METRA Heritage Corridor - Brighton Park to Joliet Texas Eagle Rear View (GoPro)
Video taken from the rear of Amtrak Train #21, the Texas Eagle, as it runs from Brighton Park crossing to Joliet on the Metra (aka CN, aka Alton) Heritage Corridor route to Joliet. This line is mostly used by Amtrak Lincoln Corridor service as well as a few peak period Metra trains.
Featured in this video is Corwith interlocking where the ATSF line crosses at grade into Corwith Yard and the Belt Railroad of Chicago crossing. My train was delayed at Corwith due to conflicting traffic and some MoW work in the town of Lamont. All in all my train was delayed by 30 minutes just 20 miles outside of Chicago :-( ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byZmT2p1aik
While waiting for the R32 retirement train, a pair of Q's using R46 (southbound) and R68 (northbound) simultaneously arrive at the station.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEzzNbaoAp8
A pair of relatively new GE ES44AH's locomotives (#3087 and #3156) are already having turbo problems as they try to ascend the steep grade out of Baltimore Harbor with a heavy coal train.
Video was captured at the cut between Charles and St. Paul Sts.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VokEcm-FM7g
Video from the front of an inbound Metra Rock Island District express train #416 as it runs from Blue Island - Vermont St, to La Salle St station in downtown Chicago. Stops are made at 110th St and 35th St. Video includes footage of the new Englewood Flyover and the 16th Street Crossing diamonds and interlocking tower.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4BHqKvCvls
Walking tour of the upper and lower levels of Amtrak's 1955 Great Done car as it toured on Amtrak's Downeaster service.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1BVWFd-IpE
This day's "Dinky" set was comprised of Arrow IIIs #1314 and #1315 shown here departing the original Princeton Station towards Princeton Junction 3 miles away. There are plans to move the Dinky stop 1/4 mile down the tracks because the University doesn't like mass transit and wants to turn the station into an arts center.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgejqTuQGtM
Northbound NJ Transit Atlantic City Line train blows through the Sherman Ave grade crossing in Waterford Works, NJ at 80mph led by GP40PH-2B #4208 with Comet V cab car #6039 trailing.
Built to connect Philadelphia with seaside resorts in Atlantic City, the former Camden and Atlantic Main Line once hosted some of the fastest scheduled passenger trains in the world due to its straight and flat topography.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96AmYceQTVs
A TexRail trainset departs the DFW Airport Station over a Clear signal indication on an LED searchlight dwarf en-route to Fort Worth T&P Station
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmyT6QoF7bA
View from the back of a weekend PATCO train as it runs from 15th and Locust to Haddonfield with a stretch of wrong railing between Broadway and Ferry Ave due to trackwork near CENTER tower.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7Dkdzj0iUM