Uploaded November 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago

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I am officially 24.

Today's my birthday and like last year, I decided to do some railfanning on my birthday. This time I made my way to Indiana around Ogden Dunes and Chesterton to see what I could find before making my way to Dolton later in the day. While I didn't see too much action or anything of notoriety, I did manage to snag a Fakebonnet leader on NS Train 10R which was a nice surprise for my 24th birthday. Not much else to say, but I did have a great day today. Enjoy!

Now here are the trains in order.

Ogden Dunes, IN.

Train 1: EB Lake Shore Limited
Power:
AMTK P42DC #118
AMTK P42DC #103

Trains 2, 3, and 4: EB Mixed Freight meets Outbound South Shore meets Inbound South Shore

Train 2's Power:
NS ET44AC #3615
NS C44-9W #9947
Mid-Train DPU:
NS AC44C6M #4888 *ex-NS 9721*

Train 3's Power:
CSS EMU #311
CSS EMU #304
CSS EMU #307
CSS EMU #312

Train 4's Power:
CSS EMU #5
CSS EMU #39
CSS EMU #23

Chesterton, IN.

Train 5: WB Mixed Freight
Power:
NS AC44C6M #4131 *ex-NS 8904*
NS SD70ACe #1149

Train 6: EB Mixed Freight
Power:
BNSF C44-9W #754 *Fakebonnet*
BNSF ES44C4 #6903
NS ES40DC #7640
NS AC44C6M #4275 *ex-NS 9096*
NS AC44C6M #4410 *ex-NS 9230*

Dolton, IL.

Train 7: WB Mixed Freight
Power:
NS AC44C6M #4131 *ex-NS 8904*
NS SD70ACe #1149

Train 8: WB Autorack Train
Power:
BNSF ES44DC #7412

Train 9: EB Coal Train
Power:
BNSF ES44AC #6241
DPU:
BNSF ES44AC #5926

Train 10: WB Ethanol Train
Power:
NS AC44C6M #4449 *ex-NS 9238*

Train 11: EB Intermodal
Power:
CSX ES44AH #940
CSX CM44AC #7223 *ex-CSX 317*
CSX ET44AH #3340
CSX SD70MACe #4536 *ex-CSX 736*

Taken on 11-11-25