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That's me on the left, with UPRR engineer & OL presenter Joel Kirchner on the right after doing presentations at IRM's Scout Day

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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Like Father, Like Son
Bill Wells had not seen his son since the boy was 2 months old, 22 years before. He didn’t think he’d see him anytime soon, either, since Wells was locked up in the Kerr County (Texas) Jail on a burglary charge. But when Corey Hillger was jailed in Kerr County on a burglary charge of his own, Wells quickly recognized the kid. The father and son reunion led to hugs and a lot of catching up. “It’s a God deal. It was a miracle,” Wells said. “I was ecstatic. I never heard of anything like a father and son meeting in jail,” Hillger agreed. (AP) ...Just a chip off the old cell block.

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