Uploaded March 2011 | Updated September 2026, 13 hours ago
As we got to Bensenville Yard on York Road we saw the light from a train the yard. As it got closer to B-17 we saw that the leader had a high head light. After seeing a blue and gold DM&E SD40-2 sitting at Bryn Maur the thought of another SD40-2 was pretty exciting. We were prepared to shoot this guy going west down the CP Elgin Sub but then heard from B-17, "283 C&M Sub 2 on signal indication." We then parked at some Mexican restaurant with bouncers standing infront of it. We waited a couple minutes for the train to come around the corner. The high head light gave us high hopes of an EMD, but the horn was a K5, the same type that CSX typically has, sorta fowled out. Once the horn blew we were sure it was a CSX standard cab unit on the point because the ditch lights were flashing. As it got closer we saw no yellow, and we quickly realised that it was an NS C40-8 leading an NS Gevo. I've seen CSX on here before, but not NS!
~Bensenville, IL
3/18/11
As we got to Bensenville Yard on York Road we saw the light from a train the yard. As it got closer to B-17 we saw that the leader had a high head light. After seeing a blue and gold DM&E SD40-2 sitting at Bryn Maur the thought of another SD40-2 was pretty exciting. We were prepared to shoot this guy going west down the CP Elgin Sub but then heard from B-17, "283 C&M Sub 2 on signal indication." We then parked at some Mexican restaurant with bouncers standing infront of it. We waited a couple minutes for the train to come around the corner. The high head light gave us high hopes of an EMD, but the horn was a K5, the same type that CSX typically has, sorta fowled out. Once the horn blew we were sure it was a CSX standard cab unit on the point because the ditch lights were flashing. As it got closer we saw no yellow, and we quickly realised that it was an NS C40-8 leading an NS Gevo. I've seen CSX on here before, but not NS!
~Bensenville, IL
3/18/11
