Metra SD70MACH, Amtrak Polar Express, and More around Chicago!

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On December 10th, 2023, Metra ran a special passenger train from Chicago Union Station to O’Hare and back to pick up some politicians. The power for the train was new SD70MACH #507 and F40PH #104 (City of Chicago). I caught this special move arriving and departing CUS as well as returning from O’Hare at Galewood. While waiting for the special, I captured a few other interesting trains, including Amtrak’s Polar Express with heritage P42DC #160, and a pair of KCS units at Galewood!
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@mplsmike4023 7 ай бұрын

Wake the neighbors! The horns on those Mac-H’s are CRAZY!

@MrThecroatian 8 ай бұрын

Wow, I loved the Metra loco with the colors of the Chicago municipal flag.

@OtakuBNSF 8 ай бұрын

*that new metra looks like a beast and a sight to behold!*

@Thomas1980 8 ай бұрын

👍👍👍 LIKE - Nice Video👍👍👍 👍👍👍👍Thumbs up!👍👍👍👍

@sernajrlouis 8 ай бұрын

Awesome locomotive. Great video

@kolejnakolej.1437 8 ай бұрын

Interesting video and trains. 👍Greetings from Poland.

@TheMetGuy 8 ай бұрын

Metra has awesome MACHs

@Railfan7594 8 ай бұрын

I love the new SD70MACH on Metra. Also I loved the Polar Express Amtrak coach.

@BobbyCase 8 ай бұрын

Metra's SD70MACH's are awesome!

@FlightAndTrack 8 ай бұрын

Amtrak pepsi can polar Express?!!! That's better than the real thing

@chrisperry1151 8 ай бұрын

The opening video with the signal bridge still displaying search light signals was fantastic!!! Love it!!!

@Niko217studios 8 ай бұрын

I went to the polar express Amtrak and I just realized The Pepsi can livery 160 was the one pulling the train

@Mauscmkwk 8 ай бұрын

3:11 the real og f40

@FlightAndTrack 8 ай бұрын

Npcu on Midwest?!! Daaamnnmn!

@RailfanBrenden. 5 ай бұрын

4:54 Metra SD-70mach

@dwkcamman611 8 ай бұрын

Very nice!

@lashendawest7509 8 ай бұрын

Great catches and nice video sam

@coleallen3895 6 ай бұрын

Their nickname should be the “Stomach” units since the name SD70MACH almost spells the word stomach with 70 replacing “TO”

@Band__geek 8 ай бұрын

I just realized 104 has the Christmas train decor still on

@MikeG42 8 ай бұрын

Good video Sam👍

@JujuRailProductions 8 ай бұрын

2:41 💀

@arandomuser101 8 ай бұрын

Bro forgot to do the back

@thomasmackowiak 8 ай бұрын

Nice video, Sam! I enjoyed watching the video. I was wondering which Metra station you were at when I saw the storage tank with the Mars Chocolate North America sign on it at 5:43. I had not read your description of the video before I watched the video. I originally thought that you might have been at the Mars Metra stop at Oak Park Avenue on the Milwaukee West District Line.

@ronaldlynnjohnson7589 8 ай бұрын

Very nice. Went to college in Chicago and then drove ambulance in Elmhurst. Still love Chicago. Question: What is the red light (oscillating?) on some of the engines and on the cab cars. Never have seen one working. Thanks guys 🤔

@jaysmith1408 8 ай бұрын

If I recall correctly, it’s an emergency beacon. When they go into emergency, it flashes.

@NotSoLazyKuna 8 ай бұрын

If I’m not wrong. the reason why the SD70MAC is double heading with 104 cause since the SD70MAC was never really built for Passenger service. So since the F40PH has the Equipment & other stuff that a passenger locomotive needs. Like powering the coaches. But the SD70MAC dose not have passenger specs. Like again it was only made for freight. So yeah Also I’m not sure if this is true that why they have to double head. but correct if I’m wrong

@jaysmith1408 8 ай бұрын

They were Mac’s, but Metra had them rebuilt by Progress Rail as Machs, which has them regeared for speed, new brake controllers, tier 3 emissions compliance, and a HEP system.

@SamLovesTrains 8 ай бұрын

The MACs have passenger specs. They’ve been running them solo on trains recently.

@AndreiTupolev 8 ай бұрын

SD70MACH is HEP fitted, hence the H. They were heavily rebuilt, they're probably still being run in hence the provision of another locomotive

@tom-and-mom 8 ай бұрын

SamLovesTrains, when you see an SD70MACH pulling a Metra train, why is there another locomotive coupled to it as well?

@SamLovesTrains 8 ай бұрын

They’ve been running the MACHs solo on trains lately, I just haven’t caught one yet. I guess they just wanted to use two units on this special run just in case something happens.