Insane Chicagoland Hot Spot Action at Blue Island & Dolton, IL

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During my time in Illinois, some time was spent at two of the arguably busiest rail junctions in the Chicago area, Blue Island Junction and Dolton Junction. Both locations are incredibly busy railroading crossroads, with diamond intersections at both spots. Blue Island hosts the CSX Elsdon and Blue Island Subdivisions, the Indiana Harbor Belt Mainline and Iowa Interstate trackage, with Metra's Rock Island District overhead. BNSF, CN, CSX, IHB, Iowa Interstate and UP Trains can be seen here, while Dolton Jct hosts the UP Villa Grove Subdivision, the CSX Barr Subdivision and the IHB Main Line. Dolton Junction was a rain out but some good trains were seen despite the diminished video quality as a result of the weather, and some solid action was seen at Blue Island as well, so let's get started...
June 5th, 2022 - Blue Island, IL
00:00 - CSX I191, UP 8186 & NS 8186
03:31 - CSX Q565, CSX 3156 & NS 9809
06:25 - Indiana Harbor Belt, IHB 4012 & IHB 4010
June 6th, 2022 - Dolton, IL
08:53 - Amtrak 51, AMTK 37, CDOT 6708 & AMTK 169
09:55 - CSX Y310, CSX 4229, CSX 4056 & CSX 4067
12:30 - Westbound Autos, NS 4590 & UP 7426
15:08 - CSX M201, CSX 8017 & UP 2002
19:20 - NS 34J, UP 8778 & BNSF 8040
24:25 - IHB, IHB SW1500 1516 & IHB RP15DF 1514
June 7th, 2022 - Blue Island, IL
26:00 - CN L503 - CSX 3393 & CN 2549
32:46 - IHB crew with CN Potash, CN 8885 & CN 2651
35:41 - IHB crew with BNSF Autos, BNSF 7871, 4756, 1073 & 7471
38:27 - CSX Y205, CSX 8851 & 4061
39:29 - IAIS BICSX, IAIS 501
Thanks for watching!

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@v1-vr-rotatev2-vy_vx31 Жыл бұрын

Great vid😆 amazing how loud those horns are on a cell phone

@CHESSIE-FJR Жыл бұрын

Nice video, enjoyed all the different paint schemes.

@trainutjob Жыл бұрын

Thank you! I did too, you see almost everything there!

@majik2465 9 ай бұрын

Super nice video-a great railfanning spot! A microphone windscreen muff, i.e. "deadcat", would help reduce wind noise on your recordings. Keep up the great content!

@trainutjob 9 ай бұрын

Thank you very much! I’m glad you enjoyed the video!! I agree, that wind noise kills me sometimes, lol.

@HarrisonDavis Жыл бұрын

The 4 BNSF units on the Autoracks was probably IHB BN 9. I was at Blue Island, IL back on August 11th and had a BNSF 4163 solo on an autoack train called themselves as BN 9

@LibertyRailfan Жыл бұрын

Dam nice video Dan, jealous... So far I've been at Blue Island twice and only caught a lite power move I have to go back at some point.

@trainutjob Жыл бұрын

Thanks man! It’s a super cool spot, definitely looking forward to the return trip for sure!

@Lynchfan88 Жыл бұрын

I don't usually comment twice on the same vid but this is excellent. Around the 3:26 mark that manifest out of Collinwood Yard in Cleveland, Ohio. Collinwood is about 6 miles from my house and for all the years I've been a train fanatic I've never tried going in there to photograph or video anything. I figure now they've got it covered with security cameras anyway. Really nice vid here, like always you do a fantastic job. This isn't a 'good' spot to watch at, it's a superbly awesome spot and you capture it all so well especially the Indiana Harbor Belt moves.

@Nicola636128 Жыл бұрын

Great video.

@trainutjob Жыл бұрын

Thank you!!

@northpennvalleysteamrailroad Жыл бұрын

Awesome video friend

@trainutjob Жыл бұрын

Thanks bud!

@Lynchfan88 Жыл бұрын

Always been a superb spot for watching & photographs. Tons of action here all the time. Excellent vid.

@trainutjob Жыл бұрын

Thank you!! I can’t wait to check those spots out again when I get back next year!

@THEATREofPAIN270 Жыл бұрын

Awesome Trip DD. 🤘😎🤘

@trainutjob Жыл бұрын

Thanks brother, it certainly was! I wanna do it again lol.

@THEATREofPAIN270 Жыл бұрын

@@trainutjob Fut Kin A & Points West 🤘😎🤘. I smell pancakes 🥞

@bigjohnrailproductions8370 Жыл бұрын

Aw sick dude. Tons of action on different power.

@trainutjob Жыл бұрын

Thanks bud!

@StormySkyRailProductions Жыл бұрын

Great place, lots of cool action!

@trainutjob Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@StormySkyRailProductions Жыл бұрын

@@trainutjob Your welcome.

@jinkela8475 Жыл бұрын

Great catches! I wonder how you got close to the diamond in Dolton?

@trainutjob Жыл бұрын

Thank you! There’s a little access road by the bowling pin or whatever it is on the corner by the crossing lol.

@jinkela8475 Жыл бұрын

@@trainutjob I see. Thought the diamond was already off the limit. Great to know there is still an accessible path. Thanks!

@jaygatz4335 Жыл бұрын

Was that empty narrow trestle used for a single track at one point?

@ihateleakerslmao Жыл бұрын

6:48

@GoogsMindbent Жыл бұрын

nice catches

@trainutjob Жыл бұрын

Thank you!