Steam & Excursion > 765 Joliet Rocket Stack Talk

I managed to get trackside for Sunday's runs of the Joliet Rocket. For both the morning run and the evening deadhead I chose the Wabash overpass at New Lenox for my vantage point -- a nice straight-away with minimal fan presence, at least for the evening run. Opening shot, 765 is passing the Illinois Institute of Technology along the Dan Ryan Expressway.

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Awesome!

Nice

Tom

Fantastic!!!

Great video. Just some awesome hooked up exhaust. Very nice.

Pump

I wonder how many people noticed the number of the trailing Metra diesel? A nice touch by the agency.

Nice video. Thanks for posting it.

Bob Krieger
Cheyenne, WY

NS19K Wrote:
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> I wonder how many people noticed the number of the
> trailing Metra diesel? A nice touch by the agency.

I noticed that is named Will County which includes the City of Joliet. What's the connection of the number?

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kevink Wrote:
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> NS19K Wrote:
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> > I wonder how many people noticed the number of
> the
> > trailing Metra diesel? A nice touch by the
> agency.
>
> I noticed that is named Will County which includes
> the City of Joliet. What's the connection of the
> number?
>
> Posted from iPhone

108 as in 108 years since the Cubs last won the World Series. The 765 flew the W all weekend too.

NS19K Wrote:
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> kevink Wrote:
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> 108 as in 108 years since the Cubs last won the
> World Series. The 765 flew the W all weekend too.

Arghh! I can't believe that I (a long-suffering Cubs fan) didn't catch that! That is indeed a nice touch.

" Ya done good " on this one. Very fine stack talk and quality audio !

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> kevink Wrote:
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> > > I wonder how many people noticed the number
> of
> > the
> > > trailing Metra diesel? A nice touch by the
> > agency.
> >
> > I noticed that is named Will County which
> includes
> > the City of Joliet. What's the connection of
> the
> > number?
> >
> > Posted from iPhone
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> 108 as in 108 years since the Cubs last won the
> World Series. The 765 flew the W all weekend too.

That was the low point of the weekend for me, since I am a Cleveland fan! :)

Awesome hearing that beautiful exhaust! Thank you for reminding me what a great weekend that was.
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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/15/17 19:43 by mdogg.

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> 108 as in 108 years since the Cubs last won the
> World Series. The 765 flew the W all weekend too.

Correction 765 only had the "W" flags on Saturday complete morning trip and the first have of Saturdays second trip. They were removed at at the station during the layover

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I was riding on the platform of TIOGA PASS most of the way from Joliet to Chicago on the final Sunday night trip. The stack talk was beautiful and very sharp. I tried to get a video with my smart phone but had to quit after a few minutes as the cinders were burning the skin on my arm.
This was still the finest steam trip I have experienced since I worked on steam in 1960 on the Magam Arizona Railroad at Superior, Arizona.
Yup, I'm that old!

Norm

Norman Orfall
Helendale, CA
TIOGA PASS, a private railcar