Windy City Hot Spots - Rondout, Illinois. Part 2: Milwaukee Road, Metra

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Trains come in all directions at the historic junction of Rondout, Illinois, where the former Milwaukee Road mainline crosses the Elgin, Joliet & Eastern. In Part 2, we witness the Milwaukee Road in twilight, as the orange locomotives get diluted by red and white Soo Line power. And we watch the “Scoot Parade” as the fleet of Metra commuter trains roll west to Fox Lake on a summer evening.
Amtrak. Milwaukee Road. EJ&E. Elgin Joliet and Eastern. WICT. Wisconsin and Calumet. Metra. Soo Line. Hiawatha. Hiawatha Service. Rondout. Rondout Tower. Tower Operator. C&M. Chicago and Milwaukee Subdivision. Waukegan. Milwaukee Road Hiawatha.

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@Chescat124 7 дней назад

As a Milwaukee Road Representative I can officially endorse this content

@TexasRailfan21-RailfanRyan 5 месяцев назад

I have to admit shortly after SOO Line’s acquisition of the Milwaukee Road there was still plenty Of Milwaukee Road power still displaying they’re full letters and colors before the black patches were applied truly the engines look great without those patches showing their true colors

@EastEndProductionsArchiv-lm3lq 12 дней назад

The "black beards" were truly disgraceful to the Soo Line. A complete lack of class for a once classy railroad. RR

@TexasRailfan21-RailfanRyan 12 дней назад

@@EastEndProductionsArchiv-lm3lq I agree for once nothing compared to the Original Milwaukee Road Orange units with the Milwaukee Road diamond

@TexasRailfan21-RailfanRyan 5 месяцев назад

0:55 I love how the lead engine displays the Hiawatha symbol on the nose

@Blaze06 6 месяцев назад

This was pretty darn good! Love all the RS3L air horns asw!

@EastEndProductionsArchiv-lm3lq 6 месяцев назад

Thanks!

@gtptube 10 месяцев назад

The Rondout files could be a regular mini series. You spent a lot of time there, and it never gets old. This week's request: do a Friday five in Rondout tower operators

@EastEndProductionsArchiv-lm3lq 10 месяцев назад

That is going to be a tough request to fill. The tower still stands, but there are no operators there anymore. The signal department is now using the tower and from what I hear, that is the reason it hasn't been torn down yet. As for Rondout itself, the place has seen so many recent changes, not the least of which is the addition of a third main track on the former MILW C&M sub! RR

@gtptube 10 месяцев назад

@@EastEndProductionsArchiv-lm3lq I thought you might have some 80s footage of operators.

@rooseveltmccarter6087 9 месяцев назад

Those locomotives were very fast.

@Erik-mz7yq 10 месяцев назад

The Hiawatha slow order. "Slow to 90."

@J3scribe Месяц назад

11:05 I've got to admit I've never seen that many high/wide loads on one train in 50+ years of being a railfan. Very cool catch.

@meltiff611 13 дней назад

My grandpa has a Milwaukee Rd., Lionel train

@metalheadrailfan 10 месяцев назад

Foreshadowing with those KCS units

@EastEndProductionsArchiv-lm3lq 10 месяцев назад

Great observation! RR

@WesternOhioInterurbanHistory 3 месяца назад

I love the shot of the F40PH taken from right in front of it, it's awesome

@remylopez4821 10 месяцев назад

At 14:45 I don’t think I would of been standing there filming 😳nice shot though

@EastEndProductionsArchiv-lm3lq 10 месяцев назад

It looks worse than it was. I was actually standing well left of the camera. The camera was mounted on a very heavy-duty tripod. The shot does kinda reach out and grab ya! RR

@Corsair807 10 месяцев назад

15:28 kinda fascinating that 2123 went onto the Fox Lake sub back then. Nowadays 2123 only goes out to Deerfield, then turns back as 2144. It's pretty much the train that kicks off evening rush in the current Milwaukee North schedule

@jwernhol 6 месяцев назад

10:42. Puberty

@oregonwesternrailroadprodu5239 10 месяцев назад

im a huge milw fan and hearing a milw gp38 with what i assume is a K5L made my jaw drop

@luisp5036 10 месяцев назад

6:33 that doppler effect was beautiful

@Isaactheviolinist 10 месяцев назад

Man it's always good to watch history of the railroads and what road were the wishbone railroad crossings at

@michaelpatrickhamilton3384 9 месяцев назад

Great to see Milwaukee road again Great footage

@EastEndProductionsArchiv-lm3lq 9 месяцев назад

Thank you! We have a lot of other MILW footage in the archive. If you haven't done so yet, check out our Milwaukee Road Friday Five for just a sample of what we have. RR

@classicalman114 8 месяцев назад

18:48 perfect prime 920.

@OgaugeTrainsplusslotCars 10 месяцев назад

Nice and sweet

@Spanderson99 10 месяцев назад

Loved the shot of #8 pounding the diamonds. Based on the flying dust and the reaction of the trackside photographer, it looked like a very loose interpretation of “track speed”!

@EastEndProductionsArchiv-lm3lq 9 месяцев назад

It was even more exciting to watch Amtrak's SDP40Fs hit the diamonds back in the 70s! The eastbound units would drop significantly after crossing the road (Route 176), then they would hit the crossover to the Fox Lake Sub and start slamming from side to side. They would simultaneously be bouncing and hunting wildly as they crossed the diamonds at "track speed"! RR

@SIGINT007 Месяц назад

8 was late…shocking 😂

@colinmulder6806 10 месяцев назад

Looks like Amtrak #8 lost a locomotive eariler in it's trip.

@jmream2618 6 месяцев назад

What happened to Amtrak’s gallery coaches

@EastEndProductionsArchiv-lm3lq 6 месяцев назад

Most, if not all of them ended up in private ownership. RR

@davidchapman1519 10 месяцев назад

Well we are all thinking it so I'm gona say it. Anyone working on a time machine yet?????????

@EastEndProductionsArchiv-lm3lq 10 месяцев назад

We have captured half of our raw footage to digital. Every time I capture more footage that I've forgotten all about, it is a time machine in a way. RR

@mrmrb04 10 месяцев назад

@@EastEndProductionsArchiv-lm3lqThis really is the next best thing to a time machine thank you!

@EastEndProductionsArchiv-lm3lq 10 месяцев назад

@@mrmrb04 Thank you. We are very happy to be able to share all this cool stuff with you. RR

@mikepriceup 3 месяца назад

In 2024 that first trains crew would be fired for going across a railroad crossing at speed with the headlights off.

@EastEndProductionsArchiv-lm3lq 2 месяца назад

Times were different then. Railroaders were railroaders and railroading was an artform. Today, neither is true. RR

@jwernhol 6 месяцев назад

6:26 is this normal for Amtrak to run a train backwards like that? They are also going pretty fast, dangerous looking!

@EastEndProductionsArchiv-lm3lq 6 месяцев назад

Push-Pull operations are common in the Midwest. Having a lightweight cab car leading a high-speed train has a disadvantage over a heavy locomotive in the event of a collision, but overall, the concept works. RR