It’s crazy looking back at this a decade later and seeing just how much this area has changed.
@999-982 жыл бұрын
Yea I came here 2 or 3 years ago and all this empty space now covered by a tunnel like thing!
@earthtransit210 ай бұрын
@@999-98 since 2014 they covered the tunnel before that year it was nothing
@Nachtwolf111 жыл бұрын
There are two through tracks between the north and south sides of the station, alongside the river. They are used mostly for equipment moves to and from the north and south sides of the station, and for moving the Empire Builder and Hiawatha trains to the coach yard. Freights don't use the through tracks, except for MOW moves such as ballast or rail trains. Through freights may have gone that way a few times... like, a few times EVER. It would be extremely rare, indeed.
@Nachtwolf111 жыл бұрын
611 is an F40C-- a type built exclusively for the Northeast Illinois Regional Commuter Railroad Corp. (later and now called Metra), and has a 3200 HP, V16 645E3B engine. Other than its lack of a steam generator for passenger car heating, it's similar to the SDP40Fs built around the same time for Amtrak. Two F40Cs are left, out of 15 built. The 14 FP45s, on the other hand, were built in 1967 for the Santa Fe and Milwaukee Road, and developed 400 more horsepower with a V20 645E3 engine.
@Nachtwolf111 жыл бұрын
Yup, right downtown, along the river just north of Union Station. The crossings are very busy. There are several dozen regularly-scheduled Metra trains on three different lines through there, plus empty equipment moves to and from the coach yards to the west. AND Amtrak's Hiawatha Service and Empire Builder. The south side of the station is much busier, but it does not have all the grade crossings!
@RayDO7312 жыл бұрын
Great job! The flow of the action is terrific, transitioning from one to the next is very smooth. I will have to take a look at this area next time I am in Chicago. I enjoy Metra's mars lights, reminds me of growing up near the Southern Pacific, I miss that railroad...
@BoratWanksta11 жыл бұрын
I hate that the control tower south of the Canal St. crossing has been torn down, and that a stupid wall was built due to a high rise that'll soon be built over the tracks. :( Nice to see vids that remind me of how railfanning used to be, in that area.
@SWnAZ11 жыл бұрын
3 cab cars on one train? dang metra must have been strapped for coaches that day. ( I always find it a bit funny to see the red and white poking from the sides.
@hawktb911 жыл бұрын
WOW!!! That's an extreme curve!!!
@adelgado758 жыл бұрын
I noticed at 11:50 or so that one train waits while the other one passes. is this because of the slight angle that could cause both trains to scrape against the other?
@WindyCityRails7 жыл бұрын
I think it's because they need space in the station.
@Bbgunn32511 жыл бұрын
I can't even imagine what it would be like if Penn Station or Grand Central were above ground...
@MrBnsftrain7 жыл бұрын
2:01 nice catch of a coach that still has the blue stripe! the smooth side car behind it doesn't! 3:54 why is a UP end cab switcher with the Metra train? Nice catch of such event! 10:08 100 has the shortest Metra train I've ever seen! 14:38 WOW! I had no idea Metra still used an F40C!
@charlieschreiber37 жыл бұрын
MrBnsftrain 611 and 614 are the only two not retired
@trainsofthemidwest6 жыл бұрын
He also saw a 40phm-2 at canal street!?
@ROTE3 жыл бұрын
Since the Union pacific railroad owns the tracks to OTC, they run UP Switchers on the line about every day.
@RefrigeratedWaffles24 жыл бұрын
Nice catch on that F40C
@jordanwilkison8957 жыл бұрын
i need to be there is it worth the trip from indiana and great video busy busy!!!! and is there any hotels next to tracks
@michaelglass47014 жыл бұрын
Jordan Wilkison , it is a perfect place, but there are no hotel's near the tracks
@TheChicagoL6 жыл бұрын
This video was excellent!! I used to pass by this section of right-of-way every now and again when I lived in Chicago. But I had no idea how much squealing those trains produced on that curve. I thought the "L" was noisy on those sharp curves in the Loop. But after listening to the squeal for the duration of this video, I got a bit of a headache......literally
@dwkcamman61113 жыл бұрын
LOVE IT! You even caught my store in the background, wicked!
@MetraEverythingProductions4 жыл бұрын
What store was it
@dwkcamman6114 жыл бұрын
@@MetraEverythingProductions The Jewel-Osco, I used to work there.
@xanadujohn7912 жыл бұрын
Another kick ass place is at the longest platform at the Ogilve Station during morning rush. You wouldn't even have to pause.
@williamholm83796 жыл бұрын
Delightful video good job
@PRHILL969611 жыл бұрын
Freights go all the way through Union Station? Are there tracks that go through it instead of ending at the terminals?
@shanewalters41715 жыл бұрын
Why don't the trains sound their horns when they leave and arrive at the station crossing? Quiet zone?
@Nachtwolf113 жыл бұрын
@amtrak49 It's a quiet zone.
@michaelglass47014 жыл бұрын
Looooove your video 👍🛤️🚇, I'm a Model Railroder and I have both HO &N Scale of Metra trains
@Nachtwolf113 жыл бұрын
@quimbyt Freights? Every once in a blue moon, maybe. Just maybe. You could probably count the number of times that has been done in the past... say, 20 years, on both hands.
@Robbi4966 жыл бұрын
No more tower here and most of the area shown is underground now!
@Joshsrailvideos8 жыл бұрын
Why do some of the inbound trains have the engine in front?
@rapperguy987 жыл бұрын
Those trains aren't inbound trains. They are trains for the heritage corridor route. I guess Metra stores those train sets in the yard with the trains for the milwaukee district routes.
@MetraTitanicWTC6 жыл бұрын
I have notice that too
@melishamitchell14853 жыл бұрын
These inbound train are Herritage Corridor trains. They arrive from Joliet early in the morning, then head out through Union Station and Canal St to rest in the yard at Western Ave, then come back in the eve, like we see in this video
@ROTE3 жыл бұрын
@@rapperguy98 they come from Western avenue and they head to union station to operate on the BNSF or HC lines.
@lailasalas10 жыл бұрын
I can not identify if trains on upper level are those of South Shore Route
@briansivley200110 жыл бұрын
They weren't from The South Shore Line those go from The Millennium Randolph Street Station and that's to the east of these tracks that go into Union Station. The Tracks on the upper level go into The Northwestern Station AKA Ogilvie Transportation Center. That station is used by The Union Pacific North Line which goes up to Kenosha Wisconsin and most of the trains end in Waukegan. It's also served by Union Pacific Northwest Line which goes up to Harvard and McHenry on Rush Hour during Weekdays. And lastly The Union Pacific West Line goes west to Elburn. The one you are thinking of is below grade station where The Metra Electric which goes down to University Park and 93rd Street and South Chicago and Blue Island and The South Shore Line also serves The Millennium Randolph Street Station.
@lailasalas10 жыл бұрын
THANKS
@jmream26189 жыл бұрын
lailasalas is north canal street a quiet zone
@GekkonidaeKing10 жыл бұрын
THE FUCK? HOW CLOSED IS THAT BEND? 0:05
@GekkonidaeKing10 жыл бұрын
3:13 LOOK AT THE BRIDGE TO SEE AMTRAK EASTER EGG!
@GekkonidaeKing10 жыл бұрын
Metra Wat Evar
@iliketrains8394 жыл бұрын
That's the Metra/Union Pacific tracks not Amtrak, moron
@GekkonidaeKing4 жыл бұрын
@@iliketrains839 no u, also, kinda a lil late huh?
@DokiRailfanner929 ай бұрын
Um, what are you talking about?
@jmream2618 Жыл бұрын
0:25 that MP36PH doesn’t have a E Bell
@DokiRailfanner929 ай бұрын
It doesn’t, it has a mechanical bell
@MrPro8979 жыл бұрын
Why are there so few doors in the cars? One door for a car. It doesn't make sense. All commuter trains have many doors.
@fluffnose33864 жыл бұрын
Does anyone know why the windows are green?
@oct197.4 жыл бұрын
They are tinted
@fluffnose33864 жыл бұрын
oct197 yes, but why are they green? As opposed to clear
@oct197.4 жыл бұрын
@@fluffnose3386 I believe the clear windows are the newer rehabbed cars
@cmag198 жыл бұрын
12:43 90221 before becoming a veterans unit.
@Top10Mr12 жыл бұрын
Why are some Metra trains blue black and orange while most of them are blue and red??
@mrbronson53333 жыл бұрын
The engines are F40PH’s red and blue and MP36PH orange and blue. The F40’s have been around since the 80’s and are aging out. The MP36’s have been around since 2003. There are more F40’s than MP36’s. F40PH 100-184 215 216 F40PHM-2 185-214. MP36PH 401-427. Nowadays Metra also has some F59PH’s 97-99 and all of Amtrak’s original Surfliner engines. All of Metras F40PHM-2’s have been rebuilt and repainted and some F40PH’s. Metra is also going to purchase 500 new rail cars with two doors on each side. They are exactly like Metrolink, Coaster, MBTA, Caltrain. The cars will be delivered in 2025.
@adharris0810 жыл бұрын
why is number 100 going the wrong way?
@trainmodeler960710 жыл бұрын
Because he departs from the other side of Union Station
@Bbgunn32511 жыл бұрын
Good grief, that's downtown? How busy are those crossings?
@WorldWideOfTrainsAndTrucks3 жыл бұрын
Rush hour gets train packed
@kimkessler823711 жыл бұрын
NachWolf1 are you a train conductor?
@nicholasbolton777811 жыл бұрын
Great video, subbed! How safe is it here? (Crime Rate) I might come here sometime.
@WorldWideOfTrainsAndTrucks3 жыл бұрын
There’s normally not much crime down here at Canal St but I was here once and these 2 homeless people walking past me and my dad with are cameras set up and they were smoking but it isn’t that bad the 3 times I have been down here (No crime the 3 times i have been here.
@ROTE3 жыл бұрын
the area is pretty safe, there are a few homeless people there but besides that it's a decent area
@jmream26189 жыл бұрын
p42dc #99 needs a good wash
@Trainlover19959 жыл бұрын
***** #99 is a P42, not a P40. All of the P40s are in the 800 series, while the P42s are numbered from 1-207.
@Trainlover19959 жыл бұрын
The first model of Genesis locomotive.
@MPIEMDRailfan48 жыл бұрын
+Joe Dohn P40s are exactly the same as P42s, just with 200 less horsepower.
@amtrak4913 жыл бұрын
how come they dont blow their horns?
@WorldWideOfTrainsAndTrucks3 жыл бұрын
Cause it is a quiet zone
@sleeper02812 жыл бұрын
I like the chicago as railway hub because it's a big yard along tall building and establishment many switch from one another to another.
@Robbi4966 жыл бұрын
I should say most of the area east and south of Canal is underground
@kimkessler823711 жыл бұрын
and awesome video's
@sethamtrak13 жыл бұрын
@quimbyt Maybe sometimes an occasional Metra Work train if you get lucky
@Ferrocarril_Chicago6 жыл бұрын
The glory days when it was possible to get the L trains in the shot too.
@ROTE3 жыл бұрын
Indeed, now there is that giant tunnel there.
@AlfTrains4 жыл бұрын
Nice vídeo
@HOTRAILProductions12 жыл бұрын
rush hour!
@allanegleston139 жыл бұрын
@ 10:48 is why i object to these " silent " zones. i thought that federal law supersceded local law. please someone pm me . thanks. like . nice video
@WorldWideOfTrainsAndTrucks3 жыл бұрын
There quiet zones because there’s apartments next to Canal St or around it and engineers that come into OTC or out same with Canal set can only blow then if someone’s walking or a reason needed