Butler, In is the busy crossing of the ex Conrail nee New York Central Norfolk Southern Chicago Line and Norfolk Southern's ex Wabash Detroit-Decatur line.  During a 24 hour period it may be possible to see well over 100 trains.
6 Amtrak trains will soon pass through Butler daily, all on the Chicago Line, the Lake Shore Limited passes through in mid-morning westbound, the Westbound Capital limited passes though in the early morning Westbound, and the Pennsylvanian passes through at about the same time as the Lake Shore in the morning.   A good spot to sit is in the drive behind Laredo Lanes on the east side of town on US 6.  The crossing is right there.  Conrail trains have access to the steel mills west of town on NS and take the switch across the tracks from Laredo Lanes.  West of town is a McDonalds and Subway along with some gas stations.  Butler is located between Bryan, Oh and Waterloo, In on US 6, In extreme Northeastern, In.  Stop by and you won't be dissapointed.  Do some driving around and you will be able to find some other prime locations within a couple of miles of town. Scanner frequencies are 100.800 MhZ for the ex NYC and 161.440 for The ex Wabash.
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