West Chicago Railfanning

West Chicago Railfanning
Recorded on 3/29/21 from 6:53am-5:15pm
Here is our last trackside trip for March before moving on to April. Last week was quite busy as we were out on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. This coming week, we decided to slow things down to catch our breath after a busy few days along the rails. We concluded another busy month in West Chicago, Illinois at JB Tower to see trains along the Union Pacific Geneva Subdivision and the Canadian National Leighton Subdivision. The morning was livid with a good mix of freight trains and Metra trains. By the middle of the morning, things settled down due to planned track work along a section of track on the Union Pacific that needed to be worked on and our camera crew took the opportunity to film and witness the track crews hard at work repairing the rails. Once the track work was done for the afternoon, the trains continued to roll on by. As we packed things up, things were quite questionable on what would be our Highlight of the Day. But things changed when we stayed for one more train and it certainly became the perfect way to end the day and ended up being the Highlight! Overall, it was another solid day along the rails. While we take a much needed break this coming week, we will still upload Short Freight Trains and we will be back along the rails soon! Enjoy the action from West Chicago at JB Tower!
1. Outbound Metra
2. Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern Crude Oil*
3. Inbound Metra
4. Canadian National Intermodal
5. Outbound Metra
6. Inbound Metra
7. Union Pacific Autorack
8. Inbound Metra
9. Outbound Metra
10. Inbound Metra*
11. Union Pacific Intermodal
12. Union Pacific Intermodal
13. Union Pacific-Kansas City Southern Coal Train
14. Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern Manifest
15. Outbound Metra*
16. Inbound Metra
17. MOW Equipment
18. Inbound Metra*
19. Union Pacific-Canadian National Manifest
20. Outbound Metra*
21. MOW Equipment
22. Inbound Metra
23. Canadian National Intermodal
24. Canadian National Manifest
25. Outbound Metra*
26. Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern Manifest*
27. Union Pacific Intermodal*
28. Inbound Metra
29. Canadian National Intermodal
30. Canadian National Intermodal
31. Outbound Metra
32. Union Pacific Manifest
33. Canadian National Intermodal*
34. Union Pacific Manifest
35. Inbound Metra
36. Outbound Metra
37. Canadian National PTC Test Train**
Highlight of the Day:
37. Canadian National PTC Test Train**
*Hornshow

[@ryansrailwayproductions794]

30:45 I hear a person yelling “oh my god! It’s a Gevo!” LOL

[@PsychologyOpus]

looks great wow👍👍👍

[@thomasmackowiak]

Real nice video of trains at West Chicago, Illinois, Andrew! I liked the close up view of the Maintenance of Way machines doing their work. There was a lot of trains going past even though there was a slowdown while the MOW equipment was doing their work. Thank you and the gang for spending the day at West Chicago and documenting what was happening there on 29 March 2021.

[@ATrain4014]

Thanks for watching!

[@TheBossSteamLocomotiveProducti]

I had a great time with you! I’ll see you a long the tracks! Awesome video!

[@ATrain4014]

Thank you! See you along the tracks!

[@TheBossSteamLocomotiveProducti]

@@ATrain4014 No problem!

[@WorldWideOfTrainsAndTrucks]

@@TheBossSteamLocomotiveProducti Wanna go to West Chicago for rush hour today?

[@TheBossSteamLocomotiveProducti]

@@WorldWideOfTrainsAndTrucks I’m in school.

[@CMNTMXR57]

First train in the video is METX 137 "City of West Chicago." Very nice.

[@ryansrailwayproductions794]

I’ll bet it looks good!

[@theelginrailfan9489]

Idk what happened but I went today there I stayed for a few hours AND ONLY A CN INTERMODAL TRAIN AND A METRA INBOund like WTH

[@theelginrailfan9489]

I know that the UP Geneva Sub is Busy but no

[@kirkzevola5004]

Cool do you guys think it’s possible if y’all add the Amtrak & Metra train symbols for every Amtrak & Metra train you catch in your description? Because I always wonder what trains symbols are the Metra trains you catch ? Keep up the awesome work

[@AlongTheRailsand]

Ok come on a f___ing caboose nothing can be better than that good thing this vid has 14 likes so far

[@RailBrothersProductions]

Nice

[@ATrain4014]

Thank you!

[@conrail2518]

Is Conrail???

[@AltonRouteRailfan]

32:20 I guess you cut out Riley screaming

[@ATrain4014]

Yeah, somehow I made that worked. Hope you had fun seeing trains with us! -Andrew Mangalindan

[@kirkzevola5004]

Awesome Metra, Canadian Pacific, & Union Pacific catches Awesome to see F59PHIs 82 & 83 are now in passenger service what Metra/Union Pacific train number symbols was 82 & 83 on ?

[@WorldWideOfTrainsAndTrucks]

I’m probably guessing Train 15 or 47 idk