Busy Railfanning afternoon at West Chicago!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 ก.ย. 2024
- On a hot summers afternoon we spent some time at West Chicago Illinois railfanning. This is an awesome spot to fan at as the action can be nearly nonstop.
First train up was a westbound Union Pacific Oil train. This train had a pair of NS SD70Ace’s second and third out behind a UP Motor with the old “We will deliver” slogan on it.
Second train of the day was a meet behind the oil train. They cleared the crossing shortly after the oil train tying up the town.
After the UP trains took their turn it was time for a CN Northbound. This train featured a pair of BC Rail Units on it, with the second being a cowl unit in BC Rail red white and blue paint. I used my drone on this train to get a view of the power and tower together and elevated.
The action picked right back up with a crawling UP autorack train taking the cross over for the yard at slow speeds. Once again I used my drone, and it was noted that the rookie conductor was looking for “UFO’s” as he passed. This gave another interesting perspective of the tower and diamond from above.
After the UP was once again done tying up the crossings a Metra inbound scoot rolled on through.
Like clockwork the outbound scoot came shortly after.
Another CN took its turn northbound after the outbound scoot. I took to the air again to film the slower train at another unique vantage point.
Another westbound UP train came rolling by, this time an intermodal train. As the intermodal rolled by a coal train continued westbound as well with a DPU on the rear.
As the coal train cleared the DPU is seen passing JB Tower.
Our last UP Train for the day was another westbound train, this time being led by a very dirty GEVO and a large consist. The intermodal train passed the coal train which had stopped just west of the diamond and tower.
We returned to the West Chicago Metra station where the next outbound was seen rolling under the old signal bridge.
Finally our last train is seen pulling into the station, the inbound scoot which we will board makes its stop at the depot.
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When the single track passes over the 3 other lines it sounds like a marching band drum line.
koiesbow I know right. XD
koiesbow 2:20
koiesbow 8:33 also.
It's awesome. Nice spring/summer/fall evenings, listening to the slam across the diamond is that "white" noise that puts you to sleep. You know what trains and on which line they're on based on the pattern of sound as they cross the diamond.
Lol
The great sound of a diamond crossing, and freight moving across America is an excellent combo. Awesome video!
wow a BCOL marked CN and a BCRail combined, awesome, feels weird seeing BCRail all over the place when I"m from BC lol, awesome stuff
Very busy
Those overhead views of those Canadian National trains rocking the diamond were awesome!
Nice sounds and great trains going over them diamonds
12:12 when the small tankers interrupt the beat the diamond crossing and its non stop banging for 30 seconds.
But it is a nice video! Thanks for sharing!
I love the noises from the tracks that the wheels make its satisfying to me
I WAS LOOKING FOR THIS VIDEO FOR SEVERAL YEARS UNTIL I FOUND IT
I love that sound. Period.
'Diamonds Are Forever'...(could about use the theme song to the movie Diamonds Are Forever').
sHiNe BrIgHt lIKe a dImOnDddDDDDDddDDDdDd
This video serves the most nostalgia ever
Those trains crossing that intersection, sound almost like the beat of a song.
I love it.
'Diamonds Are Forever'...(could almost use the theme song from the movie Diamonds Are Forever').
Hello from England. It's a great video, trains in the USA are so different to trains in the UK. I thoroughly enjoyed this video
Trains in the USA haul tons of cargo every day
Industry in the UK is quite different as well, requiring different forms of transportation.
Lorries are much different than our trucks as well.
Yeah our trains look more industrial
This video is a good example of what a truck wheel goes through.
Wheel Wear Lesson # 101.
That old clickty clack sound is one of two reasons that contribute to a damaged wheel.
That sound is the impact of the flat surface of the wheel and it causes a shock load to the surface of the wheel.
The second reason is the wheel flange wear in the radius of curved track. A good example is viewed on Horseshoe curve.
The heavier a train and the tighter the radius, puts extreme pressure on a wheel flange, which produces that squealing sound.
So anytime you have a gap in the rail or heavy pressure on a wheel flange, this will cause a wheel to eventually have the potential to fail.
I grew up less than 10 miles from that spot. Excellent rail fanning area. That's the old EJE (Elgin, Joliet and Eastern),- now CN - crossing the UP (ex Chicago and North Western) triple track. I actually lived a mile from the CNW tracks growing up in the western suburbs of Chicago. BTW - that's a manned tower, owned by the CN. The CN has priority over the UP at that point, which is hilarious based on the traffic on the UP triple. vs the CN. Anyone visiting should go 30 miles west where that same UP main crosses the BNSF main (ex Burlington Northern) on grade in Rochelle, IL. One of the greatest on grade crossings in the US!
This is one of the places on my bucket list, along with Joliet and Racetrack
Very nice video!!
+NVKRailVideos Thanks!
Nice busy spot. And I LOVE those diamonds!
the sounds of the train crossing the 3 track diamond, i could absolutely make those click clacks of the diamond into some party music or something idk
Thanks for the train with all the tank cars (love to see tank cars). the vide was very clear and the color was outstanding (on wide screen) Thanks for the video.
Dang nice catch at 2:30 a repainted bc rail dash-44cw paired with a bc rail c40-8m
about 3 years ago, i was about 5 miles east of this location and i got to see a empty crude oil train scream by on the center rail. it must have been doing 70 and i lost count at over 300 cars. had 8 engine i am sure were at notch 8. i was impressed and frighten at the same time.
Awesome video! Also, I have never heard an e-bell on a BCOL before. ...
Now I have!
That was a MONSTER CN train at 8:42.
Yeah, a bloody beauty ay?
This was one of my favorite locations in the Chicagoland area! I love how there is a sidewalk that puts you RIGHT BY the diamonds without trespassing.
AMAZING Catches! 4647 & 4617 is a great duo!
US trains are ENORMOUS!
Thanks your video,we knew situation From my country.
What a criss cross!
Very good video.
great camera angles
Drone shots are so excellent for those of us that model to look at weathering from
down on, like we do on our layouts. Thanks for that view !
I too questioned the arm not down, but after seeing the drone view, it explained (showed?) why. That is a great video and views are awesome, thanks!
It would make more sense to have a single set of crossing gates encompassing both rail lines, so that no cars would be stopped within the narrow gap between the 2 lines
I think this video is just way too amazing, I just want to watch it all day long a billion times instead of going to school and working!
+Michelle Stone Thank you very much!
+Michelle Stone : Go to school and stop wasting time. (:
love that CN crossing at West Chicago Jct. Best place to railfan in chicago in my opinion. Love the way each car type pounds and slams across the diamonds
Better than Dalton and/or Blue Island?
I love this spot along with Rochelle 😁
I LOVE THE DIAMONDS!
Very good rail fanning spot and great video
Once I saw a red white and blue Bc rail c44-9w lashed up with two CN es44-ac's in Green Bay WI
go packers
BCRAIL :)
Thank you for sharing this awesome video! - Roger Ribblett
roger riblett thank you!
Great video!! I use this crossing everyday, it is definitely a great spot to rail fan but when your on your way to work. It definitely can drive you nuts especially if the auto-racks are going into the yard or coming out.
And if it's a train on the CN/EJE line, you CAN'T go around like you can if it's on the UP line.
just great
Really like hearing the CNs go across the diamond. Great video.
Wow Very Longest Train. Nice Capture Bro.
Truly Enjoyed this Video 🙌📸. Love railfanning West Chicago 💯🙌
wowza a triple interlocking diamond !
We've got one of those in Winnipeg.
It's amazing that the autoracks are so long that they can completely straddle three tracks. Nice video!
Alright that’s sick that CN and BC Rail
The close up of the metra train at 21:11 looks cool
Really cool spot. Love the drone shots.
Sweet vid of this awesome interchange and crossing..just subscribed also...👍
I enjoy railfanning thanks for posting Dave
Very good!
The drone is dope but finding the right spot to film is key and you get an A+ for location.. Of course in Chicago all you gotta do is walk down the street and you'll find some tracks
Wow!!! That was awesome!!! You're a lucky person! Happy Railroading!!!!!!!
+curraheewolf Thank you!
This is a great spot nice shots!
A really neat place to watch some UP yard action is the Proviso Yard in Melrose Park. Take a METRA train from Chicago and get off at the Melrose Park station. Mannheim Road is a four lane highway which crosses the UP line and is a great vantage point for train watching. I lived in Oak Park when I was younger and would ride my bike up there to see the action.
Nice rail footage with a lot of great filming
having been to West Chicago many times, the drone views gave a great perspective from the air! very nice video!
+kraigkasten i need to go to west chicago..... too far from my location
Ahhh west chicago,one of my home yards besides proviso and sometimes yard center
In the intro, there was the Conrail heritage unit, Ann Arbor railroad GP20C-ECO Admiral Cab # 1337 Amtrak P42DC 38 and 126.
Awesome video and catches. I love the sound of a train going over a diamond. Subbed.
+The Nomadic Railfan Thank you!
That triple crossing is amazing!
Super Beat..
Awesome Video
I miss the iconic red caboose...
I worked at the Indiana Transportation Museum (now gone) 2009 - 2012. We used to do caboose shuttles on Sundays. It was usually with the Monon DS-50 switcher (the first one that the Monon bought), and a Nickel Plate bay window caboose (I think it was number 570), and a Monon bay window cupola caboose, number 51852 (which was my favorite to work in).
Awesome video TY for sharing
Great video of an awesome crossing....I imagine that crossing must require a ton of maintenance ! Looks like it takes quite a beating!
+Mark Lamantia Thank you! it is an impressive diamond to be at indeed!
That's Ann Arbor railroad Admiral Cab GP38-2 1337, something hanging from Amtrak 38, flying Amtrak 126, Conrail heritage unit 8098, and New York Central 1066.
That's a busy little intersection.
Ann Arbor railroad GP20C-ECO # 1337, something hanging from Amtrak 38, Amtrak 126 in a sunset, Conrail Heritage Unit, and NS 1066.
In Washington street, closer to the West Chicago Library !
Sylvain, from France
i always love triple diamonds
great vid,sound is awesome.more please.
Never realized they made West Chicago another quiet zone
It would be a joy to live near there at night on the first video with all the track noise.
It is. Like I said above, it's a soothing night time soundtrack to put you to sleep
The folks in those houses around there must have the clattering patterns fixed in their minds.
Awesome
YES !!!! J'AIME!!
2:55 nice sound
That oil train is actually an ethanol train but great video
Hallo. Super Video , die Schienenkreuzungen sind sehr bemerkenswert . In Deutschland sehr selten !
+Werner Sievers Thank You!
outstanding video. Thanks
+John Moore Thank you!
John Moore
Nice video
wow such looooooooooooong trains !
I noticed the gates did not go down in the first episode.
Joseph Glaser that’s because those gates are for the CN Line. There are other gates for the UP.
@@SamLovesTrains Yeah Correct
Dude
12:11 yessss the oil tankersss
If you live, work or frequently drive through the area of these tracks, you'd know what an incredible inconvenience they are, and how LOUD it is. We lived next to the rail in nearby Winfield, and I worked in DT West Chicago for a while.
I realize the trains need to "do their thing" and this is what makes our economy "go around".
However, at 3 AM...you can hear these trains, each car down the line, banging as it comes to a stop or changes direction. Or, listen to the engine idle or blow its horn to signal to the other end.
Like I said, you live, work or drive through the area enough, you will have a different take on how "cool" this all is.
You're in the minority on that one. I love the sound. Second, working in WeGo, you should know how to work around the UP line at least if you need to get through.
@@CMNTMXR57 Your generalizations lack fore-thought or compassion.
Perhaps my comments are in the minority when it comes to rail enthusiasts such as yourself, however, the general public? I'd say it's quite the opposite.
I can enjoy the power and majesty too of these locomotives and enormously long trains, however, then there is the reality and danger they pose.
At 2 am, while trying to sleep, the continually sounded horn is nothing in comparison to the coupling/uncoupling of cars, or just general shaking of the earth as a heavily loaded train passes through which rattles everything inside your house including your bed until awake. Obviously, you've never lived close enough for this perspective or tried to sleep through any of this. You just want to take pics and video, say "how cool" it is. LOUD and sudden booming sounds in the silence of the night. Startling is putting it mildly when it wakes you out of a sound sleep.
As for getting around the tracks in DT West Chicago...I know exactly how to do that when I am in a CAR...but, you are forgetting that not everything on Washington is on 4 wheels. Those routes are on residential, weight restricted streets...the cops aren't going to look the other way when an 18 wheeler decides to cut through them, let alone, will a semi be able to swing the turns.
Care to make any more thought-lacking comments?
seems to be a pretty busy junction....
+sparks1504 Yes it is, about 100 trains or more a day pass over both lines
Why do trains on the center track go so slow.
2:30 the second engine is the type of engine they mainly featured in the movie Atomic Train.
love the videoes taken from the drone.
+Garlin Miller Thank You!
Loved it!!!!
Amazing video!
2:30 that second unit is quite foreign.
Joshua Kosek BC rail power isn’t necessary foreign power because CN owns BC Rail. Definitely different from your normal CN!
BC Rail Can Be A Part Of CN. The 1st Engine Is An Ex-BCOL (BC Rail) Too, So CN Owns BC Rail.
@@NorthernAlbertaRailfanner hey Cxrrupted!
@@UnionCountyPhotography hello there!
I'm from the UK, so i never see anything like this on our rails, but i love this. :) Great drone shots! Subbed, Keep it up :)
+CannonFox Thank you! Always great to hear comments like this!
gawd dang good music with this video.
Great Video!
I bet it was hot it looked it
Where exactly west of Chicago is this....this is a fantastic place to railfan.....I'm a big UP Power guy......loved it :)
+sparks1504 It is actually a town called West Chicago, its about 40 miles west of the city or so. Thank you! I recommend this spot
West Chicago, IL 60185, W. Washington St. and Wood Street.
nice video
que legal eu gostaria de ver ao vivo um cruzamento desse muito legal