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ray gerard

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« on: March 08, 2011, 01:09:26 AM »
off-topic but interesting: today pointing SW on the former IC line from Gilman to Gibson City an apparently local CN freight lead by an orange (EJ&E?) road switcher followed by a CN road switcher followed by a gleaming Metra FP40 !!
 

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« Reply #1 on: March 10, 2011, 02:38:58 PM »
My guess is the Metra locomotive was heading somewhere for service or it had been sold to another transit agency like MARC.  They are not geared for freight service.
 

ray gerard

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« Reply #2 on: April 06, 2011, 12:37:17 AM »
per Northwestern Lines (C&NW Hist.Society) 2011 Issue 1 p10 Progress Rail of Maysville KY is rebuilding a few Metra FP40\'s