Great Action at Deval Tower, Des Plaines, IL, on 19.08.11: CP, CN, INRD, Leasers, Metra, etc

Train 1:
Two F40PH-2s push 9 bilevel coaches inbound on a Metra Union Pacific Northwest Line run to Ogilvie Transportation Center (Northwestern Station)

Train 2:
F40PH-2 #163, the "City of Elmhurst" pulls 9 bilvels across the CN/WC and the UP/CP joint "New Line", past the still-standing but now unused Deval Tower.

Train 3:
A Canadian Pacific coal drag begins pulling away from a stop at Rand Road, where it was waiting on Metra trains to clear the interlocking. Indiana Rail Road (INRD) SD90/43MACs are leading this train and will run through via CP trackage rights on UP/CSX down to south-central Indiana.

Train 4:
A CP freight led by Iowa, Chicago & Eastern power (SD40-2 #6414, the "City of Excelsior Springs") heads north on the UP/CP New Line towards the connection with the Metra/CP main line at Techny. A CEFX repowered SD45, a CP Rail SD40-2 and an ex-Burlington Northern SD40-2 round out the lashup for this train. The INRD SD90s pass behind the CP train, and disappear around the curve to the south, and soon, the EOTs of both trains clear the junction.

Train 5:
The last Metra UP-NW Line express train of the rush period heads north toward Mount Prospect (its next stop) and the far northwestern suburbs, with an F40PH-2 leading 7 cars, including an ex-C&NW smoothside bilevel.

Train 6:
Canadian National manifest M338 (I think) heads south across UP/CP and the Metra line. SD75I #5629 and ex-Illinois Central SD70 #1031 lead.

~Thanks for watching!~

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• SD70railfan
• railfanning

[skinnyshit8888]

YOU GOT THE INRD 90-43 MCAS?! LUCKY

[Nachtwolf1]

@skinnyshit8888 Yeah, but only just. It was one of those times you wish there had *not* been a meet! Darn CP freight got in the way of the INRD power =P

[Yestrooper1]

I just love the sound of those trucks crossing the diamonds!