just wondering how the action is at Grayslake is for activity on freight trains, i know that Metra uses this line but I was wondering about freight service is it fairly good for photographing freight service.
cssr just wondering how the action is at Grayslake is for activity on freight trains, i know that Metra uses this line but I was wondering about freight service is it fairly good for photographing freight service.
I don't know about Grayslake, but if you want a lot various kinds of freight + Metra, try somewhere on the UP-West line or (with Amtrak also) the BNSF line towards Aurora.
I doubt that there is much freight service. Wisconsin & Southern uses the line on trackage rights as part of its connection to Clearing, but that's about it.
Well, I live a few short miles north of Grayslake, IL. We're (including Grayslake) on on the CN (formerly Soo Line) main line. So there's a decent amount of freight traffic. It's not nonstop. I've never done a train count. I'll guess 20 or so long freights per 24 hour day. Metra doesn't run through here on weekends. They only have weekday service on this line.
Containers, oil, frac sand, mixed freight.
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