Railfanning 2-13-11
Uploader: SkyhawkACE123
Original upload date: Mon, 14 Feb 2011 01:00:00 GMT
Archive date: Mon, 06 Dec 2021 02:42:01 GMT
Saturday the 13th was a great day of action. We railfanned in parts of Illinois and saw some GREAT stuff. Let's get started!
Train 1: We start the day overlooking Proviso Yard, with some AMAZING po
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Train 2: After being stuck behind numerious red lights we chase G35 out of CP's Bensenville yard to Wood Dale, only to catch a CP GP38-2, SD40-2, and CN SD40U in run-8!
Train 3: Shortly after G35 passes we catch an outbound Metra
Train 4: After leaving Wood Dale we go to Franklin Park for awhile and out first train shows up with a single CP GEVO leading 282.
Train 5: A CP GEVO leads and former Union Pacfic, CEFX SD40-2 with a manifest.
Train 6: Inbound Metra
Train 7: A CP SD40-2 with a nicley tuned K3H pulls into Bensenville Yard with an AC4400CW with 243.
Train 8: A pair of NS EMD's take CP 242 out of the Yard.
Train 9: Inbound Metra
Train 10/11: CP yard switching
Train 12: A pair of UP SD70M's stop for a signal short of the yard.
Train 13: Q-NPPR heads into town with a nice consist of two exported MPI units, a VRE and Go.
Train 14: A UP SD70ACe leads M-PRCP with two GEVO's and two SD70M's.
Train 13: Rear end DPU with an SD9043AC
Train 15: Two former BN SD60M's lead V-TACCHC. This was nice!
Train 16: Outbound Metra
Train 17: Two BNSF C44-9W's lead M-BRCGAL west out of town.
This concludes my day of railfanning, thanks for watching!!!
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