Mike Garza submitted the following news photos:
The Rock Island unit was at Tinley Park Il. I knew this was coming so I was able to set up in a good place. Both were taken yesterday Sept. 13. The Norfolk Southern Heritage Unit was in DP at Whiting In. Sept. 11. on train 65R. To bad it was facing the wrong way. The Penn Central unit was at Whiting on Sept. 5th. The rebuilt Helm unit was at Dolton. Il. August 28th. The veterans unit was taken at Dixmoor Il. and the El Dorado was at Dolton Il. both were on August 23rd. I will not be to keep up with the info Ken was able to provide but I will do what I can. I would send him the shots I took and then he would tell me what you might want. I will be sending you what ever I think you may need or what might be interesting. At Ken's funeral ,the most incredible send off occurred. As you probably knew Ken was a master at rebuilding and tuning horns. We set up a set of his favorite railroad the GTW a horn and at the conclusion of the ceremony the horn was sounded . I had the honor of operating the horn. I sounded the two longs a short and a long which was his favorite which meant a train was on the way. On the last long I held it till the tank ran out of air. Nobody at that service will EVER forget that . They will now think of him when ever a train horn is heard.
Rock Island 513 was taken at Tinley Park, Il. Sept 13th,
On September 11th, Norfolk Southern Heritage GEVO (NS 8114) was in DP mode on the rear of NS train 65R.
The Penn Central Heritage SD70ACe (NS 1073) was at Whiting, IL on Sept. 5th.
Rebuilt at MEI, HLCX GP40-2 1052 was shot at Dolton. Il. August 28th in fresh HELM uniform.
Wearing “Honoring Our Veterans” paint, NREX 631 was shot at Dixmoor, IL on August 23rd.
Leased from Larry’s Truck Electric, the El Dorado and Wesson Railroad (LTEX 1516) switcher slug set were shot in the UP Yard at Dolton IL, on August 23rd.
Mike Garza submitted these great shots: The DAIR 3025 (Believed to be “Dakota and Iowa”) looks lovely at NRE Dixmoor, IL on Sept. 16th.
The U.S. NAVY NRE genset is being prepared to be shipped from Dixmoor Il. on September 19th.
Norfolk Southern ran an NS Board of Directors business car special in mid-September, seen here at Whiting IN, and t Burnham, IN the four F-units
The last two CNW units (in original paint) have been running a transfer from Proviso to the CN at Markham Yard near Chicago, IL. Mike Garza snapped the pair back to back on September 11th, as GTW SD40-2 5930 was pulling out of the yard.
Respondek owned Port Harbor Railroad ex-SOO 2064 and ex-CNW SD40-2 1000 were staged for these two photos, taken on Sept 21st 2013. on the Port Harbor Railroad at Granite City, I>, with the permission of Mike Garza’s boss Terry Respondek. They show three of the four “40's” on their property SD40-2's 3086 and1000 (built for CNW both ex-UP), and recently acquired ex-SOO, nee-MILW GP40 2064. ll photos at Granite City, IL CP sold this locomotive to Respondek two months ago
TRRA delivered ex-CP GP9u 1602 and slug 1105 to Respondek as we went to press where Mark Mautner caught her on the property. Port Harbor Railroad 1600 switcher is seen switching out the new arrivals ex-CP GP9u 1602, SW900/slug 1015 and SW1200RS 8166. Working power is ex -TRRA SW1200 1239 making for a set of power totaling over 200 years of service!! Granite City, IL Sept 25th.
NS LOCOS submitted the following shots….
NS SD40-2 3501 in fresh OLS paint at Chattanooga, TN September 18th.
On September 6th, Southern FP7A 6133, and GP30 2594 pose for the lights at TVRM in Chattanooga, TN. The photos, lighting and setup are by my friend by NSLocos.com.
Mauricio Burguete snapped a former CN SW1200RS (AM #02) in Guadalajara, Mexico 12/29/2011
© CRO October 2013