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 #112908  by Tadman
 
Yesterday I saw two solid blue Metra goats at the 18th street MU shed - time to shuttle some MU's to the wheel change facility?

 #113361  by Scotty Burkhardt
 
They send Highliners to the Burr Oak wheel shop all the time. Its not unusual to see several highliners sitting along the Beverly line at 127th.

 #113461  by byte
 
That's odd that there were two switchers there, though, because there's only one on the Metra system that's equipped with the same couplers the MU cars have...