Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 hours ago

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Sun in the morning, rain in the evening.

Earlier today I made my way out to Lake Forest to try and catch CPKC 246 which had one of the railroad's 250 units in the lead, after snagging that I got word that 149 had a CPKC GEVO in the lead and a 546 was making it's way down with an ACU in charge, so I decided to stick around for those two. Later in the day I made my way out to Rondout to snag Metra's 250 Unit on MDN 2615 as well as getting a rather late Amtrak 8 with a BNSF GEVO leading a pair of Chargers. All in all, not a bad day. Enjoy!

Now here are the trains in order.

Train 1: SB Mixed Freight
Power:
KCS ET44AC #776 *America 250*
NS AC44C6M #4925 *ex-NS 9742*
Mid-Train DPU:
NS SD70ACe #1046

Train 2: NB Intermodal
Power:
CP ET44AC #7463 *CPKC Paint*
Mid-Train DPU:
CP AC44CWM #8172 *ex-CP 9654*

Train 3: SB Ethanol Train
Power:
CP SD70ACU #7058 *ex-UP 8080*
CP ES44AC #9377

Train 4: Outbound Metra
Power:
METX SD70MACH #525 *America 250, ex-TFM 1622*
METX CabCar #8513

Train 5: SB Empire Builder
Power:
BNSF ES44C4 #6688
AMTK ALC-42 #377
AMTK ALC-42 #368

Taken on 8-30-26