Mark's Real Trains is my real life Rail Fan Channel affiliated with Mark's Lionel Trains. Short snipits of Railroad action around the Chicago O'hare area. The Elk Grove and Bensenville switch yards will be covered on this channel as well. Thanks for watching.
Gosh Yes Matt.! I have never been in the cab of a real working Locomotive let alone ride down the rails. What a great day it was. Just got back from the EAA Air Venture camping week so getting caught up on RU-vid. Very strange that a bird got into my train room somehow while I was gone (caught him on my security camera) and messed up my scenery. I'm trying to decide if I want to fix it or pack everything up because I want to move soon? Have a great week.! 😊
Union Pacific’s Belvidere Subdivision ( built as the main line of the Galena & Chicago Union Railroad, later the Chicago & Northwestern ) paralleling IRM’s mainline. Speaking of IRM’s mainline, it was originally built as the Elgin & Belvidere Electric Railway ( 1907-1930 )…glad that these pieces of history remain!
Thank You.! I wondered about the rail line next to the one we were on.! Very interesting to know about the tracks we were on as well.! Great information.! BIG 👍
Yrs ago I was with my friend Richard jett in Ill and my oldest brother wanted us to go the museum somewhere south of Rock Island but we found a small museum and trains but the video you put out is probably the one we should have been at because we were looking for the Rock Island Line witch it was in the video of yours...Thanks
IRM is a whole heck of a lot bigger now than it was 25 years ago. AFAIK the IRM is the only RR museum in northern Illinois with operating equipment and train rides.
Yes, IRM has been around for as long as I can remember and like the other commentor said it has got a lot bigger.! Probably the most in door storage I have ever seen in a railway museum. Most of the buildings are not open but I'll bet they have a lot of stuff being restored.! You are welcome and thanks for watching.!
Yes, My friend signed up to run a Locomotive a few months ago and the price is around $300.00. I was lucky enough to be able to ride along. They offer steam as well but only have 6 slots per season so you have to sign up very early for those.
You are very welcome. Gosh Yes.! You are close. We had to drive and hour to go and it was really worth it. I have been before just never got to ride on a locomotive. 😊
California has several historic steam trains you can ride. The state has contacted them all and informed them to keep operating they need to convert the coal fired powerplant to electric. The state & fed have money to help get this done. It dont matter where you played before, California is a brand new game. !
I recently read about some new restrictions on Rail roads in California soon. Shame they would do that to old historical ones as well. Not surprised though. That state seems to be not happy with anything.
I don't really promote it and don't do much with it right now. Metra in our area still runs quite a few F40PH but I'm not sure about or what the cs designation is?
I Think it's the air dryer removeing moisture from the compressed air system when recharging the air brakes. The spitting sound is a little of the air being spit out with water to the underside. They all seem to do this. Great Question.! Mark
From what I can find out about that ticking sound is that it is the moisture being blown out. The more humid it is, or the more loosely the valve is set, the more frequently it will blow out, which when happening rapidly makes a clicking sound. I guess this makes sense!?!
Thanks Matt.! Almost missed him.! Barely got the Camera out in time. Ya the SD70 is really nice. I need a C C configuration for my railroad as well. 👍😊
Great Question Stephen.! 👍I Think it's the air dryer removeing moisture from the air system when recharging the air brakes. The spitting sound is a little of the air being spit out with water to the underside. They all seem to do this. Have a great rest of your weekend.! Thanks for Watching.!😊Mark
Man, I miss th SW-1500 locomotives. When I lived in Pensacola CSXT had two based there. They were 1109 and 1110. When I first got there in 1992 they were in Seaboard Systems paint; then very early CSX; then, YN3 (dark future) paint. 1109 was my favorite. They'd leave for 92-day inspections, then show up again. Little workhorses. Finally, one day they were gone for good. Last I heard 1109 went to LTEX (Larry's Truck And Electric - or something), in Ohio. If I had won the lottery............... They came originally from L&N I'm told. I sure miss seeing those little "butt-heads". For those who love SW1500's this is a great video with really good footage of one.
Sw 1001’s were the toughest switchers I’ve worked in and around. Two together could easily handle 100+ cars switching and drilling traffic. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/EMD_SW1001
The LIRR was running MP15AC engines,in freight and passenger service! On the Oyster Bay branch,they ran MP15 sandwiches,with two MP's,and 3to5 ex MU cars in service! Add some FA/F dummies,and C420's,GP38-2's,Mineola was quite a interesting place in the 70's,80's! Memories,that can't be replicated! Forgot,a couple of ex-SP engines actually would up on the East Coast,and worked in Queens and Brooklyn[that's New York,not Oregon]! Interesting times!! Thank you!! 😇
