CHICAGOLAND. The "Dinky Parade" on the BN race track. April 1991 

Great videos! Frightening to see folks run across the tracks unaware if another train was coming.

Thank you for posting this! I grew up a mile from Eola Yard and saw these on the head end of every suburban train!

The power has changed (I miss those E's!) but the Metra "Dinky Parade" on the BNSF is still well worth watching. Whenever I'm in Chicago I make it a point to spend some time out at the racetrack. And I wish Amtrak would get back into the mail and express business--the CZ was even more impressive with all those head end cars in the consist.

A LOT of these have escaped the scrappers torch. Some of them are still running today.

Grew up and still live along these tracks. I miss seeing these E-9 locomotives...

I enjoyed the TRAINS magazine article from 1987 or '88 featuring this racetrack in general and the E9's in particular. The E9's sound quieter than I imagined. The 3 F40's and "material handling cars" on train 6 sure do give an early-'90's look. Great job!

Nice job... I watched who knows how many of those at Naperville and Eola when I was a kid. That's probably still the best commuter line in the country.

MAN DO I LOVE THOSE e9s

excellant classic footage grew up by the triple track in the 70's-80's brings back alot of memories.The BN E-9's looked good, sounded good, and ran good.

I still live in the same house all my life 2 blocks from the tracks and I model in h.o. on a big layout and I painted up four Es in silver. And 1 E9. In B N. Green after the rebuilds just need the gallery cars to complete my set up. Brings back memory's that still come back when I see this video. I miss those days that I took for granted would last forever and blast those people who got rid of the horns.

Oh I love this!!! I operated 9908 at the the IRM, this video is superb!!!

So no one noticed at 0:28 was 9911 & 9912

for as popular as those BN E's where, there weren't many models made of them.

They are green giants indeed!!!

Fantastic video, those E-units sure are missed

Awesome!! Love these old work horses! While I sure do miss these i love the F40's too, so its kinda a win-win

Wonderful I love the Burlington Northern E9's, E8's and those Phase III F40's and Superliners!

BN sure had those old E units purring!

The Dinky Parade Started Every year.🚂🚂🚂

was the amtrak in this video amtraks california zephyr or the southwest chief?

Is that cab car at 1:18 a Milwaukee Road?

The name "DINKY" lives on, Grew up in Berwyn along the Burlington RR in the WW11 period and the name for the little commuter steam engines was the Dinky. You didn`t catch a train to go to Chicago, you rode the Dinky.

I grew up in La Grange with the Es, brings a lump to the throat, knowing a number of them are scrap now, at least IRM Has 4 OF THESE QUEENS OF THE RAILS.

Yay

I grew up with these units!

At 3:26 why did the train stop

@metraF40PH163 i miss them also im so sad they don't use them any more

awesome video

Your editing looks good to me.

At 2:40 that the locomotive was involved in 1991 Downer Grove That struck Mary Theresa Poor Mary she tried attempted to cross the track but she couldn't including that she couldn't stop it was to late

2:31 BN 9912 THE ONE WHO KILLED A WOMAN

It'd be neat for then to get pne amd restore it as a heritage unit

What kind of locomotives are they using now?

LOVE IT

Are each cab a separate power unit?

@crazytaxi1000 Yeah, they sure were cool. I wish I would have seen them

nice!!!!