Uploaded March 2010 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
Originally Dan and me were going to go to Bensenville for 280 which had a SOO SD60 on the lead of a CP AC4400CW, but we figured, fuck it, we were sick of getting up early to go foaming. I couldn't get back to sleep after 7:00 AM, so I tried calling Dan, and he didn't answer, lazy fucker, so I was just going to do some local foaming. That turned into a drive to Lemont... The end of the train had a surprise on it, look at the pictures to see what it was.
Train 1: Signals at Flag Stone - red board. Signals at Romeoville Road - Dark. Driving on New Ave between Romeoville and Lockport - OH SHIT! A quick 180 and I get a pace video of the oil local as it cruises down M1 of the CN Joliet Sub. I got a shit shot of it at one of the truck entrances at Seneca, and then raced it back to the main entrance. While waiting for Annie to finish switching, I figured I'd wait it out at Seneca for Amtrak. It's a damn shame she pulled back into the shadows right as Amtrak passed, but I got an engine meet on the CN Joliet Sub, so I don't really care about shadows.
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flickr.com/photos/chicagorailfan/4466755817
flickr.com/photos/chicagorailfan/4466756265
flickr.com/photos/chicagorailfan/4466757545
flickr.com/photos/chicagorailfan/4470493756
Before I left Lemont, two trains passed on the BNSF Chillicothe. One of which had a C44-9W, SD40-2, B40-8W combo on a stack!
Train 2: I get a call from Taylor who got a call from Nick who got a call from Joe (word of mouth is really quite fantastic) about a Southern Belle leading a coal down the BNSF Chicago sub. Taking Lemont road north to Downers Grove, I am stopped by Amtrak 380.
Train 3: Metra cruises by MP 26 on the BNSF Chicago sub. Nice engineer!
Train 4: The KCS Belle flies through on M1 giving off some horn. I freaked out thinking that my original shot was shit, so I ran a from "Point A" to the Milepost, and got my semi backlit shot of my first KCS Southern Belle leading.
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flickr.com/photos/chicagorailfan/4466756741
The DPU shot turned out to be my best picture of the day.
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flickr.com/photos/chicagorailfan/4467532210/in/photostream
Originally Dan and me were going to go to Bensenville for 280 which had a SOO SD60 on the lead of a CP AC4400CW, but we figured, fuck it, we were sick of getting up early to go foaming. I couldn't get back to sleep after 7:00 AM, so I tried calling Dan, and he didn't answer, lazy fucker, so I was just going to do some local foaming. That turned into a drive to Lemont... The end of the train had a surprise on it, look at the pictures to see what it was.
Train 1: Signals at Flag Stone - red board. Signals at Romeoville Road - Dark. Driving on New Ave between Romeoville and Lockport - OH SHIT! A quick 180 and I get a pace video of the oil local as it cruises down M1 of the CN Joliet Sub. I got a shit shot of it at one of the truck entrances at Seneca, and then raced it back to the main entrance. While waiting for Annie to finish switching, I figured I'd wait it out at Seneca for Amtrak. It's a damn shame she pulled back into the shadows right as Amtrak passed, but I got an engine meet on the CN Joliet Sub, so I don't really care about shadows.
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flickr.com/photos/chicagorailfan/4466755817
flickr.com/photos/chicagorailfan/4466756265
flickr.com/photos/chicagorailfan/4466757545
flickr.com/photos/chicagorailfan/4470493756
Before I left Lemont, two trains passed on the BNSF Chillicothe. One of which had a C44-9W, SD40-2, B40-8W combo on a stack!
Train 2: I get a call from Taylor who got a call from Nick who got a call from Joe (word of mouth is really quite fantastic) about a Southern Belle leading a coal down the BNSF Chicago sub. Taking Lemont road north to Downers Grove, I am stopped by Amtrak 380.
Train 3: Metra cruises by MP 26 on the BNSF Chicago sub. Nice engineer!
Train 4: The KCS Belle flies through on M1 giving off some horn. I freaked out thinking that my original shot was shit, so I ran a from "Point A" to the Milepost, and got my semi backlit shot of my first KCS Southern Belle leading.
*+*+Picture+*+*
flickr.com/photos/chicagorailfan/4466756741
The DPU shot turned out to be my best picture of the day.
*+*+Picture+*+*
flickr.com/photos/chicagorailfan/4467532210/in/photostream
