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FEBRUARY  29  2008

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MP2 - A rare double ended outbound Saluki -10:01am

+36°F  -  85%  -  Overcast  - W 13 mph   - WIND CHILL  +26°F

Amtrak138 (P42DC) + Amtrak512 (B32-8)

MP2 - NB - CN mixed - 8:33am

+36°F  -  87%  -  Overcast  - WSW 09 mph   - WIND CHILL  +27°F

CN8839 (SD70M-2) + CN8801 (SD70M-2)

FEBRUARY  28  2008

CN Snow Plow - probable Jordan Spreader - exICG, CCP

MP2 - SB - CN mixed - 10:20am

same train above minus plow & C44-9W

CN5348 (SD40-2W) + CN6019 (SD40u)

MP2 - NB - CN mixed - 1:25pm

CN2678 (C44-9W) + CN2266 (ES44DC)

MP2 - SB - CN mixed - 3:18pm

IC6014 + IC6016 (both SD40A-2R)

FEBRUARY  27  2008

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MP2 - NB - CN mixed - 10:04

CN5629 (SD75i) + CN5452 (SD50F)

MP2 - Outbound Saluki - 9:35am

Note that (Blue) numbers & Logo have been removed from unit

Amtrak30 (P42DC) + 4 to Carbondale

FEBRUARY  26  2008

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Crossing Indiana Ave Spring (Winter) wonderland on main1 - NB - CN mixed - 10:04am

+28°F  -  87%  - Lake Effect Snow / Partly Sunny   - NNE 25 mph   - WIND CHILL +11°F

CN8821 (SD70M-2) + CN5600 (SD70i)

Same train at MP2

Wjile on main2 - a very late inbound City of New Orleans arrives at MP2 - 10:22am

NOTE: This mornings Outbound Saluki had 2 engines / 4 cars

AMTRAK34 (P42DC) + 5

Nice job! Shoveling snow from ledge of new condo on Michigan Ave & 14th Street

Orange Line to the Loop @ 13th Street

Area between fence is the "old" entrance to the subway (Roosevelt Road Station)

that was used by the Englewood/Jackson Park - Howard Lines.  Entrance is still used

when Red Line is under repair.
FEBRUARY  25  2008

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MP2 - SB - CN mixed - 1:07pm

+34°F  -  87%  - Snow   - SW 06 mph   - WIND CHILL +29°F

CN6010 (SD40U) + CN/IC6132 (SD40-2)

Metra on the SCAL- 11:20am

Metra SW1500 taking a Metra coach to the shops at Canal Street

MP2 - NB - CN mixed - 10:55am

+34°F  -  87%  - Overcast   - SW 09 mph   - WIND CHILL +26°F

CN5527 (SD60F) + CN5327 (SD40-2W)

MP2 - NB - CN mixed - 9:18am

+34°F  -  93%  - Fog / Overcast   - SW 03 mph   - WIND CHILL +24°F

CN3108 (GP40) + GTW6420 (GP40-2) + IC6050 (SD40-2) + CN5532 (SD50F)

MP2 - SB - CN mixed - 9:11am in heavy fog

IC6250 (SD40-3) leads . . . .

. . . . CN8809 (SD70M-2)

FEBRUARY  24  2008

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Outbound South Shore 46 - Downtown Chicago @ Art Institute of Chicago

Museum of Modern Ice - Ice Rink at Millennium Park with a huge crowd today

Ever changing wall of ice

Large Crowds on Final Weekend

Ice Penny Toss

RAILChicago Office

MOW equipment on Metra @ 11th Street - Electric Line

MP2- NB - CN mixed - 11:20am

+36°F  -  59%  -Sunny  - SW 07 mph   - WIND CHILL +29°F

CN2286 (C44-9W) + WC6004 (SD40-2)

FEBRUARY  23  2008

RAILChicago will be back SUNDAY - February 24 2008

FEBRUARY  22  2008

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MP2 - SB - CN mixed - 1:20pm

+29°F  -  69%  - Mostly Cloudy   - E 08 mph   - WIND CHILL +20°F

CN5445 (SD50F) + CN/IC2457 (C40-8W)

MP2 - SB - CN mixed who came thru some snow enroute - 9:14am

+26°F  -  81%  - Light Snow   - N 07 mph   - WIND CHILL +16°F

CN/IC2714 (C44-9W) + IC1030 (SD70)

FEBRUARY  21  2008

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MP2 - NB - CN mixed - 3:00pm

CN5739 (SD75i) + CN5357 (SD40-2W) + CN2632 (C44-9W) + . . . .

. . . . CN5549 (SD50F) + IC6066 (SD40-2) + IC6032 (SD40-2)

Lunch at Mity Nice (Water Tower Place - Chicago)

Mity Nice @ Water Tower Place

Red Line Special to Lunch @ Roosevelt Road - 12:30pm

On a busy foreign power day - SCAL - EB BNSF mixed crossing Chicago River

heading for MP2 on CN.  Amtrak791 (SW10) in upper-left

MP2 - EB - BNSF off SCAL (from above pix) - 11:11am

+23°F  -  44%  - Overcast  - SE 15 mph   - WIND CHILL  +10°F

BNSF4955 (Dash9-44CW) + BNSF4980 (Dash9-44CW)

MP2 - SB - NS mixed off CN (Bridgeport) - 9:56am

+23°F  -  48%  - Mostly Cloudy   - SE 10 mph   - WIND CHILL  +10°F

NS9959 (C40-9W) + NS6796 (SD60M) + NS9636 (C40-9W)

MP2 -SB - CN mixed on main1 - 9:01am

+22°F  -  54%  - Mostly Cloudy   - SSE 09 mph   - WIND CHILL  +08°F

CN2606 (C44-9W) + NS2626 (SD70M) + CN5756 (SD75i)

MP2 - NB - CN/BNSF mixed (with Wednesday's BNSF units) - 8:57am

CN5735 (SD75i) + CN5411 (SD50F) + BNSF713 (Dash9-44CW) + BNSF8639 (B40-8)

FEBRUARY  20   2008

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MP2 - NB - CN mixed waiting behind Saluki - 3:45pm

CN5547 (SD60F) + CN5436 (SD50F)

MP2 - Inbound - A mighty late Saluki - 3:26pm

Amtrak173 (P42DC) + 4

MP2 - SB - BNSF tank train - off CN - 3:20pm

BNSF8639 (B40-8) + BNSF713 (Dash9-44CW)

MP2 - NB - CN mixed - 1:22pm

+21°F  -  44%  - Partly Cloudy   - NNW 12 mph   - WIND CHILL  +07°F

CN2426 (C40-8M) + CN2591 (C44-9W)

CTA worktrain at 13th/Wabash [Orange/Green Line] - 1:20pm

At Amtrak Lumber Street Yard - Chicago - 12:00noon

+18°F  -  47%  - Partly Cloudy   - NNW 16 mph   - WIND CHILL  +02°F

UP3371 (SD40-2) + UP3279 (SD40-2) + buffer car. . . . .

. . . .bring or taking four (4) Virginia Railway Express commuter cars.

First car coverered with snow - other 3 cars - no snow

MP2 - SB - CN mixed - 9:08am

IC1019 (SD70) + IC6003 (SD40-2R) + CN2669 (C44-9W)

FEBRUARY  19  2008

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Indiana Ave (Chicago) - Outbound - Illini - 4:22pm

+15°F  -  56%  - Scattered Clouds   - WSW 16 mph   - WIND CHILL  1 Below Zero

AMTRAK173 (P42DC) + 4

MP2 - NB - CN mixed - 2:09pm

CN5727 (SD75i) + CN5261 (SD40-2W)

The Meet at MP2

MP2 - SB - CN mixed - off BNSF (SCAL) - 2:07pm

CN2520 (C44-9WL) + BNSF766 (Dash9-44CW)

MP2 - SB - CN mixed - 1:08pm

CN5679 (SD75i) + CN2580 (C44-9W)

16th / Clark (Chicago) - NB - CN mixed - 11:55am

IC1001 (SD70) + IC1008 (SD70)

MP2 - SB - CN mixed - Lot of new SD70M-2s showing up - 9:08am

+09°F  -  69%  - Scattered Clouds   - WSW 13 mph   - WIND CHILL  10 Below Zero

CN8837 (SD70M-2) + CN6025 (SD40U)

FEBRUARY  18  2008

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MP2 - NB - CN mixed - 10:20am in the snow

+18°F  -  71%  -MOSTLY CLOUDY /  SNOW SHOWERS   - W 23 mph   - WIND CHILL  +1

CN8839 (SD70M-2) + CN/ GTW5947 (SD40-3)

FEBRUARY  17  2008

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MP2 - SB - NS mixed - 11:55am

+51°F  -  86%  - OVERCAST  - S 23 mph   - WIND CHILL  N/A

NS9410 (C40-9W) + NS9061 (C40-9W)

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MP2 - NB - CN mixed - 9:31am

+47°F  -  98%  - OVERCAST  - SSE 20 mph   - WIND CHILL  +36

CN2580 (C44-9W) +CN5679 (SD75i) + ATSF/BNSF676 (Dash9-44CW)

Santa Fe 676 - Dash9-44CW from train above

MP2 - Inbound - City of New Orleans - 9:10am

AMTRAK204 (P42DC) + 5

Fog blowing in off Lake Michigan this morning @8:30am

FEBRUARY  16  2008

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MP2 - WB - NS tank train - 5:35pm

+34°F  -  64%  - Scattered Clouds   - SE 06 mph   - WIND CHILL  +27

NS2626 (SD70M) + CR/NS (C40-8W)

I-55 & Pulaski - 11:00am

BNSF2539 (GP35U) + BNSF2983 (GP39V)

I-55 & Canal Street - 10:40am

UP9480 (C41-8W) + CSX5398 (B30-7)

Indiana Ave - SB - CN mixed - 10:20AM

CN5749 (SD75i) + CN5729 )SD75i)

MP2 - SB (CN mixed) - Inbound (Amtrak CNO) - 8:58am

+22°F  -  40%  - Mostly Cloudy   - NNW 08 mph   - WIND CHILL  +10

X marks the spot

The Bush boys dropping more chemicals on Chicago with sun-refractions or UFO's - 8:55am

FEBRUARY  15  2008

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MP2 - NB - CN mixed - 5:10pm

+22°F  -  40%  - Mostly Cloudy   - NNW 08 mph   - WIND CHILL  +10

IC6003 (SD40-2R) + IC1019 (SD70)

View looking SSE @ 5:05pm

Soldier Field - Northerly Island - Lake Michigan

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MP2 - SB - CN mixed - passing train below - 11:40am

CN9461 (GP40-2LW) + IC1029 (SD70)

MP2 -NB - CN Mixed - OB Saluki - 9:31am

+19°F  -  65%  - CLEAR  - NW 14 mph   - WIND CHILL  +02

CN/IC2709 (C44-9W) + CN2252 (ES44DC)

Roosevelt Road "L" Station - Inbound Orange Line - 7:46am

+16°F  -  77%  - CLEAR  - NW 09 mph   - WIND CHILL  +03

CareerBuilder.com - "L" cars

Amtrak Lumber Street (Chicago) Yard - 7:45am

one of four Sounder (Seattle, WA) Commuter Cars on the banks of the Chicago River

FEBRUARY  14  2008

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Indiana Ave -SB - CN mixed - 4:03pm

+37°F  -  72%  - OVERCAST  - SW 08 mph   - WIND CHILL  +29

CN/IC2710 (C44-9W) + CN5527 (SD60F)

MP2 - NB - CN short mixed - 2:46pm

+34°F  -  76%  - Mostly Cloudy   - S 16 mph   - WIND CHILL  +22

CN5756 (SD75i) + CN8002 (SD70M-2)

MP2 - SB - Grain/Tank off CN - 2:13pm

IC6130 (SD40-2) + UP9238 (C40-8) + UP9114 (C40-8)

Indiana Ave (Chicago) - EB - BNSF coal - 1:49pm

BNSF9346 (SD70ACe) + BNSF5994 (ES44AC)
FEBRUARY  13  2008

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Dodge Challenger - 5 left - $62,500

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MP2 - NB - CN long tank/grain train - 2:02pm

+25°F  -  58%  - Clear  - NW 12 mph   - WIND CHILL  +10

CN/IC2716 (C44-9W)+CN5350 (SD40-2W) + BNSF8845 + 9452 + 9930 (all SD70MAC)

Leaving shortly for Auto Show

Indiana Ave (Chicago) - OB - Saluki - 9:27am

+17°F  -  74%  - Clear  - NW 06 mph   - WIND CHILL  +05

AMTRAK24 (P42DC) + 4

Indiana Ave (Chicago) - SB - BNSF mixed off CN on main 1 - 9:15am

BNSF803 (Dash8-40CW) + BNSF7025 (SD40-2)

MP2 - SB - CN mixed on main 2 catches the BNSF - 9:16am

CN2547 (C44-9W) + CN/IC9561 (GP38-2)

MP2 - IB - City of N.O. - 8:23am

AMTRAK183 (P42DC) + 5

BNSF/AMTRAK/METRA trackage to CUS at 15th Street

+12°F  -  80%  - Clear  - WNW 04 mph   - WIND CHILL  +03

Inbound Heritage Corridor train (F40PH)

Outbound BNSF train (MP36PH-35)

FEBRUARY  12  2008

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On the way out of Connie's Pizza - SB - CN mixed

2 CN engines + IC 6251 (SD40-3)

A late lunch - Connie's Pizza - 26th/Archer (Chicago)

CN tracks at Archer/Loomis (Chicago) - NB/WB BNSF coal train - 2:30pm

BNSF8845 (SD70MAC) + BNSF9452 (SD70MAC)

14th Street (Chicago) - Inbound NICTD/South Shore - 7:42am

Note that third car has "cut-out" for center door but no door

+18°F  -  73%  - Overcast  - E  13 mph   - WIND CHILL  +04
FEBRUARY  11  2008

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MP2 - SB - CN mixed - 4:02pm

+12°F  -  62%  - Snow   - Variable 06  - WIND CHILL  +01

CN2670 (C44-9W) + CN5713 (SD75i)

Crossing Indiana Avenue (Chicago) - SB - CN mixed - covered w/snow

+11°F  -  49%  - Light Snow   -  ENE 06  - WIND CHILL  +01

CN/GTW5941 (SD40-3) + CN5607 (SD70i)

MP2 - Inbound - Saluki - 1:34pm

Amtrak81 (P42DC) + 4

Petsmart - Nemo was hungry - (Roosevelt & Canal) - Sears Tower in background - @11:30am

BNSF3533 (SW1200)

Metra Weldon Shop/Yard (Chicago) -7:38am in frigid weather

+2°F  -  57%  - Overcast  -  CALM - WIND CHILL   N/A

Two inbound and three for the shops

FEBRUARY  10   2008

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MP2 - Inbound - Saluki - 2:07pm

3°F  -  49%  - Scattered Clouds   -  WNW 25mph  - WIND CHILL 23 Below Zero

AMTRAK173 (P42DC) + 4

MP2 - SB - CN mixed - 8:46am

--02°F  -  51%  - Partly Cloudy   -  WNW 20mph  - WIND CHILL 24 Below Zero

CN/IC2456 (C40-8M) - CN/IC6140_SD40-2__WC6004_SD40-2

Crossing Indiana Ave - SB - WC6004 (SD40-2)

Picturetaken thru window - a little COLD outside

MP2 - SB - CN tanker train - 7:29am  in the bitter cold

--02°F  -  57%  - Clear  -  WNW 22mph  - WIND CHILL 26 Below Zero

IC??? (SD40-?) + IC6013 (SD40A-2R)

FEBRUARY  09  2008

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On the SCAL - WB - crossing over ex-ATSF & C&WI roadbed - BNSF empty coal - 3:18pm

+34°F  -  72%  - SNOW  -  WSW 14mph  - WIND CHILL +21

BNSF8834 (SD70MAC) + BNSF9423 (SD70MAC)

A brief stop at the Chicago Cultural Center

I decided to take a long walk instead of the gym today. 

ABOVE: At Millennium Park - skaters didn't care about the weather :BELOW

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MP2 - NB - Two CN mixed - 1:40pm

+34°F  -  72%  - Partly Sunny   -  WSW 17mph  - WIND CHILL +21

MP2 - on main 1 - NB - CN mixed - 1:40pm

CN5455 (SD50F) + CN/IC6253 (SD40-3) + GTW4903 (GP38-2)

MP2 - on main 2 - NB - CN mixed - 1:42pm

IC6109 (SD40-2) + CN5553 (SD50F) + CN5250 (SD40-2W)

MP2 - Inbound - CNO - 8:17am

+30°F  -  78%  - Mostly Cloudy / Haze   -  W 15mph  - WIND CHILL +18

AMTRAK22 (P42DC) + 6

MP2 - EB - BNSF loaded coal - off SCAL - 6:52am

+29°F  -  74%  - Overcast / Haze   -  WSW 12mph  - WIND CHILL +18

Poor lighting + no tripod = No numbers

Rear of train also had a trailing engine (a large FRED)

FEBRUARY  08  2008

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Home at last

MP2 - SB - CN M338 in EMERGENCY - 4:04PM

+38°F  -  73%  - Overcast  -  S 09mph  - WIND CHILL +31

CN5261 (SD40-2W) + IC6060 (SD40-2) + CN5430 (SD50F)

Back to Work - The Chicago Skyline - looking West/Northwest

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Eating Lunch Alone Today at the John G Shedd Aquarium

The "FISH MUSEUM" for lunch

MP2 - NB - CN mixed - 9:34am

+33°F  -  89%  - Overcast  -  S 09mph  - WIND CHILL +24

CN2601 (C44-9W) + IC3133 (GP40)

MP2 -SB - CN mixed - 9:03am

CN2431 (C40-8M) + CN2580 (C44-9W) + CN/IC2719 (C44-9W)

FEBRUARY  07  2008

South Shore trains awaiting Rush hour at Randolph-Millennium Station (Chicago)

MP2 - NB - CN mixed - 11:43am

+29°F  -  78%  - Overcast  -  WSW 09mph  - WIND CHILL +18

CN5616 (SD70i) + CN2413 (C40-8M) + CN/IC2725 (C44-9W)

Sorry for all the Amtrak pix - not much happeing at MP2

MP2 - Inbound - CNO - 9:54am

+28°F  -  81%  - Overcast  -  WSW 05mph  - WIND CHILL +22

Amtrak70 (P42DC) + 7

FEBRUARY  06  2008

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Indiana Avenue (Chicago) Inbound - City of New Orleans - 12:47pm

While posting this train, a BNSF mixed -EB- came off the SCAL - which I never saw until it passed

+33°F  -  100%  - Light Blowing Snow  -  ENE 16mph  - WIND CHILL +23

AMTRAK 22 - (P42DC) + 5

FEBRUARY  05   2008

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22nd Street & Canal - CN mixed - 3:30pm

+34°F  -  89%  -  OVERCAST  -  NNE 14  - WIND CHILL +25  (5:06PM)

CN8002_SD70M-2 + CN5756_SD75i + CN????

On a rare day when we take the SUV out for a ride, a couple of Central Illinois

engines - CIRY 1206 and CIRY1208 (Graffiti Unit)

MP2 - SB - CN mixed - 12:01pm

+36°F  -  85%  -  OVERCAST  -  NNE 13  - WIND CHILL +26

CN5261 (SD40-2W) + IC6060 (SD40-2)

MP2 - WB - BNSF empty coal (still running on SCAL)- 10:15am

+35°F  -  82%  -  OVERCAST  -  NNE 12  - WIND CHILL +27

BNSF8919 (SD70MAC) + BNSF9335 (SD70ACe)

MP2 - Inbound - City of N.O. - 8:45am

AMTRAK170 (P42DC) + 5

Metra Rlrctric train inbound to Chicago stopped at 14th Street to discharge workers - 7:15am

+35°F  -  92%  -  OVERCAST  -  N 10  - WIND CHILL +26

Winter Storm Warning for Chicago & Cook County

FEBRUARY  04  2008

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To foggy for pix today - so from the RAILChicago vault

Grand Trunk Western SW1200 1516 at 71st & Central Park (Chicago) -I think - in the late 60's

early 70s?

FEBRUARY  03  2008

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MP2 - NB - CN mixed - 5:14pm - getting daylight longer but not enough to read #s

32°F  -  82%  -  SNOW   -  E 06 mph  - WIND CHILL  +23

CN2627 (C44-9W) leads

MP2 - NB - CN mixed - 1:26pm

CN5276 (SD40-2W) - CN5757 (SD75i)

MP2 - SB - CN mixed - 10:54am

30°F  -  85%  -  OVERCAST/MIST   -  SSE 08 mph  - WIND CHILL  +20

IC6011(SD40A-2R) - IC6130 (SD40) - CN/IC6108 (SD40-2)

MP2 - SB - CN mixed - 10:06am

29°F  -  89%  -  OVERCAST/MIST   -  SSE 07 mph  - WIND CHILL  +20

CN6011 (SD40U) + CN5353 (SD40-2W)

FEBRUARY  02  2008

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Indiana Avenue - SB - CN mixed - 11:40am

CN6013 (SD40U) + CN/IC6118 (SD40-2)

MP2 - SB - CN mixed - 11:08am

28°F  -  84%  -  OVERCAST   -  SSE 13 mph  - WIND CHILL  +15

CN5356 (SD40-2W) + CN/IC6127 (SD40-2)

At Roosevelt Road "L" Station- 11:05am

Sunsilk went all out on these Orange Line cars

Indiana Avenue (Chicago) - SB - CN mixed - 9:53am

27°F  -  85%  -  OVERCAST   -  SSE 09 mph  - WIND CHILL  +16

CN5632 (SD75i) + CN2235 (ES44DC)

MP2 - Outbound - Saluki - 9:27am

AMTRAK94 (P42DC) + 4

MP2 - Inbound - City of New Orleans - 9:34am

AMTRAK170 (P42DC) + 5

MP2 - NB - CN mixed -7:45am

First daylight train on Groundhog Day & NO shadow!

26°F  -  85%  -  OVERCAST   -  SSE 08 mph  - WIND CHILL  +16

CN5411 (SD50F) + CN2515 (C44-9WL)

With Auto Show Prep going on, a Metra Inbound train and CN freight coming out

from under McCormick Place.  Under McCormick Place, Metra crosses under the CN tracks

and stays on the west (right) side of the CN

FEBRUARY  01  2008

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MP2 - NB - CN mixed - 4:20PM / holding at 16th/Clark

31°F  -  75%  -  OVERCAST   -  NW10 mph  - WIND CHILL  +21

CN5275 (SD40-2W) + CN5706 (SD75i) + CN9555 (GP2-2LW) + IC6010 (SD40A-2R)

Indiana Ave (Chicago) - SB - CN mixed - 4:10pm

CN2439 (C40-8M) + CN6015 (SD40U)

MP2 - Inbound - ultra-late Saluki - 4:08pm

Amtrak144 (P42DC) + 4

Roosevelt Road L station - 7:45am

27°F  -  89%  -  SNOW  -  NE12 mph  - WIND CHILL  +17

CTA Green Line train arriving

MY DAY TO and AFTER LUNCH

Wrong camera setting - my Red Line train subway train arriving Roosevelt Road

Getting off at Lake Street and to lunch. . . .

. . . .After lunch - a visit to "CN's Museum of Modern Ice" Grand Opening

Snow covered "Bean" at Millenium Park today

Part of CN's "Museum of Modern Ice" display

Then to the Art Institute of Chicago - Last year at this time, lion was wearing a Bears helmet


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