0 6081 EJ&E Herald
EJ&E Herald as it appeared on cabooses in the 1960s and early 1970s.
Date: 09/02/2009
EJ&E Herald as it appeared on cabooses in the 1960s and early 1970s.
0 6125 EJ&E 912
EJ&E 912 EMD re-engined Baldwin DT6-6-2000 at Waukegan, IL
Date: 09/02/2009
EJ&E 912 EMD re-engined Baldwin DT6-6-2000 at Waukegan, IL
0 6122 EJ&E 915 DT6-6-2000 3-74
EJ&E 915 at Waukegan in March 1974.
Date: 09/11/2009
EJ&E 915 at Waukegan in March 1974.
0 6130 EJ&E 655-913 3-74
EJ&E 655 SD38 and EJ&E 913 DT6-6-2000 at Waukegan. While not extremely rare, neither was this locomotive consist very common. March 1974.
Date: 09/10/2009
EJ&E 655 SD38 and EJ&E 913 DT6-6-2000 at Waukegan. While not extremely rare, neither was this locomotive consist very common. March 1974.
P6049 EJE 702 rear
EJ&E 702 GP38-2 basks in the winter sun by the roundhouse at Waukegan in winter 1973.
Date: 08/29/2009
EJ&E 702 GP38-2 basks in the winter sun by the roundhouse at Waukegan in winter 1973.
NP pic EJ&E 802 7-24-73
EJ&E 802 Alco RS2 at LaCrosse, WI on Burlington NOrthern July 24, 1973. Photo by Neal Payton, collection of Sam Carlson
Date: 09/02/2009
EJ&E 802 Alco RS2 at LaCrosse, WI on Burlington NOrthern July 24, 1973. Photo by Neal Payton, collection of Sam Carlson
0 6086 Scrapping EJ&E 801 2-72
EJ&E 801 Alco RS2 being scrapped at Industrial Maintenance Services in Hammond, Indiana in February 1972.
Date: 09/02/2009
EJ&E 801 Alco RS2 being scrapped at Industrial Maintenance Services in Hammond, Indiana in February 1972.
0 6152 3-74
An EJ&E Road Set at Waukegan in March 1974. If any other switcher showed up in Waukegan besides the 220, 236, 242,or 478, it would be a 300 series m.u. equipped EMD SW1200 used along with a centercab in road service. This locomotive consist was the no
Date: 09/02/2009
An EJ&E Road Set at Waukegan in March 1974. If any other switcher showed up in Waukegan besides the 220, 236, 242,or 478, it would be a 300 series m.u. equipped EMD SW1200 used along with a centercab in road service. This locomotive consist was the norm for road power in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Locals would rate a single centercab. When the SD38s came, it became rare to see a switcher and an SD38; instead, two SD38s were utilized.
0 6136 3-74
A typical road set leaves Waukegan, IL in March, 1974 with a train. Generally, between 20 and 40 cars would leave Waukegan on most road trains. The ruling grade out of Waukegan began here, a few yards past South Yard, and there was a fallacy that if you c
Date: 09/02/2009
A typical road set leaves Waukegan, IL in March, 1974 with a train. Generally, between 20 and 40 cars would leave Waukegan on most road trains. The ruling grade out of Waukegan began here, a few yards past South Yard, and there was a fallacy that if you could get out of Waukegan, you could make it to Joliet. It was a fallacy for two reasons: one, sometimes a switcher, usually EJ&E 477 or 478, would have to shove the train out of town (the SW1s could barely bunch the slack) and, two, most road trains filled at both Rondout (Milwaukee Road interchange)and Leithton (Soo Line interchange) swelling the train to 75-100 cars or more, making the grade out of Leithton the real challenge.
0 6139 3-74
The caboose for the road train leaving Waukegan in March 1974. This was always the way the rear of EJ&E trains looked, except for the fact that the cabooses would be pointed in either direction.
Date: 09/02/2009
The caboose for the road train leaving Waukegan in March 1974. This was always the way the rear of EJ&E trains looked, except for the fact that the cabooses would be pointed in either direction.
0 6291 EJ&E Ore Caboose Hop 5-74
EJ&E Caboose Hop featuring typical ore train power timetable eastbound compass westward about to cross Telegraph Road (Waukegan Road Il-Route 43) in Knollwood, IL in May 1974.
Date: 09/10/2009
EJ&E Caboose Hop featuring typical ore train power timetable eastbound compass westward about to cross Telegraph Road (Waukegan Road Il-Route 43) in Knollwood, IL in May 1974.
P6050 EJE 477
EJ&E 477 VO-1000 working in Waukegan in the early 1970s
Date: 08/29/2009
EJ&E 477 VO-1000 working in Waukegan in the early 1970s
P6051 EJE 477 rear
EJ&E 477 VO-1000 working in Waukegan in the early 1970s.
Date: 08/29/2009
EJ&E 477 VO-1000 working in Waukegan in the early 1970s.
0 6017Z EJ&E 478 3-74
EJ&E 478 VO-1000 at Waukegan in March 1974.
Date: 09/02/2009
EJ&E 478 VO-1000 at Waukegan in March 1974.
0 6078 EJ&E 220 ITH
EJ&E 220, EMD SW1, inside the Waukegan roundhouse in 1974.
Date: 09/02/2009
EJ&E 220, EMD SW1, inside the Waukegan roundhouse in 1974.
0 6074 EJ&E 236 ITH
EJ&E 236, an EMD SW1, inside the Waukegan roundhouse in 1974. EJ&E 220, 236, and 478 were the generally used switch engines at Waukegan in the early to mid 1970s. When one wwould leave for inspection or repairs, EJ&E 242 often filled in. When
Date: 09/02/2009
EJ&E 236, an EMD SW1, inside the Waukegan roundhouse in 1974. EJ&E 220, 236, and 478 were the generally used switch engines at Waukegan in the early to mid 1970s. When one wwould leave for inspection or repairs, EJ&E 242 often filled in. When not in use, they were almost always kept inside the roundhouse.
0 6080 EJ&E 478 ITH 9-73
EJ&E 478, a Baldwin VO-1000, inside the Waukegan roundhouse in 1974.
Date: 09/02/2009
EJ&E 478, a Baldwin VO-1000, inside the Waukegan roundhouse in 1974.
0 6120 EJ&E 444 and 478 4-74
EJ&E 444 EMD SW1001 and EJ&E 478 VO-1000, the victor and the vanquished, await their next assignments at Waukegan, IL in April 1974. Even though neither engine past the white sign saying "ENGINES MUST NOT PASS THIS POINT" (remarkably) th
Date: 09/02/2009
EJ&E 444 EMD SW1001 and EJ&E 478 VO-1000, the victor and the vanquished, await their next assignments at Waukegan, IL in April 1974. Even though neither engine past the white sign saying "ENGINES MUST NOT PASS THIS POINT" (remarkably) the sign still partially hosed the shot.
0 6106 EJ&E 444 Wkgn 3-74
EJ&E 444 EMD SW1001 at Waukegan, IL in March 1974. The white sign said "Engines Must Not Pass This Point" but they almost always did, hosing most shots.
Date: 09/11/2009
EJ&E 444 EMD SW1001 at Waukegan, IL in March 1974. The white sign said "Engines Must Not Pass This Point" but they almost always did, hosing most shots.
0 6254 EJ&E 478 3-74
EJ&E 478 works at Waukegan. We'd be remiss not to show a decent photo of this serious workhorse and famous denizen.
Date: 09/02/2009
EJ&E 478 works at Waukegan. We'd be remiss not to show a decent photo of this serious workhorse and famous denizen.
0 6287 EJ&E 236 7-74_0002
EJ&E 236, an EMD SW1, basks in front of the roundhouse. It was rare to see the switchers sitting outside; when not in use, they were almost always stored inside the roundhouse.
Date: 09/02/2009
EJ&E 236, an EMD SW1, basks in front of the roundhouse. It was rare to see the switchers sitting outside; when not in use, they were almost always stored inside the roundhouse.
0 6204 4-74_0002
Working Rondout yard, picking up some of the Milwaukee Road interchange traffic. If there was only one unit on the train, usually they were picking up only the shorts.
Date: 09/02/2009
Working Rondout yard, picking up some of the Milwaukee Road interchange traffic. If there was only one unit on the train, usually they were picking up only the shorts.
0 6251 EJ&E 659-903 3-74
EJ&E 659 and 903 at Rondout, IL, in March of 1974.
Date: 09/10/2009
EJ&E 659 and 903 at Rondout, IL, in March of 1974.
0 6249 EJ&E 659-902 MILW 297
EJ&E 659 and 903 make a set out at the Milwaukee Road interchange at Rondout, IL while Milwaukee Road 297, one of the two regularly assigned GP9s at Rondout, looks on while awaiting for the completion of the EJ&E's move so that it can continue its
Date: 09/10/2009
EJ&E 659 and 903 make a set out at the Milwaukee Road interchange at Rondout, IL while Milwaukee Road 297, one of the two regularly assigned GP9s at Rondout, looks on while awaiting for the completion of the EJ&E's move so that it can continue its switching.
0 6250 EJ&E 903-659 3-74
EJ&E 903, along with 659, make a set out to the Milwaukee Road at Rondout, IL.
Date: 09/10/2009
EJ&E 903, along with 659, make a set out to the Milwaukee Road at Rondout, IL.
0 6134 EJ&E 652 SD38 2-77
At first the railroad seemed reluctant to use the SD38s by themselves, but when this photo was taken at Rondout in February, 1977, the centercabs were gone and all the original EJ&E SD38 and SD38-2s had been delivered, so apparently the trust issues h
Date: 09/10/2009
At first the railroad seemed reluctant to use the SD38s by themselves, but when this photo was taken at Rondout in February, 1977, the centercabs were gone and all the original EJ&E SD38 and SD38-2s had been delivered, so apparently the trust issues had been resolved.
6128 EJ&E 668 Bi-Cen 3-77
EJ&E 668, an SD38-2 and the road's last new unit (all subsequent units were second hand) was delivered in solid white. The railroad applied its Bi-Centennial markings in reflective Scotchlite, but the stuff kept peeling off, so after a couple of attem
Date: 10/21/2009
EJ&E 668, an SD38-2 and the road's last new unit (all subsequent units were second hand) was delivered in solid white. The railroad applied its Bi-Centennial markings in reflective Scotchlite, but the stuff kept peeling off, so after a couple of attempts, the markings were painted on. Unlike many Bi-Centennial units, the EJ&E did not keep the scheme for long, and this March 1977 photo was the last time I ever saw it in red, white, and blue. Getting the shot at all was a study in blundering perseverence; the Joliet bound train was shot just after it had crossed the bridge over the C&NW and Sheridan Road in North Chicago. The photographer (me) had to scramble, slipping and sliding and tumbling repeatedly up and down the snow and ice covered embankment to reach a place to get a decent shot, as the bridge girders obscured the bottom half of the train while fencing and other ghetto garbage ruined the shot from ground level.
0 6-131 EJ&E 1320 Gon OSR
EJ&E 1320 Gondola crossing Old School Road in Mettawa, about a mile compass west and timetable east of Rondout, Illinois during the summer of 1976.
Date: 02/29/1976
EJ&E 1320 Gondola crossing Old School Road in Mettawa, about a mile compass west and timetable east of Rondout, Illinois during the winter of 1976.
147-31 EJ&E 90695 65' Gon 5-85
EJ&E 90695 65' Gondola, along with an unidentified EJ&E covered hopper, scoots along northward on a Soo Line freight near Theresa Station, Wisconsin in May, 1985. Note that the old large EJ&E lettering is visible through the new (but not that
Date: 10/21/2009
EJ&E 90695 65' Gondola, along with an unidentified EJ&E covered hopper, scoots along northward on a Soo Line freight near Theresa Station, Wisconsin in May, 1985. Note that the old large EJ&E lettering is visible through the new (but not that new) paint. Modelers, try this weathering job sometime!
0 6098 EJ&E 73099 12-73 Proviso
EJ&E 73099 hopper car at Proviso Yard (C&NW) in December 1973.
Date: 09/06/2009
EJ&E 73099 hopper car at Proviso Yard (C&NW) in December 1973.
0 6097 EJ&E 70754 12-73 Proviso
EJ&E 70754 hopper car at Proviso Yard (C&NW) in December, 1973.
Date: 09/06/2009
EJ&E 70754 hopper car at Proviso Yard (C&NW) in December, 1973.
0 6100 EJ&E 72112 12-73 Wkgn
EJ&E 72112 hopper car at Waukegan, Illinois in December, 1973. Since it's on the C&NW's rip track, it would appear that C&NW damaged the car.
Date: 09/06/2009
EJ&E 72112 hopper car at Waukegan, Illinois in December, 1973. Since it's on the C&NW's rip track, it would appear that C&NW damaged the car.
0 6202 EJ&E Boxcars 3-74 Wkgn
EJ&E Boxcars in the C&NW yard at Waukegan, Illinois in March, 1974. There are more EJ&E boxcars here in this one place than the entire railroad had on its roster when CN took over.
Date: 09/06/2009
EJ&E Boxcars in the C&NW yard at Waukegan, Illinois in March, 1974. There are more EJ&E boxcars here in this one place than the entire railroad had on its roster when CN took over.
0 6228 EJ&E 65209 4-74 Lthton
EJ&E 65209 50' double door boxcar at Leithton, Illinois during April, 1974.
Date: 09/06/2009
EJ&E 65209 50' double door boxcar at Leithton, Illinois during April, 1974.
0 6227 EJ&E 60860 4-74 Lthton
EJ&E 60860 40' Boxcar at Leithton, Illinois in April, 1974.
Date: 09/06/2009
EJ&E 60860 40' Boxcar at Leithton, Illinois in April, 1974.
0 6290 EJ&E 7000 4-74
EJ&E 7000 Coil Car in April 1974.
Date: 09/06/2009
EJ&E 7000 Coil Car in April 1974.
0 6156 EJ&E 197
EJ&E 197 Transfer Caboose at Waukegan, IL
Date: 09/04/2009
EJ&E 197 Transfer Caboose at Waukegan, IL
0 6155 EJ&E 194
EJ&E 194 Transfer Caboose at Waukegan, IL
Date: 09/04/2009
EJ&E 194 Transfer Caboose at Waukegan, IL
0 6082 EJ&E Trans. Cabs 194, 197
EJ&E 194 and 197, transfer cabooses at Waukegan sometime in 1974.
Date: 09/04/2009
EJ&E 194 and 197, transfer cabooses at Waukegan sometime in 1974.
0 6109 EJ&E 547
EJ&E 547 Caboose at Waukegan in 1974. While there were various obstacles to contend with when trying to photograph EJ&E locomotives in Waukegan, the cabooses were just the opposite. They would be uncoupled and placed in perfect locations.
Date: 09/05/2009
EJ&E 547 Caboose at Waukegan in 1974. While there were various obstacles to contend with when trying to photograph EJ&E locomotives in Waukegan, the cabooses were just the opposite. They would be uncoupled and placed in perfect locations.
6160 EJ&E Ore Train 2-74
EJ&E empty ore train heads for Waukegan,IL in February 1974. This is at the Telegraph Road (IL Route 43) crossing in Knollwood, IL. Behind the photographer is a small grocery store where he had gone to buy beer, not knowing a train was coming. When we
Date: 10/21/2009
EJ&E empty ore train heads for Waukegan,IL in February 1974. This is at the Telegraph Road (IL Route 43) crossing in Knollwood, IL. Behind the photographer is a small grocery store where he had gone to buy beer, not knowing a train was coming. When we came out, the gates were going down, and there was no chance to cross the tracks and get to the sunny side of the train.
6161 EJ&E 656 2-74
EJ&E 656 was the EJ&E's first SD38-2 and was on the property for about a month when this shot was copped in Knollwood, IL in February 1974.
Date: 10/21/2009
EJ&E 656 was the EJ&E's first SD38-2 and was on the property for about a month when this shot was copped in Knollwood, IL in February 1974.
6162 EJ&E 657 rear 2-74
The second unit on this ore train was the second SD38-2 that the EJ&E bought; this is the 657. Note that the herald had already been painted over in an orange that didn't quite match. Knollwood, IL in Feb. 1974.
Date: 10/21/2009
The second unit on this ore train was the second SD38-2 that the EJ&E bought; this is the 657. Note that the herald had already been painted over in an orange that didn't quite match. Knollwood, IL in Feb. 1974.
6163 EJ&E 656 2-74
Going view of almost brand new EJ&E 656.
Date: 10/21/2009
Going view of almost brand new EJ&E 656.
6164 EJ&E 657 2-74
Going view of almost brand new EJ&E 657. Notice that the herald had already been painted out in an unmatching orange, while the herald of the 656 was still intact. Knollwood, IL, in Feb. 1974.
Date: 10/21/2009
Going view of almost brand new EJ&E 657. Notice that the herald had already been painted out in an unmatching orange, while the herald of the 656 was still intact. Knollwood, IL, in Feb. 1974.
EJ&E 651 rear 2-74
EJ&E 651, the road's second SD38, was the third unit in the locomotive consist of this ore train. It had been on the property for a few years and had accumulated a fair amount of crud by the time the herald was painted over, and the blank orange patch
Date: 10/21/2009
EJ&E 651, the road's second SD38, was the third unit in the locomotive consist of this ore train. It had been on the property for a few years and had accumulated a fair amount of crud by the time the herald was painted over, and the blank orange patch stands out blatantly. Feb. 1974 in Knollwood, IL.
6167 EJ&E Ore Train 2-74
Looking compass east, the ore train's power has just reached the end of double track and is now crossing onto single track as it enters the automatic interlocking plant and crossing of the Chicago & North Western Railroad at Upton, IL, in Feb. 1974.
Date: 10/21/2009
Looking compass east, the ore train's power has just reached the end of double track and is now crossing onto single track as it enters the automatic interlocking plant and crossing of the Chicago & North Western Railroad at Upton, IL, in Feb. 1974.
6179 EJ&E Ore Train 2-74
The EJ&E never missed a chance to make a hard job harder, and this was no exception. As often happened, extra freight was tacked onto the rear of this ore train. Knollwood, IL, in Feb. 1974.
Date: 10/21/2009
The EJ&E never missed a chance to make a hard job harder, and this was no exception. As often happened, extra freight was tacked onto the rear of this ore train. Knollwood, IL, in Feb. 1974.
6178 EJ&E 547 2-74
EJ&E 547 was the caboose on this ore train, which probably didn't look much like an ore train from the caboose. While the addition of the extra freight may have made the load of trains #5 or #9 lighter, this was not a classic case of combining 2 train
Date: 10/21/2009
EJ&E 547 was the caboose on this ore train, which probably didn't look much like an ore train from the caboose. While the addition of the extra freight may have made the load of trains #5 or #9 lighter, this was not a classic case of combining 2 trains. If the trains were combined, then extra power would have been provided for the return leg of #5 or #9 (which would have become #6 or #10)as well as a second caboose for the rear end crew of the same train. Note that the ore cars are dipping through the Upton plant, while in the far distance, the head end is about to pass beneath the Green Bay Road (IL Route 131) overpass in Lake Bluff, IL. This all happened in February, 1974.
P2035 Leithton Tower Summer 1972
Leithton Tower in the summer of 1972. Tower was still manned at the time.
Date: 08/28/2009
Leithton Tower in the summer of 1972. Tower was still manned at the time.
6077 EJ&E End of Track 9-73
EJ&E End of track marker at the far northern point on the entire EJ&E. This marker was just north of Greenwood Ave. in Waukegan, IL in September 1973. North of there, the Johns-Manville plant trackage continued on and fanned into a small yard serv
Date: 10/21/2009
EJ&E End of track marker at the far northern point on the entire EJ&E. This marker was just north of Greenwood Ave. in Waukegan, IL in September 1973. North of there, the Johns-Manville plant trackage continued on and fanned into a small yard serving their plant. Now, the plant is gone; the site is vacant and all the trackage is gone; and the EJ&E track no longer crosses Greenwood. Just south of there is the former Commonwealth Edison, now Midwest Generating power plant which now marks the new north end of the EJ&E. I like to use this photo at the end of most of my slide shows, sometimes, just for effect, turning it on its side so the lettering reads across instead of down.
