It's here once again.
Today marked another year of Franklin Park's annual Railroad Daze event and to say this year's felt unusually smaller, is kind of an understatement given that CP 2816 had visited the previous month. But nonetheless, it was a pretty chill time. Metra, of course, managed to put on a nice display with the 500 and 97, however the freight display was sort of lacking, as it has been in recent years.
Aside from those, in this video you'll see some trains roaming in and out of Franklin Park, before and after the display equipment arrived as well as some bonus clips I got at La Grange and Rondout later in the day. For now. Enjoy!
Now here are the trains in order.
Train 1: Outbound Metra
Power:
METX SD70MACH #506 ex-TFM 1669
METX CabCar #8525
Train 2: EB Equipment Move
Power:
METX SD70MACH #500 RTA Heritage Unit, ex-TFM 1602
METX F59PH-3 #97 ex-GOT 526
Train 3: WB Equipment Move
Power:
CP AC44CWM #8043 ex-CP 9524
KCS ET44AC #5005
Train 4: WB Power Move
Power:
KCS SD70ACe #4002
CP AC44CWM #8153 ex-CP 9640
The Display Line:
SOO Line Caboose #94
KCS ET44AC #5005
CP AC44CWM #8043 ex-CP 9524
METX SD70MACH #500 RTA Heritage Unit, ex-TFM 1602
METX Coach #6207
METX Coach #7491
METX F59PH-3 #97 ex-GOT 526
Trains 5 and 6: EB Mixed Freight meets WB Oil Train
Train 5's Power:
KCSM ES44AC #4669
CP AC44CW #8642 Dual Flag
CP ES44AC #8793
CP AC44CW #9702
KCS ES44AC #4818
Train 6's Power:
NS SD70ACe #1218
KCS SD70ACe #4194
Train 7: Inbound Metra
Power:
METX CabCar #8???
METX MP36PH-3C #403
Train 8: Outbound Metra
Power:
METX F59PHI #73 ex-AMTK 450
METX CabCar #8505
Train 9: EB Equipment Move
Power:
METX F59PH-3 #97 ex-GOT 526
METX SD70MACH #500 RTA Heritage Unit, ex-TFM 1602
Train 10: WB Local Freight
Power:
BNSF C44-9W #789 Fakebonnet
BNSF ES44AC #6188
Train 11: SB Borealis
Power:
AMTK B32-8WH #517
AMTK P42DC #148
Taken on 6-8-24