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Consist and set breakdown...
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Favorite memories on the CSS&SB
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New signals east and west of Roselle
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Announcement voice?
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Is there a Easy and Fast way to get to Millenium Station?
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Yelled at by Conductor for railfanning
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CNW galleries at 47th St
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From METRA to Maintenance of Way on UP
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Phase III - Michigan City to South Bend
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Pink Line and the United Center
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F40C-Sold unit locations?
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Fare increase for '06...'08... Now '10
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High speed corridor...
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Hey look! Another fare increase...
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Sign of the apocalypse: THE PINK LINE!!!
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How does Metra work?
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Why only F40PH-2s again?
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2016 Olympics & Metra
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5000 Series Car Discussion Thread
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Grade crossing elimination?
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61st street shop closing
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Metra Colors
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Club Car 553
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Metra Star Line
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NICTD upsetting South Bend commuters...
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Family car?
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Red Cabcar @CUS and BNSF line
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Bicycles on Trains
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Protection Power at CUS
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Nighttime CTA photo
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Great footage of NIRC 1
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Monon on CSS&SB?
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Best Places to Watch Metra
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Speaking of inconvenient transfers...
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Biggest Bottlenecks
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MC HO module pictures
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BNSF Cab Cars Deactivated
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Buy, lease or transfer Of UP units?
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Looking for advice on best location for photo shoot
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Red, Yellow, and Orange extensions...
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New CTA web site
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new schedules(again) april-ish 2009
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Least safe stations
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Caboose 10006
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Engine names
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SP 4449 coming to Chicagoland
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new electric locomotives
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Station and route help/Red Line
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Historic Aerials
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Tower 18 delay this morning
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LaPorte County Apposes New RTA Referendum
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Train to Loyola University
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F40C Tracking On Twitter!
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South Bend street running
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Memories of Riding the "L"
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Track fire at Library/State
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NCS 7:02 Antioch Departure
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Watch this space - 300-series photos
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LaSalle Lights Question
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Block 37 (108 N. State St.)
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recommend a ride
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MP36 windshields and Mars light?
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CTA in the movies (was: The Blues Brothers)
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7-3-09 BNSF observations
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Unusual Sightings
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A busy green line
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The "Orange Cars"
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Metra riders hit sour note
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New Double Deckers
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Automated Station Announcements
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Diagrams / drawings / schematics / blueprints
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About that lift bridge just south of Kinzie
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New interlocking names?
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Teacher struck, killed by Metra train
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Stop whining
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Metra engineer accused of letting teen run trains
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Chicago Hosts International Rail Rodeo
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BNSF observation: Left Handed Running
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Blue Line train hit car
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