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50 years of Chicago 'L' graphics...
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North Shore/South Shore in Railfan & Railroad Jan. 2013
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Metra conductor assignments
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CTA and the concrete jungle...
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Happy Holidays, Guys! CTA Santa train video.
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Metra frustrations
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Metra Light packages
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Metra Electric South Chicago Branch
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Weird-Sounding Bell On Metra Cab Car
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CSS Gary Station - Black Sheep?
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Vintage railcars to connect Dunes, visitor center?
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Aurora Station - Old
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CLASSIC METRA C&NW cars!!
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Long platforms on the Loop
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1972 IC Electric Accident
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Heritage Corridor time lapse...
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New Highliners - In Eola
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Interesting CTA 6000 Trivia
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No more booklet schedules?
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CB&Q 700-series - oldest cars regularly used?
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Pay attention, race fans! Metra/Amtrak race
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Some Ways Metra Can Erase Its Current Budget Deficit
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Chicago Trip-November 2012
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Kedzie Brown Line - Cop Car runs gates, bad news
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Metra Ryder Cup service
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Is It Trespassing? Standing At "Closed" Metra Stations
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Union Station pedestrian access mess
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C&NW in Calumet River Terminals
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Trackwork on SWS?
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South Bend South Shore Station
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dead man switch
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Logan Square Shops
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Best Places To Film Trains
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Federal safety standards and the Chicago "L"
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Looking for a couple of links to maps
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East Troy Railroad - South Shore Weekend
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Speed Zone in Park Ridge on Metra UP NW line?
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Metra's "Rail-Time Tracker"
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CTA charter derailment
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Article on BNSF operated Metra service
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NICTD Passing at Olive
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Open Unattended Stations
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Metra soot problems, electrification possibilities
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Milwaukee Road and C&NW Commuter rail to Wisconsin
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Metra Heritage line Joliet storage
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UP livery old passenger cars like new
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Stealth dispatching (MD-W confusion 6/16)
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That siding on the south bound side just south of Armitage
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Guten MORGAN, Chicago!
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NATO Summit costs NICTD $100k
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Chicago Union Station underground taxi stands
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Former Rock Island Commuter Trains
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Future of Joliet
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Turning South Shore and MED trains
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Transportation Issues G8/NATO Summit
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A little fun, French-style.
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Metra Locomotive Rebuild Status
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Suburban commuter sues Metra over unused rides
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South Shore near Ogden Dunes - What is that hut on stilts?
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Slightly OT: The Great Train Story
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NICTD Signals - WTF?
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CTA Historic Cars 4271/4272 On Display Apr. 28
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NICTD South Shore Changes 2012
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What is that structure just south of Clybourn station?
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Taking pictures at Joliet
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Abandoned junction at 83rd Street?
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NICTD 2011 Temporary Weekend Construction Outages
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Skokie Swift gets a new station...
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[email protected]/Clybourn Red Line
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2247 takes the Bloomingdale
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South Shore Interchange with CSX(B&O)
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Electircal outlets?
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South Shore Freight in monster CSX derailment - Miller
by Tadman  - 
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CTA 2153-2154 (2000s) at IRM
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NCS #120 hits, kills pedestrian
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2012 IRM Snowflake Special CTA Charter Announced
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Metra St. Patrick's Day Loads
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Freight Sitting on the MD-W
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Metra as a separate agency
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BN E9 Footage
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8726 Metra Cab Control Car (Pictures) & 7680 Pictures...
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Plastic Cones
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PRR Gary Station sign for sale - big bucks
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An Indictment of American Rail Travel??
by Jeff Smith  - 
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A Subterranean Safari in the Chicago Pedway
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South Shore modeler blog
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What happened on the South Shore last night? (3/7/12)
by Tadman  - 
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Heritage Corridor: The route of 100 Railroad Crossings.
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Before METRA
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South Shore: A South Bend Shuttle?
by Tadman  - 
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Names of crossings on the UP Northwest line.
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Interlocking signals
by zmuzak  - 
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