DREI Drift Busting in Central Illinois - February 4, 2022

On Feb 2-3, central Illinois got 10-12 inches of snow dumped on us. The Decatur & Eastern Illinois RR ran a westbound into Decatur early on Feb2 before the storm hit, but there hadn't been a train back over the line since then. I got word this morning that a train was headed Eastbound out of Decatur. Luckily, it came by my end of town about lunch time, so my dad and I spent my lunch hour following the train east from Long Creek to Hammond.
Video locations described in the captions.
Enjoy! - Caleb

[@Fyrfotog2]

Great footage from the hometown area Caleb! Looked like some deep snow in a few places!

[@railfan5254]

Very nice shots

[@RaulGonzalez-jg8ks]

Ke bonito video , con lo ke me gusta ver los trenes en la nieve. Dedo arriba.

[@KingJiloa]

Mmm, very satisfying to watch!

[@beverlysmith6539]

Plowing through that snow! So cool!

[@ohgary]

I grew up very near Decatur. Never heard of La Place or Hammond. Not as smart as I thought I was…

[@sofreak6]

That is awesome 👌

[@LewisMarien]

Outstanding

[@arneservatius1982]

77 yrs old. Should of heard the coal burning giants running at 2am. Pushing snow at 80 mph. Whistle blowing steam. These were “ Hard Ass” engineers. As a kid born in 1946. I would lay in bed an enjoy. My dad was a conductor into 50’s. No fear people 🇺🇸👍

[@sfm5s]

Pretty cool to watch. I hate winter lol.

[@wfvideos4099]

Amazing!

[@abbycarlson8986]

Very cool

[@longtran8744]

🤩❤❤❤🚊

[@coleshartzer7537]

Choo chooooooo!

[@emiliorodriguez4940]

Ermoso pretty