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Published: 2016-09-30 21:03:54 +0000 UTC; Views: 548; Favourites: 32; Downloads: 2
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7/8/16: Within the Elk Grove Industrial Park just west of O-Hare Airport. Iowa Pacifiv ex BN/MARC commuter E9 sits and awaits restoration.Related content
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Thank you! One of my fav shots!
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I really want to photograph this myself! Such a cool thing. Why's it left there?
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It is either a source of partsor will be re-built for Iowa Pacific which runs a passengertrain to Indiana. I hope they re-build her!Β
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It looks almost camera-shy, probably because of the state its in.
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It is so eminently photoGenic though!
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I think there's another stray E-unit and a bunch of MARC equipment at the Midwest Railway Preservation Society in Cleveland, I should have taken pictures of their assorted stock when I went to the ISG/Arcelor/LTV plant to check on events at their substation.Β (They had horrifyingly crusty potheads (insulated terminal between open wires and a cable) for their feeder cables, there was black goo everywhere...)
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The infamous "black goo"! Yech!
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This is my favourite shot of this batch. It sits there like some sort of dead beast.
Are there really plans for restoring it? AFAIK there are very few E8/E9 still running.
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I think they might Β want to y=use iy on the Hossier.. afrter a rebuild, mut don't have specific into yet
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Got it.
In Italy preservation ofΒ historical valuable rolling stock started some years ago with some difficulties, entirely based on a few initiatives by small groups of railway workers; so entire fleets of locos or passenger cars β even "flagship" ones β were just scrapped, or heavily reconditioned thus losing much of their historical value. But now a true preservation movement is finally on the move, to the point that the railway company itself (Trenitalia) established an heritage bureau.
How would you judge the situation in the US?
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very cool far shot. almost like its coming at you.
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glad you found her.
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Wow, I didn't think there were any left in the area.
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Solw survivor on the elk grove industrial park.
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Okay, so I have a ton of questions now:
1) Where at in Elk Grove?
2) How can I get there?
3) Are we allowed to be on the property?
4) Is she still there?
5) How have I not known she has been there?
(Last one is metaphorical)
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1.) South of Foster. I took this shot at Foster down the spur. I went south on Β Thomas (which is just east of the spur)Β to a factory parking lot and through the weeds to the E-Unit. This link shows my Flickr of the site and a mapΒ
www.flickr.com/map/?fLat=41.96β¦
2.) York to Foster then west to Thomas and then south down Thomas. You should see the locomotive if it is still there.
3.) Probably not but no-one was around or hassled me
4.) IDK... If I feel up to it I'd go back... there might be other stuff there too now
5.) I only know because saw a post of Iowa Pacific E-units on Flickr and looked at the map. The pic I saw included the ex-IC CN unit in silver and black as well...Β
Good luck!
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Thank you so much for the directions. My father and I found it today. She is still there! I snapped a few quick shots of her with my phone before I "stole" a kickplate from underneath the engine compartment door and a two foot green 9 off the back panel, lol. She looks abandoned, and I wanted a piece to remember her by should she be scrapped. Next time I see you, I'll bring them along if you want to see. My dad and I found two other E Units (one IC and one WSOR) along with three silver and red Bi Level cars.
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I'm glad you caught it, I knew about the other E units even though I didn't catch them. Lucky getting the "9"!!!
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For a little while there was a B E Unit with the others, but that is gone now. That poor BN E unit is a parts donar now, her taction motors are gone.
It took a little work but I got it off, lol. It is safe in my house ready for framing, lol.
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Very beautiful
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Those rails look rather deformed xD but that may be the optical tomfoolery.
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It is a liittle used industrial branch lineΒ
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