Railfanning The Steel Roads Of Pine Junction, Gary, IN. 5/2/09.

Plenty of action today with a high of 78 Degrees. This is the first day I caught all the morning Amtraks too.

Train 1- The day starts off with Westbound Amtrak 29, the DC-Chicago Capitol Limited.
P42DC #175
P42DC #59
NS Chicago Line.

Train 2- Westbound Intermodal Pig Train.
NS C40-9W #9364
NS C40-9W #9166
NS Chicago Line.

Train 3- Westbound empty coal train headed for BNSF Trackage.
BNSF SD70ACe #9309
BNSF ES44AC #6238
NS Chicago Line.

Train 4- Shortly after the first, a second coal train off the BNSF passes by with creme n' green in the lead.
BNSF SD70MAC #9745
BNSF SD70MAC #8858
NS Chicago Line.

Train 5- EMD Power up front brings this doublestack to Chicago. The train on the CSX line came by when the coal train was in front of it.
NS SD70M-2 #2672
NS C40-9W #9432
NS Chicago Line.

Train 6- Eastbound manifest with a mixture of UP and NS power. The lighting was great at this time for Eastbounds.
UP SD70M #5075
UP SD70M #4500
NS C40-9W #9092
NS SD70M-2 #2705
NS Chicago Line.

Train 7- Westbound manifest with a Swoosh GEVO on the point.
BNSF ES44DC #7615
NS C40-9W #9549
NS Chicago Line.

Train 8- EJ&E #668 departs Kirk with a manifest to Chicago Heights, IL.

Train 9- Amtrak 350, The first Wolverine regional of the day, heads for Pontiac.
P42DC #35
NPCU #90222
NS Chicago Line.

Train 10- A train consisting of mostly steel cars stops a mile or so down the line, then backs into Pine Yard. The CN will pick up these cars.
NS C40-9W #9025
NS C40-9W #9511
NS Chicago Line.

Train 11- Amtrak 49 , The Westbound Lake Shore Limited.
P42DC #107
P42DC #100
NS Chicago Line.

Train 12- Westbound Amtrak Pere Marquette 371.
P42DC #34
P42DC #33
NS Chicago Line.

Train 13- Eastbound container intermodal.
NS C40-9W #9556
NS C40-9W #9288
NS Chicago Line.

Train 14- Westbound container intermodal.
CSXT ES44AC #752
CSXT AC4400CW #122
CSX Barr Subdivision.

Train 15- A Single BNSF Dash-9 leads this empty "AUTO-MAX" train East.
BNSF C44-9W #5161
CSX Barr Subdivision.

Train 16- A manifest with UP power heads West.
UP SD70M #4756
UP SD70M #4790
CSX Barr Subdivision.

Train 17- Amtrak 365, the Blue Water regional.
P42DC #30
P42DC #191
NS Chicago Line.

Train 18- Westbound container intermodal.
NS ES40DC #7701
NS SD70M-2 #2765
NS Chicago Line.

Train 19- GTW GP38-2 #4919 leads a string of empty coke cars out of the yard. This train is bound for CSX's Curtis Yard and will get there via the City Line.

Train 20- These two Catfish have just switched their train into Pine Yard. Now they head back East light.

Train 21- CP Power leads this manifest. Note the Dash-2 still in the Pac-Man and Candy Stripes scheme!
CP ES44DC #8737
CP SD40-2 #5911
NS Chicago Line.

Train 22- GTW #4919 is now passing through Pine, approaching CSX's Curtis Yard.

Train 23- Amtrak 351, the Westbound Wolverine.
NPCU #90218
P42DC #28
NS Chicago Line.

Train 24- Hell yes! I caught Big Blue on the point with an awesome RS3L!
NS C40-8W #8415
NS C40-8W #8370
NS Chicago Line.

Train 25- GTW #4919 has dropped off it's load and now returns to the yard.

Train 26- Westbound unit ethanol train.
CSXT AC4400CW #171
CSX Barr Subdivision.

Train 27- Eastbound manifest with farm machinery loads.
NS C40-9W #9692
NS C40-9W #9867
NS Chicago Line.

Train 28- Eastbound container intermodal.
CSXT C40-8 #7526
CSXT ES44DC #5323
CSXT C40-8 #7590
CSX Barr Subdivision.

Train 29- Eastbound manifest.
NS C40-9W #9716
NS C40-9W #9434
NS Chicago Line.

Train 30- Westbound container intermodal.
CSXT ES44DC #5447
CSXT ES44DC #5224
CSX Barr Subdivision.

Train 31- Eastbound Amtrak 352, the Wolverine regional.
P42DC #26
NPCU #90219
NS Chicago Line.

Train 32- Standard cab EMD on an Eastbound manifest finishes up my day here since there was an hour of no trains between this one and AMTK 352.
CSXT SD60 #8701
CSXT C40-8W #7341
CSX Barr Subdivision.

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[AliceInChains243]

Shit man that wasn't bad at all, I gotta head over there sometime, you literally have everything right there in that one little spot.

[BoxcarFrank]

Yep, and to think this area is considered "slow" now by the diehard Pine fans because of the recession. Since the BNSF, UP, CN/IC lines by me have seen a great reduction in traffic (as well as all the good power stored), this is the closest place by me that makes me forget we are in a recession ;)

[Aaron200707]

Lots of Amtrak on this line.

[BoxcarFrank]

Haha this is not even HALF of the AMTK traffic on this line.

[DL2045]

wow all major haulers there!

[juvmol]

exelente work here frank

10 * !!!

[1davediehl]

id love to go too bud and see all that action there!

[SFLRailFan]

Wow! That's a lot of trains for one day. I'm impressed. Great job. ;-)

[MiNameIsNash]

Excellent Frank!!!! 5 Stars

[luvtrns4evr]

What a busy rail crossing. Nice video.

[AliceInChains243]

Slow? HA! I'd kill to have a spot with ALL colors and trains runnin through it, out east its either one or the other most of the time, except in those few little sweet spots. Yea, I was fanning with a bunch of guys last weekend up on the Middle Division (ex Pennsy, NS Pittsburgh Line), and although it was busy as hell, I could definitely tell it got hit by the recession. Oh well, shit happens, sucks for all the fans though.

[Chick6517]

it was a really awesome video it probably took you guys forever to get that. great man i loved watching it keep getting your stuff out there.

[GhostFearMe]

wow..video had everything railfans love!

[UniversalRailfanner]

where do you railfan?