※Trains

Link to model train site

Chicago Area Train Radios

• [BNSF, CN, CP, Metra, NS, and UP] (https://m.broadcastify.com/listen/feed/35293)
• CTA
• CP, CN, UP Rail - Rondout Area
• Northern Illinois Railroads

Train Spotting Schedules

Irving Park Metra, UP-NW

• 1/2/24 12:00 pm UP loco hauling CP boxcar
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Freight trains pass nearby on MD-NW tracks

• 12:30 pm on Saturdays
• 1:30 pm on Saturday (heard, not confirmed)
• 3:20 pm on a Saturday (recorded, not confirmed)
• 4:10 pm on a Saturday (recorded, not confirmed)
• 5:10 pm on a Saturday (observed by Caitlin 1/7/23)
• 2:40 pm on a Sunday (heard, not confirmed)
• 8:50 am Tuesday (heard, not confirmed)
• 10:00 am Friday (heard, not confirmed)
• 5:08 pm Wednesday (heard, not confirmed)
• 5:21 pm Wednesday (heard, not confirmed)

Heard air horn, could be Amtrak

• 4:12 pm weekdays?
• 3:30 pm weekdays? May have been Metra. B was the root note.
• 2:00 pm Thursday?
• 10:00 am Thusday?

Michigan

• 8:00 pm Sunday edt, train passes through Stevensville MI

Heritage units

• Milwaukee Road 405, MD-N (2615)

Reference

• Reporting marks

The real trains behind our models

• Tyco Union Pacific "Omaha GP-20" diesel engine 5628 (model from 1970s)
• Hobbytown 1950s steel body is EMD-FT, started manufacture in 1939?, two headlight livery was found on Santa Fe passenger service
• Lionel Republic Steel 9142 gondola car, year 1971
  • History / Brochure

Train Simulator Classic (Dovetail Games) Add-Ons:

• Railserve List
• G-Trax
• Digital Train Model
• High Iron Simluations
• Just Trains
• Reppo
• Searchlight Simulations
• Smokebox
• Travel By Train

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2216464044

https://forums.dovetailgames.com/threads/chicago-area-1950s.16908/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3hRYwDYXkc

https://chitransit.org/topic/3741-cta-in-train-simulator/

Pack that adds the Metra logo to station signs and rolling stock http://railworksamerica.com/index.php/download-library/accessories?view=document&id=1858:metra-signage-logos&catid=24:accessories

Pack that adds the BNSF logo to the rolling stock http://railworksamerica.com/index.php/download-library/accessories?view=document&id=1866:usa-textures-for-the-racetrack&catid=24:accessories

https://railworksamerica.com/index.php/download-library/accessories?view=document&id=3184:g-trax-container-reskins-v1&catid=24:accessories

https://railworksamerica.com/index.php/download-library/accessories?view=document&id=1859:ts2015-racetrack-physics-mod-pack&catid=24:accessories

Train history facts

• Oldest steam train:
• Biggest steam train ever:
• Fastest steam train ever:
• Biggest Diesel train ever:
• Fastest Diesel train ever: