cps3751 - MY FAVORITE PROTO PHOTOS

I'VE BEEN LUCKY TO CATCH A

FEW STEAM ENGINES

HERE IS THE MILWAUKEE ROAD

261 IN GALESBURG

I CHASED THE 3985

FROM ROCHELLE TO WEST CHICAGO

AND GOT THIS PHOTO

THIS WAS AMTRACK WESTBOUND ON THE SANTA FE AT HODGKINS

IT WAS ALMOST DARK AND SNOWING I GOT LUCKY TAKING THIS SHOT

FRANKLIN PARK

ABOUT 1 BLOCK FROM WHERE I GREW UP

JUST WEST OF RUBY STREET

GRAND TRUNK UNIT SWITCHING

IN FREEPORT IL

ANOTHER COLD SNOWIE DAY

THIS IS AT

GRAND TRUNK TOWER

SITTING AT THE SIGNAL

WAITING TO GET INTO

BLUE ISLAND

I WENT UP TO THE TOWER

THIS DAY AND

TOOK THIS SHOOT

P GP40-2 AT THE WEST END OF

BENNSENVILLE ROUNDHOUSE

THE IHB CROSSES THE

CANAL AT

C&A TOWER

ROOF TOP SHOTS AT

MCCOOK IL

MCCOOK WAS A FAVORITE

SPOT FOR ME AND

SEVERAL FRIENDS

WEST BOUND

991 GETTING CLOSE

THIS WEST BOUND IS

AT LAWNDALE AV

JUST OUTSIDE CHICAGO

HE WAS WAITING FOR THE

IHB TO CLEAR THE DIAMOND

AT MCCOOK

I JUST CAME FROM

CORWITH AND

I WATCHED THEM MOVING A

BUSINESS CAR AROUND AND AS

THE 8739 STARTED MOVING

I WAS WONDERING

IF THE CAR WOULD

BE ON THE REAR END

AS I SAW THE REAR OF

THE TRAIN

APPROACH WITH THE

BUSINESS CAR

I HEARD A HORN AND

REALIZED A EAST

BOUND WAS COMING

WHAT LUCK TO CATCH

THESE TOGETHER

LAWNDALE AV WAS A

FAVORITE PLACE

TO CATCH THEM ON THE MOVE

HERES ANOTHER WESTBOUND. CHECK OUT THE SEARS TOWER UNDER THE WIRES
IT SNOWED THE NIGHT BEFORE AND IT WAS A VERY COLD DAY

THE SNOW WAS STILL STUCK ON THE SIDES OF THE HIGH VOLTAGE WIRES

THE SUN WAS LOW AND THE 5118 CAME BARRELING THRU WITH THE 199

HOULAHANS CURVE

EDELSTIEN HILL JUST WEST OF

CHILICOTHE IL

THIS WAS BEHIND

SANTA FE SPEEDWAY

HE WAS GOING AT A

GOOD CLIP

I DONT KNOW HOW I GOT THIS SECOND SHOT OFF

A LITTLE WEST OF THE SPEEDWAY

MY FAVORITE PROTO PHOTOS

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