Uploaded February 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
Somewhere different for one of these.
A couple days ago I got word that CPKC 181 was making it's way North to Bensenville with a pretty cool pair of units in the form of CP 6644 and KCSM 4500, after learning that they would be making a daylight run into Chicagoland today, I went out to Itasca to snag them only to find out that 6644's PTC wasn't working so they swapped the engines around to have the Gray Ghost lead, not that I'm complaining as I haven't seen a ghost lead in ages, after that passed I stuck around for some Metras before making my way to work. Enjoy!
Now here are the trains in order.
Train 1: EB Intermodal
Power:
KCSM AC44CW #4500 *ex-TFM 2600*
CP SD70ACU #6644 *D-Day Memorial Unit, ex-CP 9160*
Train 2: Outbound Metra
Power:
METX SD70MACH #501 *ex-TFM 1607*
METX CabCar #8525
Train 3: Outbound Metra
Power:
METX MP36PH-3C #426
METX CabCar #8608
Taken on 2-25-26
Somewhere different for one of these.
A couple days ago I got word that CPKC 181 was making it's way North to Bensenville with a pretty cool pair of units in the form of CP 6644 and KCSM 4500, after learning that they would be making a daylight run into Chicagoland today, I went out to Itasca to snag them only to find out that 6644's PTC wasn't working so they swapped the engines around to have the Gray Ghost lead, not that I'm complaining as I haven't seen a ghost lead in ages, after that passed I stuck around for some Metras before making my way to work. Enjoy!
Now here are the trains in order.
Train 1: EB Intermodal
Power:
KCSM AC44CW #4500 *ex-TFM 2600*
CP SD70ACU #6644 *D-Day Memorial Unit, ex-CP 9160*
Train 2: Outbound Metra
Power:
METX SD70MACH #501 *ex-TFM 1607*
METX CabCar #8525
Train 3: Outbound Metra
Power:
METX MP36PH-3C #426
METX CabCar #8608
Taken on 2-25-26
