Railfanning Blue Island, IL. FT: IC SD70 leader, IHB 4010, 2 S&HC, Chicago rail link, and more!

Chicagoland Railfanning episode 7

For the time that CabCar83productions and I were there this was easily the single busiest spot on the trip. All the action seen was taken in a span of 6 hours and as you can tell there were a lot of trains. That day alone we saw every single class 1, we saw NS back at Chesterton but didn't bother to record any. In a 24 hour span however we filmed all 7 (or 6 considering CPKC). Some more notable class 2 and under catches we saw includes Iowa Interstate, Indiana Harbor Belt, and the Chicago Rail Link which coincidentally ran the day we were there. There will be a "part 2" like video following of trains shot at the Blue Island-Vermont station. Enjoy the video!

Note my mic died on some clips, thanks cabcar82productions for letting me use some of you audio to fill in certain spots.

Timestamps:

0:00 Metra MOW train
METX 10

0:44 BNSF autorack
BNSF 3956 - BNSF 7654

2:10 IAIS BIBA
IAIS 509

4:08 IHB local
IHB 1515

5:13 Metra action

5:35 CSX intermodal
CSX 831 - CSX 5249 - CSX 3360

6:45 IHB local
IHB 4010 - IHB 1012

8:01 CSX rescue move
CSX 3363

8:40 CN L503-91
IC 1007 - BNSF 8761

9:46 UP manifest
UP 2550 - UP 7615

10:59 UP oil train
CSX 3363 - UP 9646 - UP 8358 (Shave and hair cut)

12:13 IAIS BIBA
IAIS 509

13:04 CPKC mineral train
KCS 4669 - KCS 4691

14:58 BNSF intermodal
BNSF 7081 - BNSF 7833 (Shave and hair cut)

16:17 Chicago rail link local
OMLX 9469 - OMLX 4200

16:50 CPKC intermodal/manifest
CP 8960 - Mid DPU: KCS 5000

18:20 UP transfer
UP 3793 - UP 4713

18:54 BNSF manifest
BNSF 608 - DPU: BNSF 6187

20:03 BNSF autorack
BNSF 7256 - BNSF 8427

21:07 CSX intermodal
CSX 3180 - CSX 3468

22:28 IHB local
IHB 4016 - IHB 4018

23:42 CSX intermodal
CSX 5287 - CSX 756

25:31 IAIS BIHB
IAIS 503

26:42 Metra MOW
METX 10

Thanks for watching