My favorite Metra line i would take to Downtown Chicago coming from Winnetka.
@BlancheBerger-xp4ol2 ай бұрын
Enjoyed this video. I used to take the South Chicago branch to work when I got my first Job at the Lakeside Press in1960. I rode the Metra Electric university park line for 38 years. I moved to North Carolina in 1999. I'm 81 years old and can still call the stops on all 3 branches. The crews on Metra electric were my best friends. When I went to college at night they were all interested in my studies. At that time most had never gone to college. These .memories all come back to me when I watch these videos. I never realized that I could take vitual rides on my cell until I got a smart phone. They were the first videos I viewed. Guess I got lonely
@Robert244783 ай бұрын
Real Bell Sound
@DDLCRAILFAN924 ай бұрын
Metra really needs to step up their game when it comes to this line. There’s too many crossovers, curves, and slow zones!
@aaronkaser33284 ай бұрын
I live 2 blocks away in South Shore. I take it bc its the only public transportation that allows me to bring my scooter.
@Nvideofilmsproductions4 ай бұрын
I'ma steal your content next 😈😈😈
@SamiBMGOkids17 күн бұрын
I'm report you for stealing content
@Nvideofilmsproductions17 күн бұрын
@@SamiBMGOkids that was four months ago I don't steal people content anymore
@billyhunter21614 ай бұрын
Took this same ride with another video 8 yrs ago. good to see what has changed and what's the same--Thanks for sharing
@jonathanevans35875 ай бұрын
This bell noise would drive any train driver crazy
@Rails-Of-Illinois21 күн бұрын
It's standard procedure that all trains in Canada, Mexico, Australia (not required), & North/South America use them when approaching stations, crossings, going through tunnels or passing other trains, etc.
schönes Video, aber Warum läutet es ständig? Das geht einem ja gehörig auf die Nerven dieses ständige läuten.
@jackchen70036 ай бұрын
It’s because we have a stupid policy in America that requires train to make a lot of noise so people know a train is coming. But I don’t know why Metra Electric has the bell on continuously
@DirkGorgiel6 ай бұрын
Tax Gas and raise Road Tax in highly urban Areas , subsidy public Trans. Ridership will rise.
@DirkGorgiel6 ай бұрын
Too many interference with streets, any 300 m a crossing. You Americans are so inefficient.
@DirkGorgiel6 ай бұрын
We🇩🇪call it noise pollution, too slow😆
@super-etendard6 ай бұрын
it touches my memory. thanks for sharing this video!
@TroublesomeSlateTruck6 ай бұрын
Great Job.
@bazza9456 ай бұрын
Wow! Nice pot-hole. 😊
@raylouis6 ай бұрын
Thanks for the ride. 👍
@MSRP1866 ай бұрын
Nice job man. I filmed a cab ride on this line too before but didn’t turn out as good.
@Robbi4967 ай бұрын
There also used to be stops at 43rd Street and 31st street (Long gone)
@russell79267 ай бұрын
Oh my god that Bell make it stop!!!
@albertcarello6195 ай бұрын
@russell7926: If you live right by or right near the tracks this bell can be really unnerving. It would be a real nuisance to hear this bell all night long and you're trying to sleep. I remember the old Dark Green IC PULLMAN STANDARD CARS have a bell that's like the trolleys of the New Orleans street cars that's like a school alarm that just be sounded occasionally such as when leaving stations.
@GTFilms36364 ай бұрын
Get use to it trains need to use the bell to let people know that they are coming don’t you get it?
@DDLCRAILFAN924 ай бұрын
Telling the bell to stop is like telling a bird to stop chirping 💀
@albertcarello6194 ай бұрын
@@DDLCRAILFAN92 It's necessary to keep sounding the bell in this middle of the street running. Part of the METRA ELECTRIC South Chicago Branch is very much like a Light Rail Line run with electric double Decker cars
@DDLCRAILFAN924 ай бұрын
@@albertcarello619 I know but thanks anyways
@gameguild15557 ай бұрын
So many crossovers, no wonder the train will never get to speed before the next station.
@tact867 ай бұрын
Great Videos, Thanks!
@DangerDave8267 ай бұрын
This line passes right by the Home Alone house
@stevencmerriam46676 ай бұрын
Winnetka, as I recall.
@tyhik93387 ай бұрын
Will you be riding the Metra Electric's Blue Island Branch too?
@BBBuilds127 ай бұрын
sometime in the next few weeks
@tyhik93387 ай бұрын
@@BBBuilds12 cool
@tyhik93387 ай бұрын
Very nice, keep it up.
@Robbi4967 ай бұрын
It is amazing how few the built up areas between Kenosha and Winthrop Harbor!
@massbytrainmpw7 ай бұрын
1:27:35 Peterson Ridge (under construction)
@JohnAckerman937 ай бұрын
I think it's opening up next year. I read they're building another station on the Rock Island Line in Auburn Park. There was a station there before but was taken out, now they're putting it back in
@sirpeabody62178 ай бұрын
30:29 oh 'Deer' 😁 🦘
@epe12389 ай бұрын
Why can we always hear the pneumatics for the bell but not the horn.
@erict52348 ай бұрын
The north line is mostly quiet zones... He does use the horn in North Chicago at MLK drive (26:14)