The internet is the express line for train spotters

Updated August 28 2014 - 10:18am, first published August 22 2014 - 12:56pm
Stephen Schmidt, 18, a young train enthusiast, watches a passing train. Photo: Chicago Tribune
Stephen Schmidt, 18, a young train enthusiast, watches a passing train. Photo: Chicago Tribune

While Metra commuters file onto their usual trains at Ogilvie Transportation Center, Chicago, Fred Van Dorpe frantically weaves from one platform to the next with a hand-held video camera strapped to his palm.

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