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BREAKING NEWS

The Doors keyboardist Ray Manzarek has died

born and raised on the South Side of Chicago

 

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Blackhawks fall - trail 2-1 in series

 

 

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9:45pm Monday - Calm before the Storm

 

 

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UPCOMING  EVENTS

 

CHICAGO'S MEMORIAL DAY PARADE

MAY 25:  11:00am - State Street

 

30th Annual Chicago Blues Festival

June 6 – 9

Free Admission • Millennium Park and Grant Park

 

FRANKLIN PARK RAILROAD DAZE Fri, Jun 7 - Sat, Jun 8 RAILROAD DISPLAY on SAT June 8

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Severe Thunderstorm Warning

UNTIL   12:01AM

Severe Thunderstorm Watch

May 20 at 8:00PM CDT until May 21 at 3:00AM CDT

51 Dead in Moore, Oklahoma so far

RAILChicago's Past:

05-21-2007:   WC SW1500 on SCAL

05-21-2010:   CIRY1208 boarded up.  Waiting for a better fate

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MAY  20   2013

RAILChicago's Past:

05-20-2008:   Public Enemies cars being removed by Chicago Rail Link

05-20-2008:  On BRC

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MAY  19  2013

CN - Homewood, IL:

Not a waste of time. . .but a real scam by the "Homewood Rail Days"

Committee. . .Nothing by CN except. . .

. . .That was it for Railroad Days - only wanted you to spend money

with people selling their wares - never went inside. . .but the regular

CN / METRA activity went on

At the Load Test Building. . .WC1568 (SW1500)

IC3120 (GP40) + GTW5849 (GP38-2) doing the chores

NB Stack:  CN8912 (SD70M-2) + 5722 (SD75i)

To Chicago: METRA806 leading

EJE669 (SD38-3)

NB:  CN8903 (SD70M-2) + BCR4624 (C40-8M)

SB:   UP238 (GP38-2?) + 3230 (SD40-2)

HOMEWOOD Railroad Park:

IC8408 (GP-10) + IC9426 (Caboose)

CLEARING WEST - Bedford Park, IL:

Departing:   UP4203 (SD70M)) + 8154 (SD9043AC)

WSOR4005 * 4013 + 4050 (all SD40-2)

Heading to EB IHB/CSX trackagw:   CSX874 + 937 (both ES44AH)