HiDef: Railfanning the UP, CN, and CSX at Tuscola, IL - July 10th, 2011

[CSXyardmaster]

The CSX train was the K45609 Decatur to Hillsdale IN.

[IC1034]

Thanks! I appreciate the info on the ethanol train. I assume K457 is the westbound train ID from Hillsdale to Decatur?

[CSXyardmaster]

@IC1034 K453 is the empty westbound.

[IC1034]

Alright. Thanks again for the info on these ethanol trains. Good to see you guys at CSX are doing some more movements in and out of Decatur.

[calmarossian1913]

Lewis: Glad your back shooting more videos, excellent work. Jim Bloomington Il

[IC1034]

Thanks, Jim! Hoping to shoot more in late July and August before I start college. :)

[CRSD60I]

Great job as always Lewis! Tuscola is a great place to railfan!

[IC1034]

Thanks, Doug! It sure is!

[MoPacBoy]

Haha I just caught BCOL 4654

[IC1034]

Haha, awesome.

[bnfan11]

Your welcome since I gave you the heads up on M399 ;)

[IC1034]

lol! I appreciate it, man.

[basicbill1]

Looks like a good day. And video.

[IC1034]

Thanks, Bill. It sure was.

[IllinoisCentral6071]

Incredible! I wish you could have stayed longer, I caught the SB Illini with a B32-8 leading and P42 pushing. Then right after that I caught a UP WB with a Dash 9 leading, and it had a sweet old cast P3 horn. The NS units came after that with a Dash 9 leader, the ES44AC, SD70M, and SD9043MAC. The NS D9 had a very nice K5LA. Monday morning was equally as rewarding, caught a SB CN manifest led by IC 1039 and then the City of New Orleans came by with Amtrak 66 on point.

[IC1034]

Thanks, Alex! I REALLY wanted to stay longer but I was too burnt!

[heelblocks]

Awesome video Lewis! Interesting lash ups, the CN Auto train is M37091-10. They made it a regular train and made it an M so they can run freight and auto business on it.

[IC1034]

Thanks for the info Andrew! I had a feeling I wasn't right on the auto train at first, but went ahead and put the E271 for the train ID because CN ran an auto train to the UP with that symbol back in the "good ol' days" so I just put it there for the hell of it, LOL! Thanks again for the info.

[fixierider97]

I've always really enjoyed your videos! Keep up the great work!

[IC1034]

Thanks, Josh. I appreciate it! :)

[megatwingo]

Nice trains and horns. Thumbs up! :)

Interesting track crossing. I don´t think we have such a crossing here in Germany.

[IC1034]

Thanks! They're really neat, I always like visiting locations that have them. :)

[NampaSubdivisionAJV]

excellent video! Had some really nice catches!

[IC1034]

Thanks, Adam!