Spent the afternoon of August 2nd, 2021 in the Franklin Park / River Grove, IL area spotting some Metra & CP.
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@TrainsForDayz3 жыл бұрын
Awesome catches and great horn action!!! It’s a good thing Amtrak’s F59PHI locomotives can continue their useful service lives with Chicago Metra and not be scrapped entirely....but has anyone noticed that Metra recently took away the streamlined side skirts that covered the fuel tanks from some of the F59s? Why did they do that? It’s funny too that commuter railroads Metrolink and Coaster did that same thing with their F59PHI locomotives too....why is that? But still another great video Spencer!!! :)
@vortexworldsword67842 жыл бұрын
I think they wanted more design
@sethnixon66893 жыл бұрын
I really wish the Amtrak Surfliner F59PHI’s we’re still running in California in Los Angeles but it’s good to see them that metra is taking good care of them
@railfansbizarreadventure74583 жыл бұрын
Yeah
@WasatchRailfan1253 жыл бұрын
It feels good to see Metra again. ;)
@coolleo1493 жыл бұрын
I’m glad Metra fixed up one of the F59PHI horns before they bought them from the Pacific Surfliner of Amtrak.
@QuartiyoPasdevHerjiKreuz3 жыл бұрын
10:10 have you ever seen a kcs locomotives in Chicago
@B0lt83SR3 жыл бұрын
Great to see the old surf liners being used again! Such beautiful locos!
@USRailfanner3 жыл бұрын
I still miss Former/Ex-Amtrak F59PHI
@jtrail3 жыл бұрын
Great vid Spencer
@MetxsightseerRailfan3 жыл бұрын
217 P5 air horn is very loud.
@theelginrailfan94893 жыл бұрын
5:56 pretty long
@ParrotGaming1233 жыл бұрын
At least they (partially) fixed the squeal on the F59PHis. But I miss them on the Surfline
@willberestartingthischanne99843 жыл бұрын
Nice Video
@calebprivatestuff43813 жыл бұрын
Hello
@GamingRailfanner3 жыл бұрын
That’s a Ton
@SternaRegnixTube3 жыл бұрын
Cool you’ve been uploading longer than I was even born
@UnionPacificMissKaty2 жыл бұрын
Ur KZbin Pucture looks like ur in ur 20’s and he has been Uploading for about 5-7 Years.
@JuanMartinez-jj4it3 жыл бұрын
The heritage Metra train catch was probably the best one
@billybobblesblocks94893 жыл бұрын
Great catches
@ericd.beckhamsr.23053 жыл бұрын
The Little Red Caboose!
@aydanpatrick745 Жыл бұрын
Pretty good catches + The deer crossed the tracks at the end
@MetxsightseerRailfan3 жыл бұрын
Nice
@azizamehmood91632 жыл бұрын
And fun fact that metra f40ph 215,216,217 were once amtrak locomotives but they were sold to Virginia railway express and music city star commuter before finally ended up with metra , metra really likes f40ph they have the largest fleet of them from what i saw they never get rid of them in fact they are willing to take the f40s of commuters that stopped using their f40phs but at one point In time they will retire from metra service which is sad but true
@gunsandtrainsofusa3 жыл бұрын
Awesome
@pulinmori13 жыл бұрын
nice i love ya'.
@bretz713 жыл бұрын
CP red caboose with no windows or door? No occupants? What’s the point?
@AmtrakandAWVRFan2 жыл бұрын
Probably there so conductors have a platform to stand when the train shoves. The Caboose went obsolete long ago when air brakes became a thing.
@samuelruiz13583 жыл бұрын
🥺🥺🥺🇨🇴🇨🇴🇨🇴🤩🤩🤩
@KarimtherailfanandUnionPacific3 жыл бұрын
Glad you catched a CP manifest with KCS
@dwkcamman6112 жыл бұрын
Great work!
@Metrafph-dv4ol2 жыл бұрын
There’s a tornado warning in this area
@OliVehicleWorld547211 ай бұрын
Caboose!!!
@syahdanalwiardinsyah78212 жыл бұрын
Nice train 🙂👍
@B0lt83SR3 жыл бұрын
Metra should buy some of the Gp50 speeders. Those things were fast and reliable
@tututiya1977 Жыл бұрын
the metra coaches is the same size of the locomotive
@GK2o2 жыл бұрын
they should paint the coaches like the F59PHI Amtrak donated to Metra streamliner style
@METX141railfan7 ай бұрын
They are getting new coaches in 2025 and metra did repaints 2 of the f59phi locos. An ex surfliner and ex cascade
@azizamehmood91632 жыл бұрын
Wait why did metra got the f59phi's from the amtrak surfliner and cascades but not the bay area f59phi's you can tell the difference between the metra f59phi if its from surfliner the axle area would be black if its the cascades then the axles would be brown so if metra did purchase the f59phi from the san Francisco Bay area they make the difference that the one from surfliner and bay area that the bay area still has the EMD steel bell but the surfliner(and cascades) would have e-bells
@nate_james1472 жыл бұрын
The F59s are former Amtrak
@nate_james1472 жыл бұрын
They still have the Amtrak livery
@Mahomie1323 жыл бұрын
Yeh I miss the f59phi coming and going from San Diego
@TonyThePlaneTrainFan3 жыл бұрын
What state do metro trains run in? Nice video!
@spencerhughes22553 жыл бұрын
Illinois & Thanks!
@basictransportenthusiast43862 жыл бұрын
Too bad 217 got it’s K5LA replaced, tho it’s still cool that it’s an ex Amtrak F40
@jenniferanderson46543 жыл бұрын
N You have everything in your house that you have made in my house
@MetraEverythingProductions3 жыл бұрын
Shut up no one likes you
@aaron76713 жыл бұрын
What exact camera of yours did you use to record this?
@railfanningwithanthony Жыл бұрын
what day did you railfan cuz im a railfanner to
@RealRusty999yes_lol2 жыл бұрын
9:34 My Fav SHOT
@Deyortsedxp3 жыл бұрын
Looks like it’s a race 0:51
@folkeklarstrom36683 жыл бұрын
At 13:34 was it a p5 or k5la?
@citxsd70m-23 жыл бұрын
That’s a K3LA.
@BNSFRailProductions3 жыл бұрын
[I bet your not gonna reply to this] Love your video's!, been watching them for a while
@fusionspongebobsponge45522 жыл бұрын
No metra train
@virgiliomendoza93513 жыл бұрын
The
@lastrollgaming43353 жыл бұрын
first clip metra copied amtrak superline
@vortexworldsword67842 жыл бұрын
Metra bought it, and if metra did not buy the surfliner it would have been scrapped.