Chicagoland Junction Series: Thronton Junction. Thornton, IL. 10-12-09.

[NW917]

so is the UP line still the old MOPAC line that runs through the heights?

[BoxcarFrank]

Yes, and before that C&EI.

[mistertops]

Your 4:50 local was YCH51 heading to the the Heights. 5:37 southbound was MPRAS 12...he was a heavy mofo, 97 lds,29 mts, 14,339 tons.

[spazman13579]

Nice!

[bitterman112]

Excellent Video! 5 Stars!

[kenjr29mfl]

Awesome video 5*****

[trainfart]

Great video, Frank!!

[HighIronofWisconsin]

Great video! Nice catches.

[conductorbill]

nice shots frank, interesting to see it didnt take CN long to repaint one of the BCOL drapers....

[CharlieX90]

damn they have begun to paint the bcol units

[SFLRailFan]

Awesome video as usual, Frank. It's great to see those old Geeps still serving for UP. And my impression ofThornton is that of a railfan's ideal place to live. Love that Chicaoland rail action and BoxcarFrank is da man!

Just a slight correction though --- CSXT 7789 is a C40-8W. Only NS has C40-9Ws that I'm aware of.

[BoxcarFrank]

No CSX has them. They're actually built on C40-8W car bodies.

[CSXAC4400CWno5112]

NS is the only railroad with C40-9W's. CSX has C44-9W's built on Dash 8 carbodies. CSX also has three C44-8W's.

[SFLRailFan]

Those are CSX's C44-9Ws, which were built on a Dash-8 platform. CSX has fifty three of them numbered 9000-9052. The only cosmetic difference between them and a Dash-8 is the number of steps. Dash-8s have five, Dash-9s have six.

[trainamtrakcsx]

@BoxcarFrank but the CSX Dash-9's are numbered in the 9000's series.

[trainboy94]

Nice catch with that dump truck