Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago

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Another one of these.

Despite the temperature being rather cool, it was a nice day out today so I decided to go around the Chicagoland area and see what I could find and some of the trains that showed were pretty good. Such as a LHF CSX Geep leading a relatively long local, L515 with a pretty decent set of EMDs, CN 2026 leading Z194, and an appearance of NS 1080 on CPKC I45. Not a bad day all things considered. Enjoy!

Now here are the trains in order.

Rondout, IL.

Train 1: NB Intermodal
Power:
CP ET44AC #7483 *CPKC Paint*
Mid-Train DPU:
CP AC44CWM #8107 *ex-CP 9659*

Train 2: SB Mixed Freight
Power:
CP AC44CW #9776
CP GP38AC #3002
DPU:
CP AC44CWM #8025 *ex-CP 9573*

Train 3: Outbound Metra
Power:
METX F59PHI #84 *ex-AMTK 461*
METX CabCar #8524

La Grange, IL.

Train 4: Outbound Metra
Power:
METX F40PHM-3 #208 *Village Of La Grange*
METX CabCar #8600 *North Dakota Ad Card*

Train 5: WB Mixed Freight
Power:
BNSF ET44C4 #3837
BNSF ES44DC #7852

Dolton, IL.

Train 6: EB Local Freight
Power:
CSX GP38-2 #2613 *ex-L&N 4105*

Chicago Heights, IL.

Train 7: EB Local Freight
Power:
CN SD60 #5426 *ex-EMDX 9069*
IC GP40R #3138 *OLS Unit, ex-IC 3063*
IANR GP38-2 #3800 *ex-B&O 4812*

Train 8: EB Mixed Freight
Power:
CN ET44AC #3272
CN AC44C6M #3355 *ex-BNSF 4479*
EJ&E SD38-2 #660

Flossmoor, IL.

Train 9: SB Mixed Freight
Power:
CN ES44AC #2314
CN GP40-2LW #9626

Train 10: SB Intermodal
Power:
CN ES44AC #2026 *America 250, ex-CREX 1215*

Franklin Park, IL.

Train 11: Outbound Metra
Power:
METX MP36PH-3C #413 *OLS Unit*
METX CabCar #8???

Train 12: Inbound Metra
Power:
METX CabCar #8???
METX SD70MACH #522 *ex-TFM 1616*

Train 13: EB Mixed Freight
Power:
NS SD70ACe #1080 *Delaware & Hudson Heritage Unit*
NS ES44AC #8012

Taken on 5-11-26