Railfanning Dolton 5/16/24

Heritage Units and other things.
While the weather was essentially a mixed bag today, the action around Dolton was actually really good. I had initially went out to try and snag CSX's Conrail Heritage Unit which was leading Train I115 and ultimately stuck around longer after hearing UP 1982 was making her way up and it was just a good day trackside at Dolton with some footage around Blue Island and Riverdale later on. Enjoy!
Now here are the trains in order.
Train 1: EB Intermodal Train
Power:
CSX AC44CW #386
CSX AC44CW #362
Trains 2 and 3: WB Intermodal Train meets EB Local Job
Train 2's Power:
CSX ES44AH #1976 Conrail Heritage Unit
Mid-Train DPU:
CSX CM44AC #7032 ex-CSX 4
Train 3's Power:
IHB SW1500 #1524 ex-IHB 9221
Train 4: WB Lite Engine Move
Power:
UP AC44CW #6773
Train 5: WB Mixed Freight
Power:
IHB GP40-3 #4013 ex-SP 7620
IHB GP40-3 #4011 ex-SP 7623
Train 6: WB Mixed Freight
Power:
CF&E C40-8W #7865 ex-CSX 7865
CF&E C40-8W #7819 ex-CSX 7819
Train 7: WB Mixed Freight
Power:
IHB GP40-2LW #4022 ex-CN 9554
IHB Slug #2022 ex-IHB 2141
Train 8: EB Mixed Freight
Power:
CF&E C40-8W #7819 ex-CSX 7819
CF&E C40-8W #7865 ex-CSX 7865
The next batch of clips were taken around Riverdale and Blue Island, Illinois after getting ahead of UP 1982 when it left Dolton off camera.
Train 9: IHB Pulldown Job
Power:
IHB GP40-2LW #4022 ex-CN 9554
IHB Slug #2022 ex-IHB 2141
Train 10: EB Autorack Train
Power:
BNSF ES44C4 #4265
BNSF ES44AC #6196
NS ES40DC #7677
NS AC44C6M #4608 ex-NS 9345
Train 11: WB Mixed Freight
Power:
UP SD70ACe #1982 Missouri Pacific Heritage Unit
UP ES44AC #5517
Train 12: NB Mixed Freight
Power:
CSX SD40-2 #8016 ex-L&N 8016
CSX SD40-2 #8096 ex-L&N 8096
Train 13: NB Intermodal Train
Power:
CSX ES40DC #5264
CSX AC44CW #439 Spirit Of Birmingham
Taken on 5-16-24

[@nathancorcoran5347]

Pretty impressive to see these freight trains.

[@unstableatoms3456]

nice