Deerfield Railfanning

Deerfield Railfanning

Recorded on 2/21/17

My Mondays are.. meh. Since I had nothing planned after class, our great friend, Adam Hartley (metraking192) invites A-Train4014 Productions to Deerfield station to catch Amtrak 184 on Empire Builder 8. In addition, we continue to railfanning in different places on the CP C&M Sub which was pretty nice. However, I wouldn’t recommend Deerfield since trains would sneak up without little time to set up. Other than that, it was another nice day railfanning.

1. Inbound Metra**
2. Outbound Metra**
3. Canadian Pacific Autorack-Intermodal
4. Union Pacific-Canadian Pacific Manifest
5. Inbound Metra
6. Outbound Metra*
7. Amtrak Hiawatha*
8. Amtrak Hiawatha*
9. Canadian Pacific-Norfolk Southern Manifest
10. Inbound Metra*
11. Outbound Metra*
12. Amtrak Empire Builder*
13. Amtrak Empire Builder
14. Inbound Metra*
15. Outbound Metra
16. Amtrak Hiawatha

Highlight of the Day:

1. Inbound Metra*

2. Outbound Metra*

Lake Forest Railfanning

Lake Forest Railfanning

Recorded on 2/19/17

Another nice day in the midwest so A-Train4014 Productions crew goes railfanning to Lake Forest with a few other friends: Casey Walker (CaseyBNSFTrains/Warbonnet Berkshire Productions), Alex Ertmann, Will Dube, and Andrew Gray. Unfortunately, we were unable to catch NS 8102 (Pennsylvania Heritage Unit) leading since we didn’t arrive early enough but we’re glad we were able to catch him a couple times on the CP C&M Sub before he left for Indiana. To summarize, beautiful weather + railfanning = perfect day. Enjoy the show!

1. Amtrak Hiawatha*
2. Amtrak Hiawatha*
3. Inbound Metra*
4. Canadian Pacific Autorack-Intermodal
5. Canadian Pacific Manifest
6. Outbound Metra
7. Inbound Metra*
8. Canadian Pacific Intermodal
9. CEFX-Canadian Pacific Manifest
10. Amtrak Hiawatha*
11. Inbound Metra
12. Outbound Metra
13. Amtrak Hiawatha*
14. Inbound Metra
15. Outbound Metra*
16. Amtrak Hiawatha*
17. Amtrak Hiawatha*
18. Amtrak Empire Builder
19. Norfolk Southern Manifest

Highlight of the Day:

13. Amtrak Hiawatha*

*Hornshow

Lake Forest Railfanning

Lake Forest Railfanning

Recorded on 2/18/17

Due to the outstanding weather, A-Train4014 Productions goes railfanning at Lake Forest station for some fun and to enjoy the nice weather on a warm Saturday afternoon. Andrew Gray joins the team and witnessed some afternoon rail action. There were some tough nominees for Highlight of the Day but there was one moment in time that made it. Believe it or not, Highlight of the Day is NOT featuring another hornshow.

1. Canadian Pacific Manifest
2. Inbound Metra
3. Outbound Metra
4. Amtrak Hiawatha*
5. Amtrak Hiawatha
6. Canadian Pacific Manifest
7. Outbound Metra*
8. Canadian Pacific Autorack-Intermodal*
9. Amtrak Empire Builder
10. Inbound Metra
11. Outbound Metra*
12. Amtrak Hiawatha*
13. Amtrak Hiawatha*
14. Outbound Metra*
15. CSX-Norfolk Southern Ethanol

Highlight of the Day:

8. Canadian Pacific Autorack-Intermodal

9. Amtrak Empire Builder

*Hornshow

Wadsworth Railfanning

Wadsworth Railfanning

Recorded on 2/14/17

In an unexpected heads up from Seth Reynolds (Sethamtrak), A-Train4014 Productions goes railfanning in attempt to catch Amtrak Empire Builder 7 which has a Private Coach at the end of the train. Unfortunately, I was in the middle of eating lunch at home when I recieved the message. So instead of going to Rondout or Lake Forest, the crew heads to the closest stretch of railroad tracks on the CP C&M Subdivision in Wadsworth, IL which is another horn zone area. Look for future railfanning videos from Wadsworth. A big shoutout to Sethy Reynolds for the heads up.

1. CEFX Intermodal
2. Amtrak Empire Builder

Note: Both trains had hornshows (Horn zone area)

Highlight of the Day:

Amtrak Empire Builder

Wadsworth Railfanning

Wadsworth Railfanning

Recorded 2/16/17

After hearing that Amtrak 184 was on Empire Builder 8 yesterday, A-Train4014 Productions returns to Wadsworth to try and catch it again. Unfortunately we weren’t able to head out to Lake Forest or Rondout to catch it so we went to the closest part of the CP C&M Sub to see Amtrak 184 leading the Empire Builder 7. Luckily we also caught a few other trains too!

1. Amtrak Hiawatha
2. Amtrak Hiawatha
3. Canadian Pacific Autorack-Intermodal
4. Canadian Pacific Manifest
5. Amtrak Empire Builder

Highlight of the Day

5. Amtrak Empire Builder

Note: ALL trains include hornshows (Horn Zone)

Northbrook Railfanning

Northbrook Railfanning

Recorded on 2/12/17

On a sunny and windy day, A-Train4014 Productions returns to Northbrook station to join Mark Ciechelski (AmtrakFan221), Paul Ciechelski, Andrew Gray, Andrew Sonkin, and William Dube for some railfanning. It was a fun day of railfanning. Despite some equipment malfunctions, the crew managed to hang on during the strong wind gusts. With an unexpected twist, A-Train4014 Productions received the most unexpected news of all which made it as Highlight of the Day: A Norfolk Southern Heritage Unit. Shoutout to Casey Walker (CaseyBNSFTrains) for the heads up on this train. So this will be the first time in a long time that Highlight of the Day is NOT featured with a hornshow. Believe it or not, this is the first time ever that A-Train4014 Productions has caught at least one Heritage Unit on the same weekend.

1. Inbound Metra
2. Amtrak Hiawatha*
3. Amtrak Hiawatha*
4. Outbound Metra*
5. Canadian Pacific Crude Oil
6. Inbound Metra
7. Canadian Pacific-Norfolk Southern Crude Oil
8. Inbound Metra*
9. Amtrak Hiawatha*
10. Outbound Metra*
11. Inbound Metra*
12. Amtrak Hiawatha*
13. Canadian Pacific-CSX Intermodal
14. Norfolk Southern-Canadian Pacific Manifest
15. Canadian Pacific Autorack-Intermodal
16. Outbound Metra*
17. Amtrak Hiawatha*
18. Inbound Metra
19. Amtrak Hiawatha
20. Amtrak Empire Builder
21. Canadian Pacific-Norfolk Southern Manifest
22. Outbound Metra
23. Inbound Metra*
24. Amtrak Hiawatha*
25. Norfolk Southern-BNSF Crude Oil
26. Amtrak Empire Builder
27. CEFX-Canadian Pacific Crude Oil
28. Amtrak Hiawatha*

Highlight of the Day:

14. Norfolk Southern-Canadian Pacific Manifest

*Hornshow

Lake Forest Railfanning

Lake Forest Railfanning

Recorded on 2/11/17

A-Train4014 Productions and special guest: Andrew Gray return to Lake Forest station to continue testing out camera equipment as well as experimenting with some other railfanning equipment. Currently, we’re still in progress of testing equipment in the weeks to come. Our railfanning day went really well. In fact, railfanning at Lake Forest went really well that for the first time this year, Andrew Mangalindan had to pick the Highlight of the Day which was a difficult decision. To summarize, we surprised our railroad engineer friend, Rob Dargan and to put the icing on the cake, A-Train4014 Productions pulled off a longtime accomplishment: Catching ALL Amtrak Heritage Units!

1. Canadian Pacific Manifest
2. Outbound Metra*
3. Amtrak Empire Builder**
4. Amtrak Empire Builder
5. Norfolk Southern-Canadian Pacific Crude Oil
6. Inbound Metra
7. Outbound Metra
8. Canadian Pacific-Norfolk Southern Manifest
9. Amtrak Hiawatha*
10. Amtrak Hiawatha*
11. Canadian Pacific Intermodal
12. Outbound Metra
13. BNSF-Union Pacific Crude Oil

Highlight of the Day:

3. Amtrak Empire Builder

*Hornshow

Lake Forest Railfanning

Lake Forest Railfanning

Recorded on 2/7/17

A-Train4014 Productions goes to Lake Forest for some railfanning to take advantage of the nice weather. However, it is not what expected. The tough part was not only the wind, but the fog was frustrating early in the day. It made it difficult to when to press record and taking pictures. However, the fog did make some pictures look good. At the end of the day, we caught trains and that’s all it matters.

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

*Hornshow

Highlight of the Day:

20. Outbound Metra