This video shows a 2 hour experience of railfanning at Elmhurst IL during a late morning/early afternoon time period of Union Pacific and Metra action.

Train 1: UP 5539, a GE ES44AC locomotive,and UP 4669, an EMD SD70M locomotive leads the daily UP IG3G2 transfer from Global 3 in Rochelle IL. to Global 2 in Proviso IL.

Train 2: UP 8540, an EMD SD70ACe locomotive and UP 8117, an EMD SD9043MAC locomotive (looks like she just recieved a car wash) leads an unusual lashup on the daily UP LPJ02 transfer from Proviso IL. to West Chicago IL.

Train 3: Metra 142, an EMD F40PH locomotive leads Metra Union Pacific West Corridor Service 503 with a nice crew.

Train 4: Metra 8507, a Nippon Sharyo Cabcar leads Metra Union Pacific West Corridor Service 506 with a horn happy engineer. Metra 151, an EMD F40PH locomotive provides the power of the train.

Train 5: UP 6445, a GE AC4400CW locomotive and UP 4591, an EMD SD70M locomotive leads the daily UP MPRDM, from Proviso IL to Des Moines IA.

Train 6: UP 5656 and 5748, 2 GE AC4400CW locomotives leads a UP Coke Train racing UP MPRDM.

Train 7: UP 7859, a GE ES44AC locomotive, UP 8477, an EMD SD70ACe, and UP 8697, an EMD SD70ACe leads the daily UP ZDLSK, or known as the Pacific Fruit Express, from Delhi CA to Selkirk NY.

Train 8: UP 8748, a brand spankin' new EMD SD70ACe locomotive leads UP IGNBPX, from Seattle WA to Bedford Park IL with UP 7514, a GE ES44AC locomotive as the DPU of the train.

Train 9: UP 4534, an EMD SD70M locomotive, UP 5437, a GE ES44AC locomotive, and UP 7612, a GE ES44AC locomotive leads UP ZSKDL, the Pacific Fruit Express from Selkirk NY to Delhi CA with a nice crew,

Filmed on 6-17-12.

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