Location:  Gary, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS7 5=´()
Views:  438   Comments: 1
CSX C40-8W 7355
Title:  CSX C40-8W 7355
Description:  Leading an eastbound stack train on the ex-B&OCT mainline at Pine Junction.
Photo Date:  9/3/2006  Upload Date: 1/13/2007 7:34:55 PM
Location:  Gary, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 7355(C40-8W)
Views:  330   Comments: 0
CSX C40-8 7578
Title:  CSX C40-8 7578
Description:  Holding with an eastbound coal freight on the EJ&E branch line at Pine Junction.
Photo Date:  9/3/2006  Upload Date: 1/13/2007 7:47:40 PM
Location:  Gary, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 7578(C40-8)
Views:  420   Comments: 0
EJ&E SD38-3 661
Title:  EJ&E SD38-3 661
Description:  Upgraded to Dash 3 status, #661 is seen hauling a mixed freight upgrade on the elevated J mainline westbound out of Kirk Yard.
Photo Date:  9/3/2006  Upload Date: 1/13/2007 7:40:25 PM
Location:  Gary, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  EJE 661(SD38-3)
Views:  479   Comments: 0
Evening Amtrak
Title:  Evening Amtrak
Description:  P42DC #32 and her express fly west through Pine Junction near dusk.
Photo Date:  9/30/2006  Upload Date: 1/23/2007 8:28:01 PM
Location:  Gary, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 32(P42DC)
Views:  209   Comments: 0
CSSSB GP38s
Title:  CSSSB GP38s
Description:  Chicago SouthShore GP38-2s #2005 and 2007 are highlighted by the bright afternoon sun as they run light estbound through Pine Junction on the CSX mainline.
Photo Date:  9/30/2006  Upload Date: 1/23/2007 8:32:19 PM
Location:  Gary, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSS 2005(GP38-2) CSS 2007(GP38-2)
Views:  327   Comments: 0
EJ&E SD18M 818
Title:  EJ&E SD18M 818
Description:  Running light long hood forward out of Kirk Yard at Pine Junction.
Photo Date:  9/30/2006  Upload Date: 1/23/2007 8:23:26 PM
Location:  Gary, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  EJE 818(SD-M)
Views:  585   Comments: 0
Chicago South Shore
Title:  Chicago South Shore
Description:  A westbound CSSSB freight led by GP38-2s #2006 & 2005 heads through Pine Junction on the CSX mainline, its passage recorded by IL railfan Alan Keightley and veteran railfan/photographer Dennis Schmidt.
Photo Date:  10/7/2006  Upload Date: 1/31/2007 8:46:44 PM
Location:  Gary, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSS 2006(GP38-2) CSS 2005(GP38-2)
Views:  420   Comments: 0
New Coal Hoppers
Title:  New Coal Hoppers
Description:  CSX C40-8 #7494 flies west through Pine Junction with a long string of new XCLX coal hoppers.
Photo Date:  10/7/2006  Upload Date: 1/31/2007 8:36:44 PM
Location:  Gary, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 7494(C40-8)
Views:  410   Comments: 0
Dual Warbonnets
Title:  Dual Warbonnets
Description:  BNSF ex-ATSF Warbonnets - C44-9W #750 & B40-8W #525 highball a local freight west through Pine Junction on the NS Chicago Line.
Photo Date:  10/7/2006  Upload Date: 1/31/2007 9:09:39 PM
Location:  Gary, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 750(C44-9W) BNSF 525(B40-8W)
Views:  716   Comments: 0
HLCX SD40-2 #6311
Title:  HLCX SD40-2 #6311
Description:  Ex-BN-now-HLCX #6311 drags a long coke train west out of Curtis Yard on the EJ&E branch line at Pine Junction.
Photo Date:  10/7/2006  Upload Date: 1/31/2007 8:57:24 PM
Location:  Gary, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  HLCX 6311(SD40-2)
Views:  337   Comments: 0
In the "Passing Lane"
Title:  In the "Passing Lane"
Description:  CSX ES44DC #5327 and her holding manifest are about to be overtaken and passed by a high-speed westbound coal freight led by sister C40-8 #7494 at Pine Junction.
Photo Date:  10/7/2006  Upload Date: 1/31/2007 8:26:58 PM
Location:  Gary, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 5327(ES44DC) CSX 7494(C40-8)
Views:  651   Comments: 0
CSSSB 2007 & 2000
Title:  CSSSB 2007 & 2000
Description:  Hauling a short mixed freight west through Pine Junction on the CSX mainline.
Photo Date:  10/14/2006  Upload Date: 2/14/2007 7:05:59 PM
Location:  Gary, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSS 2007(GP38-2) CSS 2000(GP38-2)
Views:  328   Comments: 0
CSX 5968
Title:  CSX 5968
Description:  One of a batch of B40-8s recently purchased from NS by CSX, #5968 - still in NS black and with hastily applied reporting marks - highballs west through Pine Junction on the NS mainline.
Photo Date:  10/29/2006  Upload Date: 3/27/2007 6:41:32 PM
Location:  Gary, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 5968(B40-8)
Views:  757   Comments: 0
Railfanning
Title:  Railfanning
Description:  A group of railfans records the approach of NS SD70M-2 #2759 and her stack train, westbound on the NS main through Pine Junction on a beautiful late October afternoon.
Photo Date:  10/29/2006  Upload Date: 3/27/2007 6:46:56 PM
Location:  Gary, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 2759(SD70M-2)
Views:  581   Comments: 0
EJ&E SW1200 316
Title:  EJ&E SW1200 316
Description:  #316 rolls a cut of cars west out of Kirk Yard on the NS/J Pine interchange yard lead track.
Photo Date:  11/12/2006  Upload Date: 3/27/2007 6:53:25 PM
Location:  Gary, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  EJE 316(SW1200)
Views:  313   Comments: 0
Thanksgiving Day Traffic on the J
Title:  Thanksgiving Day Traffic on the J
Description:  EJ&E trains head east and west in an out of Kirk Yard late on Thanksgiving Day 2006. They're crossing Clark Road on their elevated-mainline overpass.
Photo Date:  11/23/2006  Upload Date: 3/27/2007 7:00:10 PM
Location:  Gary, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  EJE 654(SD38) EJE 675(SD38-2) EJE 664(SD38-3)
Views:  735   Comments: 1
EJ&E SD38-3 657
Title:  EJ&E SD38-3 657
Description:  #657, with help from sister #667, hauls a mixed freight upgrade out of Kirk Yard at Pine Junction. 657 is crossing the Clark Road ovepass.
Photo Date:  11/24/2006  Upload Date: 3/31/2007 9:39:20 PM
Location:  Gary, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  EJE 657(SD38-3)
Views:  482   Comments: 2
Father and Son Railfans
Title:  Father and Son Railfans
Description:  A budding young railfan follows his father who is recording some of the action at Pine Junction, including CEFX SD40-2 #3122 and her stack train.
Photo Date:  12/9/2006  Upload Date: 4/1/2007 1:10:36 AM
Location:  Gary, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CEFX 3122(SD40M-2) CSX 128(AC44CW)
Views:  558   Comments: 0
Gloomy Sunday
Title:  Gloomy Sunday
Description:  HLCX SD40-2 #8141 idles in Curtis Yard late on a gloomy Sunday at Pine Junction.
Photo Date:  2/25/2007  Upload Date: 4/2/2007 5:52:22 PM
Location:  Gary, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  HLCX 8141(SD40-2)
Views:  224   Comments: 0
NS and a Near Whiteout
Title:  NS and a Near Whiteout
Description:  Lurking in this heavy afternoon snow squall at Pine Junction is NS SD60 #6632 at the head of an eastbound stack train.
Photo Date:  2/25/2007  Upload Date: 4/2/2007 5:46:01 PM
Location:  Gary, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 6632(SD60)
Views:  390   Comments: 0
Whiteface Stacker
Title:  Whiteface Stacker
Description:  NS C40-9W #9904, looking spiffy in her clean Whiteface livery, strides through Pine Junction at the head of a westbound stack train.
Photo Date:  3/11/2007  Upload Date: 4/2/2007 5:57:25 PM
Location:  Gary, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 9904(C40-9W)
Views:  256   Comments: 0
Heading West out of Curtis Yard
Title:  Heading West out of Curtis Yard
Description:  CSX B40-8 #5946 pulls her train onto the ex-B&O mainline from adjacent Curtis Yard at Pine Junction.
Photo Date:  3/25/2007  Upload Date: 5/24/2007 5:49:38 PM
Location:  Gary, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 5946(B40-8)
Views:  314   Comments: 0
Dual EJ&E SW1200s
Title:  Dual EJ&E SW1200s
Description:  EJ&E SW1200s #311 and 316, running light, roll east toward Curtis Yard on their branch line at Pine Junction
Photo Date:  4/15/2007  Upload Date: 5/24/2007 5:52:27 PM
Location:  Gary, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  EJE 311(SW1200) EJE 316(SW1200)
Views:  432   Comments: 0
EJ&E 818 Building Her Train
Title:  EJ&E 818 Building Her Train
Description:  #818 pulls a cut of cars upgrade out of Kirk Yard while assembling her train.
Photo Date:  4/15/2007  Upload Date: 5/24/2007 5:47:06 PM
Location:  Gary, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  EJE 818(SD-M)
Views:  467   Comments: 0


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