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Terrible shot of 185 |
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4/4/2006 Upload Date: 4/4/2007 4:34:24 AM |
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Downers Grove, IL |
| Author: |
Tristan Garrett |
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METX 185(F40PHM-2) |
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| Title: |
Amtrak 32 on 347 west |
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32 leads train A 347 1 04 west through Downers Grove. |
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4/4/2006 Upload Date: 4/4/2007 4:34:25 AM |
| Location: |
Downers Grove, IL |
| Author: |
Tristan Garrett |
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AMTK 32(P42DC) |
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347 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
A RAIL! WOW! |
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And a tie plate! |
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4/4/2006 Upload Date: 4/4/2007 4:34:27 AM |
| Location: |
Downers Grove, IL |
| Author: |
Tristan Garrett |
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| Title: |
Eastbound dinky |
| Description: |
Shoving east into Downers Grove. |
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4/6/2006 Upload Date: 4/4/2007 4:16:49 AM |
| Location: |
Downers Grove, IL |
| Author: |
Tristan Garrett |
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| Title: |
I didn't wait long enough... |
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No, this isn't flagrant mocnery of the rule of thirds, this is a case of "where is the other train?"... |
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4/6/2006 Upload Date: 4/4/2007 4:18:15 AM |
| Location: |
Downers Grove, IL |
| Author: |
Tristan Garrett |
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332 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
There we go... |
| Description: |
Two trains in one shot. Yau. |
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4/6/2006 Upload Date: 4/4/2007 4:21:45 AM |
| Location: |
Downers Grove, IL |
| Author: |
Tristan Garrett |
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METX 191(F40PHM-2) |
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563 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
405 on flipback |
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Or whatever you want to call it. This is nne of the two typical methods by which reversal of the train at Downers Grove is accomplished. |
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4/6/2006 Upload Date: 4/4/2007 4:22:50 AM |
| Location: |
Downers Grove, IL |
| Author: |
Tristan Garrett |
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395 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Westbound junk freight |
| Description: |
Probably M BRCGAL, but I really don't know. |
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4/9/2006 Upload Date: 4/4/2007 4:34:19 AM |
| Location: |
Downers Grove, IL |
| Author: |
Tristan Garrett |
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BNSF 7053(SD40-2) BNSF 7922(SD40-2) |
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454 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
BNSF 2914 |
| Description: |
Backlit telesmashes can be fun once in a while. |
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4/9/2006 Upload Date: 4/4/2007 8:19:51 AM |
| Location: |
Downers Grove, IL |
| Author: |
Tristan Garrett |
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BNSF 2914(GP39E) |
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362 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Metra 185 west |
| Description: |
Boring shot, but hey, at least you can see the whole train... |
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4/9/2006 Upload Date: 4/4/2007 4:34:19 AM |
| Location: |
Downers Grove, IL |
| Author: |
Tristan Garrett |
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Roster,RollingStock |
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METX 185(F40PHM-2) |
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501 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Metra 107 through National Street |
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Passing through the National Street depot in Elgin. Photo by John Means. |
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4/14/2006 Upload Date: 4/4/2007 4:34:21 AM |
| Location: |
Elgin, IL |
| Author: |
John Means |
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METX 107(F40PH) |
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468 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
107 rolling east |
| Description: |
Coming into the plant at National Street. |
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4/14/2006 Upload Date: 4/4/2007 4:34:23 AM |
| Location: |
Elgin, IL |
| Author: |
Tristan Garrett |
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METX 107(F40PH) |
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404 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Being suspicious and taking pictures from high up |
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Apparently nobody (except Animal Control) cares if you take a picture of a train in Elgin,$but get yourself some elevation and you're a security threat. Whatever.... |
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4/14/2006 Upload Date: 4/4/2007 4:34:23 AM |
| Location: |
Elgin, IL |
| Author: |
Tristan Garrett |
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METX 210(F40PHM-2) |
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1391 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
424 on the back end of that eastbound |
| Description: |
Rolling east into National Street depot. |
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4/14/2006 Upload Date: 4/4/2007 4:34:22 AM |
| Location: |
Elgin, IL |
| Author: |
Tristan Garrett |
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414 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Inside an Amtrak coach |
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Lookmng out of the window in Horizon coach AMTK 54521. |
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4/22/2006 Upload Date: 4/4/2007 2:56:48 AM |
| Location: |
Libertyville, IL |
| Author: |
Tristan Garrett |
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RollingStock |
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246 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Ticket stub or somethWng |
| Description: |
I don't know what this thing is called. |
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4/22/2006 Upload Date: 4/4/2007 3:00:19 AM |
| Location: |
Hinsdale, IL |
| Author: |
Tristan Garrett |
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RollingStock |
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241 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Crossbuck and UP MZSPR |
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I think it's MSSPR, anyway. Train rolls south. |
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4/22/2006 Upload Date: 4/4/2007 3:15:55 AM |
| Location: |
Pleasant Prairie, WI |
| Author: |
Tristan Garrett |
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161 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Inside Metra coach 740 |
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For a 56-year-old Q coach, she looks pretty good inside and out. |
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4/22/2006 Upload Date: 4/4/2007 3:28:28 AM |
| Location: |
Western Springs, IL |
| Author: |
Tristan Garrett |
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RollingStock |
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| Title: |
3 F40s... nothing special |
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A trio of F40PH-2s sit over in Waukegan. |
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4/22/2006 Upload Date: 4/18/2007 3:14:35 PM |
| Location: |
Waukegan, IL |
| Author: |
Tristan Garrett |
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METX 166(F40PH) METX 170(F40PH) |
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704 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Keats and Smoky Catnip |
| Description: |
Showing off his weapons of fright: a D50, a cell phone, and his car. |
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4/22/2006 Upload Date: 4/18/2007 3:14:36 PM |
| Location: |
Pleasant Prairie, WI |
| Author: |
Tristan Garrett |
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199 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
UP 3071 on MSSPR 21 |
| Description: |
Today's MSSPR (or yesterday's, I guess) rolls south into Pleasant Prairie with some nice power, yellow or not. |
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4/22/2006 Upload Date: 4/4/2007 3:38:23 AM |
| Location: |
Pleasant Prairie, WI |
| Author: |
Trista Garrett |
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UP 3071(SD40-2) UP 2971(SD40M-2) UP 3081(SD40-2) |
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6925 Comments: 3 |
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| Title: |
Emergency lighting |
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For the uninitated, at Union Station, whenever a BN train leaves for the western suburbs, there is a percod of anywhere from 30 seconds to two minutes when the emergency lighting in the coaches comes on as the station power is removed and the HEP generator on the loco is started. |
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4/22/2006 Upload Date: 4/4/2007 3:40:27 AM |
| Location: |
Chicago, IL |
| Author: |
Tristan Garrett |
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155 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Looking north on the CU |
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At Bain Station Road, MP 51.57 if I recall correctly. |
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4/22/2006 Upload Date: 4/4/2007 4:34:37 AM |
| Location: |
Pleasant Prairie, WI |
| Author: |
Tristan Garrett |
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175 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Nothing new here... |
| Description: |
A UP train sitting in the siding. Welcome to reality. |
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4/27/2006 Upload Date: 4/4/2007 4:34:30 AM |
| Location: |
La Fox, IL |
| Author: |
Tristan Garrett |
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UP 4021(SD70M) |
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329 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
In the hole... |
| Description: |
What else is dew? |
| Photo Date: |
4/27/2006 Upload Date: 4/4/2007 4:34:29 AM |
| Location: |
La Fox, IL |
| Author: |
Tristan Garrett |
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UP 4021(SD70M) |
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357 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Metra westbound into La Fox |
| Description: |
Yawn... |
| Photo Date: |
4/27/2006 Upload Date: 4/4/2007 4:34:30 AM |
| Location: |
Downers Grove, IL |
| Author: |
Tristan Ga|rett |
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METX 145(F40PH) |
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347 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Oops, underexposed... |
| Description: |
Boring Metra. |
| Photo Date: |
4/27/2006 Upload Date: 4/4/2007 4:34:31 AM |
| Location: |
La Fox, IL |
| Author: |
Tristan Garrett |
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METX 171(F40PH) |
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416 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Gah |
| Description: |
Right number, wrong railroad... Coal empties. |
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4/27/2006 Upload Date: 4/4/2007 4:34:33 AM |
| Location: |
La Fox, IL |
| Author: |
Tristan Garrett |
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UP 7149(AC44CW) CSX 227(AC44CW) |
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545 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Westbound Metra |
| Description: |
Running lefty, like the C&NW before it. |
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4/27/2006 Upload Date: 4/4/2007 4:34:34 AM |
| Location: |
La Fox, IL |
| Author: |
Tristan Garrett |
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METX 160(F40PH) |
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427 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Another ex-C&NW |
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No smiley face. :( |
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4/27/2006 Upload Date: 4/4/2007 4:34:34 AM |
| Location: |
La Fox, IL |
| Author: |
Tristan Garrett |
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UP 3091(SD40-2) UP 2987(SD40-2) |
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477 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Wrong side of the sun |
| Description: |
But it's Metra, so who cares? |
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4/27/2006 Upload Date: 4/4/2007 4:34:35 AM |
| Location: |
La Fox, IL |
| Author: |
Tristan Garrett |
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381 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
More coal empties... |
| Description: |
A fun engine though. |
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4/27/2006 Upload Date: 4/4/2007 4:34:36 AM |
| Location: |
La Fox, IL |
| Author: |
Tristan Garrett |
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UP 8013(SD9043MAC) |
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351 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Halfway decent shot of Metra |
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Still on the wrong side, though. |
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4/27/2006 Upload Date: 4/4/2007 4:34:36 AM |
| Location: |
La Fox, IL |
| Author: |
Tristan Garrett |
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METX 150(F40PH) |
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469 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Sun-lit shelter |
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This was once the view from the shelter between #1 and #2 tracks (I think) in La Fox. In February '07, I returned to see that doors had been put up. y shame, truly. |
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4/27/2006 Upload Date: 4/4/2007 3:42:23 AM |
| Location: |
La Fox, IL |
| Author: |
Tristan Garrett |
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431 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Ex-C&NW motor |
| Description: |
Still has that ever-present smiley face on the nose bell. |
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4/27/2006 Upload Date: 4/4/2007 4:34:32 AM |
| Location: |
La Fox, IL |
| Author: |
Tristan Garrett |
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UP 2990(SD40-2) UP 2965(SD40M-2) |
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573 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
UP 4088 |
| Description: |
One of the best photos of today, and I didn't even shoot it. Oh well. |
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4/27/2006 Upload Date: 4/4/2007 4:34:32 AM |
| Location: |
La Fox, IL |
| Author: |
John Means |
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UP 4088(SD70M) NS 2732(SD70M-2) |
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653 Comments: 0 |
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