D. B. Arthur Wrote:
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> Here's a photo I took on January 23, 2012,
> THIRTEEN YEARS AGO, of a special train operated by
> Iowa Pacific that made a round-trip from Chicago,
> IL to Indianapolis, IN coordinated with a
> convention of, I believe, the American Public
> Transit Association. The routing of the train was
> Canadian National Illinois Central from Chicago to
> Newton, IL thence the Indiana Rail Road from
> Newton to their Senate Avenue Terminal in
> Indianapolis. Before the mergers and shortline
> formations of the last fifty-years or so, this was
> Illinois Central's access into Indianapolis.
>
> I rode the train on the return leg and here it is
> at Newton making a crew change between the INDR
> and CNIC operating crews. The consist of the
> train was this E unit in SP "Black Widow" colors
> from another Iowa Pacific property, the Arizona
> Eastern; lounge car "Adirondack Club" (800224);
> full length dome SLRG 511 "Scenic View" (800124);
> diner New York Central 448; full length dome Iowa
> Pacific "Sky View" and dove-tail observation
> "Eaton" (800174), with all equipment being owned
> by Iowa Pacific.
>
> It was very cold that day in Newton and I briefly
> hopped off for some photos with inadequate
> clothing. I'm glad I didn't get left behind.
>
> I rode the return leg so I could see all of the
> normally-freight-only mileage in daylight. Some
> of the trip to Indianapolis was in darkness and
> this made for some nice flash photography shots by
> other photographers, one of which is shown here of
> the train crossing Shuffle Creek Viaduct near Lake
> Lemon. I do not know who the photographer was.
>
> [i.ibb.co]
>
> From my notes, here's some info of the flights I
> took:
>
> January 22, 2012 WN 0456 ONT-PHX 1245-1455 N285WN
> I76SBT
> January 22, 2012 WN 0131 PHX-IND 1725-2250 N601WN
> "The Jack Vidal"
> January 24, 2012 WN 2232 MDW-DIA 0600-0745 N729SW
> IPZS9Z
> January 24, 2012 WN 0425 DIA-ONT 0850-1010 N660SW
>
> [i.ibb.co]


I was never paid for working the xmas train ! That scum needs a black eye! Thanks for reminding me with your photo! - #89c