Metra HD 60fps: Electric District, South Shore Line, & Amtrak @ 55th-56th-57th Street (2/10/19)

[@fnihp30]

When I lived in Hyde Park, I took the Metra train for years at that very station before I moved to the Southwest Suburbs. Brings back memories.

[@SydeLeaderRay]

0:54 - That propulsion on a Metra Train sounds nice! Never heard any propulsion on a Metra Electric. I got more to learn for Metra train cars.

[@nolantherailfan5048]

This is metras cleanest district since it's Electrified

[@gretchenchadwick8343]

​@@nolantherailfan5048Well my special needs son says that there are ways to use combustion and still protect the environment like using fuel cells for carbon capture, biofuel, catalytic converters, and planting more trees 🌳 because they are natural air purifiers and oxygen tanks.

[@gretchenchadwick8343]

My special needs son really likes Metra's bi level electric cars and the South Shore Line's single level electric cars he thinks they are highly underrated rail transportation vehicles and that the part of the Virginian Railroad that use to be electrified should be "reelectrified" as well as the part of the Milwaukee Road Pacific Extension that was electrified as well and the departments of transportation should run these on them.

[@dart157]

Train Mechanic: How many pantographs do you have? South Shore Line, Metra Electric: *Yes*

[@atomstarfireproductions8695]

Btw, anyone know why the South Shore Line trains have two pantographs on each car, and why usually only one per car is raised?

[@dart157]

@Kenji Levin I think its for when running the other way

[@unstableatoms3456]

It’s so that if one pantograph fails the other won’t be hit if it breaks off, however some trains don’t do this I guess

[@Armor23OnPatrol]

Train mechanic: How many locomotives do you have Metra electric: *No*

[@nickp1091]

I was at this station last weekend, and I saw an Amtrak train. Funny enough, I had actually taken the Amtrak earlier that day, but from Michigan.

[@TheLewistownTrainspotter8102]

The trains that head down south on the IC line (including the City of New Orleans) travel on those tracks via the St. Charles Air Line. You would've come into Chicago on the tracks that parallel the Chicago Skyway.

[@Silver_Turtle]

Fan Railer -- the AMTRAK train you caught was the "Saluki"; the "Illini" comes through around 9 PM.

[@nolantherailfan5048]

They stop at some stations that the City of New Orleans skips.

[@JonathanChan212]

Well, lots of Japan motors here. I can hear Hitachi IGBT and Toshiba GTO, both extremely rare in the U.S.

[@adrianwitzburg4140]

They were built by Nippon Sharyo, I think this explains why.

[@ohiovalleyrailfan]

Budd baggage in 2019? Am I secretly having flashbacks to 2014?

[@ThebusofdoomFSX]

The Highliners sound similar to the Sydney Trains Waratah EMU's

[@gabrielstravels]

Yeah I certainly noticed that too lol. It's possible because they both use the same IGBT VVVF system made by Hitachi. P.S. I'd really love to go to Australia one day lol

[@Bacon47SuperSakura]

The Highliners are similar to the normal cars so this one has no diesel engine

[@indra144]

@@gabrielstravels isn't it Toshiba?

[@kingdestroyah3529]

love hearing those metra bells go off

[@carstarsarstenstesenn]

reminds me of my childhood home😌😂

[@cat1554]

Those two non-stops (4 and 1) were probably going from the yard to Millenium.

[@adventuresofamtrakcascades301]

I find this line rather fascinating

[@Brian_rock_railfan]

Awesome video !🚈🚋🚋🚋🚋

[@maas1208]

Honestly I don't know why Amtrak isn't taking advantage of this mini electified corridor

[@PaulsDMVRailroadsandAviation]

Do the South Shore Line EMU’s have the same traction motors as the AEM-7AC’s had?

[@jacojasso9901]

I saw an unexpected charger when I was eating before the white Sox game in the parking lot

[@teviblekhman1628]

Jaco Jasso sorry I’m a cubs fan

[@cat1554]

@@teviblekhman1628 generic Chicago politics

[@dennisschafer4883]

interessante Fahrzeuge und Zugverkehr

[@nathanmahoney6346]

Did anybody else notice the CNW-style gong bells on the South Shore Line cars?

[@tyhik9338]

Good work bro

[@klausharyadi2677]

They sound similar to transport Sydney's trains

[@travisbecker770]

That Amtrak was the Saluki, not the Illini.

[@caltrain_acefoamer907]

nice! what camera did you use?

[@ellebystrainvideos2023.]

Great Video 🙂

[@TheRandomRailfan]

6:16 Why so many baggage cars?

[@FanRailer]

Extra cars needed for axle count

[@defectedclone6649]

South shore line 🤝 Metra Electric

[@eastcoastrailproductions5559]

I never knew metro had EMU cars!

[@SomeRamdomAhole]

Metra

[@justanotherasian4395]

Metra and metro are very different things.

[@atomstarfireproductions8695]

They have a line that uses electric trains

[@atomstarfireproductions8695]

TheAmateurAsian might be a autocorrect error

[@cats0182]

I believe the METRA Electric District is the old Illinois Central electric commuter line. METRA simply kept the overhead wires, probably upgraded them and continued their use. The line is also used by the South Shore Line electric trains to Michigan City, IN and South Bend, IN.

[@klausharyadi2677]

These trains have pantographs on it.

[@JKJTransit]

Which is why it is the Electric District.

[@Jakob_732]

6 pantographs for 6 cars 😅

[@Alvious]

That first train sounds like it's possessed by evil spirits.

[@CaseysTrains]

Maybe because I'm used to being around EMU Trains all the time, most newer EMU trains sound like this because of the propulsion system. If you think this is bad, the NYC Subway R160s sounds like the Devil playing the violin.

[@atomstarfireproductions8695]

That’s how most electric trains with AC propulsion and regenerative braking sound like when decelerating

[@khristianwilliams9933]

I don’t understand I would do that whole some but I don’t feel like it

[@cat1554]

I’m used to it

[@indra144]

@@khristianwilliams9933 imo the sounds makes the riding much comfortable to me

[@johnarnehansen9574]

Metra should think about electrifying the their railroad lines!

[@joem.8984]

Not possible. They don’t own most of the track they operate their lines on and wouldn’t be able to do it because of freight.

[@maas1208]

@@joem.8984 Why not electrified the tracks they own and the lines that get little to no freight disruption

[@gretchenchadwick8343]

My special needs son says that there are ways to use combustion and still protect the environment like using fuel cells for carbon capture, biofuel, catalytic converters, and planting more trees 🌳 because they are natural air purifiers and oxygen tanks.

[@worldtraveller2711]

Aweful trains! In Europe or Australia double decker trains are more colourful nice and faster!

[@jbreezy101]

So we've heard

[@atomstarfireproductions8695]

Most trains in America are unpainted, probably because that’s cheaper and aluminum doesn’t rust.

[@cheikhniasse2547]

OH! will you stop nickpicking. Nobody cares about fancy your Europe Bi-level train!

[@khristianwilliams9933]

🤣🤣🤣🤣I just can’t with people

[@FFred-us9tw]

@@atomstarfireproductions8695 They are stainless steel. Not aluminum. Aluminum isn’t durable enough for passenger trains and it oxidizes too quickly.