Soo/CP, UP, NS & Metra Action at Kilbourn Ave, Chicago, 18.10.12

[@Freighttrains]

That union pacific short freight has a boxcar that is far from home. It has an AGR. That stands for Alabama & Gulf Coast Railroad. Nice catch on all of the trains in this video.

[@blackdiamondexpress1889]

killbourne ave is really underated....cool video

[@RailfanningRulez]

When I was there I didnt think that spur track ever got used

[@CRPULSE300]

You can see some Mopac blue showing through the faded hood stripes on the 729

[@BossSpringsteen69]

I'm not so sure that is MoPac blue. I've seen what looks like a primer or something under a few non MoPac units. I was thinking the same thing because i was working on a non MoPac SD40-2 up close and wasn't sure what i was seeing.

[@davidn6124]

Awesome video!!!👍

[@DjFreemode]

its actually an sd70m-2.

[@uhlijohn]

Wish I had a dollar for every time I sat behind the throttle of UPY729! For the life of me I can't figure out what that job was doing! All the industry had pulled out of the area years before 2012. 40th St. used to be a hopping place but when the CNW closed that yard way back in the late 1970's or early 1980's all the work dried up in that vicinity. Eventually the Cragin line was cut and did not go north of the old Milwaukee RR. I think there may have been some team tracks for unloading tank and lumber cars left at 40th St. but no industries per se.....

[@e4437]

Great video. This is the first time I have seen video from the area and also I live in the area. If you're going to post more from that location please be careful.

[@SuperDuckman24]

Arent there the same?

[@Chris-xc5lg]

729 use to go by my house all the time in Orange County CA

[@dwkcamman611]

That spot where 142 blew the horn, do they always blow the horn through that spot???

[@WorldWideOfTrainsAndTrucks]

Yes horn is always required

[@RailfanningRulez]

Exactly where I shot NS' CNJ Heritage Unit

[@SuperDuckman24]

that would explain that ACE

[@SuperDuckman24]

First time i've ever heard matra blow there horn! LOL

[@Nachtwolf1]

They look the same, but SD70M-2s use DC traction motors, whereas SD70ACes use AC motors.

[@rythym2347]

What day of the week is this video taken & what time of the day?

[@smarshall8855]

+ SuperDuckMan 64 thats an sd70m-2

[@JTTheRailfan]

metra 142 sounds like an old conrail horn.

[@DowntownWithBrown]

Didn't Conrail have a lot of RS3Ls?

[@CRPULSE300]

Conrail used the RS3L. The metra unit has a P5, which was also used by the Southern Rwy

[@dwkcamman611]

AWESOME!!!

[@SuperDuckman24]

SD70ACE Power! Yeah buddy!

[@Nachtwolf1]

Yes.

[@RailfanningRulez]

M-NPEL at 12:30