CTA L at Tower 18 in Chicago

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  • @herlsone
    @herlsone ปีที่แล้ว +49

    "How often do the trains go by....so often you don't event notice it..." Jake and Elwood Blues.

    • @atwoodca
      @atwoodca ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Nice. Blues brothers all the way

    • @spuds6423
      @spuds6423 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Classic!!!!

    • @geraldwagner8739
      @geraldwagner8739 ปีที่แล้ว

      Exactly what I thought about when I watched the video.

  • @NWORails
    @NWORails ปีที่แล้ว +143

    I thought this was a model layout for a few seconds

    • @DogRedful
      @DogRedful ปีที่แล้ว +22

      It’s 1 to 1 scale.
      😂🤣😂

    • @billpotokar360
      @billpotokar360 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      ...yaa ...thought so too...

    • @billpotokar360
      @billpotokar360 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@DogRedful ...yaa 12 inches = 1 foot scale...😁

    • @johnnylott9700
      @johnnylott9700 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      So did I

    • @johncox2284
      @johncox2284 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      So did I. Turns out it's 12" to the foot scale.

  • @armandisip2287
    @armandisip2287 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    Great video! A fine example of a three-quarter grand union junction. If the tower wasn’t there and other curved tracks were installed, it would have been a full grand union junction.

  • @metromaster2010
    @metromaster2010 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I love this place, Just never got up into the parking garage to video from there. Thanks for this.

  • @chooch9816
    @chooch9816 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    You have to love that sound as they pass over the diamonds! Mind you, one may never get sleep. 😂

  • @hinternsaubachel5109
    @hinternsaubachel5109 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    Looks like a very well made model train set. Great!

  • @kevinmk2002
    @kevinmk2002 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I'm impressed there's no flange squeal with the tight radius.

  • @FishKepr
    @FishKepr ปีที่แล้ว +14

    That Junction on the lower right with the two tracks splitting into three directions at once is pretty neat.

  • @gernotkwaschnievski5901
    @gernotkwaschnievski5901 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I'm surprised at what snail's pace they are traveling
    greetings from Berlin!

  • @luislaplume8261
    @luislaplume8261 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    I got to admit this has more action than the Myrtle Ave, Broadway Junction station that from 1914 til 1969 had subway trains coming from the Broadway El to go underneath the Myrtle Ave El and turn north to have joint subway and wooden El trains to the terminal at Metropolitan Ave in Maspeth, Queens,NYC. My late father worked 2 blocks away from it! 😊

    • @iwouldliketoorderanumber1b79
      @iwouldliketoorderanumber1b79 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      We are still trying to catch up to NYC bigger transit system network, NYC and Chicago has a lot of history together.

  • @darylephillips6778
    @darylephillips6778 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    A Great video Thankyou for sharing from a Australian railfan

  • @SteveH-TN
    @SteveH-TN ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I enjoyed watching this video from the 1950s until 1970 I rode the L mostly from the Kimball Terminal. This was a nostalgic memory video for me thanks for sharing this video. !

  • @waynemacfarland1546
    @waynemacfarland1546 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Jake: "How often do the trains go by?"
    Elwood: So often, you wouldn't even notice it."

    • @neilbarnett3046
      @neilbarnett3046 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      My thoughts exactly. In fact, Chicago always reminds me of that film.

    • @iwouldliketoorderanumber1b79
      @iwouldliketoorderanumber1b79 ปีที่แล้ว

      All day and night, at Clark and lake you can catch the orange line every 10 to 15 mins. It just seems so frequent here because different lines converge here.

    • @Ghauster
      @Ghauster ปีที่แล้ว

      @@neilbarnett3046 it should. That's where the film is set.

  • @ellcor
    @ellcor ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Imagine living there, what a racket!

  • @geraldwagner8739
    @geraldwagner8739 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    These tracks are spectacular.

  • @vincenthuying98
    @vincenthuying98 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Cool close up shots of the three way turnouts at the right hand side of the junction. Great reference to model this kind of track configuration!

  • @christophertmunro4503
    @christophertmunro4503 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I wonder where they filmed that old Gregory Hines & Billy Crystal movie "Running Scared" from 1986!!!!

  • @TexasCat99
    @TexasCat99 ปีที่แล้ว

    I used to live in Chicago a long time ago... the squealing of the trucks on the turns are A LOT better today than then.

  • @Bobrogers99
    @Bobrogers99 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I find it remarkable that the points are always set properly, considering the several lines that enter and exit The Loop at each of its corners.

    • @TexasCat99
      @TexasCat99 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's edited quite a bit. Not really a complicated setup. There is one in Japan that's about 25 minutes lone showing a train station with at least 4 lines. NO EDITING, showing about 20 trains coming and going non-stop... so even on the same track, the trains will be going in different directions... like Wow, that train left platform #3 and 80 seconds later, another train comes into platform #3 from the opposite direction. This are the bullet trains alone, not the regular light rail which are also coming and going on other tracks. It's wild!
      The title is: 4min intervals]TOKYO SHINKANSEN RUSH (YT channel - every dayday ) 23m24s. Recorded at almost at 9am.

  • @jessicaburdell7779
    @jessicaburdell7779 ปีที่แล้ว

    Reminds me of the MTA's subway and L, about 246 miles down from me, in New York City.

  • @JoeRailfan
    @JoeRailfan ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Seeing the L trains take those curves at the junction reminds me of watching my old Lionels rounding their 0-27 curves (13 1/2" radius). (As the model railroaders say, there's a prototype for everything.)

  • @TheKurtsPlaceChannel
    @TheKurtsPlaceChannel ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Very nicely put together video and very entertaining as well. Thanks for posting this.

  • @guy8968
    @guy8968 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    this is my kind of transit oriented development

  • @sillyone52062
    @sillyone52062 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    My dad worked a tower near Philly. The stories that he told me!

  • @chopchop3464
    @chopchop3464 ปีที่แล้ว

    We have that in Philly, too. It's called Kensington & Allegheny Ave. Underneath is where all the druggies are, nice!

  • @MuhammadNadeem-gn4in
    @MuhammadNadeem-gn4in ปีที่แล้ว

    Looking Awsome.

  • @hairyairey
    @hairyairey ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Notice how the track is further apart on the curved sections to allow for the extra space taken by a turning train.

  • @ryans413
    @ryans413 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The thumbnail looked like a model train set

  • @Han-wh5ie
    @Han-wh5ie ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Bijzonder scherpe bogen. De rijtuigen raken elkaar welhaast.

  • @Lighting_Desk
    @Lighting_Desk ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This is pretty cool. You should check out the point work for Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. There's a lot of history not only from the building of central station, but the pointwork being some of the most complex around.

  • @cwillpiko1994
    @cwillpiko1994 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Gracious! Those three-rail modelers get better all the time! Imagine the wiring issues were it two-rail! Just another excuse for dead track and battery power.
    P.S. All the rolling stock looks the same....

  • @crumbus
    @crumbus ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow! If only this was available in Train Sim World...

  • @TowMater603
    @TowMater603 ปีที่แล้ว

    - How often does the train come through ?
    - So often you won't even notice.

  • @robertgottlieb1246
    @robertgottlieb1246 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Nice crossing🎉❤

  • @darylcheshire1618
    @darylcheshire1618 ปีที่แล้ว

    in Melbourne, there is a tramway grand union junction, something like one of four in the world. Corner of Hawthorn Rd and Balaclava Rd.

  • @seemoretoys5944
    @seemoretoys5944 ปีที่แล้ว

    Jake: How often does the train go by?
    Elwood: So often that you won't even notice it.

  • @nielsdebakker3283
    @nielsdebakker3283 ปีที่แล้ว

    Damn, those diamond crossings are loud.

  • @paulhwbooth
    @paulhwbooth ปีที่แล้ว

    Delightful...

  • @Maniacguy2777
    @Maniacguy2777 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    When I sat on Dubai metro there were no noise like this coming from the wheels. The ride is so smooth that you even can't feel a bump or springy action.

    • @Kanadabalsam
      @Kanadabalsam ปีที่แล้ว +14

      I mean given that it was built and in continuous operation since the 1890’s some noise and bumps are to be expected right?

    • @jaminova_1969
      @jaminova_1969 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Montreal uses rubber tires. Steel wheels make noise!

    • @Maniacguy2777
      @Maniacguy2777 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Kanadabalsam yes like railroad trains they make noise. Is it because of heavy weight of the train? This metro rail sounds like real rail road trains.

    • @Maniacguy2777
      @Maniacguy2777 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jaminova_1969 and what is the technology used in Dubai metro trains that feels like roller wheel smooth?

    • @iwouldliketoorderanumber1b79
      @iwouldliketoorderanumber1b79 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jaminova_1969love that sound historic sound it never gets old.

  • @Tinuzeller
    @Tinuzeller ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for sharing your hike with us.
    You were on a hike that was marked red/white that means „mountain hike“. So your sneakers were not the ideal footwear for these kind of hikes.

  • @sernajrlouis
    @sernajrlouis ปีที่แล้ว

    Cool video and channel just subscribed

  • @theunknowngamer5477
    @theunknowngamer5477 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm not sure why or how this video found me.
    The Coach connections, at two minutes....Wow, what a turn!
    Not a Rail fan. I failed the special club acceptance rules of AFOL (Adult Fans Of LEGO), by asking questions about
    the LEGO Brand of toy Trains. My custom work continues without guidance.
    I did find some reality watching this video...coincidence is the darndest critter!

  • @chreynest
    @chreynest ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I imagine #18 is the only full-time manned tower in the CTA elevated system

  • @ERIELACKU34CH
    @ERIELACKU34CH ปีที่แล้ว

    amazing

  • @291281
    @291281 ปีที่แล้ว

    Awesome video ! 😍👍

  • @HNZ.
    @HNZ. ปีที่แล้ว

    una pieza de precisión relojera.

  • @TrainLovers-TL69
    @TrainLovers-TL69 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice video! like👍

  • @gmpgmp0
    @gmpgmp0 ปีที่แล้ว

    Looks like a 1950s triang train set

  • @ПоМосквенагранте
    @ПоМосквенагранте ปีที่แล้ว

    Пока дождешься поезда будет ночь😂😂

  • @lellopesce
    @lellopesce ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Wait. At 2:48, the train stopped for some train orders? They still do that? I thought they would have radios to talk to the dispatcher (I also thought the tower was closed). And yes, from the thumbnail picture I thought this was a Lionel layout .... 🤯😂

    • @BricksWorks
      @BricksWorks ปีที่แล้ว +3

      No. It looks like the guy in the signal box got his lunch delivered :) Watch him walk off with a lunch bag.

    • @blue9multimediagroup
      @blue9multimediagroup ปีที่แล้ว

      Tower is fully manned

  • @albertotognoni4819
    @albertotognoni4819 ปีที่แล้ว

    Those diamonds how every amount of time are changed? Rail Diamonds are the piece that most requre close watch by the maintenance dept of the infrastrutture owner for the level of wear that they are under

  • @stevenallan5822
    @stevenallan5822 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    What was there first the tracks or the buildings? Impressive. This could be turned into a model layout with a lot of work.

  • @mahmoodQureshikohatiPakistan
    @mahmoodQureshikohatiPakistan ปีที่แล้ว

    Best game🎉

  • @fascination.sound.and.groove
    @fascination.sound.and.groove ปีที่แล้ว

    👍👍👍

  • @fedupdomer5654
    @fedupdomer5654 ปีที่แล้ว

    i wonder if chicago regrets not putting all that underground

  • @ryanmgill
    @ryanmgill ปีที่แล้ว

    How often does the train go by?
    So often you won't even notice it.

  • @timbarnes2259
    @timbarnes2259 ปีที่แล้ว

    They could update their cross overs as to cut down on the 'wheel track' noise..

  • @jimcrawford5039
    @jimcrawford5039 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Is this third-rail electric? I remember being in Chicago in 1960 on a ship but never rode on the “EL”. Cheers from Australia.

    • @stilettoheelslover
      @stilettoheelslover ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yes, it is third-rail electric. In the winter, the sparks as the pick-up shoe breaks the ice can be spectacular! This junction is on the meeting of W. Lake Street (which goes top-left to bottom-right of frame), and N. Wells Street (which goes top-right to bottom-left of frame), the "signal box" (or whatever it is) is on the NW corner of the junction.. Beneath the tracks, it's always dark....
      Everyone calls this transit system "The L", but it's actually "The *EL* " (short for "Elevated" trains).....

    • @ACDZ123
      @ACDZ123 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hey Jim. I been to Perth and the trains there were spectacular. Clean ,fast and efficient 🙂

    • @blue9multimediagroup
      @blue9multimediagroup ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@stilettoheelsloverthat's not a signal box. It's an interlocking tower and they control all the switches from there. The lights on the front of the trains tell the dispatchers which way to route the lines.
      And in Chicago, it's "L", not "el". CTA specifically calls it 'L' with single quotes. Been that way for years and if you spell it any other way, you'll out yourself as a tourist.

  • @briansmith-l1q
    @briansmith-l1q ปีที่แล้ว

    how often do they change the wheels?

  • @rouroustar8592
    @rouroustar8592 ปีที่แล้ว

    En fait, à Chicago, ils ont transformé le sol en sous sol.

  • @tonyr.5652
    @tonyr.5652 ปีที่แล้ว

    What's that little control tower - like building? it's odd

  • @wonderfulworldwelive
    @wonderfulworldwelive ปีที่แล้ว

    Som mirrors in each side could help too see

  • @user-yv8jt4eg7jChalenisi
    @user-yv8jt4eg7jChalenisi ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice to meet you, are the parts other than the railroad tracks made of wood?

  • @Anrufbeantworter
    @Anrufbeantworter ปีที่แล้ว

    One could set up a dormitory for people without hearing at this intersection. One room could be kept free to test simulants.

  • @Tinuzeller
    @Tinuzeller ปีที่แล้ว

    Can you share a link from Google maps?

  • @timbarnes2259
    @timbarnes2259 ปีที่แล้ว

    Lunch box delivery at 2.47..

  • @metro673
    @metro673 ปีที่แล้ว

    Where is the third rail?

  • @danvelazquez5498
    @danvelazquez5498 ปีที่แล้ว

    Those rails look so old, really are safe?

  • @GraczPierwszy
    @GraczPierwszy ปีที่แล้ว

    no zobaczyłem

  • @robfriedrich2822
    @robfriedrich2822 ปีที่แล้ว

    In Berlin you couldn't build something like this. In the early 20th century they had the biggest accident ever, where one train from one direction bumped into another one from other direction. Google for Gleisdreieck Accident

  • @Engineer9736
    @Engineer9736 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Can't believe that they mess up the look of the street so much, and so much noise, just for public transportation. Sure for rail fanning it looks nice, but for all the rest...

    • @Deepthought-42
      @Deepthought-42 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Agreed
      From aLondoner, a strong case for an underground railway IMO

  • @kenlong5011
    @kenlong5011 ปีที่แล้ว

    How do office workers Work with all that NOISE

    • @five-toedslothbear4051
      @five-toedslothbear4051 ปีที่แล้ว

      One of the side effects of the CTA running at that level through downtown Chicago is that the value of second floor office space is pretty low. So what will happen is you’ll find buildings with services on the second floor, like barbershops and things like that, because nobody would want to have an office right next to the tracks.

  • @leohopkins71
    @leohopkins71 ปีที่แล้ว

    Those L trains aren't very long. The Metrorail in DC/VA/MD has has like 10-12 cars on it.

    • @iwouldliketoorderanumber1b79
      @iwouldliketoorderanumber1b79 ปีที่แล้ว

      The brown and purple lines that come through here a 8 cars long, the green line is 6 cars and pink is 4 cars. A lot of stations are old and can only do a max of 8 cars but they or working 10 cars on the redline line as the are rehabbing the line to accommodate 10 cars. It’s an old network but it’s getting overhauled slowly but surely.

  • @加藤郁-d9n
    @加藤郁-d9n ปีที่แล้ว

    カオスだよな~。単線でもカオスなのに、複線だから余計にカオス^⁠_⁠^:

  • @ЕвгенияШацкая
    @ЕвгенияШацкая ปีที่แล้ว

    Присылайте больше!

  • @CentralGeorgiaRailfan8051
    @CentralGeorgiaRailfan8051 ปีที่แล้ว

    Bro I could have swore these were modle trains...

  • @metro673
    @metro673 ปีที่แล้ว

    the wagon is small the brasilian model so the little radius

  • @arthurtomczak8474
    @arthurtomczak8474 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow they missed .

  • @Langevloei-NL
    @Langevloei-NL ปีที่แล้ว

    It has two working lines? That's a load of track.

    • @roger0929
      @roger0929 ปีที่แล้ว

      4 - pink, green, brown and purple.

  • @gesokichi5212
    @gesokichi5212 ปีที่แล้ว

    真の鉄道先進国はやっぱりアメリカじゃないかと、これを見た日本人は思うかも。

  • @MN-tw5fq
    @MN-tw5fq ปีที่แล้ว

    西園寺氏がここ見に行ってたな。

  • @sithufoto
    @sithufoto ปีที่แล้ว

    come or go chicago bus natham pain go

  • @abcjex5403
    @abcjex5403 ปีที่แล้ว

    播磨屋橋交差点みたい

  • @chopchop3464
    @chopchop3464 ปีที่แล้ว

    nail biting action

    • @chopchop3464
      @chopchop3464 ปีที่แล้ว

      @charlesrichter3854 like your thinking

  • @mahmoodQureshikohatiPakistan
    @mahmoodQureshikohatiPakistan ปีที่แล้ว

    1🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

  • @Newlenoxrailfan8952
    @Newlenoxrailfan8952 หลายเดือนก่อน

    It’s channel not cannel

  • @fredashay
    @fredashay ปีที่แล้ว

    That looks like a disaster just waiting to happen should some driver miss a signal.

    • @roger0929
      @roger0929 ปีที่แล้ว

      Unlike every other time a passenger train driver misses a signal, right?

    • @fredashay
      @fredashay ปีที่แล้ว

      @@roger0929 Right! 😛

  • @alcab2042
    @alcab2042 ปีที่แล้ว

    sistemas que debieron ser de rodadura neumática:

  • @ЕвгенияШацкая
    @ЕвгенияШацкая ปีที่แล้ว

    Присылай больше

  • @AbrahamG.99
    @AbrahamG.99 ปีที่แล้ว

    Why so slow?

  • @ОлегХарченко-ф7з
    @ОлегХарченко-ф7з ปีที่แล้ว

    ну и как тут жить? постоянный грохот. кошмарное решение сделать наземное метро проведя его через жилые районы.

  • @chriscoralAloha
    @chriscoralAloha ปีที่แล้ว

    Americas transportation infrastructure is a joke.

  • @รีวิวอาการเสียเครื่องใช้ไฟฟ้า

    ไม่เห็นแปลกตรงไหน

  • @ЕвгенияШацкая
    @ЕвгенияШацкая ปีที่แล้ว

    Ты куку?

  • @FirstnameLastname-tp4zw
    @FirstnameLastname-tp4zw ปีที่แล้ว

    Funny how railroads tore down all the towers. But YOU chacaca have one. What you don't have internet? Did you INJURE your fingers in a cellphone accident???
    I thought connectivity wait..... I bet these are used for crew changes or maybe it's just ignorant me needing to look something up before just seeing how bad it is and how it affects the world. Oh my god so over it and still learning. Thank aU

  • @ЕвгенияШацкая
    @ЕвгенияШацкая ปีที่แล้ว

    Вау

  • @八尾隆之
    @八尾隆之 ปีที่แล้ว

    何が面白い❓

  • @ElChanco
    @ElChanco ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Bro it looks like an actual ro scale ngl

    • @True_NOON
      @True_NOON ปีที่แล้ว

      Tbh ro scales wouldve been goofy and went all 4 ways with the tower like this above the middle
      _______
      / \

  • @luigicartei5096
    @luigicartei5096 ปีที่แล้ว

    Orrore !!!

  • @Jurgen-c4m
    @Jurgen-c4m ปีที่แล้ว

    Who wants to live or work there between so much noise? Insane.