CSX SD40-2

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CSX C44-9W AT MONON, IN

CSX C44-9W AT MONON, IN
CSX 9012

CSX C44-9W #9012

CSX C44-9W #9012
Monon, IN 8/18/18

Wednesday, June 25, 2025

CANADIAN NATIONAL EMD SD75I AND GE C40-8M AT LAKE VILLA, IL


 

A southbound Canandian National freight train passes the Lake Villa Metra station. Note the UP AC4400CW trailing. The two CN units are an EMD SD75I and a GE C40-8M. 

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Tuesday, June 24, 2025

RAILROAD TOWER AND CABOOSE INTERIOR TOURS AT GRIFFITH, INDIANA

 

This is a tour of the railroad tower at Griffith, Indiana. It was retired in December, 1999, and relocated across the tracks in July, 2000. This tower once controlled the crossing of five railroad lines, and once saw the passage of 180 trains a day! Filmed in September, 2011.

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Monday, June 23, 2025

ILLINOIS CENTRAL CABOOSE on Local FREIGHT TRAIN

 

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 The CN local backs into an industry to pick up some more grain hoppers and an Illinois Central caboose. OUR CN PLAYLIST!

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CN Freight Meets Illinois Central SD70 at Lake Villa!

 

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Two Canadian National freight trains meet at the Lake Villa Metra station. The first train is led by a rare EMD SD75I and a GE ES44DC. The second train is led by an EMD SD70 still in Illinois Central paint and an EMD SD70M-2. 

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Sunday, June 22, 2025

CN GP9R REBUILD and GTW GP38 Leads Local at Champaign, IL

 

An eastbound CN local heads east on the IC branch from Seymour, and is passing through Staley on the west side of Champaign, Illinois. The Illinois Terminal Railroad had a line running parallel to the IC at this point, and it was here that they swung onto the IC and put their wires up over their tracks in 1927 so they could get off the city streets. We will follow this local through Champaign. Power is a Canadian National GP9R and a Grand Trunk Western GP38-2. 

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CSX Wellsboro, IN Railroad Junction Reallignment 1998

 

In August, 1998, we visited Wellsboro, Indiana, to find that CSX had done some housecleaning, much to the disgust of railfans. CSX's ex-B&O Willard Sub crossed the GTW Chicago-Battle Creek main, as well as CSX's ex-C&O nee-Pere Marquette branch. The three lines once crossed here in the shape of a triangle. Now the C&O simply merges into the B&O on a new connecting track from the south. The diamonds with the B&O and GTW were removed, as well as all the C&O trackage north of the junction. A balloon track once wrapped around and connected up with the B&O to the west. Between 1974 and 1986, Amtrrak's JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY, later renamed the CARDINAL, used the C&O mainline through Indiana. Beginning on June 1, 1977, it took the B&O to Wellsboro, and utilized this connecting track to the Pere Marquette branch, which they took to La Crosse to pick up the C&O of Indiana mainline. The Pere Marquette branch was abandoned north of here in 1988. Note the recently removed rail, rusty connecting tracks, and the new tri-light signals, which replaced the color position lights. You can see a CPL lying on the ground on the south side of the mainline. My father, who was always big into the signal hobby, was furious when he saw this sight! As of 2011, the trailers next to the diamond are also gone. Wellsboro is still a hotspot, but is not as interesting as it once was. Click here for a 1997 view when this junction still had a triangle of diamonds: 👉🏻   • Railroad Tour of Wellsboro, Indiana 1997   Please subscribe, rate, and comment! :o)

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Griffith, Indiana RR Junction w/CN SD75I AND SD70I


 We are back in Griffith, Indiana for the first time in 11 years. This junction was once one of the most complex in the world-FIVE railroads once intersected here! The EL-C&O joint line came in from the southeast and crossed the EJ&E and GTW mains. An NYC branch from Joliet paralleled the "J" and crossed everything as well. The "J" also had a branch to Porter, which headed straight east. The Porter branch was abandoned in 1985, and the EL was taken up in 1981, although a spur track remained to the north, which has since been severed. The C&O remains to the southeast to serve American Chemical. The NYC was closed on Conrail day, and torn up in 1978. Here a westbound CN freight swings off the GTW main and enters the EJ&E via the southeast connector. Power are two rare units-an EMD SD75I and an SD70I. Compare this video to the one I shot in 2000. ▶️    • Canandian National Railroad at Griffith, I...   Note the addition of the electronic bells on the poles, as well as the tower being relocated.

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Saturday, June 21, 2025

ILLINOIS CENTRAL CABOOSE W/GP9R AND GP38-2 BACKS UP LONG TRAIN

 

We continue our trek of the CN Seymour Local. He has now pulled onto the IC New Orleans mainline and is backing north. After crossing NS' ex-Peoria & Eastern line, he backs across Bradley Avenue and into the yard. Note the crew members on the caboose operating the tailhose whistle . Power is a GTW GP38 and a CN GP9 rebuild. 

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ILLINOIS CENTRAL GP38 WITH P5 HORN AND TANK CARS!

CN GP9 with P5 horn and Caboose at Champaign, IL 2004

 

 

 The CN Seymour local winds through downtown Champaign at Randolph Street. On the west side of Randolph, the IC branch actually fed into the Wabash branch line, so at this point he is actually running on the Wabash. The Illinois Terminal put their wires over these tracks as well, and the depot was immediately to my left. Note the "jog" in the platform where the bay window once was. This track is now gone. At this point, the CN train heads east on the ex-Wabash to the IC New Orleans mainline.

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Pure lllinois Central SD70 consist W/P5 Horn at Pesotum, IL

  Pesotum is located about 5 miles south of Tolono on the Illinois Central's New Orleans mainline. A southbound freight with a pure IC c...

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Michigan City, IN June, 2018

LOGANSPORT AND EEL RIVER PROPERTY

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