Lake Forest Railfanning

Lake Forest Railfanning

Lake Forest Railfanning
Recorded 8/14/15

Lake Forest, IL is my home away from home. Not only that is where I was born, but that is known as my "playground" for railfanning. I love railfanning there because of the variety I can see. From Metra, Amtrak, and then Canadian Pacific freight trains. I was there to end my memorable summer. I had a great time there and hopefully I will be back for more railfanning adventures. Here are the trains I caught in Lake Forest.

1. Inbound Metra
2. Amtrak Hiawatha*
3. Inbound Metra (Express)*
4. Inbound Metra
5. Amtrak Hiawatha*
6. Inbound Metra
7. Outbound Metra*
8. Inbound Metra
9. Outbound to Inbound Metra*
10. Inbound Metra
11. Outbound Metra
12. Inbound Metra
13. Canadian Pacific Tanker Consist
14. Canadian Pacific Doubleheader Grain Hopper Consist
15. Outbound Metra*
16. Amtrak Hiawatha*
17. Amtrak Hiawatha*
18. Outbound Metra meets Inbound Metra
(Inbound Metra: 9-13 minutes late)- Freight Train Interference/Waiting on Other Trains
19. Inbound Metra*
20. Outbound Metra
21. SOO Line/Union Pacific Doubleheader Hopper Consist
22. Amtrak Hiawatha*
23. Inbound Metra
24. Amtrak Hiawatha
25. Inbound Metra
26. Outbound Metra


Highlight of the Day:
15. Outbound Metra
22. Amtrak Hiawatha

*Hornshow

Lake Villa Railfanning

Lake Villa Railfanning

Lake Villa Railfanning
Recorded 8/11/15

I made a stop at Lake Villa train station with Branden Phillips. Even though this is the closest train station to my home and it was close to school, why not take a trip there for a few minutes. It wasn't bad. Four trains seen total. Two freight trains, two Metra trains. Here are the trains caught on film at Lake Villa train station.


1. Canadian National/Norfolk Southern/CSX Mixed Freight Consist
2. Outbound Metra*
3. Canadian National Doubleheader Mixed Freight
4. Inbound Metra*

*Hornshow
Note: NO Highlight of the Day since there were only four trains.

BNSF Racetrack

BNSF Racetrack

BNSF Racetrack

Recorded 8/7/15
This is my first railfanning trip on the Metra BNSF Railway route. My buddy, Branden Phillips and I decided to check out the BNSF Racetrack for a change. So we chose to go to Hinsdale train station because it was recommended by a close friend. We had a blast! Yes, trains actually race each other. I actually got to witness two trains race each other during the morning rush hour when I was there. I had a really fun time and I can't wait to go back again someday. I had some problems exporting my movie since it was so long and I caught that many trains at Hinsdale. We didn’t want the day to end since it was so much fun. I don’t think we never caught this many trains in one day. Check out all the trains we caught!



1. Inbound Metra (Express)
2. Inbound Metra races another Inbound Metra
3. Outbound Metra*
4. Inbound Metra (Express)
5. BNSF Doubleheader Hopper Consist*
6. Inbound Metra
7. Outbound Metra
8. BNSF Doubleheader Hopper Consist
9. BNSF Quadrupleheader Intermodal Consist
10. Inbound Metra*
11. BNSF Doubleheader Tanker Consist
12. Amtrak Illinois Zephyr
13. BNSF/CSX Doubleheader Mixed Consist*
14. BNSF Tripleheader Mixed Consist
15. Outbound Metra (Express)*
16. Inbound Metra (Express) *
17. Inbound Metra
18. Outbound Metra
19. BNSF/Canadian Pacific Doubleheader Intermodal Consist
20. BNSF Doubleheader Hopper Consist
21. BNSF Tripleheader Intermodal Consist
22. BNSF Doubleheader Autorack Consist
23. BNSF Doubleheader Gondola Consist
24. Inbound Metra
25. Outbound Metra
26. BNSF Tripleheader Intermodal Consist
27. BNSF Tripleheader Intermodal Consist*
28. BNSF Doubleheader Hopper Consist


Highlight of the Day:
16. Inbound Metra (Express)

*Hornshow

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