{"id":8676,"date":"2014-10-20T02:32:14","date_gmt":"2014-10-20T06:32:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=8676"},"modified":"2014-10-17T08:50:20","modified_gmt":"2014-10-17T12:50:20","slug":"chicago-the-other-611","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/chicago-the-other-611\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago: The Other 611"},"content":{"rendered":"

February 2003.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

For many railway enthusiasts, the number 611 immediately conveys mental images of Norfolk & Western\u2019s magnificent streamlined 4-8-4 steam locomotive. But the number is shared with another interesting engine.<\/p>\n

On clear morning in February 2003, I arrived in Chicago on Amtrak\u2019s Lake Shore Limited. <\/em>Marshall W. Beecher met me at Union Station and we set out to\u00a0explore Chicago\u2019s railroads.<\/p>\n

We stopped in at A2 tower, a busy place where the former Chicago & North Western crosses the former Milwaukee Road lines from Union Station. In addition to mainline suburban trains, a yard between the two mainlines west of the tower produces a host of light engine and equipment moves.<\/p>\n

\"Metra<\/a>
Metra 611 at A2 Tower Chicago in February 2003. Exposed on Fujichrome with a Nikon F3.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Metra 611, one of only a few remain F40Cs, was on its way to the yard. The light was perfect and I made this portrait of the unusual locomotive. The F40C was built in 1974 for Milwaukee Road\u2019s Chicago suburban service and the near cousin to Amtrak\u2019s unsuccessful SDP40F. By 2003 only a few remained in service.<\/p>\n

My most recent book Chicago: America’s Railroad Capital<\/a> is a collaborative project with Michael Blaszak, John Gruber and Chris Guss, and features many one of a kind photographs. It is available now through Voyageur Press. This illustrated volume illustrates the history of Chicago\u2019s railroad from the steam era through the present.<\/p>\n

Take a look!\u00a0Keen observers will find yet another 611 displayed in the book’s pages.<\/p>\n

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February 2003. For many railway enthusiasts, the number 611 immediately conveys mental images of Norfolk & Western\u2019s magnificent streamlined 4-8-4 steam locomotive. But the number is shared with another interesting engine. On clear morning in February 2003, I arrived in Chicago on Amtrak\u2019s Lake Shore Limited. Marshall W. Beecher met me at Union Station and … Continue reading Chicago: The Other 611<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8674,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[10],"tags":[4537,2205,224,539,7535],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/F40C-611-at-A2-Chicago-Feb-2003-Brian-Solomon-photo-0023053.jpg?fit=800%2C526","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2BVuC-2fW","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8676"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8676"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8676\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8680,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8676\/revisions\/8680"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8674"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}