Charlie,
I thought the Freedom Train arrived in Chicago from the east behind the T1; it
left Chicago westbound behind 4449. IIRC, 4449 arrived from the west running
light and had a crossing encounter with a truck at a crossing (on the
racetrack?) on the way to the EMD plant. Feel free to drop me an email off
list if you prefer ... I am a HUGE fan of the American Freedom Train!
Regards,
John Lewis
Palmyra Missouri
American Freedom Train Yahoo Group
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AmericanFreedomTrain/<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AmericanFreedomTrain/>
2. 1976 American Freedom Train on the CB&Q
Posted by: "Charlie Vlk" cvlk@comcast.net<mailto:cvlk@comcast.net>
n_cbqguy
Date: Wed Sep 19, 2007 8:35 am ((PDT))
On the return leg eastbound the GS4 with the freedom train ran into Chicago
on the racetrack.
I was commuting from Belmont at the time and decided to take a later train
than normal to catch
the train.
Like all steam trains I've waited trackside for, it was running about an hour
or more later than it
was supposed to.... (at least I wasn't in a cold drizzle on top of a signal
bridge at Congress Park
worrying about a cop spotting me from the Ogden Avenue bridge before the 4960
finally came through!!!).
I managed to get a good shot of the BN bi-centennial 1776 unit which was
running light as a pilot to
the train... but aside from a few too-far-away shots didn't get a good image
of the GS4. I was
using a Olympus OM-1 and in my excitement managed to get a double exposure at
the critical
shot.
I remember getting an impression that the GS4 was one well-crafted locomotive
as it went by...
something that I've heard people say of Lima products in general.
Charlie Vlk
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