This is a followup video post related to my Metra trip to Elmhurst for nab an inbound UP-West Line morning express run. In addition to the run itself I also have a few additional Metra videos taken at the Elmhurst station.
The first video shows METRA F40PH-3 #127 departing Elmhurst at the head of an inbound UP West Line morning express train. This was the first day of a new schedule with 10 additional inbound trains and this specific new train was running about 5 minutes late as the crews and dispatchers has not quite gotten the new service down pat. For a brief moment my friend and I were worried that this was somehow our intended inbound express train, but we stood firm and were ultimately correct in our assessment.
The second video comes after we had crossed over to the outbound platform when another bonus inbound local METRA UP-West line train powered by F40PH-3 #147 pulled into the station.
While this train was performing its work at the platform, UP GP15AC #728 towing a lone Metra gallery car rolled by on the center train and challenged #147 to a bit of a race and despite the shop move's rolling start the loaded Metra commuter train managed to out accelerate the little yard engine that could and take the Clear signal at PARK interlocking first.
Alright, time for the main attraction. Here is video from the front of an inbound morning METRA express train from Elmhurst to Oak Park. Because of the new schedule the dispatcher appears to forget about our train approaching PROVO JCT, but they remember before our train has to come to a complete stop.
The second part of the trip covers from Oak Park to the former Chicago Northwestern Terminal. A restricted speed crossiver, as opposed to the usual 40mph movement, at KEDZIE adds some additional time, but the trip is otherwise without delay. Included in the video the morning conga line of deadhead commuter trains traveling back to the Western Ave and California Ave yard. Also at the 5:50 mark we catch up with UP #Y728 and the shop move waiting at KEDZIE for us to pass.
Well I hope you liked all the photos and video. Up next is a trip back out west to see some more sights on the Tennessee Pass Line.
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