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Pictures of EJE 818
 
Owner: Elgin Joliet and Eastern
Model:Rebuilt EMD SD-MBuilt As:DMIR 172 (SD9)
Serial Number:25272Order No:5600
Frame Number:5600-14Built:4/1959
Notes:Ex-DM&IR 172
Other locos with this serial:  EJE 818(SD-M) IBCX 818(SD-M) CKIN 818(SD-M) DMIR 318(SD9) DMIR 172(SD9)
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Maiden Voyages
Title:  Maiden Voyages
Description:  EJ&E 818 works its first day of excursion trains after receiving truck replacements and other repairs
Photo Date:  11/30/2024  Upload Date: 12/18/2024 11:13:23 PM
Location:  North Judson, IN
Author:  Kaiden Roberts
Categories: 
Locomotives:  EJE 818(SD-M) EJE 814(SD-M)
Views:  52   Comments: 0
SDMs in the AM
Title:  SDMs in the AM
Description:  818 is seen continuing on its journey westwards for English Lake
Photo Date:  11/30/2024  Upload Date: 12/18/2024 11:55:23 PM
Location:  North Judson, IN
Author:  Kaiden Roberts
Categories:  Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  EJE 818(SD-M) EJE 814(SD-M)
Views:  51   Comments: 0
Here Comes Santa Claus
Title:  Here Comes Santa Claus
Description:  The crossing flagger races off in his red Ford Fusion to meet the HVRM Santa Train at the next roadway intersection
Photo Date:  11/30/2024  Upload Date: 12/19/2024 10:09:00 AM
Location:  North Judson, IN
Author:  Kaiden Roberts
Categories:  Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  EJE 818(SD-M) EJE 814(SD-M)
Views:  49   Comments: 0
EJE by ELR
Title:  EJE by ELR
Description:  The former EJ&E/DMIR SDM pair keeps rolling through Indiana countryside and past lightly used road crossings like the one seen in this shot, English Lake Road
Photo Date:  11/30/2024  Upload Date: 12/19/2024 10:16:36 AM
Location:  North Judson, IN
Author:  Kaiden Roberts
Categories:  Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  EJE 818(SD-M) EJE 814(SD-M)
Views:  34   Comments: 0
A Little More Than Corn in Indiana
Title:  A Little More Than Corn in Indiana
Description:  HVRM’s Santa Train eases its way by the Toto Rd crossing that cuts between two freshly harvested corn fields
Photo Date:  11/30/2024  Upload Date: 12/19/2024 10:38:23 AM
Location:  English Lake, IN
Author:  Kaiden Roberts
Categories:  Scenic
Locomotives:  EJE 814(SD-M) EJE 818(SD-M)
Views:  45   Comments: 0
Train & Telegraph
Title:  Train & Telegraph
Description:  Disused Telegraph poles from decades ago still stand in a row along the former C&O mainline that HVRM excursions still operate on
Photo Date:  11/30/2024  Upload Date: 12/19/2024 10:52:33 AM
Location:  English Lake, IN
Author:  Kaiden Roberts
Categories:  Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  EJE 818(SD-M) EJE 814(SD-M)
Views:  44   Comments: 0
Elgin to English Lake
Title:  Elgin to English Lake
Description:  While the EJ&E never had any trackage this far south into the state, its presence here is well established. 818 and 814 are seen shoving an HVRM Santa Train into English Lake
Photo Date:  11/30/2024  Upload Date: 12/19/2024 3:39:48 PM
Location:  English Lake, IN
Author:  Kaiden Roberts
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  EJE 818(SD-M) EJE 814(SD-M)
Views:  35   Comments: 0
Where the River Runs
Title:  Where the River Runs
Description:  A unique photo location, the former C&O mainline meets the Kankakee River at English Lake
Photo Date:  11/30/2024  Upload Date: 12/19/2024 4:12:46 PM
Location:  English Lake, IN
Author:  Kaiden Roberts
Categories:  Bridge,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  EJE 818(SD-M) EJE 814(SD-M)
Views:  36   Comments: 0
Train & Telegraph
Title:  Train & Telegraph
Description:  Disused telegraph poles from decades ago still stand in a row along the former C&O mainline that HVRM excursions still operate on
Photo Date:  11/30/2024  Upload Date: 12/20/2024 12:07:01 PM
Location:  English Lake, IN
Author:  Kaiden Roberts
Categories:  Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  EJE 818(SD-M) EJE 814(SD-M)
Views:  38   Comments: 0
Incoming!
Title:  Incoming!
Description:  The 9 AM Santa Train excursion approaches the English Lake Rd crossing
Photo Date:  11/30/2024  Upload Date: 12/20/2024 12:15:42 PM
Location:  North Judson, IN
Author:  Kaiden Roberts
Categories:  Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  EJE 818(SD-M)
Views:  17   Comments: 0
Incoming!
Title:  Incoming!
Description:  Description: The 9 AM Santa Train excursion approaches the English Lake Rd crossing
Photo Date:  11/30/2024  Upload Date: 12/20/2024 12:49:14 PM
Location:  North Judson, IN
Author:  Kaiden Roberts
Categories:  Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  EJE 818(SD-M)
Views:  17   Comments: 0
Advanced Warning
Title:  Advanced Warning
Description:  The advanced warning signage for the English Lake Rd crossing is featured in this shot of the HVRM Santa Train excursion on its return to North Judson
Photo Date:  11/30/2024  Upload Date: 12/20/2024 1:11:04 PM
Location:  North Judson, IN
Author:  Kaiden Roberts
Categories:  Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  EJE 818(SD-M) EJE 814(SD-M)
Views:  30   Comments: 0
Double Trouble
Title:  Double Trouble
Description:  The Santa Train excursion continues its course back towards the museum grounds. In this photo, the SDM duo is leading the charge over the double roadway intersection placed over the mainline
Photo Date:  11/30/2024  Upload Date: 12/20/2024 1:23:16 PM
Location:  North Judson, IN
Author:  Kaiden Roberts
Categories:  Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  EJE 818(SD-M) EJE 814(SD-M)
Views:  33   Comments: 0
Swingin’ Around Arlington
Title:  Swingin’ Around Arlington
Description:  818 and 814 take the curve back into North Judson, passing the Arlington Avenue crossing and more remnants of the telegraph line that used to parallel the tracks
Photo Date:  11/30/2024  Upload Date: 12/20/2024 4:11:49 PM
Location:  North Judson, IN
Author:  Kaiden Roberts
Categories:  Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  EJE 818(SD-M) EJE 814(SD-M)
Views:  35   Comments: 0
Beyond a Shadow of a Doubt
Title:  Beyond a Shadow of a Doubt
Description:  818 proves itself to be working quite well after spending the last 2 years OOS for a truck swap and repairs. 814 was placed within the consist of the train as a backup in case 818 suffered issues, otherwise it was just dead weight.
Photo Date:  11/30/2024  Upload Date: 12/20/2024 9:05:00 PM
Location:  North Judson, IN
Author:  Kaiden Roberts
Categories:  Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  EJE 818(SD-M) EJE 814(SD-M)
Views:  37   Comments: 0
The J is on the Way
Title:  The J is on the Way
Description:  EJ&E 818 shoves the next Santa Train excursion away from the depot and out to English Lake
Photo Date:  11/30/2024  Upload Date: 12/20/2024 9:20:16 PM
Location:  North Judson, IN
Author:  Kaiden Roberts
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  EJE 818(SD-M)
Views:  19   Comments: 0
Pine Line
Title:  Pine Line
Description:  11 AM Santa Train departure passes a small pine tree located along the right of way
Photo Date:  11/30/2024  Upload Date: 12/20/2024 11:59:32 PM
Location:  North Judson, IN
Author:  Kaiden Roberts
Categories:  Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  EJE 818(SD-M) EJE 814(SD-M)
Views:  34   Comments: 0
Pine Line
Title:  Pine Line
Description:  11 AM Santa Train departure passes a small pine tree located along the right of way
Photo Date:  11/30/2024  Upload Date: 12/20/2024 11:55:05 PM
Location:  North Judson, IN
Author:  Kaiden Roberts
Categories:  Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  EJE 818(SD-M) EJE 814(SD-M)
Views:  38   Comments: 0
Trackside
Title:  Trackside
Description:  818 carries on with the shove, passing several more derelict telegraph poles
Photo Date:  11/30/2024  Upload Date: 12/21/2024 12:09:17 AM
Location:  North Judson, IN
Author:  Kaiden Roberts
Categories:  Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  EJE 818(SD-M) EJE 814(SD-M)
Views:  49   Comments: 0
Toto’s Telegraph
Title:  Toto’s Telegraph
Description:  A long string of abandoned telegraph poles remain standing along this section of former C&O RoW approaching the Toto Rd crossing
Photo Date:  11/30/2024  Upload Date: 12/21/2024 12:14:29 AM
Location:  English Lake, IN
Author:  Kaiden Roberts
Categories:  Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  EJE 814(SD-M) EJE 818(SD-M)
Views:  54   Comments: 0
Bridge Over Troubled Waters
Title:  Bridge Over Troubled Waters
Description:  Though not entirely frozen solid, the waters of the Kankakee River are littered with free-floating ice chunks on this frigid day at the end of November. One of the first HVRM Santa Trains of the year is getting underway for the return trip to North Judson.
Photo Date:  11/30/2024  Upload Date: 12/21/2024 12:26:09 AM
Location:  English Lake, IN
Author:  Kaiden Roberts
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Winter,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  EJE 818(SD-M) EJE 814(SD-M)
Views:  54   Comments: 0
Bridge Over Troubled Waters
Title:  Bridge Over Troubled Waters
Description:  Though not entirely frozen solid, the waters of the Kankakee River are littered with free-floating ice chunks on this frigid day at the end of November. One of the first HVRM Santa Trains of the year is getting underway for the return trip to North Judson.
Photo Date:  11/30/2024  Upload Date: 12/21/2024 12:30:12 AM
Location:  English Lake, IN
Author:  Kaiden Roberts
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Winter,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  EJE 818(SD-M) EJE 814(SD-M)
Views:  55   Comments: 0
Elephant Style
Title:  Elephant Style
Description:  818 and 814, lashed up nose-to-rear, are seen on an HVRM Santa Train excursion heading eastbound towards the museum grounds
Photo Date:  11/30/2024  Upload Date: 1/13/2025 2:27:58 PM
Location:  English Lake, IN
Author:  Kaiden Roberts
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  EJE 818(SD-M) EJE 814(SD-M)
Views:  2   Comments: 0
Trains & Truck Beds
Title:  Trains & Truck Beds
Description:  Pacing the excursion from a slightly different pov
Photo Date:  11/30/2024  Upload Date: 1/13/2025 2:16:22 PM
Location:  North Judson, IN
Author:  Kaiden Roberts
Categories:  Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  EJE 818(SD-M) EJE 814(SD-M)
Views:  1   Comments: 0
Hard Left
Title:  Hard Left
Description:  The excursion once again approaches Arlington Avenue on the return to North Judson, passing more of the old telegraph line remnants
Photo Date:  11/30/2024  Upload Date: 1/13/2025 2:35:27 PM
Location:  North Judson, IN
Author:  Kaiden Roberts
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  EJE 818(SD-M)
Views:  4   Comments: 0
Hard Left
Title:  Hard Left
Description:  The excursion once again approaches Arlington Avenue on the return to North Judson, passing more of the old telegraph line remnants
Photo Date:  11/30/2024  Upload Date: 1/13/2025 6:24:36 PM
Location:  North Judson, IN
Author:  Kaiden Roberts
Categories:  Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  EJE 818(SD-M) EJE 814(SD-M)
Views:  1   Comments: 0
Paparazzi
Title:  Paparazzi
Description:  A fellow railfan along for the chase of the excursion collects himself a pan shot as the train passes by
Photo Date:  11/30/2024  Upload Date: 1/13/2025 2:21:56 PM
Location:  North Judson, IN
Author:  Kaiden Roberts
Categories:  Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  EJE 818(SD-M) EJE 814(SD-M)
Views:  2   Comments: 0
Tapping the Tele
Title:  Tapping the Tele
Description:  818 and 814 tear through the Indiana countryside on the return trip to North Judson; another remnant of the former telegraph line stands tall to the north side of the tracks
Photo Date:  11/30/2024  Upload Date: 1/13/2025 2:09:39 PM
Location:  North Judson, IN
Author:  Kaiden Roberts
Categories:  Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  EJE 818(SD-M) EJE 814(SD-M)
Views:  3   Comments: 0
Chase and Pace
Title:  Chase and Pace
Description:  While chasing the SDM duo on HVRM’s Santa Train, the 10 mph operating speed makes it easy to keep up with and chase the train on its journey to/from English Lake.
Photo Date:  11/30/2024  Upload Date: 1/13/2025 12:03:59 PM
Location:  North Judson, IN
Author:  Kaiden Roberts
Categories:  Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  EJE 818(SD-M) EJE 814(SD-M)
Views:  1   Comments: 0
Traversing the Tightrope
Title:  Traversing the Tightrope
Description:  We ride along in the cab of EJ&E 818 whilst moving over the Kankakee River bridge
Photo Date:  11/30/2024  Upload Date: 1/13/2025 12:20:17 PM
Location:  English Lake, IN
Author:  Kaiden Roberts
Categories:  Bridge,InCab,Track,Action
Locomotives:  EJE 818(SD-M)
Views:  2   Comments: 0
In the Rearview
Title:  In the Rearview
Description:  Looking back at the trailing unit as our train returns to North Judson
Photo Date:  11/30/2024  Upload Date: 1/13/2025 1:55:56 PM
Location:  North Judson, IN
Author:  Kaiden Roberts
Categories:  Scenic,Night,InCab,Action
Locomotives:  EJE 818(SD-M) EJE 814(SD-M)
Views:  2   Comments: 0
Return to Sender
Title:  Return to Sender
Description:  Riding along with EJ&E 818 on its return trip to the museum grounds after departing English Lake with its train full of tourists
Photo Date:  11/30/2024  Upload Date: 1/9/2025 1:32:41 PM
Location:  North Judson, IN
Author:  Kaiden Roberts
Categories:  Scenic,Night,InCab,Action
Locomotives:  EJE 818(SD-M)
Views:  3   Comments: 0
Sundown at the Depot
Title:  Sundown at the Depot
Description:  Departing the North Judson depot at sundown with the final Santa Train excursion of the day
Photo Date:  11/30/2024  Upload Date: 1/13/2025 12:23:47 PM
Location:  North Judson, IN
Author:  Kaiden Roberts
Categories:  Scenic,InCab,Station,Signal,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  EJE 818(SD-M) EJE 814(SD-M)
Views:  2   Comments: 0
End of the Day for the J
Title:  End of the Day for the J
Description:  The last bit of daylight fades into the darkness of night as 818 awaits the final departure time for the day’s Santa Train excursions
Photo Date:  11/30/2024  Upload Date: 1/10/2025 9:46:40 AM
Location:  North Judson, IN
Author:  Kaiden Roberts
Categories:  Scenic,Night,Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  EJE 818(SD-M) AKRX 1463(SW14)
Views:  9   Comments: 0
Seal the Deal
Title:  Seal the Deal
Description:  After the days final Santa Train excursion returned to the museum, those few people still around were tasked with cleaning up around the depot and tying down the train until next weekend.
Photo Date:  12/14/2024  Upload Date: 1/13/2025 2:00:12 PM
Location:  North Judson, IN
Author:  Kaiden Roberts
Categories:  Scenic,Night,Station,Signal,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  EJE 818(SD-M)
Views:  3   Comments: 0

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