Metra E9s. 1989-1992. Morning and afternoon rush hours. Downers Grove, Westmont, Hinsdale.

[@SeptaShorts]

31:04 “I guess you wonder where I’ve been” 🎶🎶🎵

[@q.h.s5051]

I know it’s a Metra vid and I love my hometown engines but seeing that old beast 31:02 come along was the best part! Miss when Amtrak relied on them

[@johnny5805]

The E9, best sounding US locos EVER. Most others sound like tractors.

[@SD9xcp311x]

It's so cool to see my fav E Units in action again!

[@josephcipar3666]

more video of the E9s on the way

[@SkyhawkTL]

Actually they are BN E Units. Owned and Operated by BN. Metra is a transit Agency and a customer of BN.

[@josephcipar3666]

Interesting I wonder why the reporting marks were not BN 9900, BN 9901, etc.

[@BorisLu]

Awesome video!

[@josephcipar3666]

thanks

[@bigrudd9346]

Oh wow. Did this show train#9912?

[@josephcipar3666]

I don't see 9912, but it's hard to read the numbers on a few of the engines.

[@bigrudd9346]

@@josephcipar3666 Oh ok thank you.

[@redbrobster]

the more things change, the more they stay the same

[@GMC7000]

Mine friends! ;)

[@mikek4556]

Nice to see no graffiti on the freights back then

[@josephcipar3666]

Yes, some of today's trains look really bad.

[@paulbrennan5646]

Dear Joseph: Thanks for this latest upload enjoyed it very much. Question, when these trains travel in reverse how do they control it from the other end? I have always been curious to know. Will you have more to come? Greetings.

[@josephcipar3666]

Paul, Trains on this line travel from Chicago, west to Aurora. The engine is leading on the westbound train. Eastbound, the engine is pushing, and the engineer is at the east end in a cab car, controlling everything. And, yes, I have more videos to come. Thanks for your interest.

[@TheMilwaukeeRoad]

downers grove is a notable place because of a woman who got hit by a speeding metra express train

[@ChristianContemporaryMusic02]

Mary t wojtyla.

[@TheCharr1981]

​@@ChristianContemporaryMusic02That was sad.

[@APNREnthusiast]

The train was also in 60 MPH causing her to flung over a railfan that recorded the exact reason of how Mary Theresa Wojtyla died. The number of that E9 was #9912.

[@michlo3393]

Oh yes, famously this was the ONLY TIME IN HISTORY that a person was hit by a train 🙄

[@RailsOfTheSouthProductions]

@@APNREnthusiastironically that unit was one of two that lasted in BN paint preserved

[@MAXX_Studios_Roblox]

still kind of crazy that only two sd40-2s can pull more than three gevos

[@josephcipar3666]

GOOD PONT

[@michlo3393]

They can't. The territory is FLAT and the trains are small. SD40-2s aren't as great as the boomers make them out to be.

[@sulleyjr06]

9:21 what type of horn is that?

[@josephcipar3666]

I'm sorry, I don't know horns. You'll have to ask a horn guy.

[@tfp_4215]

Probably a Wabco E2 horn.

[@nicksfuntv1281]

A fouled Leslie S2M

[@GMC7000]

I'm one, it like an S2M with a random problem

[@T128Productions]

No, these locomotives had two different horns. One is the infamous Leslie S2M (or possible RS2M) and the other one is a single chime air horn. Possibly a Leslie A-125, or a Wabco E2 since they sound similar when blown.

[@NeistMKII]

was this before locomotives had tri lights?

[@josephcipar3666]

yes

[@mikemacheese7174]

Great video!