Uploaded June 2010 | Updated September 2026, 5 hours ago
Scene 1:
The Chicago Terminal crosses Estess Road blasting that pitch perfect Leslie RS3L.
Picture ~ flickr.com/photos/chicagorailfan/4686669637
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Scene 2:
Not knowing what the crew does, we waited at some road for it, and it was the wrong road. Yay...
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Scene 3: The crew backs one tank car into some into some industry.
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Scene 4:
ILSX 1396 crosses Nicholas Street as a solo dolo after dropping some cars at one of the numerous industries that makes up the Elk Grove Industrial Park.
Picture ~ flickr.com/photos/chicagorailfan/4687305818
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Scene 5:
The crew wyes their train back onto the main from the siding track.
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Scene 6: Very close call with a garbage truck.
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Scene 7: Very very close call with some box truck.
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Scene 8:
The ILSX returns to the "main" and couples back to it's cut of cars bound for their "yard."
Picture ~ flickr.com/photos/chicagorailfan/4689526919
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Scene 9:
The ILSX goes light across Devon Ave to pick up a single grain car. What they did after that we're not sure, we got bored with it and went for the CP main.
Piture ~ flickr.com/photos/chicagorailfan/4687307174
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Scene 10:
Shitty Metra horn, typical shit. Great picture though.
Picture ~ flickr.com/photos/chicagorailfan/4687308334
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Scene 11:
This guy knows how to atleast work the horn on the Metra units. Awesome engineer!
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Scene 12:
Onto Franklin Park. On our arrival we noticed a CN 336 with one hell of a consist. This is with out a doubt the best CN consist I've ever seen.
Picture ~ flickr.com/photos/chicagorailfan/4686675019
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Scene 13:
Here we go! This is what the CP is all about; A SOO bandit rolls into the yard with a SOO caboose on the CP Patrol local.
Picture ~ flickr.com/photos/chicagorailfan/4687311186
Picture ~ flickr.com/photos/chicagorailfan/4686677943
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Scene 14:
Bad cut, I know. Turn your speakers up. I didn't expect this to be an express train.
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Scene 15:
Metra 100 runs express through Bensenville.
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Scene 16:
CP train "GY-10" cuts from one side of the yard to the other so that it can get in on the B-17 side.
Picture ~ flickr.com/photos/chicagorailfan/4687313822
Picture ~ flickr.com/photos/chicagorailfan/4686680481
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Scene 17:
Metra 215 runs express through Bensenville, flies right past the camera causing a quick mute with the wind.
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Scene 18:
The rush is over, time to clear the traffic on the C&M sub.
Picture (different train) ~ flickr.com/photos/chicagorailfan/4686681847
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Scene 19:
Engineer didn't use the horn for any crossings in town, not the only train not to use the horn either. Another GY-10, this one featuring a cut of cars which is extremely rare for this ID (usually it's a unit move from the engine house to B-17 into the yard) crawls onto the platform. It obviously backed up but some Bensenville Guido's sorta ruined the video. Although they did like the picture I took of them, so all is well.
Picture ~ flickr.com/photos/chicagorailfan/4686683125
Picture ~ flickr.com/photos/chicagorailfan/4687318890
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Scene 20: CP 273
A Green SD40-2, CITX 3062, leads two candy wrapper Dash 2's westbound through Wood Dale. Keep in mind that from the scene of the CN train, CP 273 has been waiting to get track authority. With the light options completely gone at Bensenville, I had to head west. Note, a truck clipped off the gate on the East Bound side of Irving Park road, so two Wood Dale cops protect the crossing. They re-installed the gate as the freight passed.
Picture ~ flickr.com/photos/chicagorailfan/4686619147
Scene 1:
The Chicago Terminal crosses Estess Road blasting that pitch perfect Leslie RS3L.
Picture ~ flickr.com/photos/chicagorailfan/4686669637
============================================================
Scene 2:
Not knowing what the crew does, we waited at some road for it, and it was the wrong road. Yay...
============================================================
Scene 3: The crew backs one tank car into some into some industry.
============================================================
Scene 4:
ILSX 1396 crosses Nicholas Street as a solo dolo after dropping some cars at one of the numerous industries that makes up the Elk Grove Industrial Park.
Picture ~ flickr.com/photos/chicagorailfan/4687305818
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Scene 5:
The crew wyes their train back onto the main from the siding track.
============================================================
Scene 6: Very close call with a garbage truck.
============================================================
Scene 7: Very very close call with some box truck.
============================================================
Scene 8:
The ILSX returns to the "main" and couples back to it's cut of cars bound for their "yard."
Picture ~ flickr.com/photos/chicagorailfan/4689526919
============================================================
Scene 9:
The ILSX goes light across Devon Ave to pick up a single grain car. What they did after that we're not sure, we got bored with it and went for the CP main.
Piture ~ flickr.com/photos/chicagorailfan/4687307174
============================================================
Scene 10:
Shitty Metra horn, typical shit. Great picture though.
Picture ~ flickr.com/photos/chicagorailfan/4687308334
============================================================
Scene 11:
This guy knows how to atleast work the horn on the Metra units. Awesome engineer!
============================================================
Scene 12:
Onto Franklin Park. On our arrival we noticed a CN 336 with one hell of a consist. This is with out a doubt the best CN consist I've ever seen.
Picture ~ flickr.com/photos/chicagorailfan/4686675019
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Scene 13:
Here we go! This is what the CP is all about; A SOO bandit rolls into the yard with a SOO caboose on the CP Patrol local.
Picture ~ flickr.com/photos/chicagorailfan/4687311186
Picture ~ flickr.com/photos/chicagorailfan/4686677943
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Scene 14:
Bad cut, I know. Turn your speakers up. I didn't expect this to be an express train.
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Scene 15:
Metra 100 runs express through Bensenville.
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Scene 16:
CP train "GY-10" cuts from one side of the yard to the other so that it can get in on the B-17 side.
Picture ~ flickr.com/photos/chicagorailfan/4687313822
Picture ~ flickr.com/photos/chicagorailfan/4686680481
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Scene 17:
Metra 215 runs express through Bensenville, flies right past the camera causing a quick mute with the wind.
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Scene 18:
The rush is over, time to clear the traffic on the C&M sub.
Picture (different train) ~ flickr.com/photos/chicagorailfan/4686681847
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Scene 19:
Engineer didn't use the horn for any crossings in town, not the only train not to use the horn either. Another GY-10, this one featuring a cut of cars which is extremely rare for this ID (usually it's a unit move from the engine house to B-17 into the yard) crawls onto the platform. It obviously backed up but some Bensenville Guido's sorta ruined the video. Although they did like the picture I took of them, so all is well.
Picture ~ flickr.com/photos/chicagorailfan/4686683125
Picture ~ flickr.com/photos/chicagorailfan/4687318890
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Scene 20: CP 273
A Green SD40-2, CITX 3062, leads two candy wrapper Dash 2's westbound through Wood Dale. Keep in mind that from the scene of the CN train, CP 273 has been waiting to get track authority. With the light options completely gone at Bensenville, I had to head west. Note, a truck clipped off the gate on the East Bound side of Irving Park road, so two Wood Dale cops protect the crossing. They re-installed the gate as the freight passed.
Picture ~ flickr.com/photos/chicagorailfan/4686619147
