Lake Villa Railfanning

Lake Villa Railfanning

Recorded on 5/21/18

A-Train4014 Productions returns to the CN Waukesha Subdivision
in Lake Villa, IL to film trains. While it may have been raining all day,
it didn’t stop us from going out trackside. It may not have been our
best day out there but at least we were catching trains. So throughout
the video, watch Canadian National freight trains including some Metra
North Central Service commuter trains ride the rails as the rain falls. No
worries, our cameras survived just fine in the rain.

1. Outbound Metra
2. Canadian National Manifest
3. Inbound Metra
4. Outbound Metra
5. Canadian National Manifest
6. Inbound Metra
7. Canadian National Intermodal
8. Canadian National Intermodal
9. Outbound Metra
10. BNSF-Canadian National Grain Train
11. Canadian National Manifest
12. Inbound Metra*

*Hornshow

NO Highlight of the Day featured in this video

Wisconsin Railfanning

Wisconsin Railfanning

Recorded on 5/19/18

A-Train4014 Productions makes a special trip to the state of
Wisconsin with our close colleague, Elijah Jackson “EJ”
(Baltic 144 Productions). We first started our day in Duplainville,
Wisconsin where we catch CP 581 with the Lackawanna 1074
Heritage Unit and CP 286 meeting CP 581 with perfect timing.
We also found out Amtrak Empire Builder 8 had a special SOO
Line private coach on the rear. In the meantime, we headed to
Fond Du Lac and Byron for CN action while waiting on Amtrak 8
in Duplainville. In addition, we went over to Butler, WI to see some
trains on the UP. Overall, it was a fun day and stay tuned later this
week for more train videos!

Wadsworth Railfanning

Wadsworth Railfanning

Recorded on 5/17/18

The Windy City Express hosted by the Friends of the 261
was on Amtrak Empire Builder 8 today so our very own,
Andrew Mangalindan headed out trackside to catch it while
we could due to Amtrak’s new policy on special trains and
private varnish excursions, this may be the last time we seen
the Milwaukee Road coaches. We’ve caught them in Lake
Forest and Rondout so far so why not try a different location.
So we headed to Wadsworth, Illinois, the closest spot on the
CP C&M Subdivision close to home. While we were there,
the action was slow. While four freight trains got squeezed in
while we were there, it was basically Amtrak action.

1. Union Pacific-Canadian Pacific-CEFX Manifest*
2. Canadian Pacific Autorack-Intermodal*
3. Amtrak Hiawatha*
4. Amtrak Hiawatha*
5. Amtrak Empire Builder*
6. Amtrak Hiawatha*
7. Amtrak Hiawatha*
8. Amtrak Empire Builder**
9. Canadian Pacific Intermodal*
10. Canadian Pacific Manifest* (Blocked)

Highlight of the Day:

8. Amtrak Empire Builder**

*Hornshow

Rondout Railfanning

Rondout Railfanning

Recorded on 5/16/18

It’s been a while since we’ve made a trip to Rondout, Illinois
on the CP C&M Subdivision. But it was great making a return
trip to Rondout and film trains for the day. While we were there,
the action was consistent. However, there wasn’t really nothing
that stood out among the train catches. But after looking through
our video footage one last time, there was something that stood
out among the rest which made “Highlight of the Day”. Enjoy the
show!

1. Canadian Pacific-Union Pacific Intermodal*
2. Outbound Metra*
3. CSX Manifest*
4. Inbound Metra*
5. Outbound Metra*
6. Amtrak Hiawatha**
7. Amtrak Hiawatha* (Not Shown due to Technical Difficulties)
8. Inbound Metra*
9. Outbound Metra*
10. Amtrak Empire Builder*

Highlight of the Day:

6. Amtrak Hiawatha**

*Hornshow

Elmhurst Railfanning

Elmhurst Railfanning
Recorded on 5/13/18

It was reported that the following Union Pacific Heritage Units:
1982 (Missouri Pacific), 1983 (Western Pacific), and 1995
(Chicago & North Western) were on the Union Pacific Geneva
Subdivision. So Andrew Mangalindan and Casey Walker attempted
to get these UP Heritage Units in Elmhurst, IL with Matthew Grentz
(SOO6061), along with Mark and Paul Ciechelski. While we were
anxiously waiting, we caught a few other UP freight trains with friendly
crew onboard. After filming in Elmhurst today, we can officially say,
“We’ve caught all six Union Pacific Heritage Units.” Even though we’re
a bit behind on Norfolk Southern Heritage Units, we were able to see a
total of twelve different Heritage Units between Amtrak and Union Pacific.
As a result, this was definitely one of our best days on the Union Pacific
Geneva Subdivision. Enjoy Elmhurst Railfanning featuring three of six
Union Pacific Heritage Units!

1. Inbound Metra
2. Union Pacific Manifest
3. Union Pacific Intermodal
4. Union Pacific Intermodal*
5. Outbound Metra
6. Inbound Metra
7. Union Pacific Intermodal*
8. Union Pacific-Kansas City Southern Manifest
9. Outbound Metra
10. Inbound Metra
11. Union Pacific Manifest*
12. Union Pacific Intermodal
13. Union Pacific Intermodal*
14. Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern Manifest**
15. Union Pacific-BNSF Autorack
16. Union Pacific Intermodal

Highlight of the Day:

14. Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern Manifest**

*Hornshow

Lake Forest Railfanning: National Train Day

Lake Forest Railfanning: National Train Day

Recorded on 5/11/18

Happy National Train Day to all! Since our production company’s
debut in 2015, we filmed trains in Lake Forest, IL for the day to honor
National Train Day. On Friday, May 11, 2018, we continued the
tradition of celebrating National Train Day at Lake Forest, IL.
Due to scheduling conflict, we had to move our National Train Day
celebration to Friday, May 11 instead of Saturday, May 12. Either way,
we would have faced with wet/rainy conditions out trackside. While we
were filming, it was nothing but commuter trains for the first five hours
of our time out trackside. By the afternoon, the action picked up quickly
as a few CP freight trains were able to get squeezed in between the
Metra trains and Amtrak Hiawatha trains which had the crew on their toes.
Overall, it was a good day out trackside and you’ll find it hard to believe
what made Highlight of the Day. Stay tuned in the next few days as we
upload a few more videos before our trip to the Illinois Railway Museum
at the end of the month. Enjoy Lake Forest Railfanning: National Train Day.

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. Inbound Metra
13. Outbound Metra
14. Inbound Metra
15. Outbound Metra*
16. Amtrak Hiawatha*
17. Amtrak Hiawatha*
18. Inbound Metra
19. Outbound Metra
20. Inbound Metra
21. Outbound Metra*
22. Amtrak Hiawatha
23. Canadian Pacific Intermodal
24. Inbound Metra
25. Norfolk Southern-CSX Manifest*
26. Outbound Metra
27. Amtrak Hiawatha
28. Inbound Metra*
29. Outbound Metra*
30. Norfolk Southern-BNSF Manifest
31. Inbound Metra**
32. Union Pacific-Canadian Pacific-CEFX Manifest
33. Outbound Metra*
34. Canadian Pacific-CEFX Manifest
35. Amtrak Hiawatha*
36. Amtrak Hiawatha
37. Inbound Metra
38. Canadian Pacific Intermodal
39. Outbound Metra*
40. Amtrak Empire Builder
41. Canadian Pacific-Norfolk Southern Crude Oil
42. Inbound Metra
43. Outbound Metra
44. Amtrak Hiawatha*
45. Amtrak Hiawatha
46. Inbound Metra
47. Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern Grain Train
48. Outbound Metra*

49. Inbound Metra

Highlight of the Day:
31. Inbound Metra**

*Hornshow

Downers Grove Railfanning

Downers Grove Railfanning

Recorded on 5/5/18

A-Train4014 Productions returns to Downers Grove, Illinois
for a day of railfanning. While we were there, the weather was
beautiful. We finally broke out of the sweatshirts and sweatpants
for the t-shirts, shorts, and flip flops. After our trip, we can say
that this is one of our best days on the BNSF Chicago Subdivision
in such as long time because of the solid variety in trains all day.
Plus, we caught a special unit which made Highlight of the Day.

1. Outbound Metra
2. BNSF Intermodal
3. Inbound Metra
4. Amtrak Carl Sandburg
5. BNSF-CitiRail Crude Oil
6. BNSF Grain Train
7. Inbound Metra
8. Outbound Metra
9. Inbound Metra
10. Inbound Metra
11. Inbound Metra
12. Outbound Metra
13. Inbound Metra* (Not Shown due to Technical Difficulties)
14. BNSF Autorack*
15. BNSF Manifest
16. Inbound Metra
17. BNSF-Norfolk Southern Manifest
18. Outbound Metra
19. BNSF Intermodal*
20. BNSF Intermodal*
21. Amtrak Southwest Chief*
22. Outbound Metra
23. Inbound Metra (Not shown due to technical difficulties)
24. Amtrak Southwest Chief (Not shown due to technical difficulties)
25. Amtrak California Zephyr**
26. Amtrak California Zephyr
27. BNSF Intermodal
28. BNSF Coal Train

Highlight of the Day:

25. Amtrak California Zephyr**

*Hornshow