CTA Ride the Rails: Yellow Line to Howard in Real Time

[@cehayes74]

It’s still “Skokie Swift” to me !!!

[@ThatcherChannel]

it's never been anything else they just gotta record new announcements I was born in 1990 and nobody I know or ever knew ever refers to the Skokie Swift as the Yellow Line

[@keyshawnscott12]

@@ThatcherChannel I do I call it the yellow line

[@adamthomas2011]

Watching these train vids from Chicago is mind blowin!! I'm from the UK and have never visited the state's, now I've seen parts of Chicago.... I wanna go 😆 great vids 🚈🚈

[@konnichiwasenpai312]

I'm from New York, USA but seeing the Chicago transit, makes me feel like I wanna go there

[@patrickrichmond9896]

The Yellow line is all that is left of an old Interurban line called the "Chicago, North Shore, and Milwaukee". It was cut back to Skokie in 1963 and was split at Howard which I think was a stupid thing to do. At least what's left of the old interurban line is a bike path. But the trail only starts at Golf. Part of it does parallel the track to Dempster Street.

[@xkee2013]

I agree. Had they kept the track and the CTA acquired it, the yellow line could have ran all the way to Mundelein.

[@cats0182]

Had Illinois and Wisconsin been able to get together on a financing plan, the entire North Shore Line could have been saved. The South Shore Line was saved by government action.

[@nedobriy911]

Super line!👍

[@deckerjr]

Until 2004 the line was partially third rail and partially catenary and the switch from one to the other was made at speed.

[@jdubw9118]

deckerjr growing up in Evanston in the late 1990s and early 2000s I remember the catenary in Skokie lol.....it would be the first "light rail" line I'd ever come across though technically not such

[@sammorex2543]

I remember riding this when it still ran off the catenary. This was probably about 2003. After full conversion to the third rail, the last remaining use of these old catenary structures were for remaining ComEd powerlines that were finally removed by 2019 and perhaps rerouted. Any remaining catenary structures for this now are just relics.

[@fabianakaizen5647]

0:48 Dempster - Skokie 2:35 Oakton Skokie 9:38 Howard

[@BHV0810]

Skokie Swift (Howard to Skokie) until Oakton-Skokie was opened. Then the Skokie station was renamed Dempster-Skokie.

[@wknogl2210]

The Skokie station has been called dempster sine the NSL used the line

[@DT-dm8vx]

Those large electrical pylons and disused catenary poles are almost 100 years old.

[@vehicleman1]

The horns sound so creepy lol

[@cindymx02]

Helpful!

[@franceselainethurston1606]

too short a ride.

[@feinstei]

Was this done before or after the tracks collapsed?

[@ivang97997]

Skokie Swift suppose all the way to Old Orchard Shopping Center but I think the plan died in mid 90's

[@Staszu13]

Skokie Swift

[@ChristmasGogeta12]

When the others have 8 or 9

[@jayy9029]

There should be no yellow line it should just be an extended red line in my opinion.

[@briansivley2001]

Palo Soto That's a great idea😉😉😉.

[@andrewstevens3555]

Or just run as the yellow line subway downtown between the red and blue lines with transfers at Chicago and Jackson.

[@CaseysTrains]

You may have something here! Platform lengthening would need to happen in Skokie but that is a great idea. The only thing is, now that it's set in stone the Red Line will be extended to Far Southside this make the Red Line long as it is.

[@andrewstevens3555]

I Meant run the Yellow Line Underground between the red and the blue line.

[@xkee2013]

I felt that way about the Purple Line. The Red Line should of just ran that route. There is really no need for a Purple Line.

[@ChristmasGogeta12]

Why does the yellow line only have 3 cars

[@jamesnicholls5025]

How does the CTA justify the cost of operating the Skokie? So few passengers. Defies common sense though I support the transit system.

[@atomstarfireproductions8695]

Due to low ridership, they often operate trains with only 2 cars, which is the minimum possible.

[@quincexl1279]

@@atomstarfireproductions8695 i've seen 4-car trains operating a couple of times.

[@mic1240]

Was there long before CTA existed, the CTA was formed from independent lines throughout. Many no longer in operation and some shorter than past. Only few stops on Skokie Swift. Is populated area even if appears in middle of nowhere

[@Ben-bb7mi]

CTA just took over old tracks that were part of the North Shore Line so it probably didn't require a large capital investment to begin service.

[@sludge8506]

Don’t forget the Skokie CTA shops!!

[@evanwaters1074]

It would be nice if you made the horn an American horn, not some European horn

[@explosu]

Why are you racist against horns?

[@evanwaters1074]

Because the euro horns make me deaf for a while

[@LeFnob]

I think the horn should just be some angry lady yelling "HEY. HEYYYYYYY OUT OF MY WAY"

[@oct197.]

Your racist

[@the_cortelyou_boi]

It's called an electronic high pitched horn.