Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago

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Back into the swing of things.

December has been sort of a hectic month for me recently, for starters my car had to go in for repairs so I couldn't railfan as much as I wanted to this past weekend, I had finals for my last semester at college, and of course I have my job and we've been pretty busy lately, but with some events coming up later this month and getting my car fixed, I decided to head out today and see what I could find around the Southeastern Suburbs of Chicagoland, not much else to say. Enjoy!

Now here are the trains in order.

Blue Island, IL.

Train 1: WB Local Freight
Power:
IHB SW1500 #1512 *ex-IHB 9211*

Trains 2 and 3: WB Intermodal meets EB Mixed Freight

Train 2's Power:
CSX ET44AH #3458
CSX CM44AC #7386 *ex-CSX 419*

Train 3's Power:
UP C45AH #8038
UP C45AH #8095

Train 4: EB Intermodal
Power:
BNSF ES44DC #7748
BNSF ES44DC #7632
BNSF C44-9W #5486

Trains 5 and 6: WB Autorack Train meets EB Intermodal

Train 5's Power:
BNSF ES44C4 #6659
BNSF ES44AC #6402

Train 6's Power:
CSX ET44AH #3301
CSX ES44AH #992
CSX ET44AH #3290

Dolton, IL.

Train 7: WB Mixed Freight
Power:
CSX SD70MACe #4766
CSX SD70MACe #4564 *ex-CSX 764*

Train 8: WB Lite Engine Move
Power:
CSX ET44AH #3354

Train 9: WB Grain Train
Power:
CSX ET44AH #3289
CSX CM44AC #7263 *ex-CSX 366*
CSX SD70MACe #4748

Train 10: WB Mixed Freight
Power:
CSX CM44AC #7409 *ex-CSX 352*

Matteson, IL.

Train 11: NB Mixed Freight
Power:
CN SD75I #5651
CN SD75I #5707

Train 12: SB Mixed Freight
Power:
IC SD70 #1015
IC SD70 #1007

Train 13: Lite Power Move
Power:
IC GP40R #3106 *ex-IC 3003, CN Paint*
GTW GP38-2 #6224 *ex-DT&I 224*

Taken on 12-17-25