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Inbound Metra |
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Today is October 9th, 2016, and today my dad and I are up in West Chicago Illinois to watch trains along the UP Geneva Sub and CNs Elgin Joliet and Eastern route. We are up here because earlier today we went to church and the Great Midwest Train show in Wheaton, IL. It was my first time to the show and it was pretty nice! Very large and lots of nice stuff! After the show we grabbed lunch at Boston Market and went to the small park by the diamonds in West Chicago to start off our railfanning day. First, we catch an inbound Metra commuter train banging across the diamonds. |
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10/9/2016 Upload Date: 9/30/2017 11:35:17 AM |
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West Chicago, IL |
| Author: |
Jacob Werling |
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CN 2919 |
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Our second train is a northbound CN intermodel. We were suprised that we got a CN train before a UP train, as CN runs significantly less trains. Compared to UP who runs about 40-60 trains a day, CN runs about 12 on the EJE. |
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10/9/2016 Upload Date: 9/30/2017 11:39:51 AM |
| Location: |
West Chicago, IL |
| Author: |
Jacob Werling |
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CN 2919(ES44AC) |
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| Title: |
UP 8951 |
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UP 8951 leads a westbound manifest across the diamonds serving as our 3rd train and our first UP train of the afternoon. |
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10/9/2016 Upload Date: 9/30/2017 11:44:49 AM |
| Location: |
West Chicago, IL |
| Author: |
Jacob Werling |
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UP 8951(SD70AH) |
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| Title: |
UP 7661 |
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UP 7661 serves as the DPU on the eastbound manifest |
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10/9/2016 Upload Date: 10/1/2017 7:42:52 PM |
| Location: |
West Chicago, IL |
| Author: |
Jacob Werling |
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UP 7661(ES44AC) |
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| Title: |
UP 5049 |
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UP 5049 leads a westbound coal train by us serving as the 4th train of the afternoon. |
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10/9/2016 Upload Date: 10/1/2017 7:45:17 PM |
| Location: |
West Chicago, IL |
| Author: |
Jacob Werling |
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| Title: |
METX 130 |
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Quickly after, an outbound "scoot" rushes west after the station stop at West Chicago |
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10/9/2016 Upload Date: 10/1/2017 7:54:16 PM |
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West Chicago, IL |
| Author: |
Jacob Werling |
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METX 130(F40PH) |
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| Title: |
METX 130 |
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About an hour after no trains, the Metra from earlier comes back from its trip to Elburn and back. Even though this really isnt a new train, were still counting it has train number 6. |
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10/9/2016 Upload Date: 10/1/2017 7:58:16 PM |
| Location: |
West Chicago, IL |
| Author: |
Jacob Werling |
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METX 130(F40PH) |
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| Title: |
METX 130 |
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Head shot of the "scoot" |
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10/9/2016 Upload Date: 10/1/2017 8:05:11 PM |
| Location: |
West Chicago, IL |
| Author: |
Jacob Werling |
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METX 130(F40PH) |
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| Title: |
UP 2599 |
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Just as soon as the Metra train went around the curve, this UP stack train popped up and served as our 7th train of the afternoon. |
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10/9/2016 Upload Date: 10/1/2017 8:22:06 PM |
| Location: |
West Chicago, IL |
| Author: |
Jacob Werling |
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UP 2599(ET44AH) |
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314 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
UP 8084 |
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A UP SD70M and a UP ES44AC serve as the DPU on the stack train. |
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10/9/2016 Upload Date: 10/1/2017 8:24:16 PM |
| Location: |
West Chicago, IL |
| Author: |
Jacob Werling |
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UP 8084(AC45CCTE) |
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| Title: |
CN 2722 |
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A CN C44-9W marked for Illinois Central leads a northbound CN manifest across the diamonds at West Chicago serving as our last CN train of the afternoon and our 8th train total. |
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10/9/2016 Upload Date: 10/1/2017 8:28:51 PM |
| Location: |
West Chicago, IL |
| Author: |
Jacob Werling |
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IC 2722(C44-9W) |
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89 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
SSAM 208084 |
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An ex-Wisconsin Central ballast car trails on the northbound manifest at West Chicago. |
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10/9/2016 Upload Date: 10/1/2017 8:31:51 PM |
| Location: |
West Chicago, IL |
| Author: |
Jacob Werling |
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BCOL 2864 |
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A BCOL coal car trails in the consist on the manifest |
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10/9/2016 Upload Date: 10/1/2017 8:34:15 PM |
| Location: |
West Chicago, IL |
| Author: |
Jacob Werling |
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ALNX 396444 |
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An Alberta hopper car marked for Edmonton, Alberta trails on the manifest. |
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10/9/2016 Upload Date: 10/1/2017 8:36:43 PM |
| Location: |
West Chicago, IL |
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Jacob Werling |
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ALNX 396096 |
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Quite a few Alberta hopper cars on this train, heres another one marked for the Heritage Fund of Alberta and the County of Ponoka. |
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10/9/2016 Upload Date: 10/1/2017 8:40:27 PM |
| Location: |
West Chicago, IL |
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Jacob Werling |
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| Title: |
Lapyiyrouse Grain COOP 181180 |
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A Lapiyrouse Private hopper trails in the consist. |
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10/9/2016 Upload Date: 10/1/2017 8:52:02 PM |
| Location: |
West Chicago, IL |
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Jacob Werling |
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| Title: |
UP 7680 |
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UP 7680 leads an eastbound coal train slowly across the diamonds at West Chicago for the 9th train of the afternoon. |
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10/9/2016 Upload Date: 10/1/2017 9:04:39 PM |
| Location: |
West Chicago, IL |
| Author: |
Jacob Werling |
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UP 7680(AC45CCTE) |
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113 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
UP 6247 |
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UP 6247 trails on the coal train. Sadly this unit was facing inwards instead of outwards. |
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10/9/2016 Upload Date: 10/1/2017 9:17:01 PM |
| Location: |
West Chicago, IL |
| Author: |
Jacob Werling |
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UP 6247(AC44CW) |
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132 Comments: 1 |
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UP 5828 |
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A stack train follows the coal train in West Chicago as the 10th train. |
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10/9/2016 Upload Date: 10/1/2017 9:12:13 PM |
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West Chicago, IL |
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Jacob Werling |
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| Title: |
UP 8811 |
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We moved on to Lafox Illinois and caught this eastbound stack train from an overpass just on the other side of te yard after it switched crews. |
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10/9/2016 Upload Date: 10/2/2017 6:43:47 AM |
| Location: |
LaFox, IL |
| Author: |
Jacob Werling |
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UP 8811(SD70ACe) |
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UP 2573 |
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UP 2573 leads another eastbound stack train on the other side of Lafox serving as train number 12. Sadly this train had 2 units mid-train DPU, but we didnt know until they got on top of us and it was too late. |
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10/9/2016 Upload Date: 10/2/2017 3:20:53 PM |
| Location: |
LaFox, IL |
| Author: |
Jacob Werling |
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UP 2573(ET44AH) |
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UP 7251 |
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UP 7251 leads a westbound coal train underneath the signal bridge near the Lafox Metra Station, serving as train number 13. |
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10/9/2016 Upload Date: 10/2/2017 3:25:58 PM |
| Location: |
LaFox, IL |
| Author: |
Jacob Werling |
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UP 7251(AC44CW) |
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| Title: |
UP 6310 |
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A SP patch unit trails 2nd on the coal train! |
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10/9/2016 Upload Date: 10/2/2017 3:27:43 PM |
| Location: |
LaFox, IL |
| Author: |
Jacob Werling |
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UP 6310(AC44CW) |
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| Title: |
UP 8129 |
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UP 8129 brings up the rear of the coal train. |
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10/9/2016 Upload Date: 10/2/2017 3:37:05 PM |
| Location: |
LaFox, IL |
| Author: |
Jacob Werling |
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UP 8129(AC45CCTE) |
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105 Comments: 0 |
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METX 136 |
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Train Number 13 is a Metra commuter train racing past us. As fast as this train was going it was suprising that it could slow down so fast for its station stop at Lafox a couple of blocks away. |
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10/9/2016 Upload Date: 10/2/2017 3:40:58 PM |
| Location: |
LaFox, IL |
| Author: |
Jacob Werling |
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| Title: |
UP 5342 |
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UP 5342 leads an eastbound stack train solo by us as our 13th train of the afternoon. |
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10/9/2016 Upload Date: 10/2/2017 3:43:53 PM |
| Location: |
LaFox, IL |
| Author: |
Jacob Werling |
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UP 5342(AC45CCTE) |
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| Title: |
UP 7903 |
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UP 7903 leads an eastbound stack train soon after the one before as our 14th train of the afternoon. |
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10/9/2016 Upload Date: 10/2/2017 3:46:13 PM |
| Location: |
LaFox, IL |
| Author: |
Jacob Werling |
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UP 7903(AC45CCTE) |
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| Title: |
UP 4038 |
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UP 4038 leads a westbound empty table train as our 15th train of the evening. |
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10/9/2016 Upload Date: 10/2/2017 3:48:19 PM |
| Location: |
LaFox, IL |
| Author: |
Jacob Werling |
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UP 4038(SD70M) |
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| Title: |
UP 7691 |
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After the empty table train we had enough time to get across Elburn, IL and see the Metra yard there. The Metra unit that had the Jimmy Johns Subs paint was there but it was not in a place where we could photograph it. So we moved to the other side of town near the large grain elevator and saw we had yet another westbound coming at us. An eastbound also decided to show up, and we didnt know which one was going to get to us first. Thinking that it might be the freight we moved to the other side of the tracks and caught UP 7691 leading a westbound coal train as our 16th train of the evening on the shadow side of the tracks. |
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10/9/2016 Upload Date: 10/2/2017 3:52:46 PM |
| Location: |
Elburn, IL |
| Author: |
Jacob Werling |
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UP 7691(AC45CCTE) |
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56 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
UP 8704 |
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Little did we know the maifest was moving super slow and it got to us plenty of time after the coal train, which was moving track speed, but anyway, UP 8704 leads 5 other UP engines and a long manifest by the grain elevator serving as our 17th train of the evening. |
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10/9/2016 Upload Date: 10/2/2017 3:56:45 PM |
| Location: |
Elburn, IL |
| Author: |
Jacob Werling |
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UP 8704(SD70ACe) |
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| Title: |
Coaling Tower |
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After the manifest went by we decided to continue onto Dekalb. In the process we missed an eastbound coal train and after that the tracks got super quiet and we got to Dekalb and sat for quite some time with no train. We didnt think we would get a train for the rest of the evening so I decided to take a picture of the coaling tower that still stands over the tracks by itself with no train. This is such a neat prop for photography. |
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10/9/2016 Upload Date: 10/2/2017 4:00:18 PM |
| Location: |
DeKalb, IL |
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Jacob Werling |
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| Title: |
Ballast Cleaner |
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The sun had totally set and we still had no train. So we decided to leave. As we were leaving we saw a ballast cleaner in one of the spurs so we decided to take its photo and call it a night. |
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10/9/2016 Upload Date: 10/2/2017 4:03:02 PM |
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DeKalb, IL |
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Jacob Werling |
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UP 7939 |
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But we couldnt leave just yet! Just as we were pulling away, the signal on the right turned red meaning that there was a train in the block, and sure enough a westbound manifest led by UP 7939 popped up minutes later making this the 18th and final train of the evening. |
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10/9/2016 Upload Date: 10/2/2017 4:06:09 PM |
| Location: |
DeKalb, IL |
| Author: |
Jacob Werling |
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UP 7939(AC45CCTE) |
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| Title: |
UP 7362 |
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And to make up for missing the mid train DPU on the stack train earlier today, UP 7362 pushes and pulls from the middle of the manifest. Eighteen trains in all today. Wouldve liked more but it wasnt bad for this line. We possibly could have missed some here and there since we dont have ATCS Monitor for the line and trains dont call signals. The show was great and railfanning on UP again was really cool too! Im glad my dad took me on this trip, and we are going to try to make this yearly now. Cant wait for next year! |
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10/9/2016 Upload Date: 10/2/2017 4:11:06 PM |
| Location: |
DeKalb, IL |
| Author: |
Jacob Werling |
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UP 7362(AC45CCTE) |
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