Metra Evening Rush On "The RaceTrack." Brookfield, IL. 11-10-09.

[@gp40mc]

Awesome we don't have any sections of long, straight, flat, triple track here in New England other than the NEC which is only double track anyway. Seeing these shots are cool!

[@trainsruleandroll]

Kickass shots there, Frank! Pretty sunset... O.O

[@CPManJoe]

Nice shots Frank!

[@GregInCalifornia]

Great shots!

[@BoeingNerd]

we gotta meet up some time and watch some trains on the raceway

[@daviderutkowski]

which westbound metras where hinsdale express trains? Which of them where downers grove main street express trains? & which of them where napervile express trains?

[@mrbronson5333]

Naperville express trains have 11 cars Downers Grove express trains have 9 and Hinsdale Express trains have 7 cars

[@MagictrainsOrg]

You are the BEST =)

[@johnrutkowski4166]

Based on schedule data, 1st inbound Metra train was 1272. From the last stop, La Grange, it just goes straight to Chicago. The second inbound train 1274 is a local train at those ones skip that stop. Now for the 1sr outbound, We have 1247 expressing through out to Downers Grove. Then there’s a shot of 2 trains from a difference and filmed later. Local looked ahead but the first we see is the middle track express 1251 rushing west way out to Downers Grove. Now for the local, we have 1249, but it is skipping this stop. The express isn’t too far west and an inbound approaches. That Inbound was 1276, having done its last stop in La Grange before rushing East to Chicago. Now an outbound express train 1255 is changing tracks coming through the station heading west to La Grange. It has the rest of the stops to Fairview. Woah, careful, there you have a dead ahead inbound being pushed away East to Chicago by an MP36, which we had back then. First sound like plane, than sound like freight, than I realized, This was the highlight, An MP36 roaring through while pulling 11 coaches on train 1257 heading way out to Naperville. Now we have a local 1253 with F40 184 making a stop at this station. With 1255 serving the coming stops, 1253 only takes downtowns from here out west. Another Downers Grove Express 1259 rides through being pulled by another F40, 183. Lastly, we have 1280 pushing the fast express East to Chicago from Belmont Road. That’s all we saw.

[@lexmarks567]

kinda close at 4:25 aren't you he came out of nowhere

[@MPIEMDRailfan4]

What's with the platform announcements. They don't say what they normally say.

[@johnrutkowski4166]

This was 2009. The announcements were changed like a year later.

[@MrZkr123]

@gp40mc could u imagine if the race track here became electrified and made high speed?

[@ats90mph]

Apparently next to nothing stops in Brookfield.