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Coyote sighting just north of Ogilvie
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Pink line: Lots of consecutive pairs...
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Friends & Family Charter "L" Sunday May 31
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# of round trips per day per train set?
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Any Info on IHP CSS&SB/NITCD Release?
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third rail setup
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Bye-bye clickety-clack
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Metra Electric: crossovers at 11th Place
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Car-train deaths in Hammond
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It was glorious - Chicagoland Return!
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A living, breathing Metra map...
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NIRC Switchers
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Questions for Metra Engineers
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Steam Locomotive
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Ticket punch question.
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Franklin Park Railroad Daze
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Accessible State / Lake
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Train Numbers on RID - Jesse James Cars
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South Bend Airport Relocation
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Good locations for overhead photos?
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Pan trolleys while MU'd?
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Niles
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Randolph/Wells non-station on the Loop
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Concrete L platforms in future?
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Skokie overhead
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New Automated Station Announcements
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Touring the Metra Electric
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Good South Shore videos
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Rumor, South Shore Freight, confirm?
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What size is the CSS Herald on the coaches?
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Hiram and Duneland Cars
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Burnham Yard accident
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Equipment move question...
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Line Car 1100 to IRM
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SECOND PART THIS CAR TO THE LOOP
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More F40C's???
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And the equipment will come from... where?
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Bronze Key models Michigan City Depot
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Where are my seats?
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CTA Modeling / Paint Colors
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Eight car trains ALL the time...
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Overnight Parking at Beverly Shores
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Welded Rail in the Subways
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UP North route equipment cycles
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Middle track, Lake Street bridge
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Santa Train 2009 is out!
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Grade crossing elimination?
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cab and block signal areas
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Brown Line destination sign
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Metra is upstairs at Randolph
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Notice how quiet the CTA is now?
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Central Area Action Plan
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Factory north of ME-Blue Island Branch
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Map of the month...
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Chasing CSS Freight around Michigan City
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Metra on twitter
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Metra Gensets
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f40c's in service yesterday?
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RTA color scheme: Anything left?
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any metra signalman out there?
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Refueling locations at outlying yards?
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Last call for bar cars
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Switching Question
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Need advice, will have long Amtrak layover...
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The Wire is Icy- both pans up
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BNSF: New trackside signs
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Two engines
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UP/W: Triple tracking through Geneva?
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Best Google CTA street View....
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CTA Subway Cars Braking System
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Are all platforms now high level?
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A CTA/Metra map for 2035?
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Metra Market question.
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110 Goes Boom
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Photo Request
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Old Steel Car
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South Shore logo imposter!
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People Really Take Destination Signs Seriously!
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Grade Crossing Accident - 1/14
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CN's EJ&E acquistion: Impact on STAR line?
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Metra 421 Friday January 2cd 2009
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Summit, IL Amtrak/Metra station
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Drawings of Metra loco's
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My train separated
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More NCS trains on the Waukesha (CN) sub?
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F40C 610
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New Fares to take effect on Jan. 1st.
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Slow Zone Eliminations, & Expansion Projects
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Official CTA Photo Policy
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Need more cars? Try Michigan...
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Pre-Metra Schedules
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