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Viewing Album:  Photos from the late 1980's
 
By:Mike Berka
Dates:8/22/1987 - 12/31/1989
Album Info:I first started taking photos in August 1987. The camera that I had at the time was a Kodak instamatic. It used 126 type film, and the photos were only three and a half, by three and a half. I'm not too sure about the dates on some of these photos. Some of the photos where the locomotive was new, I was able to look up in a locomotive directory, and at least get an idea for when it was built. These photos were taken in 1987, 1988, and 1989. The month and day with some, I'm not sure about. Even the year too, but these photos covered these years. I do remember some of the months and years for some of these photos, and I do at least have all of the locations correct.
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Soo Line
Title:  Soo Line
Description:  4233
Photo Date:  8/22/1987  Upload Date: 11/1/2014 10:15:29 PM
Location:  Rhinelander, WI
Author:  Mike Berka
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SOO 4233(GP9)
Views:  660   Comments: 1
Soo Line
Title:  Soo Line
Description:  4402
Photo Date:  9/5/1987  Upload Date: 10/29/2014 3:11:17 AM
Location:  Bensenville, IL
Author:  Mike Berka
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SOO 4402(GP38-2)
Views:  1379   Comments: 1
Soo Line 4403
Title:  Soo Line 4403
Description:  This locomotive has had four different paint designs, if you will. This engine was orginally numbered 793. Soo Line had ten of these, which were numbered 790-799. These followed the last of the 700 series SD40-2s, (789), and were in between the U30Cs, 800-809. Later they were numbered into the 4400 series. As you can see, it has the red Soo, which was later changed to black, which then was painted into the candy apple red, and is now in the Canadian Pacific design. Also, I think this was the first Soo Line locomotive to have been painted into at the time, the new candy apple red design.
Photo Date:  9/17/1987  Upload Date: 10/29/2014 3:18:10 AM
Location:  Bensenville, IL
Author:  Mike Berka
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SOO 4403(GP38-2)
Views:  709   Comments: 1
CNW
Title:  CNW
Description:  923
Photo Date:  9/19/1987  Upload Date: 10/29/2014 12:24:22 PM
Location:  Des Plaines, IL
Author:  Mike Berka
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CNW 923(SD40)
Views:  586   Comments: 1
Union Pacific
Title:  Union Pacific
Description:  25589
Photo Date:  9/21/1987  Upload Date: 10/29/2014 2:34:32 AM
Location:  Bensenville, IL
Author:  Mike Berka
Categories:  RollingStock
Locomotives: 
Views:  314   Comments: 1
Soo Line
Title:  Soo Line
Description:  706
Photo Date:  9/22/1987  Upload Date: 10/29/2014 3:01:22 AM
Location:  Bensenville, IL
Author:  Mike Berka
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SOO 706(GP30)
Views:  603   Comments: 1
Soo Line
Title:  Soo Line
Description:  710
Photo Date:  9/22/1987  Upload Date: 10/29/2014 3:02:35 AM
Location:  Bensenville, IL
Author:  Mike Berka
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SOO 710(GP30)
Views:  652   Comments: 1
Soo Line
Title:  Soo Line
Description:  1400
Photo Date:  9/22/1987  Upload Date: 10/29/2014 3:21:07 AM
Location:  Bensenville, IL
Author:  Mike Berka
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SOO 1400(SW1500)
Views:  631   Comments: 1
Southern Pacific 8308
Title:  Southern Pacific 8308
Description:  Later on, this locomotive would get the speed lettering design.
Photo Date:  9/22/1987  Upload Date: 10/29/2014 12:06:37 PM
Location:  Bensenville, IL
Author:  Mike Berka
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SP 8308(SD40T-2)
Views:  528   Comments: 1
Soo Line 6008
Title:  Soo Line 6008
Description:  This was my very first photo of one of these at the time, brand new SD60s. At first, these engines were used on intermodal trains.
Photo Date:  9/27/1987  Upload Date: 10/29/2014 2:59:45 AM
Location:  Franklin Park, IL
Author:  Mike Berka
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SOO 6008(SD60)
Views:  671   Comments: 1
Southern Pacific
Title:  Southern Pacific
Description:  7813
Photo Date:  9/29/1987  Upload Date: 10/29/2014 12:13:55 PM
Location:  Bensenville, IL
Author:  Mike Berka
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 7813(B30-7)
Views:  450   Comments: 1
Cotton Belt
Title:  Cotton Belt
Description:  7271
Photo Date:  9/29/1987  Upload Date: 10/29/2014 12:15:24 PM
Location:  Bensenville, IL
Author:  Mike Berka
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SSW 7271(GP40-2)
Views:  561   Comments: 1
Southern Pacific
Title:  Southern Pacific
Description:  9326
Photo Date:  9/29/1987  Upload Date: 10/29/2014 12:38:17 PM
Location:  Bensenville, IL
Author:  Mike Berka
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 9326(SD45T-2)
Views:  448   Comments: 1
Soo Line
Title:  Soo Line
Description:  724
Photo Date:  10/3/1987  Upload Date: 10/29/2014 2:52:19 AM
Location:  Bensenville, IL
Author:  Mike Berka
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SOO 724(GP35)
Views:  580   Comments: 1
CNW
Title:  CNW
Description:  948
Photo Date:  10/6/1987  Upload Date: 11/1/2014 7:36:35 PM
Location:  Des Plaines, IL
Author:  Mike Berka
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CNW 948(SD45)
Views:  455   Comments: 1
Soo Line
Title:  Soo Line
Description:  712
Photo Date:  10/9/1987  Upload Date: 10/29/2014 3:22:40 AM
Location:  Bensenville, IL
Author:  Mike Berka
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SOO 712(GP30)
Views:  566   Comments: 1
MKT
Title:  MKT
Description:  139
Photo Date:  10/12/1987  Upload Date: 10/29/2014 2:16:50 AM
Location:  Bensenville, IL
Author:  Mike Berka
Categories:  RollingStock
Locomotives: 
Views:  453   Comments: 1
The Milwaukee Road
Title:  The Milwaukee Road
Description:  464
Photo Date:  10/17/1987  Upload Date: 10/29/2014 2:26:18 AM
Location:  Bensenville, IL
Author:  Mike Berka
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MILW 464(MP15AC)
Views:  519   Comments: 1
The Milwaukee Road
Title:  The Milwaukee Road
Description:  206
Photo Date:  10/29/1987  Upload Date: 10/29/2014 2:24:14 AM
Location:  Truesdell, WI
Author:  Mike Berka
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  MILW 206(SD40-2)
Views:  585   Comments: 1
Missouri Pacific Lines
Title:  Missouri Pacific Lines
Description:  13646
Photo Date:  11/9/1987  Upload Date: 10/29/2014 2:29:24 AM
Location:  Dolton, IL
Author:  Mike Berka
Categories:  RollingStock
Locomotives: 
Views:  260   Comments: 1
Chessie System
Title:  Chessie System
Description:  6022
Photo Date:  11/17/1987  Upload Date: 10/29/2014 1:52:49 AM
Location:  Proviso, IL
Author:  Mike Berka
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CSX 6022(GP40-2)
Views:  708   Comments: 1
Soo Line
Title:  Soo Line
Description:  787
Photo Date:  11/21/1987  Upload Date: 11/1/2014 10:42:24 PM
Location:  Truesdell, WI
Author:  Mike Berka
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SOO 787(SD40-2)
Views:  735   Comments: 1
C P Rail
Title:  C P Rail
Description:  5506
Photo Date:  1/16/1988  Upload Date: 10/29/2014 12:17:18 PM
Location:  Bensenville, IL
Author:  Mike Berka
Categories:  Winter
Locomotives:  CP 5506(SD40)
Views:  546   Comments: 1
Union Pacific
Title:  Union Pacific
Description:  25814
Photo Date:  1/18/1988  Upload Date: 10/29/2014 2:36:28 AM
Location:  Bensenville, IL
Author:  Mike Berka
Categories:  RollingStock
Locomotives: 
Views:  372   Comments: 1
Southern Pacific 9609
Title:  Southern Pacific 9609
Description:  This locomotive was brand new when I snapped it, but in July 1999 it was wrecked at Palm Springs.
Photo Date:  2/9/1988  Upload Date: 10/29/2014 12:03:55 PM
Location:  Bensenville, IL
Author:  Mike Berka
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 9609(GP60)
Views:  469   Comments: 1
Soo Line
Title:  Soo Line
Description:  131
Photo Date:  2/19/1988  Upload Date: 10/29/2014 2:55:13 AM
Location:  Bensenville, IL
Author:  Mike Berka
Categories:  RollingStock
Locomotives: 
Views:  260   Comments: 1
Union Pacific
Title:  Union Pacific
Description:  25479
Photo Date:  3/6/1988  Upload Date: 10/29/2014 2:32:47 AM
Location:  Des Plaines, IL
Author:  Mike Berka
Categories:  RollingStock
Locomotives: 
Views:  332   Comments: 1
CSX
Title:  CSX
Description:  5767
Photo Date:  3/9/1988  Upload Date: 10/29/2014 1:43:08 AM
Location:  Riverdale, IL
Author:  Mike Berka
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CSX 5767(U36B)
Views:  493   Comments: 2
Soo Line
Title:  Soo Line
Description:  4407
Photo Date:  3/9/1988  Upload Date: 10/29/2014 3:19:36 AM
Location:  Bensenville, IL
Author:  Mike Berka
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SOO 4407(GP38-2)
Views:  704   Comments: 1
CSX
Title:  CSX
Description:  116
Photo Date:  3/10/1988  Upload Date: 10/29/2014 1:59:22 AM
Location:  Riverdale, IL
Author:  Mike Berka
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CSX 116(FP7A)
Views:  1070   Comments: 1
CSX
Title:  CSX
Description:  8705
Photo Date:  3/10/1988  Upload Date: 10/29/2014 2:00:31 AM
Location:  Riverdale, IL
Author:  Mike Berka
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CSX 8705(SD60)
Views:  783   Comments: 1
Seaboard System
Title:  Seaboard System
Description:  5783
Photo Date:  3/10/1988  Upload Date: 10/29/2014 2:01:56 AM
Location:  Riverdale, IL
Author:  Mike Berka
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SBD 5783(U36B)
Views:  382   Comments: 1
CSX
Title:  CSX
Description:  3232
Photo Date:  3/10/1988  Upload Date: 10/29/2014 2:03:07 AM
Location:  Riverdale, IL
Author:  Mike Berka
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CSX 3232(U23B)
Views:  526   Comments: 1
Chessie System
Title:  Chessie System
Description:  5566
Photo Date:  3/10/1988  Upload Date: 10/29/2014 2:05:05 AM
Location:  Riverdale, IL
Author:  Mike Berka
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CSX 5566(B30-7)
Views:  517   Comments: 1
CSX
Title:  CSX
Description:  3209
Photo Date:  3/17/1988  Upload Date: 10/29/2014 1:50:47 AM
Location:  Riverdale, IL
Author:  Mike Berka
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CSX 3209(U23B)
Views:  638   Comments: 1
Southern Pacific
Title:  Southern Pacific
Description:  9612
Photo Date:  3/21/1988  Upload Date: 11/1/2014 5:51:58 PM
Location:  Riverdale, IL
Author:  Mike Berka
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 9612(GP60)
Views:  458   Comments: 1
Soo Line
Title:  Soo Line
Description:  769
Photo Date:  3/24/1988  Upload Date: 11/1/2014 11:01:23 PM
Location:  Des Plaines, IL
Author:  Mike Berka
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SOO 769(SD40-2)
Views:  596   Comments: 1
Seaboard System
Title:  Seaboard System
Description:  5748
Photo Date:  4/3/1988  Upload Date: 10/29/2014 1:48:22 AM
Location:  Bensenville, IL
Author:  Mike Berka
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CSX 5748(U36B)
Views:  332   Comments: 1
Missouri Pacific
Title:  Missouri Pacific
Description:  5052
Photo Date:  4/7/1988  Upload Date: 10/29/2014 2:31:00 AM
Location:  Dolton, IL
Author:  Mike Berka
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MP 5052(SD50)
Views:  387   Comments: 1
CNW
Title:  CNW
Description:  401
Photo Date:  4/19/1988  Upload Date: 11/1/2014 7:39:13 PM
Location:  Mount Prospect, IL
Author:  Mike Berka
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CNW 401(F7A)
Views:  669   Comments: 1
Regional Transportation Authority
Title:  Regional Transportation Authority
Description:  521
Photo Date:  5/12/1988  Upload Date: 10/29/2014 2:11:32 AM
Location:  Proviso, IL
Author:  Mike Berka
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  RTA 521(E9A)
Views:  683   Comments: 1
Santa Fe
Title:  Santa Fe
Description:  5349
Photo Date:  5/19/1988  Upload Date: 10/29/2014 2:42:38 AM
Location:  Corwith, IL
Author:  Mike Berka
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  ATSF 5349(SD45u)
Views:  608   Comments: 2
Conrail
Title:  Conrail
Description:  3267
Photo Date:  5/28/1988  Upload Date: 11/1/2014 5:33:40 PM
Location:  Proviso, IL
Author:  Mike Berka
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CR 3267(GP40)
Views:  525   Comments: 1
CNW
Title:  CNW
Description:  870
Photo Date:  6/4/1988  Upload Date: 11/1/2014 7:31:05 PM
Location:  Des Plaines, IL
Author:  Mike Berka
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CNW 870(SD40)
Views:  655   Comments: 1
CNW
Title:  CNW
Description:  6515
Photo Date:  6/10/1988  Upload Date: 10/29/2014 12:22:30 PM
Location:  Proviso, IL
Author:  Mike Berka
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CNW 6515(SD45)
Views:  487   Comments: 1
Soo Line 2066
Title:  Soo Line 2066
Description:  Remember this design......
Photo Date:  6/15/1988  Upload Date: 11/1/2014 10:53:06 PM
Location:  Truesdell, WI
Author:  Mike Berka
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SOO 2066(GP40)
Views:  788   Comments: 1
CNW
Title:  CNW
Description:  6914
Photo Date:  6/27/1988  Upload Date: 10/29/2014 12:30:06 PM
Location:  Proviso, IL
Author:  Mike Berka
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CNW 6914(SD40-2)
Views:  536   Comments: 1
CNW 6000
Title:  CNW 6000
Description:  This locomotive was called an SD CAT.
Photo Date:  6/27/1988  Upload Date: 10/29/2014 12:31:40 PM
Location:  Proviso, IL
Author:  Mike Berka
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives: 
Views:  313   Comments: 1
Seaboard System
Title:  Seaboard System
Description:  5849
Photo Date:  7/10/1988  Upload Date: 11/1/2014 9:51:08 PM
Location:  Dolton, IL
Author:  Mike Berka
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CSX 5849(B36-7)
Views:  477   Comments: 1
Santa Fe
Title:  Santa Fe
Description:  5337
Photo Date:  7/12/1988  Upload Date: 10/29/2014 2:44:00 AM
Location:  Corwith, IL
Author:  Mike Berka
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  ATSF 5337(SD45u)
Views:  504   Comments: 2

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