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I'm in the middle there somewhere...

I've been a systems administrator since 1988.

I'm also a certified Operation Lifesaver presenter and volunteer.

My Flickr Photostream
My International Harvester Cub Cadets
I finally got to ride the Nebraska Zephyr at the Illinois Railway Museum
Some pictures from the 2002 Galesburg, IL Railroad Days
Some old Chicago and North Western documents
Scans of slides that I took in 1978 of EMD, the CSS&SB and a few other things...
On June 15 & 16, 2002, Union Pacific Challenger #3985 ran a couple of excursions to Milwaukee, WI.
Here's a video clip that I shot as it came through Glen Ellyn, IL the morning of June 16. (6,711KB)
I got bored waiting for the 16:45 UPRR NW line, so I took some pictures at the end of platform 5/6...
A few pictures of one of Kenosha's streetcars and the UPRR North Line's private car #553
Speaking of Metra, check out the grade crossing violators that I've captured.
Some pictures from a trip to the Illinois Railway Museum on June 28, 2003
I lucked into finding some guys running speeders down a section of track in Brooklyn, WI
An unscheduled trip to the Mid-Continent Railway Museum on May 15, 2005
Recently, the UPRR business train was at CPT. It was headed up by their DDA40X
Another UPRR special was at CPT - this time it was an Operation Lifesaver special, with an E9A & E9B on one end and an E9A and power car on the other.
This time I managed to volunteer on a UPRR Operation Lifesaver special from CPT to Rochelle, IL and back. UP conductor Gordon Bowe took the last four pictures.
I volunteered to help out and do presentations on a couple of the Metra Santa Safety trains. Here's some pictures from the 12/01/07 train on the UP Northwest line.
Some pictures (taken by Gordon Bowe) of the 12/02/07 train on the North Central line. One of the Santas didn't show up, guess who filled in?

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Row, Row, Row Your Own Damn Boat
The crew of the Atlantic Endeavour, trying to set a record by rowing across the Atlantic, has apparently had enough. Once they got to Cape Verde island off the African coast, they refused to continue the record attempt. “It was basically a mutiny by the crew,” confirms Bob Finlay, father of the boat’s captain, Roy Finlay. “My son is firm,” he said, “and it seems the crew did not like that.” (Reuters) ...Nor being forced to sing “rounds” the whole way across.

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