Metra MD-W and CP railfanning at Mars station - Chicago, IL & Elmwood Park, IL. 4-06-23
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- Опубликовано: 6 сен 2024
- Filmed on 4-06-23
In this video, I walked from Berwyn to visit the Mars Metra station in the Galewood neighborhood in Chicago and visited Elmwood Park as well since it was close. I also want to mention that I’m glad to be the last person to catch the mechanical bell on 75th Ave working on camera. As of now, the bell has still not rang. As a side note, I don’t know why, but I’ve always really liked these areas especially for trains. The northwest side and it’s suburbs have always felt really nice to me. These are some of my favorite Metra stations. So this trip was very nice. This took place between 9:40am until 2:50pm. It was worth it and a change of pace from the usual BNSF videos. These stations also have pedestrian railroad crossings, or (baby railroad crossings) as I like to call them. Here are times:
9:51 AM: Station tour.
9:52 AM: Outbound Metra with engine 91 leading.
10:20 AM: Inbound Metra with engine 423 pushing.
10:31 AM: NCS train inbound express shows up unexpectedly on the middle track.
10:50 AM: Metra 421 pulls an Outbound train slowing down for Mont Clare.
11:25 AM: Inbound train being Pushes by Metra 413.
11:49 AM: Metra 93 leads an Outbound express through Mars with a cool engineer who gives a small horn show!
Elmwood Park trains:
12:13 PM: Inbound Metra pulls into the station with 91 pushing.
12:32 PM: CP 8147 leads a westbound train through Elmwood Park.
12:53 PM: Metra 411 Outbound pulls into the station with nice horn.
1:47 PM: Metra 94 leads a Outbound NCS train. (I did not think I would catch this)
1:56 PM: Metra 92 leads an Outbound arriving train.
Back at Mars:
2:18 PM: Metra 93 speeds up as it’s pushing an Inbound train between the Mont Clare & Mars Metra station.
2:48 PM: Metra 421 returns as it leads our last train of the day as an Outbound train.
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oh cool. elmwood park, il is a good & safe spot to railfan at.
Yeah it’s a very nice area
Super cool 😎
Thanks
@@Joshsrailvideos super welcome!
Nice video. Its soo cool to see the mechanical bell at 75th ring again after while! I initially thought that bell was a goner.
Yeah. I remember visiting this area a lot when I was younger because my grandma used to live about a mile East in of here. This crossing used to have very nice Mechanical bells. All the crossings in this area did. Unfortunately I would never really get caught by a train in this area. Bad luck I guess. This bell does work on and off though. Sometimes it activates, and others it doesn’t. It didn’t work last time I was there.
@@Joshsrailvideos I remember when we went to visit my grandmother, we would pass by the Harlem avenue crossing and I remember seeing WCH mechanical bells on all 4 signals. It kinda sucks how metra replaced nearly all but one with the Siemens bells. Not that I mind the newer bells. But the older ones sounded better In my opinion. And plus there was nothing wrong with them too.
@@zachzebra56 that’s what I was saying to. The bells worked good for their age. I really wish I could’ve visited the area more often to watch the trains back then. But the only time we would pass by is when heading down Grand Ave. Even though I don’t live in this area, it’s pretty nostalgic for me when it comes to the trains.
11:25 That diesel train looks mad with a deep loud horn
The metra cab car sounds like its gotta k5la
The majority of the trains we see did sound their horns right?
How far away from there is that infamous diagonal Grand ave crossong?
Which location? The Mars station, or the Elmwood Park station?
@@Joshsrailvideos I guess that would be the Elmwood Park station.
Over closer to Town Center.
The one for years and years to try to realign. Had a lot of trouble in the past because the way it sits crossing Grand avenue on such an angle.
What camera is this?
iPhone 13 Pro