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Alternate bilevel design for Metra?
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Getting re-acquainted with the Rock...
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West Lake Corridor weblink
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"U.S. tells Metra to reinstate engineers"
by metraRI  - 
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Awesome fall colors...
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Ogilvie platforms off limits for pics.
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railfanning about
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Metra Makes Change to BNSF Railway
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What is taking so long for 8542 to be repaired?
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CTA and the White Sox
by Mdlbigcat  - 
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Accident near hudson lake.
by PRRGuy  - 
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Would this be possible to have more bike Capacity?
by AmtrakFan  - 
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Another schedule glitch...
by doepack  - 
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Bikes on trains now year-round
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181 leading a 10 Car Express alone
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Horn Replacements
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Metra Sgt detains me and my cousin for taking photos.
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100 blew its turbo 9/30
by Amtrak31  - 
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geep dynamic brakes
by Tadman  - 
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More problems on RI and other news...
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CTA considers corporate sponsorship
by metrarider  - 
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Metra fuel usage stats
by MDNFan  - 
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Frieght trains using Metra's Rock Island line
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Over-reaction here, or "hard-headed" employees?!
by Jim Greenwood  - 
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CSSSB Double Track CTC project.
by Alcochaser  - 
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Locomotives of the South Shore
by PRRGuy  - 
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CSS&SB cars at East Troy
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Metra came to my school today September 30th
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UP Bussing on certaint days for ALL TRAINS
by AmtrakFan  - 
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MP36 #411 Heading East!!
by AMTK84  - 
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422 On The Rock
by bones  - 
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Metra Electric
by Scotty Burkhardt  - 
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looking for photos of GP-7 1508
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LINE CAR MOVES!
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Street running in East Chicago and South Bend
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411
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416's return
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South Shore cars outside at IRM 9/18
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411 to stay on MILW and 422 is coming to the Rock
by Amtrak31  - 
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Metra commuter train derails in Chicago, two dead - 9/17
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Any Metra Employees On This Board?
by fjcaron  - 
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derailment on RI line
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CMV
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pedestrian vs. train incident in Cicero
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3200's in Color
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South Bend: Can it support a SS extension or LRT?
by MACTRAXX  - 
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2005 Historic 'L' Station Tour - 16 Oct 2005
by EricL  - 
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"Gritty Palace" @ 47th Street
by metraRI  - 
7 Replies 
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UP-NW 622: Brain cramp in the scheduling dept...
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SBT article: South Shore use soars
by Jersey Jeff  - 
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F40C retirement dates
by AmtrakFan  - 
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Anyone know where 611 is?
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Best floor lamp....ever
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CTA post-Katrina ads
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Station Improvements Outside New Start Projects
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Pedestrian Incident at Riverside
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We Have A Visual On The F40C's!
by bones  - 
8 Replies 
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Information please.
by jg greenwood  - 
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operating procedures on the BNSF
by MetraRy  - 
10 Replies 
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Waited for HC Train #19 but it never came.... Amtrak Fire
by Amtrak31  - 
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A Place To Bash The MP36's
by AMTK84  - 
28 Replies 
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 by MikeF
 
1253 Canceled
by AmtrakFan  - 
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Why did the SWS/HC stop being serviced at Western?
by AmtrakFan  - 
2 Replies 
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 by AmtrakFan
 
Bikes on trains: An amusing article...
by doepack  - 
3 Replies 
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 by AmtrakFan
 
Street running in Michigan City
by Rich T  - 
6 Replies 
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Village of Hanover Park
by F40CFan  - 
8 Replies 
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 by bones
 
IHB SD20 #2921
by Scotty Burkhardt  - 
3 Replies 
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 by bones
 
My Horrible Metra Trip
by AmtrakFan  - 
11 Replies 
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 by doepack
 
MP36's... unwanted stepchildren?
by Genevasub  - 
40 Replies 
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 by JamesT4
 
Pedestrian incident at Lombard on UP-W...
by doepack  - 
9 Replies 
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 by F40CFan
 
614 out for a run
by Metra 47 607  - 
19 Replies 
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 by AMTK84
 
Is the MP36's reliability less then the P42's?
by AmtrakFan  - 
2 Replies 
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 by byte
 
New commuter schedules...
by doepack  - 
0 Replies 
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 by doepack
 
South Shore Trainwatching, POST events in London.
by MichiganMike  - 
7 Replies 
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RTAMS
by JamesT4  - 
1 Replies 
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 by jg greenwood
 
RTAMS
by JamesT4  - 
1 Replies 
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Little Joes
by Tadman  - 
47 Replies 
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 by MR77100
 
Metra Electric passengers: Good news, and bad news...
by doepack  - 
4 Replies 
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$286.4 Billion Highway and Mass Transit Bill
by metraRI  - 
3 Replies 
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 by JamesT4
 
8/3/05 Train 1237 delayed due to air brake problems
by Joe  - 
1 Replies 
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New Metra Group
by MetraF40C607  - 
0 Replies 
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Interesting tidbit about the Route 59 station
by MetraBNSF  - 
1 Replies 
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South Shore "Freights vs. Light Engines" on Street
by MichiganMike  - 
4 Replies 
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 by PRRGuy
 
HLCX
by Tadman  - 
1 Replies 
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 by PRRGuy
 
South shore heritage group
by PRRGuy  - 
2 Replies 
 883 Views
 by PRRGuy
 
Css on Csx
by PRRGuy  - 
6 Replies 
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 by PRRGuy
 
New Parking Garage at Joliet
by Amtrak31  - 
3 Replies 
 807 Views
 by MetraF40C607
 
Heavy security presence today - any particular reason?
by orangeline  - 
1 Replies 
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 by Robert Paniagua
 
longer trains
by orangeline  - 
20 Replies 
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205 and it's horn (AGAIN!)
by MetraF40C607  - 
0 Replies 
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 by MetraF40C607
 
Are the F40C gone?
by AmtrakFan  - 
12 Replies 
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 by MetraF40C607
 
Attention Midwesterners: Your last chance to see F-units
by Otto Vondrak  - 
7 Replies 
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 by MikeF
 
MP36 insights
by Tadman  - 
20 Replies 
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 by MetraF40C607
 
Rebuilt Locos
by MetraBNSF  - 
1 Replies 
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 by metraRI
 
Beauty and ugly reality
by orangeline  - 
0 Replies 
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 by orangeline
 
Communications to Passengers
by F40CFan  - 
18 Replies 
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 by F40CFan
 
8477 Gets K3
by metraRI  - 
8 Replies 
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 by AMTK84
 
question re Orange Line
by orangeline  - 
3 Replies 
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 by JamesT4
 
no railfanwindow on the cta??
by ctaman34  - 
9 Replies 
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 by MikeF
 
BURLINGTON
by orangeline  - 
9 Replies 
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 by MetraF40C607
 
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