The A-Train4014 Productions Team

The A-Train4014 Productions Team
Our whole crew poses for a team photo in front of Frisco 1630 at the Illinois Railway Museum for Memorial Day 2018. (Left to right: Branden Phillips, David Dupuis, Aaron Gonzales, Miles Jajich, Andrew Mangalindan, Casey Walker)

Tuesday, April 11, 2017

Lake Forest Railfanning



Lake Forest Railfanning
Recorded 4/8/17
A-Train4014 Productions heads to Lake Forest station on beautiful Saturday afternoon with our friend, Andrew Hearver. We saw a pretty good variety of trains today. But the fact that mother nature is playing nice made our railfanning day even better. Stay tuned for another railfanning video coming up this weekend while we take advantage of the nice weather. In addition, we will determine what we will do during The Joliet Rocket when the Nickel Plate Road 765 returns to Chicago this summer. Stay tuned for that announcement.


  1. Amtrak Hiawatha
  2. CSX Manifest
  3. Inbound Metra*
  4. Canadian Pacific Autorack-Intermodal
  5. Canadian Pacific Crude Oil
  6. Inbound Metra
  7. Outbound Metra
  8. Amtrak Hiawatha*
  9. Amtrak Hiawatha**
  10. Outbound Metra*
  11. Amtrak Empire Builder*
  12. Amtrak Empire Builder*
  13. Inbound Metra
  14. Norfolk Southern Manifest
  15. Outbound Metra
  16. Amtrak Hiawatha*
  17. Amtrak Hiawatha*
Highlight of the Day:
9. Amtrak Hiawatha*
*Hornshow

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Saturday, April 8, 2017

Antioch Railfanning



Antioch Railfanning
Recorded on 4/7/17


Since the weekend is almost here, A-Train4014 Productions goes railfanning. Unfortunately we missed out on a couple freight trains earlier this morning. So it will be a pretty short video. Don’t worry though. We will be continuing to railfan during the weekend of 4/8-4/9 to take advantage of the nice weather in the Chicago area. In addition, we will have a better idea on what we’re going to do for The Joliet Rocket when the Nickel Plate Road 765 comes back to Chicago this summer.


  1. Canadian National Manifest
  2. Outbound Metra
  3. Inbound Metra

Note: NO Highlight of the Day AND NO Hornshows included
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Railfanning Doubleheader



Railfanning Doubleheader
Recorded on 4/6/17
A-Train4014 Productions does a railfanning doubleheader. First, we made a stop at Grayslake station on Lake Street to see one of our Metra engineer friends, Jeff. While we talked and waited for Jeff’s train to depart for Chicago, we saw a couple other Metra trains. After Jeff departs Grayslake, we headed over to the CN Waukesha Sub. Our goal was to railfan at Antioch station. However, we saw a northbound freight with a Norfolk Southern SD70ACU leading so we pulled over at Grayslake station on Washington Street to catch it. Before heading to Antioch, we had lunch and then continued to railfan on the CN Waukesha Sub. Overall, it was a pretty busy day.
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Sunday, April 2, 2017

Lake Forest Railfanning



Lake Forest Railfanning
Recorded 4/1/17
A-Train4014 Productions heads to Lake Forest station on this April Fools Day with Andrew Gray and Andrew Heraver. The weather was nice enough where I didn’t have to wear more than one layer of clothing on me. Even though I missed out a lot in the morning, I came just in time to see the Amtrak P32BWH on the Hiawatha trains and Amtrak 156 trailing on Empire Builder 7. For once, we even saw Empire Builder 8 AND it was ON TIME! Nope, it is not a joke. Anyways, enjoy the show!
  1. Inbound Metra
  2. Outbound Metra
  3. Amtrak Hiawatha*
  4. Amtrak Hiawatha*
  5. Canadian Pacific Autorack-Intermodal
  6. Outbound Metra*
  7. Amtrak Empire Builder*
  8. Amtrak Empire Builder*
  9. CSX Closed Hopper
  10. Norfolk Southern-Canadian Pacific Manifest*
  11. Outbound Metra (Express?)*
  12. Inbound Metra
  13. Outbound Metra
  14. Amtrak Hiawatha*
  15. Amtrak Hiawatha*
  16. Canadian Pacific-CEFX Manifest
  17. Outbound Metra*
*Hornshow
Highlight of the Day:

14. Amtrak Hiawatha*

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Thursday, March 30, 2017

Antioch Railfanning



Antioch Railfanning
Recorded on 3/29/17
A-Train4014 Productions heads to Antioch station to meet up with one of our friends on Metra: Rob Dargan. It was pretty chilly but we survived it by staying inside car as well as inside the station. In addition, we caught a few CN Freight trains at Antioch. It was a pretty short day but it was fun.


  1. Canadian National Manifest
  2. Outbound Metra
  3. Inbound Metra
  4. CSX-Illinois Central Manifest*

*Hornshow

Note: NO Highlight of the Day
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Lake Forest Railfanning



Lake Forest Railfanning
Recorded on 3/28/17
A-Train4014 Productions returns to Lake Forest station for some railfanning with Casey Walker (Warbonnet 669 Productions) and Andrew Heraver during their spring break. It was a fun time. We arrived there in the morning around 6am and then ended the day just before the afternoon rush hour. As usual, the majority of trains were Metra and Amtrak. Just before noon, the freights start coming in. As the day goes on, we also went Instagram Live. So in future events, we will go Instagram Live when we have other friends with us. Overall, it was a really fun day. P.S. We finally saw BOTH Amtrak Empire Builder trains that day so that was good to see. Hopefully the first of many times.


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

Highlight of the Day:
19. Outbound Metra
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Monday, March 27, 2017

Railfanning Marathon Week



Railfanning Marathon Week
Recorded on 3/20-3/24
A-Train4014 Productions hosts its first ever Railfanning Marathon Week. We were excited to announce it on our Facebook page along on our other social media platforms. The schedule starts in the following order:
  1. Antioch
  2. Lake Villa
  3. Rondout
  4. Wadsworth
  5. Lake Forest
  6. “Mystery Location”
However, early in the week, we faced many difficult challenges that were mostly technical issues like battery issues and uploading file errors. The plan was to post full videos of our railfanning days in the following locations: Antioch, Lake Villa, Rondout, Grayslake, and Lake Forest. But due to technical difficulties, we decided to squeeze them into one whole video. The way it works is a couple video clips will be featured on the days of our Railfanning Marathon Week. To make matters worse, we weren’t unable to go to Wadsworth on Day 4 so we came up with a backup plan since the week wasn’t necessary going our way  and we were unable to do railfan on Day 6 (Saturday) so we would have time to fix our equipment in time for any future railfanning again. Anyway, the following videos are from the following locations:

  1. Antioch
  2. Lake Villa
  3. Rondout
  4. Grayslake
  5. Lake Forest
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Monday, March 20, 2017

Lake Forest Railfanning



Lake Forest Railfanning
Recorded on 3/18/17
A-Train4014 Productions starts its first annual Railfanning Marathon Week very soon. Spring Break begins now. So we kick it off by going to Lake Forest station for some railfanning. Andrew Gray joins along as we caught a variety of trains throughout the day. There were some good trains that would be featured in Highlight of the Day but there was one moment in time where it involved a horn battle between two trains. Don’t forget to tune in our Railfanning Marathon Week on the week of March 20-25. Enjoy the show!
  1. Amtrak Hiawatha*
  2. Amtrak Hiawatha*
  3. Inbound Metra
  4. Outbound Metra*
  5. Inbound Metra
  6. Canadian Pacific-CEFX Intermodal*
  7. Amtrak Hiawatha*
  8. Norfolk Southern Manifest
  9. Canadian Pacific Intermodal
  10. Inbound Metra*
  11. Outbound Metra*
  12. Norfolk Southern Manifest
  13. Inbound Metra*
  14. Canadian Pacific-CSX Manifest*
  15. Norfolk Southern Manifest
  16. Inbound Metra*
  17. Outbound Metra*
  18. Amtrak Hiawatha*
  19. Canadian Pacific Manifest*
  20. Amtrak Hiawatha*
  21. Outbound Metra*
  22. Amtrak Empire Builder
  23. Inbound Metra
  24. Outbound Metra**
  25. CSX Closed Hopper**
  26. Amtrak Hiawatha*
  27. Amtrak Hiawatha*
  28. Outbound Metra*
*Hornshow
Highlight of the Day:
Outbound Metra

CSX Closed Hopper

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