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Wabash in Decatur, Illinois Circa 1957
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![American Freedom Train #1 - 1975 [Super 8 Home Movies]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/tzX1R4OJBy8/mqdefault.jpg "American Freedom Train #1 - 1975 [Super 8 Home Movies]
Railfanning the American Freedom Train, led by Reading T-1 4-8-4 #2101 (AFT#1), on the Penn Central from Middletown, Ohio to Sharonville, Ohio in June 1975.
In early June 1975, the American Freedom Train heads south on the Penn Central (NYC) between Middletown, Ohio and Sharonville, Ohio in preparation for display in Cincinnati near Riverfront Stadium.
The train is led by #1, ex reading T-1 class 4-8-4 #2101.
The train pulls a display train filled with artifacts of American history, as well as crew cars, supplies, and portable concession carts.
In the final still photo, taken during the display in Cincinnati, I am the one on the left - age 5.
This footage, captured by my father, was originally recorded on Super 8 movie film. In the mid-1980s it was transferred to VHS tape. This version was digitized from the VHS version.
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![K587 @ HM Junction on the Middletown Sub [7/8/2004]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/uYBfISJ3GhE/mqdefault.jpg "K587 @ HM Junction on the Middletown Sub [7/8/2004]
On a hot July morning in 2004, CSX train K587 pulls through HM Junction on the CSX Middletown Subdivision. The train, led by CSX AC4400CW CSX #237
and Norfolk Southern D9-44CW #9130, consists of hot metal slabs from AK Steels Ashland, Kentucky works bound for AK Steels Middletown, Ohio works for finishing.
The train has just entered the line at Middletown Junction, which is located within New River Yard. At HM Junction, the Overpeck Cutoff joins the line (tracks to the right), giving trains from the Middletown Sub the option of heading north on the CSX Toledo Subdivision.
**Originally recorded on VHS_C videotape")
![Blue Island - 11 Trains, 9 Railroads, 2 Hours! [July 23, 2004]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/urux8roBOW8/mqdefault.jpg "Blue Island - 11 Trains, 9 Railroads, 2 Hours! [July 23, 2004]
Blue Island, Illinois
July 23, 2004
11 Trains, 9 Railroads, 2 Hours!
Here is the lineup:
00:17 An outbound Metra Rock Island District train heads toward Joliet behind an F40PHM-2.
00:38 A southbound Canadian National work train is led by an odd assortment of power including CN SD50F #5456, IC SD70 #1000 (the first Illinois Central SD70), and ancient CN GP9RM #4017 (Originally GP9 #2000).
03:02 A southbound BNSF auto rack train on the Indiana Harbor Belt is led by C44-9W #4597.
04:21 A southbound intermodal on the Indiana Harbor Belt is led by Canadian Pacific AC4400CW #8516.
05:48 A westbound Iowa Interstate freight on the Rock Island is led by GP10 #402 (Ex-Illinois Central GP9 #9243), GP38 #602 (Ex-Missouri Pacific #575), and GP38 #604 (Ex C&O #3873) in partial Chessie System colors.
06:15 A northbound on the Indiana Harbor Belt is led by Union Pacific SD70M #4829, Norfolk Southern D9-40CW #9209, Norfolk Southern D9-40CW #9583, and Union Pacific SD70M #3981 (Ex-Southern Pacific #9807).
07:45 An inbound Metra Rock Island District train returns to Chicago behind an F40PHM-2.
07:57 A northbound CSX appears on the Indiana Harbor Belt behind SD40-2 #8872 (Ex KCS #616, rebuilt by Conrail), SD40-2 #8123 (Ex-L&N same number), LTEX SD40T-2 #8530 (Ex-Southern pacific same number), and Union Pacific SD60 #6045.
08:54 A southbound passes on the Indiana Harbor Belt behind CEFX SD40-2 #3157 (Ex-UP #3730), Union Pacific C40-8 #9315, GSCX SD40-2 #7352 (Ex-Milwaukee Road #186), Indiana Harbor Belt SD20 #2922 (Ex Southern SD24 #6306), and Indiana Harbor Belt GP40-2 #4019 (Ex-Southern Pacific #7609).
10:22 Another southbound on the Indiana Harbor Belt led by BNSF B40-8 #8606 (Ex-ATSF #7416) and CSX CW40-8 #7758.
12:44 A northbound on the Indiana Harbor Belt led by Union Pacific SD70M #4932
and Union Pacific SD70M #4630.
**Originally recorded on VHS-C videotape")
![CSX ES44AH / ET44AH @ Butler Street [8/10/2020]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/wBaZDVuDarY/mqdefault.jpg "CSX ES44AH / ET44AH @ Butler Street [8/10/2020]
CSX ES44AH #3080 and ET44AH #3339 lead a southbound CSX auto rack train The Old Way on the ex-B&O Toledo Subdivision on August 10, 2020.
Most southbound trains divert onto NSs ex-Pennsy line between Butler Street and Winton Place (Cincinnati) instead.")
