{HD} Metra electric district Blue Island to Chicago Millenium Station cab ride- FWV

Today we are riding Metra train 8520 from Blue Island station to Millenium station with an amazing front view of the window.

[@timothynoel786]

One of the most "rustic" of Metra lines. Thanks for posting!

[@patrickcalabro8718]

This has to be the widest right of way I have ever seen! thank you 🧑‍🎤 🏁 👩‍💼👩‍🎓👩‍⚖️

[@Harvey-x7d]

Used to be freight traffic to Chicago River docks.

[@patrickcalabro8718]

@@Harvey-x7dThank You for your kind response.

[@JoeyLovesTrains]

Must’ve been crowded to go in on the south shore tracks, and then get right up close to another train

[@briansivley2001]

Yeah this is the first time I've ever seen this happen 🤨🤨🤨🤨.

[@cliftonrobinson1179]

Metra Conductor here, and I actually work on the Electric District. On select weekends at Millennium Station (Randolph St./South Water St.), Metra trains utilize the South Shore Depot due to maintenance being performed in the Metra Depot rendering tracks out of service. During the week of scheduled weekend maintenance, signs are posted in both the South Shore and Metra Depot stating that Metra trains will utilize the South Shore Depot over the coming weekend. The Metra train in this video is #8520 which is a 2-Car Consist, this train pulled into Millennium Station (South Shore Depot Side) behind another 2-Car Consist already on Track 11 which is a 6-Car Island Platform, the platforms in both the South Shore Depot and Metra Depot don’t offer a lot of wiggle room so to speak, meaning engineers have to pull up close to the bumping post or, as seen in this video, pull up close behind equipment already sitting at the platform, in order to properly spot all the doors on the platform and make room for any other equipment that may pull up behind them. So once again 2-Cars were already sitting on Track 11 when this Train #8520 (2-Cars) pulled in, so when the engineer pulls this close behind sitting equipment this leaves room for 2 more Cars to pull in on Track 11 which then Track 11 would be at its 6-Car capacity. If the Millennium Station Depot Tracks were let’s say as long as the Depot Tracks at Chicago Union Station then our engineers wouldn’t need to pull so closely to the bumping post and/or pull up so closely behind sitting equipment.

[@keyshawnscott12]

​@@cliftonrobinson1179 So your saying this was only a 2 car train not a 4 car train

[@cliftonrobinson1179]

@@keyshawnscott12 correct

[@Anthony2959-h5x]

That was fantastic if I visited Chicago I hope that the first train I ride on it's seems like fun.

[@kevinmiller83]

Awesome

[@GTFilms3636]

Nice Graham White Electronic Bell 😀

[@JohnJones-xf9pd]

I was at Chicago for Christmas

[@GTFilms3636]

@@JohnJones-xf9pdcool John 😀👍

[@khristianwilliams9933]

Not the bus not stopping😭😭 7:17

[@AlanlikescookiesRailFan2024]

Nice full camera and video

[@tyhik9338]

Nice

[@pilsudski36]

IC/METRA Electric: Best commuter rail service anywhere!

[@PikalaxALT]

it's so bizarre to hear the mbta tts lady on this service

[@reallifechronicles1707]

lol yeah

[@erie910]

Interesting that oscillating lights are coming back as away to make trains more visible.

[@hawktb9]

Was this a K5LA horn on this EMU? It sounds funky. :)

[@Harvey-x7d]

Cook Co subsidized test of CTA-level fares on Metra, but CTA refused to exchange transfers.

[@itjustlookslikethis]

those tracks on the left at 27:28, where do they come from??

[@anthonystrains1672]

They are the tracks that branch off for the 93rd street line

[@jeffreywillemsen1958]

The switch was not in the correct position at 7:57 or is it spring loaded?

[@anthonystrains1672]

They are spring switches

[@Via_SCV-42]

The bell is irritating

[@anthonystrains1672]

Not really much I can do about it

[@erie910]

The engineer should not turn the bell on at Blue Islan and not turn it off until the train reaches the end of the line. The bell is to be used when starting, stopping, crossing public roads, and when crossing other railroads.

[@Via_SCV-42]

@@erie910 👍

[@JohnJones-xf9pd]

I was in Chicago for Christmas

[@tyhik9338]

Do you have any more Metra electric videos?

[@anthonystrains1672]

No this was the only one I was able to capture. I have some other videos on the BNSF line that I haven’t uploaded yet

[@joemyers290]

This Branch is the most overlooked line in the Chicago area.

[@Harvey-x7d]

Low ridership may bring abandonment, especially with CTA Red Line Extension.

[@joemyers290]

@@Harvey-x7d yyup.

[@itjustlookslikethis]

@@Harvey-x7d Sure glad my tax dollars don't support Metra.

[@ShawnCalay]

What kinda cab car is this?, my father worked on BN and i used to go to work with him and ride with the engineer ....i remember being higher then this....also here no radio chatter....

[@anthonystrains1672]

This is the gallery car but I was on the bottom level since there’s a window you can see out of

[@ShawnCalay]

@@anthonystrains1672 ah, I don't live in Chicago anymore, was just curious if they got newer cars that sat lower

[@Harvey-x7d]

2nd gen Highliner based on push-pull gallery with most seats at high platform level, see passing trains.

[@ShawnCalay]

​@@Harvey-x7d I just figured it out...his video is being recorded out the door....took me a while....

[@erie910]

These are different from BN. These are electric, and have to fit under the catenary. BN was diesel territory without the same height limitations.

[@wuhazet]

Czy może mi ktoś wytłumaczyć, bo całkowicie na tym się nie znam, mianowicie dlaczego ten dzwon cały czas się tak nieznośnie tłucze: dzyń dzyń dzyń dzyń. Przecież od tego to głowa może pęknąć. Czy ma to jakieś racjonalne uzasadnienie? W Europie nigdzie nie spotkałem się z czymś takim, żeby lokomotywa non-stop dzwoniła...😕🤔

[@Harvey-x7d]

Metra fares twice CTA.

[@theovvugt]

why that bell?????

[@anthonystrains1672]

🤷🏼‍♂️ idk that’s not in my control

[@ShawnCalay]

The bell must be active leaving stations or entering....I only worked freight, on freight locomotives the bell comes on when you blow the horn ...

[@erie910]

The bell should be shut off except for starting, stopping, crossing public roads, and crossing other railroads. Engines have bell controls separate from the horns, since bells are used in no-horn zones.

[@WilliamHamer-gx7jo]

To​@@ShawnCalay

[@ShawnCalay]

@@WilliamHamer-gx7jo to what???? What did you send me?

[@daco69420]

Why does it honk and ring all the time? No wonder americans hate trains