Lake Forest Railfanning

Lake Forest Railfanning

Recorded on 1/31/17

I made a surprise railfanning trip to Lake Forest station to practice with some different camera equipment. In fact, you can hear a digital camera go off in the background which is what I’m trying to work with. Hard to believe it, this marks the first railfanning trip to Lake Forest station. When I returned to Lake Forest, the crossing bells sounded very different. Then I realized that the railroad has replaced all three of the railroad crossing bells so the crossing bells you will hear will sound different. During my trip to Lake Forest, I unfortunately picked the wrong day to railfan since it started to get extremely windy in the afternoon to the point where I could barely hang on. Anyway, enjoy the show!

1. Inbound Metra
2. Amtrak Hiawatha*
3. Amtrak Hiawatha
4. Inbound Metra
5. Outbound Metra*
6. Inbound Metra
7. Outbound Metra**
8. Amtrak Hiawatha*
9. Canadian Pacific Intermodal
10. Inbound Metra
11. Outbound Metra
12. Amtrak Hiawatha
13. Inbound Metra*
14. Outbound Metra*
15. Inbound Metra
16. Outbound Metra*
17. Canadian Pacific Manifest
18. Amtrak Hiawatha*
19. Amtrak Hiawatha*
20. Canadian Pacific Manifest
21. Inbound Metra
22. Outbound Metra*
23. Amtrak Empire Builder
24. Amtrak Empire Builder

Highlight of the Day:

7. Outbound Metra

*Hornshow