Birthday Railfanning - IRM Museum Showcase Weekend with SLSF 1630, a cab ride, and much more!!

Well, this is it! I am officially 16 years old! To commemorate this occasion, Casey (SantaFe669) and I drove to the Illinois Railway Museum for day two of Museum Showcase Weekend. At the IRM, we met up with Andrew (A-Train4014 Productions), EJ (Baltic144 Productions), Harry (TheLOKRailfan), James (Metra 109 Productions), Sam (SamLovesTrains), and many more. I also got to experience my first cab ride, which was absolutely incredible. Of course I had a lot of fun with 9911A's horn... lol. Before the operations started, we toured the museum for a bit, so I integrated the tour into this video. I am also practicing new camera techniques, so any and all constructive criticism and advice is appreciated! Anyways, enjoy the video!!

[@ATrain4014]

TheBoeingRailroader we had a blast that day. Glad I was able to be apart of your special day at IRM. Can't wait for more railfanning adventures!

[@MPIEMDRailfan4]

Right back at ya, man.

[@tyhik9338]

happy birthday dude,I railfanned on my birthday

[@tyhik9338]

did you see any metra at IRM?

[@MPIEMDRailfan4]

No...? Metra doesn't run anywhere near the IRM... closest stop would be in Woodstock on the UP/NW line. If you mean the Metra F7 that they have at the museum, no, I did not see it.

[@bnsfwarbonnet]

I have two things of advice:
1: using the name of the railroad instead of the reporting marks
2: step away from the video while taking photos so you can't hear the click
Otherwise nice video

[@tyhik9338]

bnsfwarbonnet you are right about that

[@MPIEMDRailfan4]

Alright, thanks for the advice.

[@tyhik9338]

TheBoeingRailroader did you have fun

[@tyhik9338]

bnsfwarbonnet I railfanned on my birthday