Uploaded March 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
CSX GP40-2 #6064 (Ex C&O #4165 built November 1972) leads CSX caboose ("shoving platform") #900045 on northbound Y-101 on a rainy afternoon at Butler Street Interlocking, Hamilton, Ohio on March 20, 2025.
CSX GP40-2 #6064 (Ex C&O #4165 built November 1972) leads CSX caboose ("shoving platform") #900045 on northbound Y-101 on a rainy afternoon at Butler Street Interlocking, Hamilton, Ohio on March 20, 2025.
![Blue Island - 11 Trains, 9 Railroads, 2 Hours! [July 23, 2004]
Blue Island, Illinois
July 23, 2004
11 Trains, 9 Railroads, 2 Hours!
Here is the lineup:
00:17 An outbound Metra Rock Island District train heads toward Joliet behind an F40PHM-2.
00:38 A southbound Canadian National work train is led by an odd assortment of power including CN SD50F #5456, IC SD70 #1000 (the first Illinois Central SD70), and ancient CN GP9RM #4017 (Originally GP9 #2000).
03:02 A southbound BNSF auto rack train on the Indiana Harbor Belt is led by C44-9W #4597.
04:21 A southbound intermodal on the Indiana Harbor Belt is led by Canadian Pacific AC4400CW #8516.
05:48 A westbound Iowa Interstate freight on the Rock Island is led by GP10 #402 (Ex-Illinois Central GP9 #9243), GP38 #602 (Ex-Missouri Pacific #575), and GP38 #604 (Ex C&O #3873) in partial Chessie System colors.
06:15 A northbound on the Indiana Harbor Belt is led by Union Pacific SD70M #4829, Norfolk Southern D9-40CW #9209, Norfolk Southern D9-40CW #9583, and Union Pacific SD70M #3981 (Ex-Southern Pacific #9807).
07:45 An inbound Metra Rock Island District train returns to Chicago behind an F40PHM-2.
07:57 A northbound CSX appears on the Indiana Harbor Belt behind SD40-2 #8872 (Ex KCS #616, rebuilt by Conrail), SD40-2 #8123 (Ex-L&N same number), LTEX SD40T-2 #8530 (Ex-Southern pacific same number), and Union Pacific SD60 #6045.
08:54 A southbound passes on the Indiana Harbor Belt behind CEFX SD40-2 #3157 (Ex-UP #3730), Union Pacific C40-8 #9315, GSCX SD40-2 #7352 (Ex-Milwaukee Road #186), Indiana Harbor Belt SD20 #2922 (Ex Southern SD24 #6306), and Indiana Harbor Belt GP40-2 #4019 (Ex-Southern Pacific #7609).
10:22 Another southbound on the Indiana Harbor Belt led by BNSF B40-8 #8606 (Ex-ATSF #7416) and CSX CW40-8 #7758.
12:44 A northbound on the Indiana Harbor Belt led by Union Pacific SD70M #4932
and Union Pacific SD70M #4630.
**Originally recorded on VHS-C videotape Blue Island - 11 Trains, 9 Railroads, 2 Hours! [July 23, 2004]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/urux8roBOW8/mqdefault.jpg)




![CSX ES44AH / ET44AH @ Butler Street [8/10/2020]
CSX ES44AH #3080 and ET44AH #3339 lead a southbound CSX auto rack train The Old Way on the ex-B&O Toledo Subdivision on August 10, 2020.
Most southbound trains divert onto NSs ex-Pennsy line between Butler Street and Winton Place (Cincinnati) instead. CSX ES44AH / ET44AH @ Butler Street [8/10/2020]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/wBaZDVuDarY/mqdefault.jpg)
![CSX #5122 and Another CW44AH at Butler Street [8/6/2020]
CSX CW44AH #5122, the last one built, leads a second CW44AH and a mixed freight southbound The Old Way at Butler Street Interlocking, Hamilton, Ohio on August 6, 2020. CSX #5122 and Another CW44AH at Butler Street [8/6/2020]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/wDTQfyjNBIg/mqdefault.jpg)



