Chicagoland Railfanning, March & April 2013

[@rickenbacker315]

The conductor on that EJ&E unit in Bridgeport yard at 15:00 was Al Mosher, since passed on. Great guy to work with. I always enjoyed my time working at Glenn and Hawthorne yards. Good people and laid back, just the kind of days you like..

[@stevenbiffoni783]

Have been to Chicago several times,the place is fantastic for train enthusiasts. Your video for

[@stevenbiffoni783]

is excellent, the locations and of course the variety.

[@ramonestubblefield758]

One of the best videos on railroads around Chicago absolutely love the video great work and the el stop on the orange line at halstead is definitely that rail fan spot for sure !!!!

[@Nachtwolf1]

Two are the running rails, one is a guard rail, and the outside one to the right is the electrified third rail.

[@Steven_Williams]

...I normally see that NS DuPont 30k hook up at the entrance of the I.C./CN maintenance facility in Homewood.

[@pennymartin3821]

AWESOME FOOTAGE, THANKS

[@douglasskaalrud6865]

I remember the first time I went to Chicago on the Empire Builder and had to wonder how a railfan could keep track of everything. Just think of how much it takes to bill a car through there. Love the J SD38-2 with the weed-cutter plows: reminds me of my favorite dash-2's of the Milwaukee Road.

[@RailFanRob]

good footage...thanks for sharing. love seeing trains from a busy industrial area like this!

[@dmkeenan]

Awesome video! I had to hit the Pause button at several points to got down notes. This video is full of inspiration for folks who model modern, urban railways.

[@WideWorldofTrains]

Wow a lot of trains in this video, good work

[@anteliomonteiroabellan1214]

Wow! Amazing!

[@72mrblade]

This was great all the way through!! One of my favorites!! Keep up the good work.

[@pennymartin3821]

Man the train action is fabulous, Thank you

[@Timrathmore]

My good Lord. The best footage i have seen of trains. I thought i was a railfan. WOW great video.

[@TheTrainHistorian]

Very nice video! Thanks for shooting it and posting it!!

[@boylesterminalshops6841]

looked like UP #3078 SD40-2 is an Ex. CNW unit because of the nose mounted bell

[@BossSpringsteen69]

That scene you see here is completely changed. You will see 95% intermodal in that area.

[@CNSD75I]

Awesome catches and video!!!

[@SmokeStack684]

That is one great video! I really enjoyed watching it. Just as good as Pentrex! Only thing missing is narration.

[@greentracks98]

Excellent video I have one question what were those ns/dupoint cars

[@RailfanningRulez]

...And you catch the DM&E geep w/ the RS5T paired with the last SOO GP40 on G45. Those have been on G35 so much recently

[@MikeSnow9]

Brilliant video -full of atmosphere!......Mike

[@haroldsmuck3569]

Fantastic video, thanks for sharing, enjoyed it very much, (from Canada)

[@Ezzie__]

+Harold Smuck whoa canada? even people that far like it too

[@KflanntheRailfan]

amazing video, where can you get access to some of the vantage points you were at? would like to get some pictures and video from these areas. A lot of action at the above shot at the Cicero yard I beliebe it was. Subscribe back.

[@bigfish4965]

The proviso yard stuff was shot from mannheim road if I'm not mistaken

[@dwkcamman611]

Wow!!! All awesome catches, well done!!!

[@RailfanningRulez]

Sweet first catch! Those NS SD70M's are hard to catch leading in this area

[@MrTREKMYER]

Nice angles, scenery, thx for cool vids.

[@jonesey65244]

Really nice. Thanks for the enjoyment.

[@peterlj613]

amazing video!!!

[@GuyBucktastik]

Love the EJ&E locomotive at 15:00!

[@beadsworth1968]

beautiful vid! Nice one

[@mattwalsh6347]

Great video!

[@TheRugbier14]

Loving the H1 D9

[@hankrigney8087]

that was awsome. ever since i was a kid i wanted to be a train engeneer. but as fate had it it didnt work out. cool video.

[@oubliettehoggle]

Great video

[@Steven_Williams]

Nice catch of that Electro Motive unit!

[@jimtrack3786]

loved this video

[@BNforever2009]

nice video!!!

[@dantaylor7399]

Fun to watch. Awesome !!

[@thomasabramson100]

Anyone have a pic of the inside of a Metra coach from NYC wondering where the stairs are to the top level and what a Metra car looks like inside

[@garysprandel1817]

Steps to the upper level are located either side of the center loading area

[@AleksHarborBelt]

Welcome to Chicago

[@allendavis8568]

Wolf your videos are so fucking good!! I'm going to Galesburg railroad days this year. Are you going too?

[@Passengervehicles]

Superb videos. Subbed !

[@PainesvilleRailfans]

18:00 the EJ&E headed east of Chicago to New York on October of 2011. caught her in Ohio!

[@mikeytrains1]

Wooo! 1500 is the best kid of an Ex-BN unit,a Whiteface livery unit! Nice catches!

[@Chitwn81]

I thought the EJ&E ceased on Jan 1, 2013??? Are they still running around?

[@BionicleStudios55]

LaQuan Miller They actually ceased operation in 2008. CN just hasn't repainted some of the units, so they still run.

[@brycelacaille8694]

on 3078 why is there a mechanical crossing bell on the front of it

[@BionicleStudios55]

bryce lacaille It's known as a gong bell actually. That is an Ex-CNW unit, and that is what CNW used for their train bells.

[@cnrailfan8000]

Bionicle Studios 55 ok thanks

[@GandSAfan]

+CN railfan Some or most of the CSX locomotives have the crossing bell located at the middle of the engine.

[@BOXAXIU]

2:48 why al GE's locos do that "woop" sound?

[@Guillotines_For_Globalists]

Air compressor starting, 5 years late.

[@ww32]

Is the BN green still common?

[@onrr1726]

ww32 there is still BN Green rolling around. got 3 SD60M's here in Tulsa that work between Tulsa and the Port of Catoosa. There is also an SD40-2 that works the Yard Hump. On occasion we get a stray GP38-2 and or 1 of 2 GP30 / 39M's here as well.

[@davidbarnett9312]

+ww32 Got some totally green engines that work out of BNSF in Temple, Tx.

[@scootosan]

Nice video

[@fredpohl5202]

neat stuff

[@SuperCoolDude2014]

Nice

[@cnrailfan8000]

i love how hat truck tries to drive away from the fake bonnet

[@matthew50061]

Great job!

[@Audrey08861]

Oldies night.

[@RailFanRob]

non stop action!

[@WindyCityExpeditionist]

669

[@RailfanningRulez]

I need to shoot a train passing htat B&O CPL at Dolton before they took it down. They just removed the Pennsy PL a few weeks ago

[@Cessna-er4je]

*The Js have arrived*

[@peterlj613]

but the quality of some rail tracks is just horrible, look at the cars wobbling

[@brycelacaille8694]

on union pacific '

[@territrevelyan5472]

Kqlk

[@tytrehalf5354]

I watched a lot of your vids. You have some great videos. I found most of your filming location on google earth. All I can say is you have no qualms about trespassing and give railfans a bad reputation for trespassing.

[@goldenmanuever1176]

Maybe that's why he is no longer doing this. His last video made was in 2014. I know exactly where these spots are, I've lived in the area for 37 years.

[@WindyCityRails]

+Golden Manuever he says he stopped filming because lately he is more interested in photography. he has a flickr page.

[@NP-ux9xg]

Or maybe he has permission/the rights to be at the locations where he films. Making assumptions without supporting evidence gives you a bad reputation as another know-it-all railfan.

[@chitownace777]

I see the signs when I film.I check in with the office, show my id and I'm almost always good to go.If they say no sometimes they have things going on I don't argue.