Chicagoland 1991 to 1999

As a compliment to my Brighton Park and 75th St. videos, herewith a compilation of scenes around Chicagoland from 1991 to 1999. Some of the final scenes show 75th St. after the tower was razed and automated.

[@AhmearClayIombo-dj6di]

Awesome 90's Trains

[@ericsundell9978]

man, this hit me right in the childhood

[@Garagedwella]

I know right!?! Except I did most of my rail fanning here out in California so little less variety in what I saw come by on the (then) South Pacific sub near my house (now Union Pacific)

[@markwilliams5811]

Lots of old railroads here! Great History lesson from years gone by! Made me fell 30years younger! Super Show!!

[@Tom-Lahaye]

Amazing variation in traction, roadnames and colors. Sure there was more to see then. Excellent video that keeps you watching.

[@willwozniak2826]

OUTSTANDING.

[@Steven_Williams]

Love the BRC and BN action. Thanks for sharing.

[@SmokeStack684]

Sure brings back memories. Great video!

[@ViewpointUnique]

Fantastic video, thank you for sharing! It's nice to see so much history - I didn't really get into photo/video side of rail fanning until about 10 years ago, by then most of these consists were history, and the locations changed.

[@dwkcamman611]

Love the classics, great work!

[@gmburzynski68]

great video!! having railfanned the area, and then working for the CNW out of proviso..you nailed it!!! I loved watching the BRC bring in the transfer to proviso when i worked there. you could see the exhaust plume from the alco's for miles. Great job!

[@patricklawless6597]

What a great video!! Incredible variety.

[@johannmckraken9399]

Great stuff! Love the sounds of the Alco Century series and the GE’s. The non-turbo EMD’s put out a pleasant sound too.

[@Clavichordist]

Wow, great video!This is like watching a model railroad club layout. :-)The last time I was in Chicagoland, I stayed up on Route 12 at the Best Western in Mount Prospect, IL. My room overlooked the CNW mainline and I stayed up all night watching the trains go by instead of prepping for my long workday ahead. What's funny is the clerk at the front desk warned me about the trains "making noise all night". I said don't worry I love trains. She laughed.

[@b3j8]

Sure miss do miss seeing those E's in commuter svc! Great to look back in time for abit! Thanks!

[@russgrunert4730]

Nothing like E or F on point, theybstill,look thevbest

[@johnlambert4635]

great show thank you for sharing

[@jimikrentkowski4073]

Total Classic stuff! Awesome video!!

[@brucegordon4924]

Like the Alco's, Thank You for sharing!

[@erie910]

Superb video. Love the Alcos and the E units on the Burlington raceway. Surely some of them could have been rebuilt and returned to service.

[@russgrunert4730]

Sad to see all the fallen flags, especially C &NW which was my favorite.

[@EmpireBeltRR]

Nice Job! Very enjoyable.

[@rkproductions1141]

very interesting thanks for sharing!

[@galaxyrailfanning7860]

Very cool! Awesome video!

[@iancontreras7688]

Whoa! That stretch along the Kenton Line from 63rd to Marquette Ave used to be filled with grass?! It is a huge muddy and gravel-y mess nowadays.

[@anthonyc1883]

Yes! Lived for many years at 68th and Kenneth and would traverse the alley along that stretch frequently. Yeah, slow going but I always enjoyed being right alongside the BRC main. BTW, did you know that stretch was supposed to be the right-of-way of the CTA Orange Line if the line had been run all the way to Ford City?

[@royscreen61]

Great stuff!!!!

[@anthonyc1883]

Wow, lots of good Midway-area action on the BRC including its own power and foreign power. Man, those Alco Centuries could smoke even without a train in tow. And a BRC cow/calf at 30:30.

[@Nicola636128]

Awesome compilation of fallen flag! Well done!

[@jfreelan1964]

Excellent fallen flag video. Excellent color from video that is up to 25 years old. Your source material must have been well cared for.

[@fmnut]

It was, but modern editing software helps.

[@blackbirdgaming8147]

Pretty cool to see the unique B30-7ABs

[@kawasakiz76]

Killer video!!

[@corylenhart7429]

A lot of good locomotives in this real good ones ALCO EMD AND GE NICE

[@tech83studio38]

42:49 wow I remember watching these units pass by from my classroom window on the third floor at Walter Q Gresham Elementary .

[@gmac8852]

Lot of my friends went there in the 60s 70s.

[@ironhorsethrottlemaster5202]

Thanks FM nut this was time warp I grew up in the 90s and I remember trains looking like that without so many bull s*** tags of gibberish tagging graffiti I miss not seeing graffiti on trains plus all the railroads Rio Grande southern Pacific very fond memories of railroads that I miss and paint schemes that I loved there's nothing cooler then SD 40 - 2 T tunnel motor in Rio Grande paint that is my favorite locomotive wearing my favorite paint scheme I'm from Utah where the Rio Grande actually ran and it sucks that I don't get to see that paint Scheme anymore but it does make me happy that Wheeling and Lake Erie has that paint scheme thank you for an awesome time warp I even saw Burlington Northern green I miss Burlington Northern green there is no other railroads that are green and Santa Fe I miss Atkinson Topeka and Santa Fe graciously appreciate this video peace out into the world have a great day FM nut

[@northlanderdude]

that Wisconsin Central train was bitchin' - the icing on the cake. WC in it's glory days. NICE ! ! ! !

[@mrserious55]

N&W hi hood GP 35...nice catch

[@kelvintorrence5994]

Lots of old iron that's gone now

[@masonkalnins7644]

I live around the Chicago land area. It's nice to see these locomotives operating. Can you do a timeline of the years? I have a hard time figuring out the years starting and ending.

[@fmnut]

0:00 to 28:00-1991 28:00 to 53:00-1995 53:00 to end-1999.

[@masonkalnins7644]

@@fmnut Thank you. I thought it was the whole decade. Again, thank you and really awesome video.

[@cbehr91]

What's the location about 30:00 in with the Conrail train and the BRC switchers?

[@fmnut]

+cbehr91 2.0 That's Hayford Crossing at the east end of Clearing Yard, BRC running east/west being crossed by the GTW running north/south with a connection in the southwest quadrant for GTW to enter Clearing. The GTW sequences in this video were taken here also.

[@ChadsRailfanExperience]

Kickning myseld for missing out on the BN E units

[@s_e-LBR]

You could say business was honkin' in the 90s!

[@arkie74]

Please tell me NS C630 #8501 is still pullin, and they didn t scrap her!!!!

[@bigvan98]

does anybody know where the 76 gas station is at 9:05 ? im guessing berwyn or brookfield??

[@fmnut]

bigvan98 It's Brookfield.

[@robadams5799]

Can anyone tell me why that locomotive was producing so much smoke at 14:00, and then it stopped?

[@fmnut]

The engineer cut back on the throttle as the train was cresting a grade. If you listen you can hear the reduction in rpm.

[@robadams5799]

@@fmnut Makes sense. Thank you.

[@ryanmcgrath4979]

Can someone list the locations of where these trains were filmed? I already know a few locations because I have actually been near them before in real life such as the BNSF Racetrack.

[@fmnut]

Start to 1:44 Blue Island 1:44 to 2:15 South side, can't remember location 2:15 to 3:42 Brighton Park diamonds 3:42 to 9:50 Various spots BN "Racetrack" 9:51 to 10:35 W. 66th St north of Marquette Rd 10:35 to 11:37 Shot from Cicero Ave bridge 11:37 to 13:38 back at W 66th 13:38 to 13:57 Can't remember 13:57 to 16:01 BRC Yard E 94th & Escanaba Ave 16:01 to 17:35 KCBX coal transfer E 100th Ave 17:35 to 19:35 Various scenes near Gary IN 19:35 to 26:05 Back at W 66th 26:05 to 28:00 W End Clearing Yard off Harlem Av 28:02 to 28:36 W 65th at Harlem Av 28:36 to 32:51 W 75th St GTW/BRC crossing 32:51 to 33:20 Brighton Park area 33:20 to 33:40 Bensenville Yard 33:40 to 34:21 W 65th at Harlem Av 34:21 to 41:09 Back at GTW/BRC crossing 41:09 to 41:49 Back at W 66th 41:49 to 43:46 West end Clearing Yd off Harlem 43:46 to 47:00 Night scenes around Clearing 47:00 to 49:40 Various spots between 75th St interlocking and Clearing Yard 49:40 to 52:57 West end Clearing Yd Balance of video is taken at the same spots as above

[@novastardom2689]

what railroad is that at 11:50

[@fmnut]

Nova Stardom Belt Railway of Chicago

[@jimikrentkowski4073]

@ 53:00 where is that on the Belt?

[@fmnut]

Hayford crossing, BRC and GTW at the east end of Clearing Yard.

[@jimikrentkowski4073]

FMnut, this is a total classic video. I remember rail fanning in a lot of these areas you have. A lot of course has changed. Are you still in the area of Chicago? Im in Chicago Heights yeah there is some cool train action here. I do get out and about over by blue Island Junction & Dolton jct. Thanks for posting these videos def subscribe to your channel brother

[@arkie74]

what is that at 57:31?....sd?

[@fmnut]

arkie74 It's an SD20. Originally a Southern Ry. SD24 heavily rebuilt and de-turbocharged.

[@ethan6720]

how do you control the b units

[@SmokeStack684]

+Ethan Kennedy --There is an umbilical cord from the lead engine that controls all the functions of the B unit as well as any other engines in the consist. They all run as one.

[@ethan6720]

thank

[@gmac8852]

So glad The Belt got rid of them smoking pieces of junk Alco locomotives.

[@fmnut]

So glad you felt the need to share your thoughts with us.......

[@gmac8852]

@@fmnut Used to live right next to Belt Rail Clearing yard and since they got rid of the Alco locomotives and went to gensets and EMD locomotives the air has definitely gotten better. Sometimes those Alco locomotive would have a good part of the neighborhood smoked up especially when it got cold . Nowadays nobody complains . But they are a good part of the neighborhood economics and train watchers always are going to see action.