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Rochelle, Illinois, April 11th, 2016

After the Center for Railroad Photography & Art conference north of Chicago in 2016, my friend George Hiotis and I traveled into western Illinois.  In Rochelle, 75 miles west of Chicago, the Union Pacific's former Chicago & North Western two-track main line crosses BNSF's former Burlington Route Chicago-Twin Cities two-track main line, on four diamonds at roughly a 45-degree angle; we got there during a maintenance window, so instead of trains we photographed hardware and the people who maintain it.

Maintainer at Rochelle
Maintainer at Rochelle
Maintainer at Rochelle with lookout
Maintainer at Rochelle
Burlington signals at Rochelle
C&NW signals at Rochelle
Burlington signals at Rochelle
Half-demolished factory at Rochelle

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