The Year 2020: Illinois & Northwest Indiana - Pandemic Trains Part 1 [HD]

It’s the year 2020 and the COVID-19 pandemic gave us Railfans more time to head to the tracks and tons of wacky things due to the COVID shutdown. A lot of what you’ll see in the video can no longer lead due to PTC, being scraped/retired or being re painted or even jobs that are no longer happening. This was the final stand for PTC on certain railroads, as 3 years later every railroad has active PTC and some units to this day still can’t lead. The footage bounces around through Illinois and Northwest Indiana between January - June and filmed on my former Sony camcorder I no longer have, so bare with me on the quality!
Part 2 will be up soon!

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Kinda scary how much those windmill blades bounce around on the jointed rail.