Chicago Odyssey Vol 1 (Remastered to HD)

Purchase a DVD or BluRay set at www.greenfrog.com
Where else in the U.S. can one find so much railroad action but in Chicago...especially in the 1950's and 60's!
World respected rail photographer Emery Gulash began capturing prolific amounts of action in and near the Chicago area from the early 50's.
There are 15 railroads portrayed in Volume 1 such as: Santa Fe, CB&Q, Northern Pacific, Great Northern, Chicago & Northwestern Indiana, Milwaukee Road, Rock Island, North Shore, Grand Trunk, GM&O, Illinois Central, Monon, Norfolk & Western, C&EI, and C&O.
In the mid-fifties, to be a railfan in Chicago, there was no limit to the majestic views of railroads, Exotic first generation diesels, sparkling consists of the new streamlined passenger trains, well maintained track work...these were all the things that truly excited the railfan of that time...and Emery Gulash was no exception.
Filmed in crisp, bright 16mm color, witness the end of steam on a few roads and the birth of the diesel as the mainstay of power for freight and passenger.
See typical incredible Emery Gulash photography, coupled with the Frog's fast paced editing, this is a collectors item you've just got to have!
Approx. Run Time 2 hours
TWO-DVD SET
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[@arrowguy173]

What an incredible era it must have been. I was born in 73 so the closest I get is a heritage event. Still enjoy Chicago but it's amazing how many more tracks and stations there were.

[@maas1208]

Chicago's Railroads are sadly a shell of their former self, It makes me sad I was born way too late (like January 2008) where most of these railroads stopped existing

[@MetraEverythingProductions]

All railroads here are gone, but Union Pacific still exists

[@garrettsubproductions8705]

Same

[@stephenheath8465]

Those IC Passenger Trains were beautiful for sure

[@KitsuneGB-hc9zb]

It’s so weird to hear them say places like Downer’s Grove and Congress Park since I live basically next to those places. I’m literally a mile from Congress Park Station on the BNSF route.

[@gregturner5890]

Grand trunk train. .1972 from the trucks on flat bed train...just a guess...if you love train's got to love Chicago's rails...thanks😜😜🐺

[@spaceghost8995]

Autos and auto parts from Flint and Lansing are biggest customers for CN (former GT).

[@dennisbrowder6316]

Beautiful IC City of Miami great video

[@Cessna-er4je]

1:52 There goes GTW 4070. Once the star to what's now the Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad years after.

[@nathankeske5697]

She’s coming back to life soon the state she’s in now makes me want to cry but 4070 will run in Cleveland if I had to guess probably about 3 years😊

[@Cessna-er4je]

@@nathankeske5697 Well that's good for us, in fact, Cleveland is my hometown

[@nathankeske5697]

Same

[@jeffreyg3831]

And all this time I thought it was “Grand Funk Railroad!” Honestly I love GT RR and also DTI RR. A beautiful history in the Detroit Michigan area! Sigh 😔

[@anetajohnson8446]

Really a great job in redoing this in HD! brings back all kinds of memories! I was train crazy, when i was akid! now im just crazy!

[@jodacious46]

Love them! Especially the beautiful ICRR shots!😍

[@teddawg327]

Great video

[@F6HemiCharger]

Love that horn at 5:27

[@goldenmanuever1176]

Thanks to the Frog we have this in HD. Whole series is spectacular! Thanks!

[@lablaine1981]

Agreed 💯...bought 35 green frog tapes in 1990s... absolutely thee best...r.r.fan since 1949... MSP had #9 rr pass thru town, Thanks 🙏, Emery Gulash,green frog crew from MN 🥶

[@Gracebeliever077]

Just awesome !!

[@mjatlee6306]

Anyway so awesome thank you for this...

[@donaldallison]

Railfanning has been going on for a long time.

[@tom_tractor_trailerscotrai2809]

Wow it really is high def. At 0:42 I can read Bristol on the cabin, I can't do that on my old VHS!

[@GreenFrogVideos]

Thanks very much for watching...Please subscribe if you have not, we really appreciate it!

[@seaboardairlineproductions7185]

7:05 Grand Trunk

[@TrolololGaming]

the international

[@seaboardairlineproductions7185]

the I n t e r n a t i o n a l

[@jodacious46]

I worked for ICRR in old and long-gone Central Station.😘

[@scoobycarr5558]

How was it on the Illinois Central? It's a damn shame that Central Station isn't there anymore. BTW my Grandpa Carr worked for the EJ&E; but he didn't call it the EJ&E he called it Easy Jobs For Everyone.

[@bryanfreitag9533]

I grew up in a house across the street from the ICG mainline in Olympia Fields, IL. It's a shame they sold to CN.

[@trainrover]

priceless footage, e.g., loitering by that level crossing beside the comfy hut

[@MiguelRodriguez-zz3cw]

Them f models looks much better than the boxey ones that are around today

[@arrowguy173]

Would love to have seen Wabash included in this - he spent a lot of time at Dearborn but focused more on other roads. But great footage regardless. Great job on the remastering.

[@JoeyLovesTrains]

Love the CNS&M one of my favorite railroads, other than Amtrak!

[@mjatlee6306]

Ive lived on the former rail yards south of Dearborn Station since 1982. Still trying to see exactly how it looked when trains went under Clark Street around 15th. The building there now is interesting- looks a bit built up from a former depression

[@vicreece8681]

Sometimes, as a 25 year old, I think that I was born in the wrong era,

[@YukariAkiyamaTanks]

Same

[@kyletroknya2419]

Me too

[@Ben_not_10]

I don’t think we were born in the wrong era persay. We just don’t have the same kind of beauty or simplicity a lot of (but certainly not all) people had back then. Even the most impatient person in the 1950s was far more reserved than people are today. When we live in a world where the average high school student suffers from an amount of diagnosable anxiety that would’ve had him/her committed to a mental hospital, the lack of certain things seen in these vintage videos does make one wish for a simpler time. Even if there are definitely aspects of that time period we would absolutely loath.

[@TheRealRajo6466]

As a 15 year old, i feel the same thing

[@trainrover]

closing 60 and also reckoning much the same

[@victoriacyunczyk]

GTW steamer 4070 appears here. CP 4070 was the lead FP7 on the train in the movie Silver Streak.

[@NERRP2017]

Yeah that’s an uncanny thing I have noticed, and gtw, 5269 was scrapped on the spot at the site where metra was gonna use it, but they never did.

[@scoobycarr5558]

And not one single blemish of graffiti on the freight cars! Awesome!

[@myrtistaylor5759]

Some of that graffiti are works of art and give some cars character.

[@ericschminke8233]

I can easily do without the "works of art".

[@WesternOhioInterurbanHistory]

Electric Commuter Lines... That's called an Interurban!

[@JoyceLund]

Hi mr man

[@Imintune...]

All that rolling stock pretty well all gone .

[@WesternOhioInterurbanHistory]

Some of the gallery cars (double decker passenger cars) from the C&NW, Milwaukee Road, Rock Island, and CB&Q are still used by Metra.

[@asherpate8]

6:08 Union Pacific locomotives in Chicago

[@hectorhardy4781]

Like train

[@ruatrainman2]

Very nice quality, lol I have this video on vhs and I no longer own a vcr, not the hd version though. Gonna have to get this one.

[@rozeenajamil]

0:14 that train behind the steam locomotives looks like its on no tracks

[@WesternOhioInterurbanHistory]

thats because its not on tracks, they literally just parked it off the tracks

[@TomKlimczak]

UP E8 #941 became RI 991 in 1969.

[@scoobycarr5558]

Trying to make out like Alcos in downtown Chicago at 5:54 eh?

[@russellgreco3720]

Hey there lovers of Old Train films now turned into videos from Cleveland , Ohio ... 🤗 Love the footage of Everything seen here especially the old school Santa Fe WAR BONNET 👍 locomotives , but at 7:17 of this footage the narrator said " Here comes a couple of CN locomotives around the curve towards us from CANADA " ... Can someone tell how in the Hell those diesel locomotives are CN from CANADA when they clearly say the GT on them ? ( Grand Trunk Railroad ) 🤔 W. T. F.

[@Evan-kq2xl]

Is the soundtrack available without the narration? Does anyone know if there is CD or online compilation of train sounds w/ whistles-?

[@tom_tractor_trailerscotrai2809]

Taken someone 4 years to answer this...Green Frog also sell cassettes and cd's like The GP9s. I recognize the tracks on those tapes being used for dubbing these silent cine films.

[@OfficialOhioPacific]

I didn't Know that GTW 4070 went to Chicago. I always thought that it only ran in North Eastern Ohio around Cleveland. Unless it's video of 4070 working for the Grant Trunk Western. Is it?

[@victoriacyunczyk]

Ohio Pacific 4446 Yes. The tender has a steam era logo of the GTW, Grand Trunk Western.

[@spaceghost8995]

GT mainline runs from Chicago area through South Bend, Battle Creek, Lansing, Flint, Port Huron and then into Canada.

[@JoeyLovesTrains]

What's the name of the intro Music? I like it!

[@sacredf8]

It's Called Basie Two Step. It's By The PM Artist Sessions Project. From James Contrucci

[@JoeyLovesTrains]

+Jaxs C. +Jaxs C. Thanks, do u know what Green frog used on Santa Fe odyssey? Was it by the same people? PM Artist Sessions Project??

[@sacredf8]

+JoeyLovesTrains (NorthShoreLine) I Don't Think So. Green Frog Says That Not Many Of These Themes Aren't Available To The Public. From James Contrucci

[@coasternamegenerator5611]

Could I use the Audio from 5:28 to 6:04 please?

[@GreenFrogVideos]

Yes, you have our permission to use the audio from 5:28 to 6:04 -- Green Frog Prod. Ltd.

[@coasternamegenerator5611]

GreenFrogVideos thank you.

[@EvansRailroading1955]

0:38

[@coasternamegenerator5611]

5:29 Leslie s3e?

[@egatetapmenunggu3675]

But double head cab car train emd from the 1990s

[@shanemyoutubeshit]

Ack! 5629. Anyone else hear what happened to her? ;(

[@thomasdonlin5456]

No, what?

[@shanemyoutubeshit]

Thomas Donlin she was scrapped by metra

[@thomasdonlin5456]

That's horrible.

[@ethanarmitage5611]

Comments 41.

[@DonnyDougherty]

0:33 What locomotive is that

[@WesternOhioInterurbanHistory]

Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee steeplecab/battery

[@raspergrey4935]

like train