Rarest of Rares. WSOR 4002 pushing Metra 2625 with audio preamble

Westbound WSOR 4002 pushing westbound Metra 2625 after it blew an alternator at the North Glen station. All stops by the Metra were made as scheduled. Video 12:35 AM in Northbrook and again at 1:00 AM in Lake Forest on Sunday, November 15th.

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[tropicalchaser]

Yeah. 4002 had to call the trainmaster to clear it and I guess CP-CN dispatch got the go ahead from WSOR. I would say that's a nice little revenue perk.

[tropicalchaser]

421

[tropicalchaser]

I was worried it could have been 611 or 614 that broke down. That would likely have been the end of either.

[tropicalchaser]

Thanks. I have a widescreen version coming out in the next few minutes to replace this 4:3

[shicoe30]

Gotta love the WSOR, hell of a hogger though, got some skills

[LS6Z28]

Theres no way the broken metra locomotive could MU the frieght EMD's right? I suppose the two engineers communicated via radio the whole trip?

[microbusss]

wow & the WSOR is even puling a frieght too Next time try STEAM lol

[mkrugerrails]

sweet video, doubtful if I would ever see that in my lifetime with passenger service!! 5 stars!

[DuffBasher]

So dangerous, cos trains aren't pushed at speeds of up to 170mph EVERY DAY in other countries...

[TommyBNSF]

wow :D simply amazing

[fuzzypeach777]

Unbelievably dangerous! If the slack had run in or out on that and thrown passengers down, it would have been a trainload of millionaires.

[fjcaron]

Sorry to sound cynical, but what a surprise a POS MP36, I ran those on Caltrain, they have good and bad points, mostliy bad. Cool catch though on the video, definetly a rare catch.

[MattBNSF1991]

simply unbelievable...well now its believable since it happened, but you get my drift

:P