Windy City Hot Spots - Rondout, Illinois. Part 1: Introduction, History, Amtrak

[@erbewayne6868]

Nice to see pictures of Milwaukee road freight trains.

[@Rails-Of-Illinois]

8:08 Amtrak F40PH 375 is now Metra 216

[@michaelpatrickhamilton3384]

Watching Milwaukee Road trains bring back a lot of nostalgia great video

[@EastEndProductionsArchiv-lm3lq]

Thank you for the compliment. I got a lot of cab rides when I was a kid from MILW crews. Those cab rides led to a 41-year career in the railroad industry! RR

[@stevesummers2462]

Thanks for the shout out to the Chicago North Shore & Milwaukee

[@EastEndProductionsArchiv-lm3lq]

We were very happy to get access to Ray's footage. There is a fair amount of North Shore video out there, but precious little of the Mundelein branch. RR

[@ShawnCalay-hi6gy]

I had no idea or at least didn't pay attention that the Amtrak GP40tc actually worked Chicago to Milwaukee...that engine was cool but a kitbash nightmare....a SDP40, a GP38-2 and a new underframes made from K&S brass ....I made one for a BN engineer on commuter....I think it was Corky can't remember his last name....but seeing some of your footage makes me wanna model a Milwaukee sprint ...

[@aaronryherd6607]

Those Metra cars always looked so top heavy going through the turnouts

[@Kristoff3069]

Love seeing Mr Heravers photos here!! 😍

[@EastEndProductionsArchiv-lm3lq]

Mr. Heraver did more than provide photos, he wrote the script and essentially guided the production of the program! He did an excellent job. RR

[@colinmulder6806]

With this upload, possible hunch VOL.1 will be uploaded in the future.

[@gregoryhainsworth2663]

I miss the Milwaukee Road

[@EastEndProductionsArchiv-lm3lq]

Me too. I got a lot of cab rides when I was a kid from MILW crews. Those cab rides led to a 41-year career in the railroad industry! RR

[@aaronryherd6607]

The good Ole days!

[@EastEndProductionsArchiv-lm3lq]

Indeed they were! I'd go back to those days in a heartbeat. RR

[@_mynewcareer]

Awesome

[@EastEndProductionsArchiv-lm3lq]

Thank you!

[@Robloxrailfanenthusiast]

That sounds like the west Chicago diamond sound

[@EastEndProductionsArchiv-lm3lq]

The current diamonds are now trolley, or roll-over diamonds for the CN / EJ&E. The CPKC / Metra / Amtrak / WSOR trains are pretty much silent these days when the cross the "diamonds". RR

[@1974rail]

Happy holidays ⛄

[@kthompmke]

I was a brakeman for the Milwaukee Road from 1966 until they went bankrupt in 1969, working freight & passenger. Do you have any info on the Fox Lake commuter trains? I worked those round trip from Fox Lake to Chicago but we didn’t have “Metra” cars. If I remember correctly, we usually had four cars and engine. Absolutely love the Milwaukee road.

[@Nvideofilmsproductions]

This is Metra Milwaukee District North

[@EastEndProductionsArchiv-lm3lq]

Yes, it is. RR

[@Nvideofilmsproductions]

@@EastEndProductionsArchiv-lm3lq in 1982 they discounted service to Walworth WI

[@LenLamberg]

I believe that Marlon Brando grew up near here.

[@OgaugeTrainsplusslotCars]

Sweeeeeet

[@Robloxrailfanenthusiast]

This is probably 25 or 50 years ago i wasn’t alive

[@dwkcamman611]

At 6:50, what grade crossing was this at?

[@EastEndProductionsArchiv-lm3lq]

The limits of the Rondout footage extended from Conway road in Lake Forest to the south, and Atkinson Road to the north. RR

[@tommyhunter1817]

The fall of the Milwaukee is one of the most disgusting chapters in American business history. Just ahead of all the rail mergers since 1975.

[@stephenheath8465]

The BN Merger in 1970 was the death knell for the Milwaukee Road