Railfanning in Rochelle, Illinois

[robbieaful]

I love this place.

[xtremepadrefan]

DAMN nice RS3L

[acfc1972]

uau... que cruzamento loko. ja teve colisão nesse? video legal. abç

[Cand0002]

Trains Blow their horns for a reason, its standard procedure to sound the Horn when approaching grade crossing crossings even at night, some people can't get that through their brains,

[johnredhd]

I live in the Quad Cities and drive through Rochelle to get to Chicago. I always stop here to trainwatch..usually on my way home. It is a great place!

[conrailbuff]

I gotta come to this place!!

[boardman49]

@conrailbuff I'll tell ya what...it's well worth the trip. Somewhere around an 800 mile drive for me.

[TheMALT211]

I rode thru that yard on UP it was crazy

[thetrainman407]

That is the spur off of BNSF into the Del Monte Plant.

[trainboy32]

awesome video

[thetrainman407]

OMG YES! ATSF 731, NOW THATS A HORN!

[boardman49]

Yeah, that's the same horn heard in "The Great Texas Train Chase" video I posted.

[thetrainman407]

Awesome, i will have to check that out! Great video!

[trainzandbridgez101]

Is that siren warning of a train?

[boardman49]

Yes it is. It's a warning to the maintenance crew to get off the tracks.

[gp40mc]

Went there for the fist time today. I rode the Lakeshore Limited out from Albany and rented a car to drive out to Rochelle. I saw lots of trains but not as many BNSF because of flooding in South Dakota or something like that.

[blinkingblythe]

love those dioxmonds!

[boardman49]

I'd love to go back up there again.

[UndertakerRocks123]

How did you get to illnois?

[boardman49]

By driving a car for like 14 hours.

[UndertakerRocks123]

Ok who was that womanwith the black shirt?

[boardman49]

That's my wife.

[LocalRailfan]

Great video! Seriously trains and blood is all that runs through my veins man! I live right next to CPR railway and love it!!! Sure the odd trains will go by at a sleeping time but oh hell it's to protect peoples lives for goodness sakes, plus everyone in our rural town likes trains. Is Rochelle like Folkston, Georgia??? I have been to Folkston just not Rochelle

[boardman49]

I think it's similar to Rochelle, but the viewing stand at Rochelle has tracks on both sides serving two different railroads, BNSF and UP. They cross each other near the viewing platform.

[trainzandbridgez101]

And Folkston has CSX.

[boardman49]

Another place I'd love to visit.

[minagi]

Yeah, this sounds like home (I live in Rochelle), although I'd like to see a train enthusiast live near the tracks and have to deal with noise pollution, ground vibrations and traffic delays 24/7.

[boardman49]

I probably wouldn't be able to sleep at night because of the noise. Sometimes I wish I lived right beside Norfolk Southern's main line, but I know I'd be chronically sleep-deprived.

[diggwadd]

I moved to Rochelle, right next to the tracks, F U C K I N L O V E I T.

[nedredford]

Great train spot... thanks for sharing

[boardman49]

It was fun. Wish I didn't live so far away from there.

[SIMIHIGH2008]

i love the horn on 5106

[freddycupples]

The slow order may explain the speeds here but I must say as someone in southern california,Santa Fe kicks UP's behind all day long in terms of train speed!!!

[USAGRL12783]

I bought a Chicago Northwestern shirt that says Racing the Storm on it and it has a great picture on it of a Midwest thunderstorm

[boardman49]

Sounds cool. Did you buy that in Rochelle? I gotta check that out next time I'm out there.

[trucker765]

I live in Rochelle Ill try to make a tour video for you guys, but I have shitty camera so I dont know what will happen.

[rochellehub24]

those trains get on my nerves..i live there so i hear them constantly!!i live like 2 blocks from the tracks.

[Altecss]

so move then...

[lexmarks567]

then move the trains were there before you asshole don't like it move. its assholes like you that get the horns banned.

[boardman49]

Many of us would love to live at the tracks.

[diggwadd]

I live 2 blocks from the UP Geneva sub in Dekalb and I was pissed that they made Dekalb a quiet zone. Wayside horns suck. I don`t see how anyone can complain that they live near Railroad tracks anyways, hell they have been here since before my great grandparents were born and our little towns wouldnt still be here w/o them.

[Alek9997]

You are right. Many times the railroads are the reasons the towns even exist at all!

[LocalRailfan]

Your very correct, I think people should expect the fact that horns are for safety purposses too. When I moved near the train tracks I was delighted that they honked the horns! Not like some dufus who moves near the tracks and hates trains

[rsppap]

well move to the other side of town then. you gotten us enough quiet zones already. dont ruin rochelle too

[ducker1942]

nice video!

[boardman49]

Thanks! You live in Israel? Man, that's a long way from where I am.

[dumbcow1]

ive ben there!! i baught a t-shirt in the shop with the bnsf on it..still wear it lawl...that spot was beatiful..every 5min there was a train..LOVED it

[boardman49]

Yeah. I would really like to go back again but it's a long way from where I am. Folkston, GA would be a lot closer for me I think.

[yaypiez]

cool vid. =]

[bnsf4737]

Those 70M's horn are loud and annoying. BNSF 731's horn was abosulty wonderful. It had a horn transplant from a former ATSF warbonnet. Don't get to hear that great type of horn anymore. Great Video.

[csxES44DC]

Those UP SD70Ms have loud horns! That BNSF #731 horn was beautiful! Good video.

[BNSFBJ]

What was up with the emergency siren thingy?????

That was some fine video you god of rochelle!;o)

Was there a slow order due to the track crews on the tracks??????

Have a Good Day;o)-BRYAN

[bnsf4737]

The siren is used to alert MOW that a train is approaching and there was a slow order due to MOW.

[coinman1972]

Is the siren automatically or manually set?

[trucker765]

those sirens are automatic they warn the workers that a train is coming.

[railzfan]

Nice video there, its always cool to see video from Rochelle! Great Job!!

[boardman49]

Thank you! I wish I had a lot more time to spend there that day. We were on vacation and Chicago was waiting for us. That was fun, too because I got to railfan on the Metra!

[boardman49]

Thanks! I really appreciate the compliment. I'm still learning the ropes about train video even though I've been doing it off and on since 1983. There are a lot of great train videos on youtube. I could watch for days and never see them all. Your videos look really good, too. Keep them coming!

[crazyrailfan]

I think this is one of the best videos of the Rochelle Railpark on youtube, Great Job