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Driving trains from here to there... (and back again) Derby, UK
Some #Amtrak mileage accumulation (well, 1038mi to be exact) to the Mile High City with 05 1400 Chicago Union > Emeryville ‘Californian Zephyr’ - motive power by GE #P42DC #Genesis 198 & 204 ‘Beech Grove’ (captured at Galesburg)
18.11.2025 19:14 — 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Forty-four stop, 46:40hr, 2076mi #Amtrak 040 1105 Miami > Chicago Union ‘Floridian’ nears journeys end…
17.11.2025 20:00 — 👍 9 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
Big Apple to The Windy City showdown as
Siemens #Charger powered #Amtrak 051 0640 New York Penn > Chicago Union (via Indianapolis) ‘Cardinal’ leads GE #Genesis powered 049 1540 New York Penn > Chicago Union (via Buffalo) ‘Lake Shore Limited’ along #TheRacetrack
Chicago Transit Authority “Elevated” or #TheL or just #L
17.11.2025 16:40 — 👍 16 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
#UnionPacific, GM ElectroMotive-Diesel, #SD40N 1756+1716 running light across Blue Island Jn
16.11.2025 21:11 — 👍 12 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
GE #Dash #8-32BWH 517 relegated from the mainline to “yard duties” shunts heritage stock around #Amtrak Chicago Depot
15.11.2025 21:47 — 👍 16 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
#Metra GM ElectroMotive-Diesel #F40PH 135 ‘Village of Arlington Heights’ & 145
‘City of Aurora’ - Chicago Ogilvie Station
Wabtec MotivePower #MP36PH 425 ‘Don Orseno’ stands ready to power #Metra Rock Island 703 1630 Chicago LaSalle > Joliet
15.11.2025 21:46 — 👍 9 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Siemens #Charger ALC-42 325 & 335 double-head #Amtrak 07 1505 Chicago Union > Seattle King Street/Portland Union ‘Empire Builder’ through Fulton Market District
15.11.2025 01:02 — 👍 34 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
GE #P42DC #Genesis No.55 powers #Amtrak 337 1515 Chicago Union > Milwaukee-Downtown ‘Hiawatha’ through Fulton Market District
14.11.2025 22:22 — 👍 20 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
GE #P42DC #Genesis No.48 & No.69
#Amtrak Chicago Locomotive Shop
#Amtrak 125mph diesel-electric Siemens #Charger - Chicago Locomotive Shop
13.11.2025 23:57 — 👍 14 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
GE #P42DC #Genesis No.57 powers #Amtrak 319 0950 Chicago Union > Kansas City ‘Lincoln Service Missouri River Runner’ along #TheRacetrack
13.11.2025 22:42 — 👍 14 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
GM ElectroMotive-Diesel #F40PH 119 ‘Village of Cary’ & 116 ‘Village of Orland Park’ double-head #Metra BNSF 1301 1430 Chicago Union > Aurora along the Chicago Subdivision aka #TheRacetrack
12.11.2025 22:31 — 👍 8 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Rail Operations Group #Class93 93001 ‘Armed Forces Covenant’, working 0Q11 1022 Derby St Andrews > Worksop Down Yard, on the bi-directional Up Tamworth Fast - Derby
11.11.2025 19:48 — 👍 17 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
GBRf #Class47 47727 ‘Edinburgh Castle/Caisteal Dhun Eidea’, with Bombardier #Class221 221102 in-tow, working 5D96 0940 Derby (Alstom) Litchurch Lane > (Alstom) Central Rivers Depot towards Derby L&NW Jn
11.11.2025 19:44 — 👍 22 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
EuroPhoenix #Class37 37423 working Colas Rail Freight 0Z37 0750 Derby Rail Technical Centre > Colwick TMD past Etches Park Depot
10.11.2025 19:50 — 👍 16 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
#LNER #Class91 #InterCity225 #ECML
10.11.2025 19:50 — 👍 12 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Network Rail 1Q28 1022 Derby Rail Technical Centre > (Middlesbrough) Tees Yard Down Staging NMT #HST passes through through Sandiacre #ErewashValleyLine
09.11.2025 20:58 — 👍 16 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Withdrawn British Rail #Class60 Brush #Type5 60049 ‘Scafell’, 60045 ‘Josephine Butler’ & 60035 ‘Florence Nightingale’ - Toton
09.11.2025 20:58 — 👍 8 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
HNRC Swietelsky #Class37 37607 & EuroPhoenix 37608 ‘Andromeda’ - Derby Rail Technical Centre
08.11.2025 20:51 — 👍 19 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
Rail Operations Group Stadler, tri-mode, #Class93 93006 - Derby St Andrews Siding
08.11.2025 20:50 — 👍 16 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
EuroPhoenix #Class37 37501 ‘Teesside Steelmaster’ - Derby Rail Technical Centre Yard
07.11.2025 21:35 — 👍 15 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
LSL #Class37 37667 ‘Flopsie’, on-hire to Colas Rail Freight, idling at Derby Rail Technical Centre Yard
07.11.2025 21:34 — 👍 19 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
EMR InterCity #Class222 222012 125mph #DMU, working 5P22 0731 Nottingham > Melton Mowbray, arrives at its destination…
06.11.2025 18:35 — 👍 17 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Hitachi #BiMode #Class810 810004 - Melton Mowbray
06.11.2025 18:35 — 👍 18 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Rail Operations Group Stadler, tri-mode, #Class93 93006 - Derby Rail Technical Centre Yard
05.11.2025 20:28 — 👍 21 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Colas Rail Freight-liveried GBRf #Class60 60047 ‘Scafell Pike’, on-hire to DC Rail, hauling 6Z82 0800 Peak Forest D&C > Derby Chaddesden Sidings through Spondon #MML
04.11.2025 18:47 — 👍 16 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
GBRf #Class69 69016 ‘British Transport Police’ hauling 7X18 0720 Doncaster Up Decoy > Toton North Yard through Spondon #MML
04.11.2025 18:47 — 👍 11 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
GBRf #Class47 47739, with Bombardier #Class221 221105 in-tow, stands ready at P3 Derby to work 5D96 0940 Derby (Alstom) Litchurch Lane > (Alstom) Central Rivers Depot
04.11.2025 18:46 — 👍 29 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
