Railfanning Blue Island, IL on Christmas Eve 2012: IAIS, CSX, IHB, CN & Metra
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- Опубліковано 29 гру 2012
- This Christmas Eve, I found some time to do some (very cold!) railfanning, at Blue Island. Not expecting much freight traffic due to the holiday, I must say I was pleasantly surprised at the action and variety that I caught. Plus, a little Christmas snow!
Trains 1 and 2:
As Iowa Interstate ES44DC #504 pulls out across Broadway St for headroom in IAIS's small yard southwest of the crossing, an outbound Metra Rock Island District train passes on the overhead tracks, heading for Joliet.
Train 3:
CSX ES44DC #5329, ES44AH #765 and AC4400 #108 bring a stack train from the Bedford Park intermodal yard south and east on the joint IHB/B&OCT line.
Train 4:
A nine-car Metra inbound train crosses above the junction as the CSX stack train clears.
Train 5:
With a less-than-great horn, CN 2104 (a former ATSF/BNSF Dash-8), CN ES44DC #2289, CN SD75I #5691 and CSX SD70MAC #4821 lead a long, slow manifest from Clearing Yard via the IHB, onto the former Grand Trunk Western main line. I'm not sure of this train's destination or symbol... help?
Train 6:
A lengthy Indiana Harbor Belt transfer freight heads south on the joint line. GP40-2 #4012 and GP38-2 #3802 lead. The latter unit is one of just two GP38-2s on the IHB roster, and was formerly with Mexico's Altos Hornos Steel before coming to the IHB.
Train 7:
A rather fast CSX intermodal train heads south / east on the joint line. ES44DC #5312 leads, with AC4400s #376 and 292 second and third out.
Train 8:
What must be the northbound counterpart to the CN train seen earlier heads up the CN/GTW - IHB connector track. Ex-UP C40-8 #2134 and ex-Oakway SD60 #5412 lead. The train gathers some speed as snow begins blowing in.
Train 9:
The blowing snow was brief- we are now on the Rock Island District line above Broadway St, where an inbound Metra train from Joliet, pushed by F40PH #179, the 'City of Elgin', speeds by the old Rock Island signal gantry and searchlights.
Train 10:
At Western Avenue Junction, south of Vermont Street, an outbound express train on the Main Line arrives on its side of the Blue Island-Vermont Street station, while a local run from the Beverly Branch leaves the station to switch back to the northbound track for another run into the city. F40PH #181 leads the local, while MP36PH #412 heads the express, which departs for Joliet.
Sorry about the crazy zooming here- the zoom control on my camera was getting stuck!
Train 11:
A local train has finished its run and backs from the station into the coach yard for the night. F40PHM-2 #207 is the power.
Train 12:
The equipment seen alongside the express earlier has turned and departs northbound for La Salle Street Station. It's Christmas Eve, so the train is nearly empty.
~Thanks for watching!~ - Авто та транспорт
This has to be the best Hot Spot in the Chicago area.
About three weeks ago I was driving southbound on Broadway enroute to Claire Ave. when after crossing the junction about a couple of blocks down I thought I saw a couple of IAIS loco's about two blocks east of Broadway. I was in hurry so I couldn't check it out. Thanks for clearing that up.
Hey it’s January 2018 and I’m still enjoying this video!
I also really miss the Grand Trunk Western coming through here, it's sad the CN decided to close the GT down. I can remember the GT had a small transfer yard just to the south of here back in the 1980's, miss those days!
(from Canada) Despite the rough weather, your video turned out great, thanks for sharing.
wow i never new trains can be so long wow power in the engines all of them i love it
It's certainly among the best!
WOW!!! GREAT VIDEO!!!
so many places they go to west,east,nort,south u name it wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
I miss the Grand Trunk flying through BI Jct while leaning on that horn. :-(
Great Christmas Eve Catches, compilations and camera work!
nice to see those EMDs "shuvin" them GEVOs!
Those two GEEPS were workin' HARD!
Don living in District 2 Pam Am Railroad (PAR) Boston- North Shore
YEH, RED SOX!
This, Rochelle, Dolton, West Chicago, maybe Franklin Park/Bensenville area, and the BNSF Racetrack, no shortage of spots around here!
Great filming, And Happy New Year!
I need to make a trip to Blue Island. Awesome spot!
WOW SO MANY LINES I LOVE THIS PLACE
Love the sounds of the track creaking and moaning under the weight of the freight cars. Gives me an idea to record this sound and add it to my layout.
nice location hope to ee dolton jct next
I have driven to the Broadway train spot in Blue Island only once to watch the trains. The control tower is gone after checking Google Maps online in the center of the tracks. It is now replaced with track signals above the tracks. I parked my car in the first driveway on the right on the East side of the train tracks. I got some photos and might have gotten a few videos too. I was watching out for police on the road. I did not want to get into trouble with the law. I did not know there was another railroad control tower in between the train bridges North of Broadway Street. It is also nice to the older Metra Electric District passenger Cars sitting in the Blue Island train station.
OK, So did you spend the entire day here? You got a lot of action and I'm wondering how much time it took you. Do the local authority's ( Police ) harass you at all? Looks like you were staying outside the gates so on public property?
great video and action, how's the area like?
unless amtrak's texas eagle is detoured on Metra's RI Tracks
I don't remember those annoying gates and bells in the other videos i watched from Blue Island Jct. did they just add them? sounds like another railfan location ruined.
Actually they've put in new bells that dont ring constantly when they reworked the crossing mid-2013.
Jonathan Hall That's good. UP used to do that. KCS does that.
I live by there lol
I know I'm 5 years late to the party, but CN 2104 is an ex-UP unit, not BNSF. BNSF never owned standard-cab C40-8's.
StarWarsTrains #LateViewers2017 I'm going to Blue island soon
SHUT THOSE BELLS OFF!!!!!