The Lazy Railfan

The Lazy Railfan Taking train videos with my cell phone while waiting for trains to pass. Videos won’t last longer than 2-3 minutes.

Will try to upload videos from when I used to railfan a bit more frequently. Finally trying to share videos from years past.

07/21/2026

Inbound (east) passing by JB tower in West Chicago heading for downtown Chicago with a load of commuters heading for work
# JB Tower # passenger trains # trains

07/03/2026

Southbound tank train pounding the diamonds at West Chicago heading towards Joliet in the former EJ&E trackage. Has a distributed power unit on the rear. 3 rd unit is from Progressive Rail
chicago tower &E railroad

06/25/2026

Back to NY State with a long freight heading towards New Jersey

06/13/2026

Back at Fostoria Ohio. Southbound train off former C&O main and making a right turn and heading to the former B&O mainline

06/10/2026

Northbound stack train leaving NYC other side of river is the town of Poughkeepsie NY
The bridge in the background was an old railroad bridge converted to a trail.

06/07/2026
06/07/2026

We have a west bound stack train struggling uphill. I wanted to show just how much of a climb it is for westbounds.

06/07/2026

Here is the end of the garbage train. Don’t know if these units are DPU or manned helpers.

, norfolksouthern, mountainrailroading

06/07/2026

The first train was a westbound train of garbage (literally) as it struggles going up the 2% grade. Was a very long train and had 2 helpers on the rear. This is really my first glance at “mountain “ railroading” .
# horseshoecurve, norfolksouthern, trains

Well made it here . Now for some trains????
06/05/2026

Well made it here . Now for some trains????

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