~~PLEASE COMMENT!~~ Railfanning action on 10/08/2009! Video

~*~PLEASE COMMENT!~*~ Railfanning action on 10/08/2009!

Today, I spent a portion of my rainy Thursday on the EJ&E (now CN).

Scene 1: At the yard, GTW GP38-2 4927 performs some switching, meeting EJ&E SD38-2 656, which is also performing some switching. A classic meet!

Scene 2: EJ&E 656 brings another cut of cars east out of the yard.

Scene 3: A little east of the yard, State Line loads thunder up the hill, behind a trio of noisy EMD's, the leader being EJ&E SD38-2 668. What a sight and sound!

Scene 4: We followed the State Line a little further east, catching him on the outer edges of Joliet.

Scene 5: On the way home, we heard GTW 4927 getting ready to go east, up the hill with the Smurfitt Stone Local. We got off I-80 and headed to a nearby location. We got it working hard to keep its short train going. First time I've ever seen a GTW working up the hill!

Scene 6: After being home for a while, I had my scanner on and heard JSW1 getting ready to come off the River Line in Plainfield. "Yay, an EJ&E", I think to myself. I was mistaken. CN SD70I 5615 leads the way south. On this line, CN runs the locomotive long hood forward heading north. It would have been weird seeing a 70I LHF when it made its northbound trip in the morning.

Enjoy and thank you very much for watching!

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NicTrain35: Thanks very much! I'll definitely keep them coming.

NicTrain35: Thanks, Ben! I've been seeing more and more of the Black Panthers. Hopefully, it continues! The EMD consist was definitely the train of the day!

PotHeadSunShine: nice video!

GhostFearMe: i had to turn up the volume on that EJ&E!

dutchtrainmanserie22: Awesome video 5*****

MustangNut2009: Is that EJ&E motor non-turbocharged?

GhostFearMe: not sure

mafarnz: Yep, SD38-2.

NicTrain35: Thanks, Guido!

NicTrain35: Oh yeah, definitely! Nothing beats the sound of a J in full throttle, with that Leslie blaring.

NicTrain35: Thanks, Adam!

GhostFearMe: oh yaa!

yourpageitsasheed: Hello excellent video but wath locomotive is the number 656?? 5* and favorites

UnionPacificRules: Nice catches!

yurysausage: awesome , still love that good ol GTW

sd40u: love the pair of SD40u's, awesome catches!

NicTrain35: Thanks very much, Israel! 656 is an EMD SD38-2.

NicTrain35: Thanks, Justin!

NicTrain35: Thanks, Eric! Yeah, same here. The guys in the yards have been doing a great job of keeping them clean, too.

NicTrain35: Thanks a lot!

BossIJeff: nice man like everyone is saying they sure do keep there engines in good shape

lionbill: another Winner Nick!

NicTrain35: Thanks, Jeff! Yep, even the EJ&E units are looking nice and clean. That makes me think that they don't have any plans of repainting these engines anytime soon.