CTA's Ride the Rails: Yellow Line to Howard Real-time (2019)

[@WesternOhioInterurbanHistory]

The fact that the old Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee overhead poles are still there makes me happy. Hope they stay for years to come.

[@northshoreline6704]

Fortunately, they must remain for the time being, because they carry other electrical lines as well. A legacy of the days when both the North Shore Line and Commonwealth Edison were owned by Samuel Insull.

[@WesternOhioInterurbanHistory]

@@northshoreline6704 Love your channel name, will you make content about the CNS&M?

[@joebarnes3181]

It’s a shame the couldn’t keep the original route viable.

[@timdodd3897]

The Skokie Swift. They should extend it to Old Orchard mall, since the bed is still there.

[@hiawathafilms]

Agree

[@tylerkochman1007]

Parents at the adjacent high school acted like Karens and opposed it when it was strongly considered

[@maas1208]

​@@tylerkochman1007 I think if they didn't put the terminus next to the High school it would've face less opposition

[@lambsaro4140]

@@tylerkochman1007that’s so annoying, my commute to school would’ve been so much easier if I could’ve just taken the train. Is it never gonna be brought up again?

[@WesternOhioInterurbanHistory]

8:08 Custer Avenue substation/pump house at right. Originally a North Shore Line structure.

[@maas1208]

Bring back the North Shore line you cowards

[@janeentumbao8690]

About that accident from this past week... This here is an almost textbook trip on the yellow line from my experience. There are only two tracks available for use for most of this tight route. The last time a conductor could have switched tracks was around the 8:00 mark. About 8:40, the conductor slowed down/stopped. There, they should have been able to clearly if anything was in the way. So... Was the conductor supposed to switch tracks? Did someone give them enough notice? Was there a sign at the 8:00 mark to tell/remind them to switch tracks? And that day, was clear and dry. Why was snow removal vehicle even needed? Definitely some miscommunication going on. But I honestly don't think it was the conductor s fault.

[@LibertyRailfan]

Really great videos CTAConnections, I really enjoy viewing them hope you can convince other transit agencies around the country to do the same.

[@jtwoolley]

Thank you!!! Huge shoutout to you guys

[@Robbi496]

Sometimes I wish the CTA had horns /whistles with some authority!

[@northshoreline6704]

I believe that the 4000s had Westinghouse air whistles while the 5000s and 6000s had some kind of airhorns.

[@albertcarello619]

Rob Dehlinger: I think you'd like the horns on SEPTA NORRISTOWN-69TH STREET DARBY L LINE that are built by ASEA-BROWN BOVERI. Even those cars would be ideal for SKOKIE SWIFT SERVICE. Those horns would draw numerous complaints by Skokie Residents and may fear that their windows might get shattered by their sounds. Also the horns used on SEPTA LIGHT RAIL VEHICLES on the # 101 MEDEA and the # 102 SHARON HILLS LINE would also likely draw many complaints. I'd still like to hear horns like the SEPTA L and Light Rail trains on the SKOKIE SWIFT.

[@albertcarello619]

@@northshoreline6704 I like the whistles on the 4000 SERIES L CARS so much better. Even the horns on the dark green Old IC PULLMAN-STANDARD CARS built between 1926-1929 sound quite similar to the whistles on the 4000 SERIES L CARS.

[@johnnywithan.h]

What I love about this line is that it all looks so country-like and then you go under a bridge and it’s like boom city

[@TravelWitKydell]

This is a yellow line train to Howard Welcome aboard yellow line run ___ Oaktan-Skokie is next doors open on the left at Oaktan-Skokie. This is Oaktan-Skokie this is a yellow line train to Howard Howard is next This is Howard as far as this train goes all passengers must leave the train, thank you for riding the cta yellow line

[@janeentumbao8690]

I think the guy that does that voice is from Wisconsin. It's a bit annoying. 😂

[@jaywad8876]

1. You are riding a Yellow Line train heading 'southbound' to *Howard* . 2. Welcome passengers aboard Yellow Line run *???* . 3. The first stop-- next is *Oakton-Skokie* ♿. On the left is where doors will open, at Oakton-Skokie. 4. You are now entering "Oakton-Skokie" ding dong "please stand clear of the doors while they are closing" 5. The next and last stop-- is *Howard* 🅿️♿. 6. You can transfer over to the *Red* and *Purple (if announced) Line* trains at Howard. 7. You are now entering "Howard" (which goes as far as this train takes you). 8. Please, all passengers leave the train "immediately" as you are being told. 9. We would like to thank you passengers for boarding along the CTA's *Yellow Line* .

[@42A7C5]

(Hint: Yellow Line run #s are always 591 or 594)

[@jaywad8876]

@@42A7C5 thnx

[@akis3556]

They should make the Yellow Line 4 cars, extend the 2 stations, send it down to the Loop, and combine it with the Pink Line.

[@TheOrangeAngle]

8:30 for entering Howard Yard…

[@empirestate8791]

I'd love to see the entire North Shore interurban restored to Milwaukee. The right of way still exists, so it shouldn't be particularly expensive, and I'm sure a frequent electrified service would be much moe popular than the slow Amtrak route which shares tracks with freight.

[@trentweyermuller6977]

Connecting the prior ROW from linden to downtown Wilmette would probably not be possible.

[@litlgrey]

How did I not find this for over a year after its upload? I thought I'd seen the entire 2019 series.

[@nazimuddinchicago]

Yellow line will begin evanston express soon.

[@BestTboneSteak]

The line with the shortest amount of stations- lol

[@alexthemtaandr211weatherfa2]

Why does the cta have so many demolished stations?

[@Robbi496]

Actually, the one - time "Niles Center "L" was built out in undeveloped country just before the Depression and then WWII happened, stifling development. Skokie began to develop in the early 1950's, by that time the North Shore Line ran non- stop and the "L" line was discontinued

[@seprishere]

Isn't this the old North Shore Line? It wasn't the CTA who demolished them.

[@Robbi496]

Actually is was the CTA who demolished them. The Asbury, Ridge and Didge Avenue Stations were used as commercial space until the late 70's or early 80's and the platforms through Skokie existed until they were demolished after 1964, although I think the station buildings were demolished earlier?

[@northshoreline6704]

@@seprishere It was built by and for the North Shore Line, but local "L" service was also operated between Howard and Dempster by the CRT/CTA from 1926 to 1948.

[@Robbi496]

It is funny that the North Shore Line Catenary was installed because they felt that Third Rail at street level was unsafe, yet the C A & E was all third rail except the Geneva branch (Abandoned YEARS before the rest of the line)

[@jaywad8876]

Instructions: 1. No smoking, littering and eating on CTA buses and railcars. It is strictly prohibited. 2. No soliciting and gambling on CTA buses and railcars. It is strictly prohibited. 3. Priority Seating is mainly intended for elders and passengers with disabilities. Please take your cooperation as a standard. 4. Passengers: please stand clearly away from the doors at all times while boarding on the train. 5. Make your consideration as the best policy. When talking on your phone or listening to radios or using electronic devices, take cautiousness as to not disturb other boarded customers. 6. Please take your items off the seat beside you so others can sit down as well as yourself. 7. Take importance as your safest guidance. If you have any whereabouts of what's going on: as of unattended packages, vandalizm, graffiti art or suspiciousness, inform CTA personnel pronto as possible. 8. Please be familiar with the train communication and evacuation procedures located inside each car.

[@Robbi496]

Sorry for sill ANOTHER post but if you look at photos of the line when it was new, there was hardly any tress along the line and hardly a house west of Ridge Avenue (One of the reasons the Skokie 'L' died in 1948)

[@johnpearson3517]

Ah, the old Skokie Swift…

[@Robbi496]

also it was planned to make this route 4 tracks to keep locals and freights separated from passenger express trains

[@jtwoolley]

How many riders per day

[@Bobstern]

Loving the train trips but I really don't believe that the speed wasn't changed on these. I wish they would go this fast. Fun nonetheless.

[@thomasesthomas1996]

I like watching it 2x speed. Makes 75 into 150 mph

[@tigre17real8]

If u whatch the green line timelapse its even faster when x2 speed cuz its already sped up

[@litlgrey]

Thanks to essentially inexplicable acts of wholesale station demolition, the Yellow Line encounters more grade crossings than it does rail stations in actual service to the public. Oh yeah, that's sensible.

[@keyshawnscott12]

Another yellow line station is sospose to eventually open giving the line 4 stations

[@litlgrey]

@@keyshawnscott12 That's fine - This video says during its captions that stops were closed and demolished during the line's history. Neighborhoods as well as demands change... rebuild them!

[@akis3556]

@@keyshawnscott12 Which station is reopening and when?

[@mikestar9789]

I subscribed

[@janeentumbao8690]

My favorite train line. Purple is a close 2nd. I love sitting in the 2nd car on the way into Skokie. Why? Because I love saying goodbye to Chicago at 60+ miles an hour. The view is awesome too! 😂

[@BroadwayLTDProductions]

CTA only goes 55 tops…

[@arosenweig]

I would like CTA to replace all grade crossings with overpasses and underpasses because having grade crossings is not very safe when you have 3rd rails.

[@oct197.]

you got the money and funding? what about having to close things for months and with delays too?

[@maas1208]

@@oct197. cheaper option: re-add the wires and slap a Pantagraph on the 5000s

[@maas1208]

​@@oct197. Also the LIRR in NYC is 3rd rail powered and has tons of grade crossings.

[@mikestar9789]

It was fast

[@jaywad8876]

AlRIGHT!!

[@vartal]

Странная такая линия, станций по сути две, вагона всего два и столько закрытых станций...Зелёная линия вот тоже изобилует закрытыми станциями, но там хотя бы длина самой линии больше да и вагонов раза в два..

[@northshoreline6704]

This is a unique line with a unqiue history. It is a short segment of a longer intercity/suburban line which operated from 1926 to 1963. From 1964 to 1966 the federal government, the Chicago Transit Authority and the village of Skokie collaborated to operate this service as a temporary project to demonstrate the utility of public funding for mass transportation. The service proved to be so popular that it was made a permanent part of the Chicago "L" network after the demonstration ended in 1966, and still operates to this day.