Recent Digital Photos
by Mike Condren
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54 Years of Railroad Photography |
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Mike's Main Railroad Web Site
March 17, 2015: Happy Saint Patrick's Day
| The Chicago River has been stained green for Saint Patrick's Day. This grab shot was from the Michigan Ave bridge over the river. |
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| This CTA train passed over the street while I was waiting for the light to turn green. |
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| This CTA 5046 is seen on the loop passing over Orleans St. |
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| This CTA train is on the Lake St line heading to the loop. |
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Sturtevant, WI
| This is the new station at Sturtevant, WI. |
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| This Amtrak train is seen arriving at the station at Sturtevant, WI. |
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| The next train was this southbound Amtrak approaching from Milwaukee. |
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| This northbound local is seen near Kenosha, WI. |
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| This Trackmobile was working a plant across the road from the coal fired power plant SW of Kenosha, WI. |
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| These UP GEs are used to power the unit coal trains that supply the power plant in the above photo. |
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| Upon returning to Sturtevant station, I catch this north bound from inside the west tower of the crossover due to the cold wind. Sorry for the glare on the window glass. |
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| I caught this CP freight from platform level at the Sturtevant station. This train used the crossover at the former station site for its meet with the "Empire Builder". |
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| I caught the next train from the west tower of the crossover. Note that the train is running on the east track for a meet with the "Empire Builder" on the west track. |
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| The "Empire Builder" meets the Milwaukee to Chicago train between the old station site and the current Sturtevant station. |  |
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| The next northbound Amtrak was on the normal east track. |
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| Several members of the Tuesday Night Slide Group gathered at the Culver's on WI-20 at I-94 west of Sturtevant. |
| Left side of table: l to r: Brian Schmidt (blue shirt, cap), Denny Hamilton (shades on top of his head), Bob Baker (red shirt) and Otto Dobnick (blue shirt) |
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| Left side of table: l to r: Craig Willett, Rick Moser, Nick Tharalson, Dave Ingles, Mike Patrick, and Bob Fontana (end of table). |
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