Lake Forest Railfanning: Black Friday Edition

Lake Forest Railfanning: Black Friday Edition

Recorded 11/25/16

I was in town for the Thanksgiving holiday so I decided to make time for some railfanning. I returned to Lake Forest station with Jacob Brugioni on Black Friday since I didn’t want to deal with all of the shopping chaos. It was cold and windy. So windy in fact that when I first saw Amtrak 90221 Veterans Unit, my Amtrak hat that I usually wear when railfanning, blew off my head and briefly got caught underneath the 70+ MPH moving Amtrak Hiawatha. As a result, my Amtrak hat got sent to heaven since it was split in half. On the other hand, the day must go on. It was nice seeing a variety of Amtrak trains and Metra trains including freight trains.

1. Inbound Metra*
2. Inbound Metra
3. Inbound Metra
4. Amtrak Hiawatha
5. Inbound Metra (Express)
6. Inbound Metra
7. Amtrak Hiawatha*
8. Inbound Metra (Express)*
9. Inbound Metra*
10. Outbound Metra
11. Inbound Metra*
12. Outbound Metra*
13. Inbound Metra*
14. Inbound Metra*
15. Canadian Pacific-CSX Manifest
16. Outbound Metra*
17. Amtrak Hiawatha*
18. Amtrak Hiawatha*
19. Inbound Metra*
20. Canadian Pacific Crude Oil
21. Outbound Metra*
22. Canadian Pacific Intermodal
23. Norfolk Southern Manifest
24. Inbound Metra
25. Outbound Metra*
26. Union Pacific-Kansas City Southern Grain Consist
27. Canadian Pacific Manifest
28. Amtrak Hiawatha*
29. Inbound Metra
30. Outbound Metra*
31. Canadian Pacific Autorack-Intermodal
32. Amtrak Hiawatha
33. Canadian Pacific Manifest
34. Inbound Metra*
35. Outbound Metra*
36. Inbound Metra*
37. Outbound Metra
38. Canadian Pacific-CSX Manifest
39. Amtrak Hiawatha*
40. Amtrak Hiawatha*
41. Inbound Metra*
42. Outbound Metra*
43. Amtrak Empire Builder
44. Amtrak Empire Builder
45. Inbound Metra
46. Outbound Metra*
47. Amtrak Hiawatha*
48. Amtrak Hiawatha*
49. Inbound Metra*
50. Canadian Pacific-BNSF-CSX Crude Oil
51. Outbound Metra

*Hornshow

Highlight of the Day

12. Outbound Metra

Thank You "Smoke"

Thank You “Smoke”

Recorded 11/20/16

Tony Stewart has lots of remarkable moments in racing. From winning his first Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 2005 to the incredible championship battle in 2011 against Carl Edwards at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Tony Stewart says goodbye to NASCAR on November 20, 2016 as he races one more time before retirement as an Owner/Driver. Before retirement, “Smoke” ended up with a back injury that sidelined him for the first part of the NASCAR season. After a thrilling winning at Sonoma in June, Tony Stewart was able to make it to the Chase. Unfortunately, he does not make it to the Championship 4 to compete for a fourth championship. On behalf of everyone at A-Train4014 Productions, we would like to wish 3-Time NASCAR champion, Tony Stewart for a remarkable racing career and to enjoy retirement. The racing world would be completely different without Tony Stewart in the driver’s seat.  

Great Train Show

Great Train Show

Recorded 11/19/16

I returned home on the weekend of 11/19-11/20 to be part in the Great Train Show held at the Lake County Fairgrounds in Grayslake, IL. I had a great time with my buddy, Branden Phillips. I hit the jackpot this time by purchasing two N Scale locomotives: Santa Fe C44-9W 640 Red Warbonnet and Pere Marquette 1225 including two Tony Stewart collectables.