Union Pacific crew change in Chillicothe IL

I went to Chillicothe on 9-29-09 and stopped by the station to see if anyting was happening.When I pulled up to the old station I found this eastbound UP stack train stopped for a crew change. Regular crew changes ended here for ATSF in summer 1992. The man with his grandson reminded me of all the years my grandpa would bring down hear in the 80s to watch trains, hang out in the station agents office, and play with his son in the summer. We would watch Dale[the agent] sell tickets, talk to inbound Amtraks, and load baggage off his ancient cart pulled by his John Deere mower. The power for this trackage rights hotshot is UP SD70ACe 8579 and ES44AC 7378. The new engineer is in a hurry to leave town and gives it all hes got in Run 8! Listen to the GEVO slip its wheels when it passes!

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• BNSF
• Chillicothe
• Sub
• Transcon
• IL
• UP
• SD70ACe
• ES44AC
• trackage
• rights
• train

[Semifastslim]

How big are these containers ? 52 feet long ?

[redhotrider57]

I think so

[xkinslyc]

just goes to show that GE's can't hold the rail. WOOO EMD!

[redhotrider57]

You said it!

[kelbym07]

LOL! A CSX container on a UP hotshot on BNSF tracks; something funny about that.  Awesome shot and sounds.

[redhotrider57]

Thanks! They run a couple of these each day.

[TEMAOHI2787]

Double-Stacks!!! YEAH!!!

[RedVoxVulpes]

@xkinslyc I didn't know the real deal was 19 and had over a hundred trackside videos, but okay. It's not opinion and preference, just seven years of working with this equipment. But you're right, I'm just trolling.

>hop of

Wow.

[xkinslyc]

@RedVoxVulpes Man, hop of my swag. I know what I'm talking about. This is the real deal, not your little animated MSTS. Everyone has their preferences and opinions. Learn to deal with it and stop trolling everyone that dislikes GE power.

Good day.

[RedVoxVulpes]

@xkinslyc Typical foamer comment. You can go back to MSTS now.

[keenan7434]

dang bro i like the way these sd70aces just accelerate with just smooth sound.

[RochelleXing]

Someones in a Hurry!!!

[ppger1]

Why does is take so long between crew changes to get the train going again?

[Karlfed1]

@Semifastslim can lenghs are 20' 40' 45' and 53'