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Railfanning Franklin Park and La Grange, IL, on 06/14/2025

On a cloudy Saturday, me and my friends decided to go to the Franklin Park Railroad Daze event for the first time to see what we could catch. While the display locomotives were cool, the action was lacking, to say the least, as we managed to catch only four trains during the four hours we were there. There was an eastbound manifest with a KCS thundercab leader, but that was only a yard movement, so we didn't catch it. Disappointed, we decided to head to La Grange to railfan both the BNSF Racetrack and the IHB mainline at Gordon Park. However, we weren't able to get the shots of the Racetrack we thought we could, and the IHB was looking pretty dead anyways, so we went to the nearby Metra station, where we caught a further 18 trains (including one at Gordon Park), ending up with a total of 22: ten Metra, one CPKC, nine BNSF, and two Amtrak. Highlights of the day included a westbound CSX SD70MAC running lite at Franklin Park and a westbound BNSF hopper train led by two CSX AC44CMs at La Grange. Enjoy! Featured railfans: ‪@ChicagoAreaRailfan‬ ‪@RustyRicketsRR‬ Recorded on 06/14/2025 in Franklin Park and La Grange, IL Franklin Park 1. Inbound Metra METX 522 (SD70MACH built October 1999 as TFM 1616, an SD70MAC) 2. Inbound Metra METX 519 (SD70MACH built September 1999 as TFM 1613, an SD70MAC) 3. Outbound Metra METX 518 (SD70MACH built September 1999 as TFM 1608, an SD70MAC) 4. Westbound CPKC lite power move CSX 4547 (SD70MAC built December 1999 as CSX 747) La Grange 5. Eastbound BNSF manifest BNSF 8186 (ES44C4 built 2014) BNSF 3848 (ET44C4 built 2015) (rear DPU) 5.5.1 Inbound Metra (not recorded) METX 189 (ex-RTA F40PHM-3 built December 1991 as an F40PHM-2) 5.5.2 Eastbound Amtrak California Zephyr? (not recorded) AMTK 153 (P42DC built March 2001) AMTK 139 (P42DC built January 2001) 6. and 7. Westbound BNSF z-train meets Eastbound Amtrak Southwest Chief 6. Westbound BNSF z-train BNSF 7440 (ES44DC built 2008-10) BNSF 7831 (ES44DC built March 2010) BNSF 7145 (ES44C4 built 2013) BNSF 4118 (C44-9W built November 2002) (rear DPU) BNSF 7217 (ES44DC built January 2009) (rear DPU) 7. Eastbound Amtrak Southwest Chief AMTK 190 (P42DC built September 2001) AMTK 11 (P42DC built September 1996) 8. and 9. Inbound Metra meets Outbound Metra 8. Inbound Metra METX 208 (ex-RTA F40PHM-3 built October 1992 as an F40PHM-2) 9. Outbound Metra METX 192 (ex-RTA F40PHM-3 built February 1992 as an F40PHM-2) 10. Eastbound BNSF intermodal BNSF 6427 (ES44AC built 2009) BNSF 5546 (ES44C4 built 2017) 11. Westbound BNSF hopper train CSX 7260 (AC44CM built December 1998 as CSX 385, an AC44CW) CSX 7251 (AC44CM built September 1997 as CSX 300, an AC44CW) 12. Inbound Metra METX 197 (ex-RTA F40PHM-3 built March 1992 as an F40PHM-2) 13. Westbound BNSF coal train BNSF 3945 (ET44C4 built 2015) BNSF 9085 (SD70ACe built 2012) (rear DPU) 14. Outbound Metra METX 181 (ex-RTA F40PH-3 built July 1989 as an F40PH-2) 15. Eastbound BNSF coal train BNSF 6384 (ES44AC built 2009) BNSF 6304 (ES44AC built 2009) (rear DPU) 16. Westbound BNSF coal train BNSF 8499 (SD70ACe built 2014) BNSF 8547 (SD70ACe built 2014) 17. Eastbound BNSF z-train BNSF 6647 (ES44C4 built August 2010) BNSF 3830 (ET44C4 built 2016) BNSF 4752 (C44-9W built March 1998) 18. Outbound Metra (express) METX 189 (ex-RTA F40PHM-3 built December 1991 as an F40PHM-2) 19. Inbound Metra METX 213 (ex-RTA F40PHM-3 built December 1992 as an F40PHM-2) 20. and 21. Eastbound BNSF manifest meets Outbound Metra 20. Eastbound BNSF manifest BNSF 7064 (ES44C4 built July 2012) BNSF 7692 (ES44DC built March 2005) BNSF 7810 (ES44DC built 2010) (rear DPU) 21. Outbound Metra METX 208 (ex-RTA F40PHM-3 built October 1992 as an F40PHM-2) 22. Westbound Amtrak Carl Sandburg IDTX 4627 (SC-44 Charger built 2014-18)