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Posted 08 July 2017 - 10:44 PM

Our longer visit to Chicago, from arrival on the Texas Eagle on Friday, 7/21/17 until the end of the Fest on Saturday, 7/22/17 when we arrive back from our Metra trip can be reported here.



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Posted 22 July 2017 - 02:55 PM

After we arrived in Chicago on Friday afternoon, we went our separate ways.

Saturday morning it was raining. Only Mike and I ended up going on the Metra run to Harvard. Outbound we left Ogilvie about 5 minutes late and lost a few more minutes on the way. Nervousness ensued as we began to question making the turnaround at Harvard. Our conductor assured us that the same equipment set would be turning, so we would be fine.

By the time we arrived Harvard, it was 76 and sunny, so weather concerns were a thing of the past.

Inbound we left about 7 minutes down. A large crowd boarded at Harvard, and there were more throngs of passengers boarding at intermediate station stops. We arrived Ogilvie at 12:37 PM, about 13 minutes late due to the high passenger boarding volumes.



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