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Thebes Bridge |
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This is the Thebes Bridge, which carries Union Pacific tracks across the Mississippi River between Thebes, IL and Illmo, MO. It was built in 1905, and originally owned by the IC, Mopac, StLIM&S, C&EI and Cotton Belt. |
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4/8/2017 Upload Date: 5/8/2017 10:29:35 AM |
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Thebes, IL |
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Jeff Van Cleve |
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Cairo Rail Bridge |
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This bridge carries the Canadian National Railway across the Ohio River between Cairo, IL and Wickliffe, KY. The original bridge was built by the Illinois Central in 1887. The present bridge was built in 1952, but some of the original 1887 piers were utilized. GM&O trains also used this bridge up until the ICG merger. |
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4/8/2017 Upload Date: 5/8/2017 10:56:05 AM |
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Cairo, IL |
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Jeff Van Cleve |
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BNGX 8003 |
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Bunge Grain uses this NRE 1GS7B genset switcher at their Cairo, IL terminal. |
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4/8/2017 Upload Date: 5/8/2017 11:10:30 AM |
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Cairo, IL |
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Jeff Van Cleve |
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BNGX 8003(1GS7B) |
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BNSF 4500 |
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A southbound BNSF frac sand train heads out onto the Metropolis Bridge over the Ohio River. The bridge was built by the CB&Q between 1914 and 1917, and was designed by Ralph Modjeski, the same engineer who designed the Thebes Bridge, Hanrahan Bridge and Government Bridge, all important rail crossings of the Mississippi River. The Metropolis Bridge also includes the longest pin connected simple through truss span in the world at 708 feet. I am assuming it is the furthest span from the camera in this photo. |
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4/8/2017 Upload Date: 5/8/2017 1:18:54 PM |
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Metropolis, IL |
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Jeff Van Cleve |
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BNSF 4500(C44-9W) |
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BNSF 4500 |
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A southbound BNSF frac sand train has reached the Kentucky side of the Metropolis Bridge over the Ohio River, passing over the Oliver C. Shearer, a towboat operated by the Campbell Transportation Co. of Charleroi, PA. The Oliver C. Shearer was built in 1961 by the Marietta Manufacturing Co. of Point Pleasant, WV, and was repowered in 1965 with a pair of EMD 16-645E diesel engines, the same engines that powered GP40 and SD40 locomotives. |
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4/8/2017 Upload Date: 5/8/2017 1:40:25 PM |
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Metropolis, IL |
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Jeff Van Cleve |
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BNSF 4500(C44-9W) |
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PAL 2111 |
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A Paducah & Louisville slug set is in for servicing. PAL 2111 was originally B&O 3769. Taken on PAL property with permission. |
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4/8/2017 Upload Date: 5/8/2017 1:48:15 PM |
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Paducah, KY |
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Jeff Van Cleve |
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PAL 2111(GP40-3) |
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345 Comments: 1 |
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ADMX 9370 |
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This SW1200 works at the big ADM elevator in Mound City; she's ex-CR 9370, nee-NYNH&H 647. |
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4/8/2017 Upload Date: 5/8/2017 3:06:51 PM |
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Mound City, IL |
| Author: |
Jeff Van Cleve |
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ADMX 9370(SW1200) |
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Former NYC/Big Four depot |
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The former NYC/Big Four depot on the long-abandoned line between Danville and Cairo. |
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4/8/2017 Upload Date: 5/8/2017 3:11:05 PM |
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Olmsted, IL |
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Jeff Van Cleve |
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Caboose |
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Also in Olmsted is this former IC caboose painted jade green and lettered NYC. You're not fooling anybody.... |
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4/8/2017 Upload Date: 5/8/2017 3:13:45 PM |
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Olmsted, IL |
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Jeff Van Cleve |
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