UP 951 Editors Pick!        
The NRHS excursion travels south on the ex CNW line to St. Louis. This line was ripped up shortly after the excursion ran.
Date: 8/1/1996 Location: Girard, IL   Map Show Girard on a rail map Views: 2257 Collection Of:   Gary Dyhouse
Locomotives: UP 951(E9A) UP 949(E9A)    Author:  Gary Dyhouse
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Name Type Comments Date
Allan Love Jr General A perfectly good running line just ripped up? 1/13/2008 8:08:29 AM
Zach Pumphery General It was redundant, and they could use it back with today's traffic. 1/25/2008 5:38:02 PM
George Redmond General Very nice shot. 1/26/2008 8:54:15 PM
Mike Kirsch General Nice catch!!! 1/26/2008 11:46:06 PM
Jim Gavin General Very nice. It looks like this shot is from "back in the day". 1/27/2008 7:11:56 AM
Ron Moraca General Awesome photo, Gary! An entire UP passenger train on the rails isn't an everyday experience anymore. 10/4/2008 8:20:17 PM
Casey Burg General that line was just west of Girard (i think), there was a line in Girard that was SP/SSW, and Became UP in 1996, so the lines were about 1/2 a mile apart. That line was removed in Late 1998/early 1999, being born in 1994, i dont remember it to well. I do remember seeing the end of a grain train on it around late 97 and the rusty rails for a while, and one day it was gone, i go over one of the former crossing once in a while, and nature is reclaiming it. I need to fo to it one day and look for remnents or glass insulators before the weeds get worse. 10/25/2008 11:25:28 PM

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