Bridge shots and distant zooms on the Chillicothe Sub - August 9, 2020 from Wilbern to Ransom, IL

On the second day of our trip, we got up earlier and headed a little farther west to Wilbern, with the intent of seeing a few trains from the bridge at Tax School Road. We got a quick no-tripod catch at the bridge at Ransom before continuing west to Wilbern, where nearly the same thing happened upon our arrival. After setting up properly and spending a few hours both roadside and trackside, near the abandoned pumping station in Wilbern, we moved east, following the movement of a work train set to work between Toluca and Leeds. Upon catching aforementioned work train as well as a westbound intermodal in Toluca, we moved to Ancona, east of the work zone and its concomitant speed restrictions. After seeing two trains at Ancona followed by an hour-long dry spell, my father set out for Dixie's pizza in Streator at about 5:30 (we wanted to try the "Pepperoninator"; it ended up being really good), while I continued to wait trackside in Ancona. Over roughly forty minutes of situational irony, four trains passed through, including the trip's first instance of non-NS, non-UP foreign power in the form of a KCS GEVO, as well as an eastbound local, led by a Yellowbonnet GP50 and two other standard cab EMDs. They say that the best way to get a train to come is to leave, however traffic continued as it had been when my father returned. Following a couple more hours spent at Ancona, we headed east once more after the passage of a westbound local move, with our sights set on the same place as the day's unofficial start, at the bridge in Ransom. Our day concluded in dying light after a beautiful sunset over Ransom.
Ransom, IL (0:00)
Train 1: EB Intermodal
Tax School Rd., Wilbern, IL (4:55)
Train 2: WB Intermodal
Train 3: WB Intermodal (6:18)
Train 4: EB Intermodal (10:35)
Train 5: EB Herzog move (13:28)
Train 6: WB Intermodal (15:18)
Train 7: EB Intermodal (18:00)
Wilbern Rd., Wilbern (20:48)
Train 8: EB Intermodal
Train 9: WB UP Intermodal (23:56)
Train 10: EB Intermodal (25:46)
Tax School Rd. rev. (28:54)
Train 11: EB Ties (29:33)
Train 12: EB Intermodal (33:39)
Train 13: WB Intermodal (38:56)
Toluca, IL (41:12)
Train 11, Shot 2 (41:42)
Train 14: WB Intermodal (47:03)
Ancona, IL (50:05)
Train 15: EB "NS" Intermodal
Train 16: WB Intermodal (54:03)
Train 17: EB Local (1:03:32)
Train 18: EB Intermodal (1:08:25)
Train 19: WB Intermodal (1:13:53)
Train 20: EB Intermodal (1:18:10)
Train 21: EB UP Intermodal (1:21:56)
Train 22: WB Autorack (1:25:45)
Train 23: EB Baretables (1:30:22)
Train 24: WB Autorack (1:32:49)
Train 25: EB UP Intermodal (1:36:21)
Train 26: WB Local (1:43:14)
Sunset at Ransom, IL (1:47:05)
Train 27: WB Intermodal (1:53:54)
Train 28: WB Manifest (1:57:17)
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Great Video, that fast Union Pacific train with SD70AH #9002 Leading Booking (FAST)

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I saw that same exact Herzog train parked in princeville Illinois

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Can I use your videos for a music video, I’ll give you credit

[@NickyDsTrains]

Sure

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@@NickyDsTrains thank you