BNSF, UP, NS and Amtrak Trains at WB Junction

After a sleepless night in the car, traffic begins to clog at WB. MOW was working on main 2 east of here in Carrollton. As a result I get lots of slow moving trains. In 24 hours I get a decent 74 total trains, 42 BNSF's, 24 NS, 6 UP and 2 Amtrak. Last year on a Tuesday night I only caught about 50.

Train 1.
A 65mph stack heads towards L.A. with about 250 containers.

Train 2.
NS local D3W moves west with 47 grain loads a 2 beautiful sounding EMD's. Local D19 came by at 3am and worked the grain elevator at Norborne. You can see a UP train approaching on track 1.

Train 3.
At 9:14am a UP mixed stack and auto train heads east towards Chicago. It is accelerating from a stop after waiting for 3 WB's that were using track 1 east of here.

Train 4.
Right behind the UP train is Amtrak's Southwest Chief.

Train 5.
The pig from K.C. is only 11 minutes behind Amtrak and is moving at a much better clip. The IRoehl trailer is a cool find on this train. This trucking company is based in a small town near my hometown in Wisconsin.

Train 6.
Traffic has finally cleared enough for this Z to blast through near track speed and has a decent sized 48 pigs and around 40 dom. containers.

Hope you all enjoy
Tyler

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[Jurgy631]

what destination is WSP on that Z train?

[tylerwinks]

@Jurgy631 Willow Springs, on Chicago's southwest side. All westbound Z trains through here have traffic from WSP.

[clinton984]

what kind of horn is that on 4742 (3:20)?

[tylerwinks]

@clinton984 Not sure, sorry man. I don't know much about horns

[eccentriceric]

I believe the AMTRAK is number 4

[tylerwinks]

@bnsf7512 wow yea, thats good!

[bnsf7512]

@tylerwinks hey sept 11 at la plata 69 trains in 24 hours excat,61 bnsf,6up and the 2 amtrak pretty busy,

[CPManJoe]

Awesome video! It doesn't get much better than high speed intermodals.

[tylerwinks]

@awillis50 thanks man, and yea for sure!

[tylerwinks]

@bnsf7512 thanks, and great guess! I stayed the next Saturday night and got 86. I think if I wouldve stayed Thurs or Fri night I couldve gotten more like 90+ though. Lots less NS trains on the weekends, and not as many Z's either.