MUST WATCH: WORST ELEVATOR IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO

This is at the Metra Electric station under Illinois center. Holy fuck.

[@BigKitty1011]

Whoever maintains this thing must have given up a long time ago...

[@ABCEasyas--]

Is there even a safety certificate printed on the elevator?

[@ProspectElevators]

This is the reason why elevator modernizations exist

[@ElevatorsInternational]

So true!

[@CARecreationalgaming]

But modernizations mostly aren’t done right and make the elevator Malfunction more than it would In its trashy state

[@johndeerefan725]

@@CARecreationalgaming I believe basic generic modernizations are known to be no good modernizations, Otis and Thyssenkrupp are usually decent at modernizations.

[@Bombiedude.]

@@johndeerefan725 I agree with you because the high school I go to has a really nice thyssenkrupp elevator but it was modded from signa4 into the vandal resistant and it wasnt a bad mod but it does have some very bad leveling problems

[@108CAM]

I’m laughing at the fact there’s a high pressure sodium light in an elevator

[@Mattyice-zg8om]

Omg this thing is a royal piece of sh!t! I bet it’s 10x more fun in person!

[@elevatorsinrussia2597]

I remember riding this with my mom and my mom's Japanese friend when we lived in Chicago, it ran smooth at first but when it almost reached to street level it started to bump and scared the shit out of us.

[@louisworld6008]

Was the lighting different or was it the same light as the one in this video?

[@DJSpinSter2004]

I rode this earlier in March of this year. Scared me to even attempt to ride it until later, and that was a mistake. AFAIK the elevator’s still in awful condition.

[@PFElevators]

People in elevator: steps inside. Elevator: time to have some fun. Still an elevator that gets the job done

[@CARecreationalgaming]

1:17 That COULD NOT HAVE MORE LOUD!

[@ultraeric]

1:18: Wow. That thing is scraping so bad lol

[@Dana_Danarosana]

Well, it's an old, twisted up gimpy relic that still gets the job done. I'm an old, twisted up gimpy relic that still gets the job done. I guess I respect this elevator...

[@SPS8elevatorsoflakecounty]

Dana Danarosana you make a good point!

[@Djay_B]

Such an underrated comment, my friend!

[@BlueydaHeeler]

It may be slow, but it still works. New and improved doesn’t always mean it’s better. Sometimes old things last way longer than new

[@JimLiElevators]

OMG Sam and Ronin, your reactions in this video just had me dying laughing so hard! And LOL at 1:18. 😂😂😂 That was just beyond lovely with that EPIC scraping sound!

[@SPS8elevatorsoflakecounty]

JimLiElevators haha!!

[@FranzFerdinandVIII]

*01:26* "This is cursed." I Wholeheartedly Agree 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@cameraking1237]

Runs bad + Vandalism = 100% worst elevator in Chicago. Me: Ok I’ll take the steps.

[@ABCEasyas--]

In a train station in Chicago. What do you expect?

[@CAelevators.]

I remember seeing a video of this one awhile ago, thanks for getting an update. 😂

[@Fantech0104]

Yeah this elevator needs quite a bit of help.

[@asphaltandtacos]

That elevator is messed up. That thing belongs in a horror movie.

[@sanitarychannel4410]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@GummyBoi]

The elevator showed F because it wants it’s respects to be paid.

[@arthurharrison1345]

Poor elevator. It really could use a lift.

[@electrician248]

The elevator sounds like it is of the Hydraulic type as opposed to a Traction elevator. It also looks like it is very poorly maintained. I was an elevator mechanic for a few years, and yes I can see why they titled this video as the worst ever. It sounds like it is loose and its guide rails and rollers are totally worn out. You could hear the car skidding on the shaft walls. When that guy stuck his finger he could have easily gotten shocket. He pushed a broken momentary contact switch. If he would have touched the two switch conductors, the shock would have floored him.

[@liftsfromrblx8844]

THIS NEEDS REPLACING

[@SirensAndElevators]

Not to mention the indicator is backwards. S for Platform level and P for Street level. Least they replaced that tacky light but still looks ugly on the inside.

[@elevatormaniacgames]

I feel like Metra isn’t good at maintaining things that doesn’t involve their trains. Especially on their electric side. Time to increases fares.

[@SPS8elevatorsoflakecounty]

Chippo lol

[@elevcarwashsirensandmore21]

This thing needs to be completely modernized. The motor is cool. I can't believe there is just one light and it's hanging. It looks like it's going to fall.

[@CSullivanmeerkatmandude]

The Fox 32 Channel News Studio is on the first level on the left, the Metra Electric South Water Train Station on the lower level. You could take the Millennium, Randoph ramp on the Southside of the train station up instead of the South Water Elevator. There are restaurants and other places to go to. Plus the South Shore Line to Southbend Indiana, The Chicago Ped Way. You could walk the Chicago Ped Way to the CTA L System. The Chicago Ped Way is useful it is connected to many buildings underground, in the Summer when it gets hot out, it can be used with Air Conditioning to keep cool. In the Winter the Chicago Ped Way can be used when days are very cold out and snowy.

[@ElevatorsInternational]

This elevator looks and sounds scary!

[@davidng2336]

Transit elevators always suck. But this one is so bad I laughed my way through this. Therefore this elevator needs either or a complete modernization or a replacement, whatever they choose to do.

[@Ih8kone]

*DEAR NEPTUNE!*

[@polskiewindyodzkieinietylk6192]

Why the lights on the call buttons works, but on the inside floors doesn't? Are they dead?

[@SPS8elevatorsoflakecounty]

Probably, yeah

[@ECFE]

No no, that elevator works just fine and dandy

[@TheDel4873]

I like the sound at 1:18 😂

[@thecarwashelevatorfanatic7433]

This elevator is very similar to some of the MBTA subway elevators... they work like crap.

[@ruskin0maly]

haven't really used them but have heard stories.

[@ActionGamerAaron]

These guys are begging for a Darwin award.

[@rwinnovation7758]

You haven't seen the worst elevator in the city of Chicago unless you saw the elevators in Sports Authority before it closed. One of the elevators was a black pit of doom, the other had 1/8th of its inner door missing.

[@cat1554]

Link?

[@SPS8elevatorsoflakecounty]

Yeah, you got a link? I wanna see it!

[@louisworld6008]

@@SPS8elevatorsoflakecounty OMG yes please

[@vibrantgleam]

give me link now.

[@LittleRockElevators]

Please don't tell me they used that sodium light that I be used at the fuel islands at gas stations 🤦🏾‍♂️? This elevator definitely need a major renovation

[@awildunus8847]

Please tell me you washed your hands afterwords.

[@SPS8elevatorsoflakecounty]

Oh I did

[@DanfossDrivesAmerica]

This elevator is completely cursed.

[@ABCEasyas--]

You need a flashlight and Vicks VapoRub just to step in that elevator

[@michaelwalterselevatorsrob5009]

If anything this is the worst elevator in the world, I mean you have a crappy orange outdoor light AT LEAST MAKE THAT AN LED! Hanging Emergency Light. Burnt out ceiling lights. Far Beyond Poorly Maintained. Sounds like it’s low on oil going down. Has no reason to even exist..

[@blueauraretriever]

This is meme content right here

[@bdub_0]

You’re playing a dangerous game getting on that elevator lmao

[@SPS8elevatorsoflakecounty]

Ha!

[@FloridianElevators]

OMFG..... This thing looks like fun!!!! They better not mod this, I don't care how bad this is, but whenever I get the chance to come to Chicago, you bet my ass I'm riding this LOL!!!

[@JimLiElevators]

LOL Julien!! 😂😂😂

[@TheDel4873]

SAME!

[@TakoElevators]

Death trap but with epic motor

[@Bombiedude.]

And also the worst part is most elevator filmers will first complain that the elevator is crappy and then when it gets a mod or they fix it up they complain that its fixed its like they have no common sense at all

[@SPS8elevatorsoflakecounty]

Haha that’s true 🤣

[@Ih8kone]

That needs a mod.

[@TH-rx1kt]

10 out of 10 I guarantee you this elevator is better than our hotel elevator

[@SPS8elevatorsoflakecounty]

Really? What hotel is it haha

[@TH-rx1kt]

I don’t know but it was super unsatisfying the beeps on the elevator were a cringe buzz and the elevator is creaking so much I couldn’t stand it i think this elevators were made in the 60s and 70s or something otherwise I didn’t want to go on it again and the others also hate it so thats why that elevator is better than the hotel one

[@TH-rx1kt]

It was 8 years ago. But i think they scraped that old funky noisy elevator and get a modern one that sounds good and less funky and not having that horrible buzzing sound I don’t blame the hotel manager that much but i blame the people who made it

[@arthurharrison1345]

People are quick to criticize, but never give a damn to treat public property respectfully. These people make me sick.

[@AndersonHobbyBoy]

What is a death trap?

[@jackx.cassway]

That has a sick chime. Also, is that a service elevator?

[@SPS8elevatorsoflakecounty]

Nah this is a passenger elevator

[@jackx.cassway]

Ok

[@rodney1279TheFlip]

That elevator is terrible. I am not getting on that if run into it.

[@atomstarfireproductions8695]

Nah, Chinatown and some CTA stations are worse

[@PNWElevatorAviation]

Justin Elevator Company obviously did something to this 🤣🤣

[@geneseetrainselevators2448]

Geez that elevator is a piece of shit lmao... You bet I’m riding this when I come to Chicago again. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@TheCrazeYT]

is there anyway i can contact you? i got questions about rooftopping

[@SPS8elevatorsoflakecounty]

You can DM me on insta! (@sam_starr777)

[@TheCrazeYT]

SPS8- elevatorsoflakecounty thanks!

[@awesomecat]

atleast the light looks cute

[@SHDOOR3]

0:33 epic motor

[@johndeerefan725]

That elevator is very poorly maintained

[@DJSpinSter2004]

I really wish I didn’t ride this earlier in March. That was a mistake. It was (and maybe still is) in even worse condition than in this video although the smell is gone and the light color was changed.

[@SPS8elevatorsoflakecounty]

Yeah, it’s like white now

[@PlanesandRollercoastertrains]

1:24 there ya go mate you figured it out John Kramer has trapped you in the elevator

[@SPS8elevatorsoflakecounty]

Lmao

[@212Elevators]

That's no elevator, it's a Hellevator!

[@SPS8elevatorsoflakecounty]

Haha!

[@LVElevators1]

Yay... The worst elevator I have seen in all of 2022 is at Summerlin Hospital parking garage (4-story), one of the 3 elevators runs like a piece of Sh!t and is vandalized too.

[@NWIndianaElevators]

Wow... I do not want to go on that!

[@ElevatorsInternational]

Mean either

[@VancityElevators]

should i buy a plane ticket just to visit this elevator?

[@SPS8elevatorsoflakecounty]

Vancity Elevators lmao yes

[@CSullivanmeerkatmandude]

You're not missing a thing. It is not a good elevator.

[@IllinoisElevators]

Crap 0 Vator

[@sweatshirtsnuggle5479]

Already. “It smells like somebody shit in it”

[@seanluo8369]

The ADA rules for hall buttons are unclear

[@tkefan29]

I thought there would be a worse CTA lift lol

[@matte5552]

At least all the CTA ones are glass in some way, this one you can’t even see out of

[@electromaniac5573]

That elevator looks kinda fishy you guys

[@txelevatorsinactive7193]

Holy shit that thing is horrible!! I would never want to ride that thing lmao

[@greenshell389]

What is wrong with it, it only has sick chimes

[@concordelevators4599]

Blue Shell YOURE SICK! And if you’re going to create a YT account, at least create one that nobody hates, especially MK players.

[@ElevatingChicago]

*are you fucking blind*

[@thecarwashelevatorfanatic7433]

Blue Shell What is wrong with it? DID YOU EVEN WATCH THE DAMN VIDEO? The entire thing is basically wrong!!!

[@123472724]

@@ElevatingChicago bitch is you blind? 😂😂 sorry, just thought of that Vine

[@AndersonHobbyBoy]

It’s actually a very bad death trap elevator

[@Djay_B]

Has this elevator been modded or replaced yet?

[@SPS8elevatorsoflakecounty]

Nope lol

[@Djay_B]

@@SPS8elevatorsoflakecounty Really? That's dumber than dumb.

[@DJSpinSter2004]

One year later and I’m pretty sure it still isn’t fixed.

[@Djay_B]

Nope, it hasn't.

[@DJSpinSter2004]

Maaaan… lmao

[@ellisonbeck6898]

Lol most of the elevators in my city are like that

[@Ih8kone]

Do you mind if I ask where this is located?

[@SPS8elevatorsoflakecounty]

Millennium Station

[@Ih8kone]

@@SPS8elevatorsoflakecounty Log a compliant with Metra. That's what I would do.

[@SPS8elevatorsoflakecounty]

@@Ih8kone if metra cared they would have fixed it years ago

[@Ih8kone]

@@SPS8elevatorsoflakecounty I don't know... You should try to reason with them or at the least try to slap some sense into them.

[@SPS8elevatorsoflakecounty]

I doubt a massive transit company like the RTA has time to listen to somebody's complaints about an elevator

[@RHElevators]

Not riding it.

[@dexterthewulf3637]

No, this is CURSED

[@davyjones7805]

Cabrini Green’s elevators were 20x worse

[@SPS8elevatorsoflakecounty]

Davy Jones oh god, I could only imagine

[@luket4185]

What building?

[@SPS8elevatorsoflakecounty]

Luke I forgot

[@luket4185]

@@SPS8elevatorsoflakecounty damn I live in Chicago so I thought I ride the elevator from hell

[@SPS8elevatorsoflakecounty]

Luke I believe it’s in Illinois Center

[@CSullivanmeerkatmandude]

The Fox 32 Channel News Studio is on the first level on the left, the Metra Electric South Water Train Station on the lower level. You could take the Millennium, Randoph ramp on the Southside of the train station up instead of the South Water Elevator. There are restaurants and other places to go to. Plus the South Shore Line to Southbend Indiana, The Chicago Ped Way. You could walk the Chicago Ped Way to the CTA L System. The Chicago Ped Way is useful it is connected to many buildings underground, in the Summer when it gets hot out, it can be used with Air Conditioning to keep cool. In the Winter the Chicago Ped Way can be used when days are very cold out and snowy.

[@Inescapeium]

What do S and P mean?

[@SPS8elevatorsoflakecounty]

On this elevator, S stands for street level, and P stands for platform level

[@Inescapeium]

@@SPS8elevatorsoflakecounty thanks

[@SWFLElevators]

1:18 LOL!!!!

[@PaullyBoiPlays]

1:21 *F* -worst elevator in chicago

[@louisworld6008]

I wonder how that elevator is doing now and I wonder if anything has changed or not lol It makes me laugh with the light because it has some random outdoor high pressure sodium light in the lift Have you been in that lift recently lol? If you have then what’s changed?

[@DJSpinSter2004]

I’m pretty sure it’s still in god-awful condition right now.

[@louisworld6008]

@@DJSpinSter2004 I saw the latest videos and the light is white now (still the outdoor light but new bulb) It’s still bad lol

[@DJSpinSter2004]

@@louisworld6008 Yeah, I have no hope for that thing. lmao

[@louisworld6008]

@@DJSpinSter2004 there’s no hope that it’s going to change lmao 🤣

[@paulwickward6703]

This is the worst in Chicago? Literally any NYCHA elevator is much much worse. At least this one gets you to the floor and as an added bonus there's no urine on the floor

[@SPS8elevatorsoflakecounty]

Haha fair point

[@arthurharrison1345]

No one wants to help the poor thing. They just want to give it the shaft.

[@vancouverelevators_transit]

This is one of the million trashy elevators in the world I guess…….

[@rafaeldiaz7870]

It really needs some help with the elevador

[@DJSpinSter2004]

Yep, it really does. As far as I know it still hasn’t been fixed.

[@XG417]

Go play the Elevator Game in this thing lol

[@Ambroseweatherradioandmore]

Ew who does this to elevator that is bad

[@LP004]

It’s Chicago, it explains everything

[@DJSpinSter2004]

Well, all the other elevators in the area away from this elevator are in decent condition, so that’s not really the most fair statement. lmao

[@Rimsiakas]

Pfff. Ever been to an old Easter European building with an original elevator? Doesn't even compare.

[@SPS8elevatorsoflakecounty]

Hahaha that’s why I said in the city of chicago

[@elevatorsinrussia2597]

+Rimsiakas I have cause I am Russian and true.

[@Bombiedude.]

Oh man I also thought innovation/montgomery made great elevators and its a shame this is not one of them

[@SPS8elevatorsoflakecounty]

This elevator was actually made by SchindlerHaughton

[@Bombiedude.]

@@SPS8elevatorsoflakecounty oh ok

[@DJSpinSter2004]

@@SPS8elevatorsoflakecounty Nice to know, I couldn’t find the company plate when I rode this thing.

[@UJAN8w7]

Farting elevator 1:18

[@thomaslocaltwat81]

ITS OBVIOUSLY GTA'S FAULT

[@peterdeutscher1442]

Pretty mess this elevator... Hey, you have to becareful to go there in the elevator, mate. What the hell purpose to know this service needs to be fixtures elevator? How not safe to see that elevator gone to spoiled like this!... (Jeez, almighty, how happen this elevator gone be an accident thought is!) 😨

[@mitchellkelly3955]

I never wanna ride this junk...

[@avlifts1989]

Even hydrofit is better

[@DJSpinSter2004]

And there’s five Hydrofits in the Illinois Center above this. lmao

[@elvis5384]

Satan made that thing

[@elvis5384]

I made it : )

[@lwgrazi]

almost as bad as my school's

[@elevatingnyc7793]

No saying bad words in this channel!

[@SPS8elevatorsoflakecounty]

I’ll say what I want, fuck off

[@elevatingnyc7793]

Two wrongs don't make a right, so knock that "fuck" thing off your channel. That's my final offer. And that's why you got kicked out of buildings just by cussing.

[@SPS8elevatorsoflakecounty]

@@elevatingnyc7793 nah I’m good also fuck

[@SPS8elevatorsoflakecounty]

@@elevatingnyc7793 don’t tell me what to do. Now I’m gonna swear more lmao

[@elevatingnyc7793]

What rating is your channel?

[@interdimensionalcat1214]

This is the worst elevator in america? Holy shit this is pure luxury compared to the average elevators in russia xd

[@SPS8elevatorsoflakecounty]

Bahaha that’s true

[@elevatorsinrussia2597]

And CIS countries too.

[@dexterthewulf3637]

Junky fucking elevator lmao

[@zackrob1234]

Holy shit that is bad

[@TakoElevators]

1:18 Elevator farts