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Viewing Album:  EJE Local - Griffith, IN
 
By:Gary Everhart
Dates:10/12/2011 - 10/12/2011
Album Info:Late afternoon, I caught this Elgin Joliet and Eastern local leaving its yard in Griffith and head westward. Of course, swtiches needed to be aligned so the conductor was put to work getting the local out onto the foremer EJE mainline, now part of the Canadian National network.
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EJE 703
Title:  EJE 703
Description:  Elgin Joliet and Eastern #703 moves out slowly from the EJE yard.
Photo Date:  10/12/2011  Upload Date: 11/6/2011 12:47:19 PM
Location:  Griffith, IN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Track,Action
Locomotives:  EJE 703(GP38-2)
Views:  186   Comments: 1
EJE 703
Title:  EJE 703
Description:  Cab door is opened by the conductor.
Photo Date:  10/12/2011  Upload Date: 11/6/2011 12:47:33 PM
Location:  Griffith, IN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Track,Action
Locomotives:  EJE 703(GP38-2)
Views:  147   Comments: 0
EJE 703
Title:  EJE 703
Description:  The conductor heads out of the cab to align a switch onto the EJE mainline.
Photo Date:  10/12/2011  Upload Date: 11/6/2011 12:47:50 PM
Location:  Griffith, IN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Track,Action
Locomotives:  EJE 703(GP38-2)
Views:  125   Comments: 0
EJE 703
Title:  EJE 703
Description:  The conductor climbs down from the cab.
Photo Date:  10/12/2011  Upload Date: 11/6/2011 12:52:57 PM
Location:  Griffith, IN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Track,Action
Locomotives:  EJE 703(GP38-2)
Views:  127   Comments: 0
EJE 703
Title:  EJE 703
Description:  The conductor climbs down. The local consists mainly of MP & UP gondolas with a few covered hoppers a a boxcar mixed in.
Photo Date:  10/12/2011  Upload Date: 11/6/2011 1:24:38 PM
Location:  Griffith, IN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Track,Action
Locomotives:  EJE 703(GP38-2)
Views:  131   Comments: 1
EJE 703
Title:  EJE 703
Description:  The engineer, barely visible, waits patiently while the conductor sets the switch for the mainline.
Photo Date:  10/12/2011  Upload Date: 11/6/2011 1:24:55 PM
Location:  Griffith, IN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Track,Action
Locomotives:  EJE 703(GP38-2)
Views:  123   Comments: 0
Setting the switch
Title:  Setting the switch
Description:  The conductor first unlocks the switch padlock,
Photo Date:  10/12/2011  Upload Date: 11/6/2011 1:25:12 PM
Location:  Griffith, IN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Track,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  57   Comments: 0
Setting the switch
Title:  Setting the switch
Description:  he then gets ready to grab the switch handle,
Photo Date:  10/12/2011  Upload Date: 11/6/2011 1:25:54 PM
Location:  Griffith, IN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Track,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  51   Comments: 0
Setting the switch
Title:  Setting the switch
Description:  then he throws the swtich to align for mainline west,
Photo Date:  10/12/2011  Upload Date: 11/6/2011 1:28:14 PM
Location:  Griffith, IN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Track,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  58   Comments: 0
Setting the switch
Title:  Setting the switch
Description:  and finally locks the switch padlock before returning to the train for its journey west on the EJE mainline.
Photo Date:  10/12/2011  Upload Date: 11/6/2011 1:29:12 PM
Location:  Griffith, IN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Track,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  66   Comments: 1

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