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Posted by spbed on Tuesday, April 26, 2005 2:57 PM
Ha smile you are on candid camera. [:D][:p]

Originally posted by Glen Ellyn
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Posted by gabe on Tuesday, April 26, 2005 10:23 AM
The first and second unit is an SD-70M?
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Posted by Randy Stahl on Tuesday, April 26, 2005 8:48 AM
And you caught a rules violation too. I think he could have taken good enough pics from the cab, riding the running boards is a bad idea unless you have real buisness back there ( like taking a leak , sometimes the toilets are pretty scary) Alot of railroads today have rules about riding trailing units anyhow because of exhaust in the cab issues.
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Posted by Glen Ellyn on Monday, April 25, 2005 6:32 PM
Thanks CopCarSS
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Posted by CopCarSS on Monday, April 25, 2005 6:31 PM
Ooops...guess I'm a little late with the info for railfanning Rochelle in the other topic. Hope you had a good trip.

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Posted by Glen Ellyn on Monday, April 25, 2005 6:28 PM
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=121173


http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=121174


How ironic.
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Posted by miniwyo on Sunday, April 24, 2005 8:38 PM
Or maybe....... A Railfanfan!!!!!

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Posted by chad thomas on Sunday, April 24, 2005 8:35 PM
Railfan gets a cab ride?

That would be my guess. But when I get cab rides I'm under strict orders not to look like a railfan. I even have to wear the safty glasses and ear plugs.

Isn't it so much more fun railfanning when it's not done from in front of a computer screen? [8D]
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Posted by shrek623 on Sunday, April 24, 2005 6:39 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by Glen Ellyn

I finally went to Rochelle Illinois. It is awsome, their is so much activity, and I made some new friends, I even got a C&NW t-shirt. Anywho, the strangest thing happened to me today. A Union Pacific train came by, 3 SD70M's, only the third engine had a guy on it. That guy was taking pictures of us, as we were taking pictures of him. When I get the photo's developped, I will post it here.


Probably deadheading.
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Posted by DPD1 on Sunday, April 24, 2005 4:01 PM
Maybe the guys in the first unit were having a bad hair day, and didn't want to be photographed :-)

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The strangest thing.
Posted by Glen Ellyn on Sunday, April 24, 2005 3:22 PM
I finally went to Rochelle Illinois. It is awsome, their is so much activity, and I made some new friends, I even got a C&NW t-shirt. Anywho, the strangest thing happened to me today. A Union Pacific train came by, 3 SD70M's, only the third engine had a guy on it. That guy was taking pictures of us, as we were taking pictures of him. When I get the photo's developped, I will post it here.
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