Nice video Chip! I remember when I took a trip to Chicago, there's a good mix of railroads around that area, I saw sooo much BNSF and Metra and some CP Rail trains. Well, anyways, Great catches man!
Thanks! Literally having only one hour (I snuck in 15 extra minutes) to railfan the entire city, I believe I made a good choice. There is so much of everything there, and I can't wait to get back.
Wow. The people there really surprised me. I've honestly never seen so many people use the train tracks to get around. They're called 'train' tracks for a reason. How fast was the train going?
Thanks for letting me know. Do you know what train the manifest might have been? I know it wasn't the M-CHCTAC because they were about to line out behind Metra 1310.
I don't know. I was in Downers Grove when I heard the announcement come on from the station so I called my friend who has family in a very high position for the railroad and he said that the Z CHCSSE, or Z CHCSTP I can't remember at the moment, hit a pedestrian at Riverside. I still don't know if it was an, "Accident," or a suicide. I'll probably find that out tomorrow.
Nice video Chip! I remember when I took a trip to Chicago, there's a good mix of railroads around that area, I saw sooo much BNSF and Metra and some CP Rail trains. Well, anyways, Great catches man!
Thanks! Literally having only one hour (I snuck in 15 extra minutes) to railfan the entire city, I believe I made a good choice. There is so much of everything there, and I can't wait to get back.
I live at Riverside Illinois and i sit by the tracks to see the trains go hy
Wow. The people there really surprised me. I've honestly never seen so many people use the train tracks to get around. They're called 'train' tracks for a reason. How fast was the train going?
Thanks for letting me know. Do you know what train the manifest might have been? I know it wasn't the M-CHCTAC because they were about to line out behind Metra 1310.
I don't know. I was in Downers Grove when I heard the announcement come on from the station so I called my friend who has family in a very high position for the railroad and he said that the Z CHCSSE, or Z CHCSTP I can't remember at the moment, hit a pedestrian at Riverside. I still don't know if it was an, "Accident," or a suicide. I'll probably find that out tomorrow.
My guess is it's the M BRCGAL.
A pedestrian was hit and killed there this evening from a freight train.