Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 15 minutes ago

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Trying to get back into the swing of things, I guess.

After three back to back eight hour shifts, I decided to try and treat myself with some railfanning. Ultimately, today proved to be a bit difficult to get through with missing some cool stuff and a certain issue I will not disclose, but the day did wield some interesting stuff in the end I suppose. Enjoy!

Now here are the trains in order.

La Grange, IL.

Train 1: Outbound Metra
Power:
METX F40PHM-3 #211 *Chicago, Burlington, & Quincy Heritage Unit*
METX CabCar #8579

Train 2: Inbound Metra
Power:
METX CabCar #8606
METX F40PHM-3 #208 *Village Of La Grange*

Train 3: Outbound Metra
Power:
METX F40PHM-3 #185 *Village Of Roselle*

Blue Island, IL.

Train 4: Outbound Metra
Power:
METX MP36PH-3C #407
METX CabCar #8547

Train 5: Inbound Metra
Power:
METX CabCar #8574
METX MP36PH-3C #423
METX MP36PH-3C #406

Train 6: Outbound Metra
Power:
METX F40PHM-3 #209
METX CabCar #8552

Dolton, IL.

Train 7: SB Transfer Freight
Power:
CSX ES40DC #5477

Train 8: WB Autorack Train
Power:
UP SD70M #3823
UP SD70M #5051

Train 9: EB Autorack Train
Power:
BNSF ES44DC #7338
DPU:
BNSF ES44C4 #6750

Train 10: EB Coal Train
Power:
UP C44ACM #5827
UP ES44AC #5298
UP AC44CW #7170

Train 11: EB Local Freight
Power:
CSX SD70MACe #4541 *ex-CSX 741*

Train 12: WB Oil Train
Power:
NS ES44AC #8142
NS AC44C6M #4828 *ex-NS 9675*

Train 13: EB Mixed Freight
Power:
IHB GP40-2 #4018 *ex-SP 7615*
IHB GP40-2 #4016 *ex-SP 7613*

Train 14: WB Mixed Freight
Power:
CF&E C40-8W #4033 *America 250, ex-CSX 7865*
CF&E C40-8W #4035 *ex-CSX 7873*

Taken on 7-28-26