Chicago Railroads in the 1970s

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[@PeterMigliorini-x4o]

What a wonderfully "haunting" visual of past railroading & old "roads". What a joy to watch! Thank you for sharing!

[@pgronemeier]

One car commuter trains. I remember those. One side smoking. The other no smoking. LoL

[@renegadetenor]

I remember I'd ride my bike to Techny, desperately looking for ways to spend my summer, and watch the one car 'scoot' stop at the tiny little platform there..

[@JosephMusgrove]

Does not get much better than Chicago railroading. Thanks for sharing!

[@andrewquagliano8288]

This is a great catch for a vintage railroader like myself. Really timeless… Thank you

[@jackdacop9827]

It's good to see all those graffiti free rolling stock.

[@KT4RAM]

I certainly miss those days of my youth living next to the Penn Central RR / Conrail tracks in Greenfield Indiana east of Indianapolis. I look for footage of trains on former tracks and the Pennsylvania RR train derailment in Dunreith Indiana 1968. I cannot locate anything on KZbin on that accident or footage from my former hometown of Greenfield Indiana. Thank you for sharing these videos of the golden age of rail transportation. They bring back good memories 😊

[@conrailcarrothersbranch7225]

Thanks for sharing. The music is perfect for an age of by gone railroading. Truly classic Chicago region railroading.

[@onelousygamer]

Fantastic! I used to ride the train back in the day to visit my dad. Usually he'd pick me up in Joliet. Sometimes I went all the way to Union Station. Very nice seeing those 707s too. Thanks!

[@amtrakjohn]

Great compilation/ thank you. I know some of these areas, as my Dad’s family was pure multi-generation Chicago. I especially liked seeing the inside Tower Operators,, lining the switches and signals. Truly old school Railroading!

[@johniwanski4514]

These are terrific. Can’t believe the Root Street Tower shot! The footage around Noble Street Tower I loved, as we lived in West Town and I saw the last NS train service the flour mill there. The shots looking out of Lake Street Tower were amazing too. That area looks NOTHING like that today. Thanks for sharing!

[@edwardtomczak6061]

Nice memories from the past. All the old road names and equipment. Thanks for sharing.

[@joewlosjosephwlos5713]

Really enjoyed this one, the accompanied music was great 👍, Cheers !

[@NEhemiah131]

Thanks for posting this video of Chicago railroading in the 70s! The vertical lift bridge is still in operation as of 9/1/24. Dearborn station is long gone, torn down in the early 70s and so is the complex track work which that carried many passenger trains into it. Chinatown now occupies the area now. So sad to see it all gone.😢

[@hartmutlorentzen9659]

A very interesting video, Thanks for presentation, from Germany

[@kennethtiller7916]

Great video thanks for sharing

[@johnalder6028]

Meloncholy iducing. Thanx for sharing this.

[@FurthermoreJack]

Love Chicago rails always and I love you can still see them

[@DayTrippingBobEarp]

I love trains, rails and every sound associated with them! Awesome video

[@John-bf4zt]

Whoa! Amazing footage thanks for sharing this!

[@Enjoyer.762]

Getting my vintage foamer fix in

[@chrisg7160]

What a very cool video. Love seeing all the old road names! Thanks for sharing.

[@alcosteam]

we would get to chicago a couple times or so a year during the early/mid 70's and much of this video is exactly how I remember it being, either hot and gloomy or cold and gloomy.

[@FreihEitner]

Nice! Some incredible shots of long lost railroads and equipment. I never knew that bridge (is it the one which Amtrak still uses to cross the Mississippi River?) cranks straight up and down.

[@johniwanski4514]

That bridge I believe you are talking about is the 21st Street Bridge over the Chicago River. South of Union Station, and on the north end of the 21st Street interlocking.

[@FreihEitner]

@@johniwanski4514 Thank you.

[@joemanwassup]

Fantastic! What memories of being a kid. They let someone with a camera ride the bridge up? WOW

[@dandeo50]

Nice to see all the Fallen Flag Railroads. Rock Island E6

[@spc148]

@9:57 Conductors like "let go of my arm" my wife might see this someday!😂

[@b3j8]

Always good to see the old road names again like The Milwaukee Railroad! Cool that he got those shots of the Turbo Train too.

[@bootchop88]

turbo train?

[@b3j8]

​@@bootchop88 At 13:21.

[@bootchop88]

@@b3j8 thanks!

[@b3j8]

@@bootchop88 No problem.

[@johniwanski4514]

And all manually interlocked there at Brighton Junction.

[@ericsimmons7716]

Unusual signals guarding the crossing. 12:27

[@RailroadMediaArchive]

blog.chicago-rail.info/p/brighton-park.html?m=1

[@chrisdc4291]

15:33 Wheaton. Not West Chicago. Thanks for the upload!

[@johniwanski4514]

Also just realized that the shots around 21:05 that say Forest Hill/75th Street is actually Englewood Junction and Englewood Union Station. I had to stop and pause it several times to see the station there as the Rock Island commuter train crossed the former PRR tracks. Englewood tower is still there, which obviously long outlasted the station. Crazy to think this is now a flyover, and Manor Park Yard occupies all this space.

[@lockheedL1049]

Cool to see a TWA 707 and what looks like a World Airways 707 in the video too.

[@remylopez4821]

At 8:48 the Amtrack train leaving Glenview must not have AC working on account of the back door is open on the observation car

[@centralillinoisrailpix453]

I remember the first time I saw Amfleets, I thought the Space Age had arrived. My dad thought they looked like a cigar tube.

[@harrisonofcolorado8886]

I have a feeling that if you time traveled to this time and said that railroads will still be active and important in 2024, someone will either laugh, or say,"don't do that, don't give me hope".

[@renegadetenor]

Great memories! Had to eventually turn the music off, or I might've ended up doing something horrible to myself..Thanks for sharing!:)

[@KSRailfan]

Haha, same. “Time for podcasts!,” I said!

[@vxla]

great footage

[@Enjoyer.762]

E Unit enjoyers

[@bigvan98]

Brighton park up to 15 years before the cta orange line above

[@GlennFresch]

Nice music.

[@notarotomwithhair5637]

Do you know when 3/4 of the Rock Island’s tracks were removed at Joliet Union Station?

[@KSRailfan]

After shutdown, they built a new coach yard to the east of the Diamond.

[@Belleville197]

Thank you for using the ambient piano music... Great video. the commercials are jarring though.

[@RailroadMediaArchive]

@@Belleville197 The ads are largely out of my hands. I would never dissuade any viewer from using an ad blocker either. Also, KZbin Premium is money well spent if you watch a lot of KZbin.