Railfanning The BNSF Chicago Subdivision, Downers Grove, IL. 7-12-09.

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Downers Grove, Main Street Station.

2:28PM-
Amtrak 5, the Westbound California Zephyr kicks up fresh ballest dust as it passes on by.
P42DC #184
P42DC #24

2:22PM-
Hard to believe trains like the M-BRCGAL had SD40-2s and other good EMD power leading it. Now, it usually has new GEVOs and Dash-9s.
BNSF ES44AC #6264
BNSF C44-9W #5634

2:49PM-
BNSF #5293 on the Z-CHCSSE has a cool new paint job. I saw this unit leading the Z-SBDWSP in this video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqt4CxKbcB0&feature=channel_page
BNSF C44-9W #5293
BNSF C44-9W #4959
BNSF C44-9W #4132
BNSF C44-9W #4770

2:52PM-
Metra 1316 arrives and departs with MP36PH-2 #401 pushing.

3:10PM-
Amtrak 4, the Eastbound Southwest Chief barrels on by with a private car on the back.
P42DC #161
P42DC #131

3:24PM-
Amtrak 6, the Eastbound California Zephyr.
P42DC #205
P42DC #150

3:36PM-
Doubleheaded Metra 1311 stops at Main Street.
MP36PH-3 #403
F40PHM-2 #194

3:53PM-
Southwest Chief 3 races West over Main Street. Check out the huge dent on the conductor's side of #99!
P42DC #99
P42DC #86
P42DC #170

4:34PM-
Z-SSECHC nears Cicero with a CP unit to boot.
BNSF ES44DC #7421
CP ES44AC #8775
BNSF C44-9W #4460
BNSF C44-9W #4414

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  • i think only the Metra BNSF Line trains have the BNSF logo painted on their carriages.

  • this is kinda of an odd question, but did Metra and BNSF merge?

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  • Those are some cool lookin BNSF Metra cars!

  • @KCSLines No. Metra And Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway Company Had Not Merged. Metra Has A Line From Aurora To Chicago As Seen Here Which Metra Has Trackage Authority Over Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway Trackage Which The Equipment Is Operated By Metra But The Train Crew Including The Conductor And Engineer On This Line Are An Employee Of The Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway Company Which Might Explain The Burlington Northern Santa Fe Logo On The Siding Of Each Passenger Car.

  • i was on the sierra hotel and we hit a patch of fresh balast dust and we had to go back inside!

  • nice catch with the CP es44dc on train Z-SSECHC!

  • the newer metra cars were made by the Japs by a company called Nihon Shayro i think the older cars look better though!

  • I saw that Southwest Chief with the private car the day before.

  • the cars with bigger windows are newer cars

  • Damn, you actually HAVE stuff running by your platforms...unlike me. I'll be lucky to catch a local job in daylight where I'm at on the NEC.

  • metra runs trains over BNSF so BNSF crews operate metras trains as far as i know. so thats why the logo is there. thats all KCS dude.

  • well hell bro....Metra has BNSF markings on it!

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