The Chesapeake & Indiana Railroad

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The Chesapeake and Indiana Railroad, reporting mark CKIN, is a Class III short-line railroad that operates over 28 miles of former Pere Marquette and Chesapeake & Ohio trackage in northwestern Indiana. Commonly referred to as “The Chicken” by local railfans due to its reporting mark, the shortline is based out of the small community of La Crosse, of which lines run out of the northwest to the Porter County town of Malden, southeast to the Starke County towns of English Lake and North Judson, and northeast through La Porte County from La Crosse to Wellsboro.
The railroad is owned by the Town of North Judson and is now operated under lease by Midwest & Bluegrass Rail. At the time, the railroad was still operated by the Indiana Boxcar Corporation which was acquired by MB Rail in September of 2020. The Chesapeake & Indiana is primarily an ag-railroad that transports grain from rural elevators to the mainline railroad systems. The railroad interchanges with Norfolk Southern at Thomaston and CSX at Wellsboro.
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[@resdupbug]

Thank you, this is wonderful! I am not someone who can do "train talk", sadly I am ignorant about most technical aspects of trains. But they bring back the memory of my Dad, he used to take me on these "adventures" to find trains. I miss him and your videos are a way to connect with him again. So powerful, thanks again.

[@brettany_renee_blatchley]

My dad did likewise and I cherish those memories. It's one reason I am a railfan today. We would go "chase trains" sharing coffee & nibbles together.

[@resdupbug]

@@brettany_renee_blatchley Wonderful, magic memories. I so wish I had one of the "flat" coins that we would get from the rails after the train passed, they blew my mind when I was a kid.

[@dennisb-trains23]

That's wonderful my friend. Hold in to those memories and keep searching out trains. Enjoy your memories while you can remember them. God bless you 🙏 ❤

[@resdupbug]

@@dennisb-trains23 Thank you for your kind words and thoughts, much appreciated!👍🙏

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[@glennjohnston2267]

Austin should make his own YT channel. He's articulate and knowledgeable.

[@centerbeamgamingandtrains7451]

He has one

[@NUKE-W.E.F.]

Never saw so many pristine looking gondolas.

[@michaeljudge860]

1 of my favourite train videos done by Delay in Block Productions.

[@daveyboy_]

that high hood is sweet. now they just have to refurbish that caboose

[@justinkrasnodemsky829]

1:55 that's a cool horn

[@railseast]

Good to see the old SR 'Tuxedo' scheme in good use in 2022. Wonderful video...

[@scottsmith7051]

That engineer is a fantastic guy.

[@roberttrains8696]

Sure would be nice to be in some snow about now well awesome Drayton……Robert

[@susanthompson6881]

Prior to January of 2018, I lived in a small Illinois town (Beecher) near the Indiana state line. For a number of years, I was a member of the Hoosier Valley Railroad museum in North Judson, in. Their excursion train would go all the way to La Crosse. The train would stop at the La Crosse at the public library while the passengers detrained. The crew would take the engine to the “Y” so they could turn the engine around for the trip back to North Judson. South of library there is a bank that had in front of it along the road a Pensy style lighted sign lamp that was red when the bank was closed and green when the bank was opened from a switch inside the bank. Sometime thereafter the Chessapeak and Indiana put a derail at English lake so the museum trains could go no further than English Lake…….Mark

[@cadenmcmexican7999]

Love seeing these beautiful locomotives in the beautiful snow

[@paulj1962]

Had to shut off the A/C on this TN July day!

[@gusshadleythelunaticfromar7125]

This is better than being there, you are able to capture this operation working from the cab, great .

[@DelayInBlockProductions]

Thanks for watching!

[@gusshadleythelunaticfromar7125]

@@DelayInBlockProductions very seldom do I run across a long youtube video that keeps you interested for a long period, it kinda makes me want to see it in person, you done a magnificent job on this one.as with all of your features.

[@gusshadleythelunaticfromar7125]

I share I belive that 5115 was a former southern and seen it at Andover one time.

[@SenTirTv07]

Thanks 👍 information

[@Gothix1066]

SOUTHERN in Indiana?? That's awesome!

[@DelayInBlockProductions]

Believe it or not, Southern Railway had a line from Louisville to St. Louis that ran through southern Indiana. In fact, Southern 4501 was based out of Huntingburg, IN towards the end of her Southern freight career in the 1940s.

[@superyeet2433]

Hearing it from a driver's perspective - what they like about a locomotive, and why one may be better than the rest from a mechanical standpoint, is fascinating. This captures exactly that and does so very well, and I wish there was more of this out there - hearing what different engineers like about the locomotives they operate, and their reasoning (especially on a short line with mismatched power).

[@arthurschipper8906]

Those 6 axle SD-M's are killer! Another quality outing, Drayton.

[@barrywalsh9790]

Really enjoyed this video. There’s something relaxing about watching trains run slowly through rural Indiana in snow showers. Thanks and keep up the great work!

[@carrieann1640]

Those snow pictures are wonderful!

[@yaboidspdadon5838]

Love how it looks like a southern unit

[@hewett360productions4]

This is something we will need to experience ourselves, thank you for the great video!

[@Katakuri-Robloxyt4]

You know there’s live chat right going there

[@kenward3058]

Love your work receive great joy being introduced to the USA's small railnetwork as well Best Wishes from AUSTRALIA

[@AB-ts9cs]

Love the High Hoods!

[@ChainsawNW1218]

ChainsawN&W1218, nice looking GP38-2 s and nice footage in the snow ❄.

[@drmsig.r1000]

Very aersome that Austin allowed you to have a ride in the cab!

[@kohnaRL]

Please Come back and visit the Paducah and Louisville railway🙏 Great video!

[@roberttaylor6600]

That was so cool Rail on my friend I really enjoyed riding along in the yard.

[@tommyhunter1817]

I love that paint scheme.

[@brucefye3778]

Great railfaning video! Made me feel cooler watching wintry weather. Never heard of this railroad and enjoyed watching their classic locos. That young engineer Sasse is a lucky kid, he plays with real trains.

[@cnovak1994]

About 40 minutes away from my home. Next time y’all are in the Midwest you should post up outside of the Indiana steel mills!

[@Eddy63]

Another home run Dray ... As always thanks for sharing ...

[@thomasmackowiak]

Thank you for this video of a day in the life of the Chesapeake & Indiana Railroad, Drayton! I enjoyed watching the video, especially the switching moves at the grain elevator.

[@Panzermeister36]

Great video! Thank you for putting it together. Austin was great to listen to in the video too...his insight bought a whole other aspect that you don't often get in railfanning videos.

[@stevenreynolds8393]

Thanks for the video. I'm glad you explained that the B&O signal was repurposed from Lawrenceburg, Indiana. Not being a historical B&O line I was "confused' about the location of that B&O signal. I use to work for CSX on the Toledo sub. We had a mix of B&O signals along with the "modern" (we-called) Seaboard signal rules. As one will see on the Garrett/Willard Subs. CSX is gradually replacing the B&O signals but there are still a few on the Toledo sub and other locations. Deshler has some on the Toledo Sub side. They are costly to buy knew and the railroad generally wants to standardize it's signal rules. As Toledo Sub crews, we worked under B&O, C&O, "Seaboard", Conrail/NYC, NS and Toledo Terminal rules, depending on location. For me, the B&O color position light design was a little easier to read under poor visibility conditions as compared to the now standard color light signals.

[@jamescrego5904]

Just another interesting vedio with great camera work! Certainly enjoy this particular episode!

[@andrewpalm2103]

I grew up in MIchigan City and in early 1964 drove with my parents south on US421 to visit my future college in Greencastle, IN. As a young railfan I was very interested in all the RR crossings south of MC since every line from the east that ran to Chicago crossed the highway at grade except for the PRR line parallel to US30 which went under a bridge. And the Monon MC Branch, complete with semaphore signals, ran parallel to us. I particularly remember LaCrosse and its wye. Funny, but in four years of driving back and forth from MC to Greencastle I can't remember seeing more than a handful of trains, passenger or freight, on those lines! Quite a disappointment. Cheers from Wisconsin!

[@michaelengland4793]

Loved this video especially with the cab ride

[@CharlieH65]

What is the horn in the delightfully orange #818? Such ear candy!!

[@DucatiGTS]

Another fantastic video, great context added from the train crew always brings so much value.

[@carrollcameron7472]

Very good video. Thank you.

[@AMPProductionsVideo]

Great Winter Video 🥶❄️

[@jamesswetland5019]

What a nice area. Great video!

[@davesflix]

Rare to see a GP38-2 high hood, no less long hood forward. Thumbs up.

[@b3j8]

Good stuff Drayton! Glad at least a portion of the old C&O is still used! Love seeing, and hearing those SD's do their thing!

[@laurenceskinnerton73]

Excellent!yeah!

[@pacset2]

very cool

[@ron02simpson]

Very good video and narration work here.

[@jeffbyland7128]

Enjoyed the video watching the short line do its work switching at a industry

[@fhowland]

Always love hearing stories of successful short lines! Very cool that its owned by the town!

[@captainpicard1701e]

Exceptional video and narration as always, Drayton!

[@DelayInBlockProductions]

Thank you.

[@paktri]

Great video. I love this line and try to get out there once a year to railfan it.

[@danbedford5419]

Good video

[@michaeljudge860]

I really like the videos you’ve done regarding the CPKC Merger.

[@brandonkoole655]

Oof, 6 axle SD with an e bell? That's interesting

[@alexschmollinger6576]

You Guys Need to do a Video of the Railroads of the Twin Cities of both Minneapolis and St Paul Minnesota And The Twin Cities &Western RR

[@ajknaup3530]

Excellent switching video, thanks!

[@tomschmidt3165]

Excellent!

[@fhowland]

I love how the engineering is wearing a Pan Am shirt!

[@lolas_bolas3566]

I really enjoyed watching this! Awsome vid

[@adrianneweaver457]

This shit bussin

[@bradfordthompson8326]

Thank you for sharing

[@StarTard8]

Always loved the long compiles you guys do, the Chicago Line ones are some of my favs. You ought to come on down to Cumberland, MD: the former B&O Main Line Mid-Point! Nice place, great scenery, and Cumberland Yard is always bustling with activity. The CSX Keystone and Cumberland Subdivisions have famous locations, lots of activity, and picturesque mountain railroading (on the Keystone end, that is). On the east end on the Cumberland, who knows - you might even catch me!

[@mackfisher4487]

Engineer visibility on long hoods locomotives: Curiosity, as the price of cameras and monitors has significantly decreased, I'm wondering when a railroad certified heavy duty camera and monitor system will be fitted to locomotives I'm sure the federal government and certification not to mention making Rough service environment would increase their price dramatically. But the center of the track view on both the front and rear particularly on poor visibility units might make the endeavor worthwhile.

[@TylersNeighborhoodGarage]

Those are two ex-Southern units with a horn at each end. Those lead long hood forward with usually a P5 on that end and a P3 on the trailing end. Maybe it was mentioned(I skipped through a little bit) but the track with the pole line that they are pushing the storage cars west on is part of the C&O of Indiana, which was C&O's main from Cincinnati to Chicago. In the late 70's the decision was made to reroute traffic off that line in favor of the B&O to the north and abandon the C&O west of LaCrosse. Since Amtrak was using the C&O at the time, they had to hurriedly rehab the ex-PM line from LaCrosse to Wellsboro and construct a loop track there to allow Amtrak to head west on the B&O. It didn't last more than a couple years but all the track you see here hosted Amtrak at one time or another.

[@mackfisher4487]

Great job of filming, but as its July and thinking of snow in winter is depressing.

[@trainsbreath6517]

Amazing😍

[@johnconaway2201]

Love this show thanks for explain details what's happening.😊

[@taslimchoudhary1253]

🎉🪴🇮🇳🎉🪴 Nice Coverage

[@edwardroberts2997]

Hi Guys, Great video!!

[@drewrichardpenna2518]

I really like this video

[@GuyjKite]

Great video. I recognise ex southern railway engine. 5115.

[@haegenbyrne]

the horn of chesapeake & indiana has a BCRAIL Horn

[@almeggs3247]

Hadn’t realized how much business can be generated by the shoreline RR?

[@Azerkeux]

That sure is a purdy engine

[@Tracksidebench]

Ha he is wearing pan am fail ways ! T shirt

[@lornperkins4270]

I noticed that the high hood locomotives have 2 sets of air horns I wonder why that is

[@john_nip_nop]

Great in-cab stuff. I liked the close-ups of indicator dials and especially the enormous keyring. If he ever dropped that while moving from one locomotive to another, the engineer would know it instantly. Must be 4 pounds - lots of keys for all the locomotives, padlocks, road vehicles, etc. You would have a hard time making a video in a cab on a Class 1 rail line - even when parked. Did you sign a liability waiver for the home office?

[@DelayInBlockProductions]

It was arranged beforehand. I agreed to follow the railroad’s safety procedures and did not go anywhere unless I was accompanied by an employee.

[@cpttankerjoe]

Does the shortline still exist in 2022? I passed by some of their crossings a month or so ago and it had CN on the crossing information placard

[@DelayInBlockProductions]

Yes, it does. You probably crossed CN’s trackage. Their mainline runs through Wellsboro.

[@zachthomas9974]

what model engines are those

[@randyjones4044]

long hood forward

[@kennyspry5189]

Awesome Video BUT you sure do make it really HARD to count cars when You want to see how long the train is...

[@az8theist977]

What a great video! So cool! But how does a 2000hp GP-38 pull that much weight?? And no EOT for brakes?

[@coromark]

Because Diesels are at their most powerful when moving slow. In order to go faster you add more units. This is why a switcher can shove a string of cars around a yard, but it takes 3 or 4 mainline units to go 60-70 mph

[@isuzukoon7174]

How many tracks follow 5115?

[@ajknaup3530]

@ 08:25, what is or will be the frieght in the gons pictured?

[@hamelengine11]

Why do the lower lights sometimes flash and other times there on solid?

[@lornperkins4270]

There's a switch to change them when they flash back and forth it's to get the pedestrian traffics attention so that they know the train is moving

[@gordonvincent731]

A 60 year old EMD still running, why are you surprised, I'm not. EMD's last about one day short of forever, they just keep going.

[@allenctracy6511]

My question is are they loading cars or emptying them. Or both?

[@chrishinnant3924]

I'm sure the 5115 is a former Southern railway locomotive

[@DelayInBlockProductions]

Really? What makes you think that?

[@chrishinnant3924]

@@DelayInBlockProductions because that's the way the Southern railway locomotives looked

[@michaeljudge860]

On the 5115 why is there a F beside the locomotive number?

[@howellsretailexplorationra8774]

Is It Just me or does It look like the Southern paint scheme

[@thepickn]

Why no cameras there so cheap for safety.front and rear would help the engineer safety

[@BuBoNiCcHrOnIc91]

1:01:42

[@gtc1961]

I wish you guys would stop making these videos...I have to watch every one of them and I don't have time to do anything else! Hahahaha...great production quality!

[@broyobrogdon6403]

Gulf and Atlantic railroad just bought this company.

[@formerfarmer1718]

Not much graffiti on these cars! Guess they do t spend much time sitting in urban areas. 👍

[@james5360]

Disconnect the air compressor from the engine drive shaft and look into installing an electric motor to power it. If you can electrify it small though it be it would increase the air compressor output. Food for thought

[@plisskenationbackfromthede3657]

Gotta love how another tagger crossed out the swastika on that hopper and wrote "f**k nazis" lol shows taggers arent all bad people. Some are tho

[@trainchaserlouisvilleindia7096]

Bro that’s a southern with a different name that’s sad

[@OregonCrow]

Worst horns ever.

[@MrCobb-rq8iv]

Non Turbo Charged? What a joke.

[@huntermossakajunkerman9646]

What do you mean?

[@MrCobb-rq8iv]

@@huntermossakajunkerman9646 All locomotives since about 1956 are turbo, gear to overrun.

[@huntermossakajunkerman9646]

Does 2000 horsepower sound like a joke to you? And by the way, the EMD non turbo 645 is roots blown. That's what gives it that hum. Are you in the U.K.?

[@MrCobb-rq8iv]

@@huntermossakajunkerman9646 Kansas Nebraska, When I worked at BN even the 6100's had turbos. Beyond that I'm illiterate.

[@fhowland]

turbo = more parts to break