Railfanning Across Northern Illinois

[@smokeyasmr]

love it. You should swing down to Joliet union station if you haven't been already. My favorite spot in the area

[@TylerTheCentralILRailfan]

I haven’t been there yet except riding through on Amtrak, but it is on the list! Problem is a lot of trips like this one are done in conjunction with something else I have to do in the area and I hardly ever have another reason to get down towards Joliet.

[@smokeyasmr]

@@TylerTheCentralILRailfan That is fair. def worth finding a reason to makeit down there! IAIS goes through about 7:30-9pm on weeknights, only reasonable time to see a freight cross all 4 diamonds. Hope you can make it down there sometime soon

[@coreyohlis2262]

This is not your first trip to Earlville; I've been keeping track (so to speak). I caught your reference to your "property" in Earlville. I find that to be very interesting as Earlville was my home town.

[@TylerTheCentralILRailfan]

Definitely not my first time! Yes, our property is actually a hair outside town but it’s close enough to say it’s in town. It’s been in my family for a very, very long time so I’ve made many trips out there. Actually was just out today and saw a very short LPJ05 (not on camera) headed back up north and a BNSF manifest.

[@coreyohlis2262]

Our farm was a few miles outside of town. I graduated from EHS in 1970 and move away in '74 after college and for a job. Do your roots go back to the '70s and '80s?@@TylerTheCentralILRailfan

[@TylerTheCentralILRailfan]

Off the top of my head I can’t remember, I think my grandpa bought it back sometime in the mid to late 70s but I’m not positive on that. By the time I came around in the 90s we had already been out there for a long time, that’s about all I know.

[@Chescat124]

About the ATCS, how do I get it?

[@TylerTheCentralILRailfan]

Google ATCS Monitor, the group you have to join to download it should come up.

[@Chescat124]

@@TylerTheCentralILRailfan oh thanks