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Western Railroad Discussion > Grabbing paperwork on the fly at West Chicago, ILDate: 08/21/14 16:34 Grabbing paperwork on the fly at West Chicago, IL Author: inCHI This video starts with a CN stack train grabbing paperwork at speed from the ex-EJ&E tower at West Chicago, IL. Unfortunately, I goofed and zoomed out before zooming in, which I tried to fix, but you can still see it happen.
The rest of the video samples a few other CN trains that passed by during about 12 hours that I was there in June. One train I regrettably failed to get video of was 216 empty frac sand cars, which really made a ruckus going across the triple-track UP main. There is a quick sample of it in there. The photo shows another northbound that I photographed with two CN C40-8M's. I'm still working on getting the photos from this day together; they will be in a future post. Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/21/14 21:41 by inCHI.  You must be a registered subscriber to watch videos. Join Today! Date: 08/21/14 17:35 Re: Train orders on the fly at West Chicago, IL Author: markmcal Good one! Nice editing.
Mark Austin TX Date: 08/21/14 19:14 Re: Train orders on the fly at West Chicago, IL Author: GN599 Whoa whoa whoa wait a minute, a manned tower and a crew picking up orders on the fly? I thought it was all crap now! I guess maybe not all the time lol.
Date: 08/21/14 21:20 Re: Train orders on the fly at West Chicago, IL Author: gyralite This is amazing. I would have lost a LOT of money on a bet. I've gotta believe that the train was picking up paperwork of some kind but not train orders. Is this REALLY train order territory now?
Date: 08/21/14 21:42 Re: Train orders on the fly at West Chicago, IL Author: inCHI gyralite Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > This is amazing. I would have lost a LOT of money > on a bet. I've gotta believe that the train was > picking up paperwork of some kind but not train > orders. Is this REALLY train order territory now? Ignorance on my part, it has been fixed. Posted from Android Date: 08/22/14 00:51 Re: Train orders on the fly at West Chicago, IL Author: zchcsse Great video! I was quite surprised myself to see a train pick up paperwork on the fly there, however in my case, the train slowed down to walking speed to do it.
-Tom Date: 08/22/14 02:49 Re: Train orders on the fly at West Chicago, IL Author: gandydancer4 Excellent Footage. You were right. That frac sand train beat the Hell outta those diamonds!! I bet it makes a lot of noise when a LOADED one goes across!!
Date: 08/22/14 04:00 Re: Train orders on the fly at West Chicago, IL Author: zchcsse gandydancer4 Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Excellent Footage. You were right. That frac sand > train beat the Hell outta those diamonds!! I bet > it makes a lot of noise when a LOADED one goes > across!! Yeah, the fact that it's a "Quiet Zone" at this location is almost moot! :) Date: 08/22/14 04:40 Re: Train orders on the fly at West Chicago, IL Author: pilotblue Very nice, thanks for posting the video. I have never been to that spot, how busy is it and what do you see?
Thanks again! Date: 08/22/14 05:04 Re: Train orders on the fly at West Chicago, IL Author: hwb36604 that's some diamond banging for sure
Date: 08/22/14 07:26 Re: Train orders on the fly at West Chicago, IL Author: inCHI pilotblue Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Very nice, thanks for posting the video. I have > never been to that spot, how busy is it and what > do you see? > > Thanks again! Very busy. UP's triple track main has Metra service and something like 40+ freight trains a day, while CN's route has something like 20 trains a day. A lot more info is here: http://www.dhke.com/CRJ/turner.html Date: 08/22/14 08:24 Re: Train orders on the fly at West Chicago, IL Author: junctiontower The website mentions nearly 100 daily on the UP, counting Metra. Correct/incorrect?
Date: 08/22/14 08:43 Re: Train orders on the fly at West Chicago, IL Author: inCHI junctiontower Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > The website mentions nearly 100 daily on the UP, > counting Metra. Correct/incorrect? I might have understated UP traffic... Date: 08/22/14 09:15 Re: Train orders on the fly at West Chicago, IL Author: OmahaTom This is incredible! Great video and action! I just found my next reason to take another trip to Chicago (via the Zephyr of, course...)!
Tom Loftus Omaha, NE Date: 08/22/14 16:58 Re: Train orders on the fly at West Chicago, IL Author: ns1000 Nice video!!!
Date: 08/22/14 19:15 Re: Train orders on the fly at West Chicago, IL Author: sixaxlecentury Hooping orders is still a daily ritual on the Long Island Rail Road. Ironically, today is the 8th anniversary of the closing of PD Tower out there, one of the towers to still hoop them before being consolidated west to a different one.
Date: 08/24/14 08:24 Re: Train orders on the fly at West Chicago, IL Author: dharris I was out there in 2009 and watched a train miss catching the trainorders. The commuters that morning weren't too happy when the train stopped in the middle of the crossing so the conductor could run back and pick up the orders...
http://www.pbase.com/harry1/image/113051501 dharria Date: 08/24/14 22:49 Re: Grabbing paperwork on the fly at West Chicago, IL Author: CanyonTiger Excellent video! Was not expecting to see train orders being picked up, nor did I realize they were still used in this fashion! Again, awesome video!!
Tiger Posted from iPhone Date: 08/25/14 21:01 Re: Train orders on the fly at West Chicago, IL Author: CN_Hogger rantoul Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > So, what is the paperwork being picked up? Most likely a set of TGBOs(Tabular General Bulletin Order) for the crew to get to Fon Du Lac, WI. CN_Hogger Date: 08/27/14 16:04 Re: Train orders on the fly at West Chicago, IL Author: Castle_Romeo I wish I had filmed those EJ&E taconite ore trains back in the 1990's.
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