Railfanning Blue Island 9/29/24

Finally got out and about again.

After basically confined to work for five shifts in a row this past week, I thought it would be best if I take two days off for myself and do some railfanning around Blue Island for a bit, while nothing too out of the ordinary showed up, I had a nice time to finally unwind after a long work week, as well as stopping by Bensenville beforehand to snag a pretty neat 249. Enjoy!

Now here are the trains in order.

Train 1: NB Mixed Freight
Power:
NS SD70ACC #1806 ex-NS 2521
NS ES40DC #7549
KCSM AC44CW #4545 ex-TFM 2645

Train 2: EB Intermodal Train
Power:
CSX ES44AH #959
CSX ES44AH #3159

Train 3: WB Oil Train
Power:
IAIS ES44AC #502

Train 4: WB Power Move
Power:
UP SD70M #4654
UP SD70M #4713

Train 5: EB Mixed Freight
Power:
IAIS ES44AC #515
NS AC44C6M #4842 ex-NS 9622

Trains 6 and 7: WB Intermodal Train meets EB Mixed Freight

Train 6's Power:
CSX CM44AC #7226 ex-CSX 204
CSX CM44AC #7000 ex-CSX 46
Mid-Train DPUs:
CSX ET44AH #3468
CSX ES40DC #5428

Train 7's Power:
UP C45AH #2582
UP AC44CW #6628

Train 8: NB Mixed Freight
Power:
CSX ET44AH #3375
CSX ES44AH #971

Train 9: SB Intermodal Train
Power:
CSX ES40DC #5480
CSX AC44CW #6

Trains 10 and 11: EB Autorack Train races EB Intermodal Train

Train 10's Power:
BNSF ES44C4 #7936
BNSF SD70ACe #8412
BNSF C44-9W #5532
BNSF SD70ACe #8779

Train 11's Power:
UP C45AH #2762
UP AC44CW #6343 ex-SP 259

Train 12: WB Sand Train
Power:
NS SD70ACe #1081

Taken on 9-29-24