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Metra MP36 at Fairview Avenue
Title:  Metra MP36 at Fairview Avenue
Description:  Metra MP36 at Fairview Avenue
Photo Date:  2/13/2004  Upload Date: 3/4/2004 11:54:18 AM
Location:  Downers Grove, IL
Author:  Tristan Garrett
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Locomotives:  METX 402(MP36PH-3S)
Views:  1599   Comments: 0
Here's 402
Title:  Here's 402
Description:  Nearly new MP36PH-3S 402 arrives at the Main Street station. That's me in the foreground.
Photo Date:  3/11/2004  Upload Date: 3/11/2004 6:58:42 PM
Location:  Downers Grove, IL
Author:  Tristan Garrett
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Locomotives:  METX 402(MP36PH-3S)
Views:  739   Comments: 0
State of Illinois
Title:  State of Illinois
Description:  Apparently 402 still has the "State of Illinois" lettering on her side.
Photo Date:  3/11/2004  Upload Date: 3/11/2004 6:58:42 PM
Location:  Downers Grove, IL
Author:  Tristan Garrett
Categories: 
Locomotives:  METX 402(MP36PH-3S)
Views:  769   Comments: 1
What's wrong with this picture?
Title:  What's wrong with this picture?
Description:  More than meets the eye. Seriously.
Photo Date:  8/1/2005  Upload Date: 4/5/2007 3:06:21 AM
Location:  Downers Grove, IL
Author:  Tristan Garrett
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  METX 402(MP36PH-3S) METX 187(F40PHM-2)
Views:  865   Comments: 2
Long, long side
Title:  Long, long side
Description:  The left side of a MP36 is kind of interesting, I guess.
Photo Date:  12/23/2004  Upload Date: 4/4/2007 6:12:03 AM
Location:  Naperville, IL
Author:  Tristan Garrett
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  METX 403(MP36PH-3S)
Views:  553   Comments: 0
403 on Metra
Title:  403 on Metra
Description:  Several yawns.
Photo Date:  6/7/2006  Upload Date: 4/4/2007 5:18:33 AM
Location:  Downers Grove, IL
Author:  Tristan Garrett
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  METX 403(MP36PH-3S)
Views:  530   Comments: 0
405 flies by
Title:  405 flies by
Description:  405 flies by with an express to Naperville and Rt. 59 just before 6:00.
Photo Date:  3/12/2004  Upload Date: 3/12/2004 7:29:00 PM
Location:  Downers Grove, IL
Author:  Tristan Garrett
Categories: 
Locomotives:  METX 405(MP36PH-3S)
Views:  704   Comments: 0
Metra 405 inbound
Title:  Metra 405 inbound
Description:  Metra 405, replete with new numberboards, stands tall at Hinsdale Station.
Photo Date:  4/2/2004  Upload Date: 4/2/2004 4:55:02 PM
Location:  Hinsdale, IL
Author:  Tristan Garrett
Categories: 
Locomotives:  METX 405(MP36PH-3S)
Views:  763   Comments: 0
Westbound express
Title:  Westbound express
Description:  The fence between number 1 and 2 tracks was temporarily removed allowing this shot to be made.
Photo Date:  6/24/2005  Upload Date: 4/5/2007 3:03:45 AM
Location:  Downers Grove, IL
Author:  Tristan Garrett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  METX 405(MP36PH-3S)
Views:  514   Comments: 0
405 on flipback
Title:  405 on flipback
Description:  Or whatever you want to call it. This is nne of the two typical methods by which reversal of the train at Downers Grove is accomplished.
Photo Date:  4/6/2006  Upload Date: 4/4/2007 4:22:50 AM
Location:  Downers Grove, IL
Author:  Tristan Garrett
Categories: 
Locomotives:  METX 405(MP36PH-3S)
Views:  503   Comments: 0
406 sits
Title:  406 sits
Description:  406 waits for a green at Main Street.
Photo Date:  3/23/2004  Upload Date: 3/24/2004 2:46:25 PM
Location:  Downers Grove, IL
Author:  Tristan Garrett
Categories: 
Locomotives:  METX 406(MP36PH-3S)
Views:  651   Comments: 0
MP36PH-3S 407 with a local
Title:  MP36PH-3S 407 with a local
Description:  MP36PH-3S 407 in the pla•w at Main Street with a local train. Hard to see that Mars light from more than 500 feet.
Photo Date:  3/9/2004  Upload Date: 3/9/2004 9:10:11 PM
Location:  Downers Grove, IL
Author:  Tristan Garrett
Categories: 
Locomotives:  METX 407(MP36PH-3S)
Views:  735   Comments: 0
MP36PH-3S 407 at the Main Street crossing
Title:  MP36PH-3S 407 at the Main Street crossing
Description:  MP36PH-3S 407 with a local waits with ner lights off at Main Street. Can't figure out why it's so pixel-y.
Photo Date:  3/9/2004  Upload Date: 3/10/2004 9:10:11 PM
Location:  Downers Grove, IL
Author:  Tristan Garrett
Categories: 
Locomotives:  METX 407(MP36PH-3S)
Views:  755   Comments: 0
Blurred shot of 407
Title:  Blurred shot of 407
Description:  Very blurred shot of 407. Had I not spun around just as the shutter fired, this would have been a streak of silver.
Photo Date:  3/11/2004  Upload Date: 3/11/2004 6:58:42 PM
Location:  Downers Grove, IL
Author:  Tristan Garrett
Categories: 
Locomotives:  METX 407(MP36PH-3S)
Views:  672   Comments: 0
407 slows down
Title:  407 slows down
Description:  Metra 407, almost-brand new MP36PH-3S, slows to a stop. Note the bright reflection off the Scotchlite.
Photo Date:  3/12/2004  Upload Date: 3/12/2004 7:29:00 PM
Location:  Downers Grove, IL
Author:  Tristan Garrett
Categories: 
Locomotives:  METX 407(MP36PH-3S)
Views:  655   Comments: 0
Commuters wait with 407
Title:  Commuters wait with 407
Description:  Commuters and 407 stand together at Fairview Avenue waiting to cross. I was slow to fire the flash due to the smell of gasoline being in the air.
Photo Date:  3/12/2004  Upload Date: 3/12/2004 7:29:00 PM
Location:  Downers Grove, IL
Author:  Tristan Garrett
Categories: 
Locomotives:  METX 407(MP36PH-3S)
Views:  615   Comments: 0
407 flies through
Title:  407 flies through
Description:  407 blows through, horn screaming, at 65 mph with an express. Express trains had the highest priority that evening.
Photo Date:  3/23/2004  Upload Date: 3/24/2004 2:46:25 PM
Location:  Downers Grove, IL
Author:  Tristan Garrett
Categories: 
Locomotives:  METX 407(MP36PH-3S)
Views:  633   Comments: 0
Engine block
Title:  Engine block
Description:  16 cylinder 645F.
Photo Date:  6/11/2005  Upload Date: 4/4/2007 5:50:16 AM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Tristan Garrett
Categories:  InCab,Passenger
Locomotives:  METX 408(MP36PH-3S)
Views:  577   Comments: 0
Engineer's controls
Title:  Engineer's controls
Description:  The unpopular desktop cojtrols.
Photo Date:  6/11/2005  Upload Date: 4/4/2007 5:50:55 AM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Tristan Garrett
Categories:  InCab,Passenger
Locomotives:  METX 408(MP36PH-3S)
Views:  758   Comments: 0
Cab shot of METX 408
Title:  Cab shot of METX 408
Description:  In the cab of Metra MP36PH-3S 408 at about 1.35 in the morning.
Photo Date:  6/11/2005  Upload Date: 4/4/2007 2:46:26 AM
Location:  New Lenox, IL
Author:  Tristan Garrett
Categories:  Night,InCab,Passenger
Locomotives:  METX 408(MP36PH-3S)
Views:  576   Comments: 0
Nothing special
Title:  Nothing special
Description:  I don't really know what I was photographing.
Photo Date:  6/11/2005  Upload Date: 4/4/2007 5:49:46 AM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Tristan Garrett
Categories:  InCab,Passenger
Locomotives:  METX 408(MP36PH-3S)
Views:  619   Comments: 0
Metra 415
Title:  Metra 415
Description:  Not much of a photo.
Photo Date:  10/11/2004  Upload Date: 4/18/2007 3:31:45 PM
Location:  Wood Dale, IL
Author:  Tristan Garrett
Categories: 
Locomotives:  METX 415(MP36PH-3S)
Views:  633   Comments: 0
Metra MP36 415
Title:  Metra MP36 415
Description:  415 brakes for a westbound arrival into Franklin Park. Photo by John Mejns.
Photo Date:  3/3/2006  Upload Date: 4/4/2007 4:13:00 AM
Location:  Franklin Park, IL
Author:  John Means
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Locomotives:  METX 415(MP36PH-3S)
Views:  2066   Comments: 0
Metra 415
Title:  Metra 415
Description:  Sitting cold on Union Station Track 1 around 7 PM on Tuesday evening.
Photo Date:  1/22/2008  Upload Date: 1/24/2008 3:27:29 AM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Tristan Garrett
Categories: 
Locomotives:  METX 415(MP36PH-3S)
Views:  425   Comments: 0
Fireman's side
Title:  Fireman's side
Description:  Nothng special here, but still a fun ride.
Photo Date:  11/20/2004  Upload Date: 4/4/2007 6:09:55 AM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Tristan Garrett
Categories: 
Locomotives:  METX 416(MP36PH-3S)
Views:  529   Comments: 0
Engineer's controls
Title:  Engineer's controls
Description:  The first time you go up in one of those, it feels like you're in some sort of spacecraft.
Photo Date:  11/20/2004  Upload Date: 4/4/2007 6:06:57 AM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Tristan Garrett
Categories: 
Locomotives:  METX 416(MP36PH-3S)
Views:  589   Comments: 0
Engineer's controls
Title:  Engineer's controls
Description:  The layout and sheer number of controls can be a little intimidating to the uninitiated.
Photo Date:  11/20/2004  Upload Date: 4/4/2007 6:07:11 AM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Tristan Garrett
Categories: 
Locomotives:  METX 416(MP36PH-3S)
Views:  532   Comments: 0
Two engines... how fun...
Title:  Two engines... how fun...
Description:  I'm fairly sure that's 417 tucked back there.
Photo Date:  10/11/2004  Upload Date: 4/18/2007 3:31:49 PM
Location:  Wood Dale, IL
Author:  Tristan Garrett
Categories: 
Locomotives:  METX 100(F40PH) METX 417(MP36PH-3S)
Views:  1221   Comments: 2
MP36 420 fly-by
Title:  MP36 420 fly-by
Description:  MP36 420 fly-by at Medinah
Photo Date:  3/5/2004  Upload Date: 3/5/2004 8:58:51 PM
Location:  Medinah, IL
Author:  Tristan Garrett
Categories: 
Locomotives:  METX 420(MP36PH-3S)
Views:  829   Comments: 0
MP36 421 on an inbound
Title:  MP36 421 on an inbound
Description:  MP36 421 inbound at Medinah
Photo Date:  3/5/2004  Upload Date: 3/5/2004 8:58:51 PM
Location:  Medinah, IL
Author:  Tristan Garrett
Categories: 
Locomotives:  METX 421(MP36PH-3S)
Views:  587   Comments: 0
Sitting at the bumpers
Title:  Sitting at the bumpers
Description:  Nothing special here...
Photo Date:  9/9/2005  Upload Date: 4/4/2007 7:34:51 AM
Location:  Elgin, IL
Author:  Tristan Garrett
Categories: 
Locomotives:  METX 422(MP36PH-3S) METX 426(MP36PH-3S)
Views:  665   Comments: 0
Metra 402
Title:  Metra 402
Description:  422 comes into Franklin Park. We left not too long after this photo. Photo by John Means.
Photo Date:  3/3/2006  Upload Date: 4/4/2007 4:14:42 AM
Location:  Franklin Park, IL
Author:  John Means
Categories: 
Locomotives:  METX 422(MP36PH-3S)
Views:  423   Comments: 0
F40C 611
Title:  F40C 611
Description:  East into the city, back when they ran on a regular basis. 611 and 614 are still around, as anybody will tell you, but they don't run much.
Photo Date:  7/16/2004  Upload Date: 4/18/2007 3:24:26 PM
Location:  Elgin, IL
Author:  Tristan Garrett
Categories:  Yard,Passenger
Locomotives:  METX 611(F40C) METX 423(MP36PH-3S)
Views:  812   Comments: 0
MP36 424 with a local
Title:  MP36 424 with a local
Description:  MP36 424 with a local at Medinah
Photo Date:  3/5/2004  Upload Date: 3/5/2004 8:58:51 PM
Location:  Medinah, IL
Author:  Tristat Garrett
Categories: 
Locomotives:  METX 424(MP36PH-3S)
Views:  673   Comments: 0
MP36 424 departs
Title:  MP36 424 departs
Description:  MP36 424 departp Medinah
Photo Date:  3/5/2004  Upload Date: 3/5/2004 8:58:51 PM
Location:  Medinah, IL
Author:  Tristan Garrett
Categories: 
Locomotives:  METX 424(MP36PH-3S)
Views:  641   Comments: 0
Metra 424 in the fog
Title:  Metra 424 in the fog
Description:  Nothing special here...
Photo Date:  11/6/2004  Upload Date: 4/4/2007 2:49:25 AM
Location:  Roselle, IL
Author:  Tristan Garrett
Categories: 
Locomotives:  METX 424(MP36PH-3S)
Views:  424   Comments: 0
424 on the back end of that eastbound
Title:  424 on the back end of that eastbound
Description:  Rolling east into National Street depot.
Photo Date:  4/14/2006  Upload Date: 4/4/2007 4:34:22 AM
Location:  Elgin, IL
Author:  Tristan Garrett
Categories: 
Locomotives:  METX 424(MP36PH-3S)
Views:  467   Comments: 0
METX 426
Title:  METX 426
Description:  Rolling west out of the Wood Dale plant.
Photo Date:  10/11/2004  Upload Date: 4/18/2007 3:31:47 PM
Location:  Wood Dale, IL
Author:  Tristan Garrett
Categories: 
Locomotives:  METX 426(MP36PH-3S)
Views:  533   Comments: 0


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