Chicago Odyssey vol1-Part1

[@cop39fl]

great video.....i worked in the 21 street tower, operated by chciago western indiana, in 1980

[@RailPreserver2K]

I may be 15 but by god i am obsessed with trains especially the Norfolk and western.Also i finally got a chance to go to the cass scenic railroad and it was the memory of seeing ya'lls documentary about the cass scenic railroad that sparked that trip and it was worth going to it and for that i truly thank you.And i have some news i heard from one of the employees there they were restoring service to Durban WV and were also restoring a conventional rod stem locomotive back to operation for the Durban runs.Finally i thank you for preserving for all time the sights, the sounds, and the memories of all the nations railroads that are no longer among us along with those that have survived the test of time

[@BNforever2009]

That C&EI in MP paint was cool and barrelling thru there. The GE U-28CG on the ATSF was really suprising.

[@BurlingtonNorthernModeler]

One of the Best old train videos on youtube!

[@stocksj]

Too cool. I wish i was back in those days

[@mbwolf61]

Wow! This is great stuff! I didn't want it to end!

[@fredpohl5202]

This takes me back to my childhood days

[@marblesjn]

Nice to see some Monon and GM&O

[@brocklanders6172]

Wow. That film is crisp.

[@Landaux]

Wish I was around then to see the steamers & E & F units go by on a daily basis.

[@fredpohl5202]

These videos rock

[@kenrose1154]

When America was great...

[@waltfles5511]

Griffith indiana at :45, first the eje then the EL.

[@TheAcyunczyk]

Wish the streanliners were still running, I luv the'40s

[@dpohunter]

The C&EI 'Dixie Flyer' backing in with the round-end Tavern-Obs. looks beautiful here, but it would soon start its long slide to a coach-only mail-express run. It's running mate, the (New) Dixieland was fully streamlined in Nov, 1954 in an effort to boost business. The 'Flyer' was cut back to Evansville in '65, then Atlanta, ending its days as an unloved Atlanta-Jacksonville night run in early 1969. BTW, the 'New Dixieland' only lasted till 1957.

[@deanebuckingham7241]

Depends on what cities you passed through. And honestly, if you remember what color the train was.

[@wildfire19861987]

Too much cool stuff to talk about :P 2:11 : You definitely don't see those block indicators (AKA Motor car signals) anymore. The depot museum i volunteer at has one just like it (and another). One old railroader i talked to said MOW crews were often told "relying on a M C S indication will get you killed".

[@deanebuckingham7241]

I'm pretty sure that area is now a park between Chinatown and the river.

[@railroadhistoryarchives]

Sound?

[@Verbeke7]

BNSF, Canadian National, Canadian Pacific, CSX, Norfolk Southern, Union Pacific and a handful of smaller ones.

[@DouglasP201]

Are these tracks abandoned or still in use for mainline & shortline runs today?

[@mrtrainman0545]

what is the Santa Fe engine 0:56

[@goldenmanuever1176]

I believe that is some kind of FM (Fairbanks Morse) switcher. Maybe a FM H-12-44?

[@StationAgentProductions]

@@goldenmanuever1176 Yes, it was an H-12-44. The ATSF used them around Chicago for switching and local service around this time.

[@jgehbrr]

How many railroads serve Chicago now?

[@JuiceJackNut]

Was that a U-Boat at 2:00?

[@deanebuckingham7241]

It looks like just a flag stop and not a regular signal. But yeah, it should've still stopped there. That's interesting, I don't know.

[@sacredf8]

Can Anybody Tell Me What The Engine At 1:58 Is?

[@SimonOfFortune]

General Electric U36C.

[@blackbirdgaming8147]

DimensionPizza I don't think you're right. I believe it is a very unique locomotive, the model designation U28CG. Completely unique to the Santa Fe.

[@brucetharpe762]

Why did you cut the music from the beginning?

[@GreenFrogVideos]

Due to KZbin copyright restrictions, we still have the full music on the DVDs and BLURAYs we sell if you want your own copy, check it out at our website at www.greenfrog.com

[@brucetharpe762]

Very sorry to hear, thank you for letting us know!

[@trainsareawesome2589]

Anyone know the opening composition title? I'd really be greatful.

[@joekabira3986]

Trains Are Awesome basie two-step

[@ANormalRailfan103]

This is a great video! What's the song at the beginning?

[@joekabira3986]

A Normal Railfan basie two-step

[@PennCentralFan1]

It looks like the GM&O train @1:38 is blowing thru a stop signal!

[@BossSpringsteen69]

The mast on the right was most likely a train order signal to tell the crew if there were train orders to pick up at the station. If the signal was green there were orders in the hoop at the station.The one on the left is definitely a traffic signal.

[@joekabira3986]

Where did the music go?

[@GreenFrogVideos]

Sorry but the music had to be removed due to Copyright restrictions!

[@chuckbyf1]

I took a trip with my grandma and aunt Mae one summer in "66". Went from Chicago to I thing San Diego. Can anyone help me with what train this would have been?

[@SCRANE1115]

Two guesses from 1966 include the Santa Fe (Super Chief/El Capitan) or Rock Island/Southern Pacific (Golden State). Both choices offered service between Chicago and Los Angeles. From LA, Santa Fe's San Diegan Service.

[@victoriacyunczyk]

Occasionally, passenger units were converted as passenger service waned.

[@victoriacyunczyk]

Example: Wabash E units.

[@trainknut]

Chicago always interested me, it's the only place you can see western, eastern, southern and central railroads come together, with a little bit of Canadian action thrown in there. How nice it must've been to see it back in the day, nowadays you would still see some variety, especially more than any other place in the country, but railroading has lost so much diversity in the last few decades, there are only really four or five notable railroads in the US anymore, and of course Amtrak handles all the passenger operations, it's just not interesting anymore, the only railroad with any real diversity is BNSF, and that's because they still have a fairly sizeable fleet of unpainted heritage units, they have a policy of not repainting locomotives until they really need it, in fact they have some locomotives that have spent their entire lives under BNSF rule, but because the orders were placed by their predecessors, they painted them in a variation of that railroad's scheme. Unlike UP, which basically go on a painting crusade whenever they acquire a new railroad, trying to cover up any traces of that railroad's past and replace it with their own. (See Southern Pacific, merged at the same time BNSF did, however the only unpatched or unpainted units left are museum pieces)

[@rayvaul3539]

Yes, it is a real shame... I wish things were different, but alas, economy in some of or a bunch of those railroads were really declining, so they were forced to merge. Competition was probably also involved. And yes, the variety of paint schemes, locomotives, and stuff have really declined and have become much less interesting. But at least we still have the class 2 and class 3 railroads.

[@marblesjn]

Even MoPac

[@WAYNE1980AA]

cn cars at 5:40

[@Landaux]

2:10, WHAT KIND OF SIGNAL IS THAT!? How is a engineer suppose to see that?

[@BossSpringsteen69]

It might be a signal at a switch indicating what the signal for that particular block is since the nearest signal might not be visible. I believe it was more for the information of a brakeman on the ground more than anything.