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Locomotive Details Location/Date of Photo » Union Pacific (more..) » EMD GP40-2 (more..) » Pontiac Siding, Joliet Sub (more..) » Pontiac, Illinois, USA (more..) » April 24, 2008 Locomotive No./Train ID Photographer » UP 1354 (more..) » NORTH LOCAL (more..) » Steve Smedley (more..) » Contact Steve Smedley Remarks: The Union Pacific Railroad's North Local, which operates Monday through Friday as a round trip between Bloomington and Mazonia, Illinois, went on the ground Wednesday morning, April 23, 2008, south of Pontiac. The derailment involved ten empty grain cars, four of which ended up in fields on either side of the tracks, which were blocked. the location where the derailment took place is the Pontiac mainline and siding. The line is a main route for Amtrak between Chicago and St. Louis. Passengers on trains running on the line were placed on charter busses from the Normal Amtrak depot. The line was expected to be back in service in the late evening. STEVE SMEDLEY Photographer Profile  Detailed Photo History This photo has been viewed 3,217 unique times since being added to the database on April 23, 2008. This photo has been favorited by 0 members.   User Comments (2) [Hide Comments]  Posted by Doug Wolfe on April 24, 2008 Nice work getting & posting these shots Steve. Posted by Jeff Swanson on April 24, 2008 I agree. Thanks, Steve. - Post a Comment - (Registration is no longer required to post photo comments.) EXIF Data for this photo: [What's this?] This image contains EXIF headers - Click Here to show the data. Photo Copyright © 2008 Steve Smedley. All Rights Reserved. Photo Usage Policy This website Copyright © 2002-2009. All Rights Reserved.