Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago

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Something from yesterday.

Yesterday we made an impromptu visit to Chesterton, Indiana in order to snag NS 956, an OCS train made up of the Union Pacific OCS Consist and two of NS' new Landmark Units in the lead. After managing to get that, we stuck around until mid afternoon to see what else we could snag before I had to go to work, and quite a few things showed up including NS 8100 on B09, both Amtraks, a CPKC duo, and a pair of NS GP60s. All in all, not a bad day for the time we were there. Enjoy!

Now here are the trains in order.

Train 1: EB Office Car Special
Power:
NS ES44AC #8183 *Chicago*
NS SD70IAC #1230 *Birmingham*

Train 2: EB Intermodal
Power:
NS AC44C6M #4870 *ex-BNSF 4894*
NS AC44C6M #4625 *ex-NS 9378*
NS ET44AC #3671

Train 3: EB Oil Train
Power:
BNSF ES44AC #6195
DPU:
BNSF ES44AC #5820

Train 4: EB Mixed Freight
Power:
NS ET44AC #3661
NS AC44C6M #4505 *ex-NS 9351*
NS AC44C6M #4191 *ex-NS 8911*
Mid-Train DPU:
NS AC44C6M #4405 *ex-NS 9203*

Train 5: WB Floridian
Power:
AMTK ALC-42 #312
AMTK P42DC #139

Train 6: EB Mixed Freight
Power:
NS ES40DC #7675
NS SD70ACe #1174
NS AC44C6M #4440 *ex-NS 9236*

Train 7: EB Autorack Train
Power:
CP ET44AC #7474 *CPKC Paint*
Mid-Train DPU:
CP ET44AC #7548 *CPKC Paint*

Train 8: WB Mixed Freight
Power:
NS ES40DC #7712
NS GP40-2 #3066 *ex-Conrail 3397*
NS GP60 #7147

Train 9: EB Local Freight
Power:
NS GP60 #7150
NS GP60 #7139

Train 10: WB Lake Shore Limited
Power:
AMTK P42DC #92
AMTK P42DC #101

Train 11: WB Coal Train
Power:
BNSF ES44C4 #8376
BNSF ES44DC #7502

Train 12: EB Mixed Freight
Power:
NS AC44C6M #4309 *ex-NS 9108*
NS AC44C6M #4958 *ex-NS 9696*
UP AC44CW #7238

Train 13: WB Coil Train
Power:
NS ES44AC #8100 *Nickel Plate Road Heritage Unit*
NS AC44C6M #4842 *ex-NS 9622*

Train 14: WB Intermodal
Power:
NS ET44AC #3605
NS AC44C6M #4385 *ex-NS 9056*

Train 15: WB Intermodal
Power:
NS ES44AC #8087
NS AC44C6M #4640 *ex-NS 9527*
NS C44-9W #9854

Train 16: WB Mixed Freight
Power:
NS AC44C6M #4787 *ex-NS 9665*
Mid-Train DPU:
KCS ES44AC #4821

Train 17: WB Mixed Freight
Power:
BNSF C44-9W #5306
BNSF ES44C4 #4244

Trains 18 and 19: EB Ethanol Train meets WB Sand Train

Train 18's Power:
KCS AC44CW #4616 *ex-KCS 2041*
KCSM ES44AC #4651

Train 19's Power:
CP ES44AC #9351
CP ES44AC #8956

Train 20: EB Intermodal
Power:
BNSF ES44C4 #8255
BNSF ES44DC #7697 *Heritage 2*

Train 21: EB Coil Train
Power:
NS AC44C6M #4842 *ex-NS 9622*
NS ES44AC #8100 *Nickel Plate Road Heritage Unit*

Taken on 4-14-26