Lake Forest Railfanning

Lake Forest Railfanning

Recorded on 7/20/16

I made a surprise trip to Lake Forest train station since I was in the area. It was nice to finally come back since it has been a while. It was a good variety of action especially during this brutal heat.

1. Outbound Metra*
2. Canadian Pacific-Norfolk Southern Manifest
3. Inbound Metra*
4. Amtrak Empire Builder
5. Outbound Metra*
6. Amtrak Empire Builder*

*Hornshow

Highlight of the Day:

1. Outbound Metra*

Lake Villa Railfanning

Lake Villa Railfanning

Recorded on 7/18/16

After taking care of some stuff for college, A-Train4014 Productions is back to filming trains again. The crew headed back to Lake Villa train station on a cool Monday. It started to get slow but then the action picked up. It wasn’t much but it was actually a good amount was seen today.

1. Inbound Metra
2. Outbound Metra
3. Inbound Metra
4. Canadian National Manifest
5. Canadian National Intermodal
6. Canadian National Intermodal
7. Inbound Metra*

*Hornshow

Highlight of the Day:

7. Inbound Metra

Lake Villa-Antioch Railfanning: Chasing the Train

Lake Villa-Antioch Railfanning: Chasing the Train

Recorded on 7/17/16

A-Train4014 Productions gets a late message from our friend on the Canadian National Railroad saying that he will pass through. So at the very last minute, the production crew raced out to Lake Villa and then to Antioch to catch him. It wasn’t a long trip but luckily, we were able to see our friend again. After seeing our friend at Antioch, we returned back to Lake Villa in hope for some more freight trains which ended our weekend.

Lake Forest Railfanning

Lake Forest Railfanning

Recorded on 7/1/16

After getting a sneak preview yesterday, I’m assuming that Friday will be much better. Turns out, it was better than I anticipated. Despite a broken tripod mount for my iPhone 6s, I managed to survive that day all thanks to the crew to reshape it to its original shape. I apologize if the video looks a little crooked but a new one will be purchased very soon before my next railfanning trip. Anyway, Casey Walker (CaseyBNSFTrains) joins Branden Phillips and the A-Train4014 Productions crew to catch some cool stuff at Lake Forest train station. I even caught some unique trains which caught me off guard. There was so much caught on camera that it was hard to pick the Highlight of the Day. After long thinking and debating, it wasn’t an easy choice but it was the one that stands out as far as hornshows are which qualifies the Highlight of the Day. From everybody at A-Train4014 Productions, we would like to wish you all a safe and healthy Happy Independence Day. This video goes to all the United States Military troops for your sacrifice. It wouldn’t be possible to be filming trains whenever I want.

1. Amtrak Hiawatha*
2. Inbound Metra (Express)*
3. Inbound Metra
4. Outbound Metra
5. Inbound Metra
6. Inbound Metra
7. Outbound Metra*
8. Inbound Metra*
9. Norfolk Southern Manifest
10. Outbound Metra*
11. Amtrak Hiawatha*
12. Amtrak Hiawatha*
13. Inbound Metra*
14. Outbound Metra
15. Inbound Metra
16. Outbound Metra*
17. Amtrak Hiawatha*
18. Inbound Metra*
19. Outbound Metra*
20. Norfolk Southern-Canadian Pacific-Union Pacific Manifest
21. Amtrak Hiawatha*
22. Inbound Metra*
23. CSX Manifest*
24. Outbound Metra
25. Inbound Metra*
26. Canadian Pacific Geometry Train
27. Outbound Metra
28. Amtrak Hiawatha*
29. Amtrak Hiawatha*
30. Inbound Metra
31. Canadian Pacific Autorack/Intermodal
32. Canadian Pacific Crude Oil
33. Norfolk Southern Manifest*
34. Outbound Metra*
35. Amtrak Empire Builder*
36. Amtrak Empire Builder
37. Outbound Metra
38. Outbound Metra*
39. Inbound Metra

*Hornshow

Highlight of the Day:

16. Outbound Metra*

Lake Forest Railfanning

Lake Forest Railfanning

Recorded on 6/30/16

I made an unexpected visit to Lake Forest train station. Since I was close in the area, I’d thought I get a sneak preview on what to expect for the following day of railfanning back at Lake Forest. It was nothing but Metra trains as well as Amtrak trains. Plus, I found something interesting in on Amtrak Empire Builder 8.

1. Outbound Metra
2. Amtrak Hiawatha
3. Amtrak Hiawatha*
4. Inbound Metra
5. Inbound Metra
6. Outbound Metra*
7. Amtrak Empire Builder
8. Outbound Metra
9. Outbound Metra
10. Amtrak Hiawatha*

*Hornshow

Highlight of the Day:

6. Outbound Metra*