Trains of Chicago - February 25 1994 - part 2

We caught the afternoon rush hour on Canal street where the Metra Milwaukee lines and Amtrak come out of the north end of Union station and pass under the Metra C&NW lines coming out of Madison street station.
After dinner we went to Madison street and filmed some more Metra action as well as the open flame switch heaters.

[@shanan1124]

A true railfan will film trains during a snow storm.

[@fitz5549]

Yep agreed. Filming in the snow does get your hands pretty cold zooming in and out

[@dwkcamman611]

Well done!

[@michelinman8592]

It's been so long since I've seen snow that I forgot winter used to look like that! I could only imagine how cold it was.

[@tyhik9338]

Were the trains tooting at you?

[@fitz5549]

That’s really cool!! I love that

[@DowntownWithBrown]

4:57 Holy shit, you caught 2 different companies' cab cars simultaneously in operation.

[@MetraEmdF40PH]

🤔

[@matthewschoell7491]

This made my day! Thanks for sharing!

[@UPRailfan]

This is awesome man, wish I had a time machine because that would be AMAZING haha

[@RefrigeratedWaffles2]

Are we not going to talk about how the Amtrak cab car’s ditch lights randomly activated?

[@MetraEverythingProductions]

Was canal Street a one way Street in the 1900s

[@dlcluley]

I think so, but am not 100% sure.

[@dorisvega7988]

Snow in chicago

[@BossSpringsteen69]

Don't remind me.

[@davidurban6813]

I lived in Chicago then AZ and now Minn. When I lived in AZ I really missed the snow ❄. Thanks for posting it. Have a great day everyone.

[@Nvideofilmsproductions]

That's the Milwaukee District lines coming from Chicago Union Station from North Concourse

[@gil.k9634]

1:14 Leslie horn on an f40c?

[@BossSpringsteen69]

They had the Prime PM 920 horns as a majority of Milwaukee Road locomotives had them. For years i believed they were Leslie's but thanks to several youtube studies i learned that's not the case. They sound similar though. They get very distinctive when they get out of tune.

[@Pease98]

I made a song of the crossing in my head!

[@CarolinaRails]

I noticed some of the Metra F40C's still have the 3 chime horns on them. That was probably from when the F40C's were used for the Milwaukee Road, Then they were Passed on to the RTA in 1982 after Milwaukee road's Bankruptcy, and then were eventually Put onto the Metra's Roster. I know they do NOT exist on the Roster today, But they were great locomotives to see pulling a Commuter train in and out of Chicago.

[@Astr0_Feline]

5:18 I didn’t know that Amtrak Metroliner cab was running in Illinois

[@KohanaCoyote]

My god, how Canal St has changed in almost 30 years

[@SailorMoonRailfan]

Lots of Head end power & mechanical bell action. Not like today’s garbage.

[@maas1208]

Agreed