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Safety reigns

            A UP caboose hangs out with Pana Tower in downtown Pana, Illinois. Pana Tower guarded the crossing of the Big Four and the ICRR, both of which are now gone from this scene, as well as UP's former C&EI/MP Villa Grove Sub which is still active, and is just out of sight behind the tower. The C&EI utilized the Big Four trackage from here to Lenox Tower near East St. Louis. Once PC/Conrail chose the PRR as the favored route for this end of their St. Louis Line, and downgraded this portion of the Big Four, the western end was sold to then Mo-Pac. I still recall being allowed to sit at, and possibly line up signals on the massive CTC machine for the Big Four's line at Desk A in Conrail's Southwest Division Dispatcher's Office in Indianapolis. The CTC machine later went to Mo-Pac with the sale of the line.
   

Taken on: May 9, 2023

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Illinois

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caboose

Pana

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Sets appears in: • UP Villa Grove Sub • Cabin cars and cabeese more » • Towers & Depots « less

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Camera: Nikon D750, f/5.0, 1/1250 sec, 28mm, ISO 125 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D750
Lens:	28.0-300.0 mm f/3.5-5.6
Aperture:	f/5.0
Exposure Time:	0.001 sec (1/1250)
Focal Length:	28mm
ISO:	125
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Center-weighted average
White Balance:	Auto
Saturation:	High
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Lightroom 6.5 (Windows)
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