I grew up along the Washington D.C. I-95 corridor, and for years I've ridden on the Virginia Railway Express (VRE) to get from my home town up to the city and back. VRE operate these same train cars on their commuter train network. I've always found the seats to be a bit firm but not to bad for a commuter train, and its fun sitting on the top deck! The VRE is a cool service too should you find yourself in the D.C. area again!
Lived on the North Shore suburbs for years and commuted into the city everyday on the Metra UPN or would switch from the Purple Line at Davis to the Metra to avoid going Downtown on the Red Line. I even take Metra to Ravenswood when I want to get from the Loop (West Loop) to the North Side of Chicago faster and more comfortably than via CTA.
So of the agencies with gallery cars that I have been on (VRE, Metra, Caltrain (San Francisco Bay)) the Caltrain ones have the best interior And yet those are gonna be replaced in the fall with new Stadler EMU’s
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I used to watch this channel so much in middle school, just now rediscovering it in college.
I love the Metra. I’ve been on over half their lines including this one going all the way from Kenosha.
Seems like a super fun experience, great video guys!😸
Apparently even a video approach to Chicago by train makes my heart beat a little faster. I love that city! :)
It just been cloudy down here in Florida!😊
I grew up along the Washington D.C. I-95 corridor, and for years I've ridden on the Virginia Railway Express (VRE) to get from my home town up to the city and back. VRE operate these same train cars on their commuter train network. I've always found the seats to be a bit firm but not to bad for a commuter train, and its fun sitting on the top deck!
The VRE is a cool service too should you find yourself in the D.C. area again!
I’d be stressing out at those dwarf signals coming into Chicago trying to figure out which track is which!
That train station makes the ones in metro Boston look like the Taj Majal. Holy crap.
I want to visit Chicago someday
Lived on the North Shore suburbs for years and commuted into the city everyday on the Metra UPN or would switch from the Purple Line at Davis to the Metra to avoid going Downtown on the Red Line.
I even take Metra to Ravenswood when I want to get from the Loop (West Loop) to the North Side of Chicago faster and more comfortably than via CTA.
Have ridden Metra many times
At 7:46 you can hear the PTC beeping at the engineer lol
Reminds me of the Trinity Railway Express in DFW
The seat backs on metra’s gallery cars can be reversed, so you and your friend could have faced each other!
I haven’t been on a train in a long time ever since I was in New York
Never ridden the heavy rail Metra, but I have ridden the CTA and the Metra Electric
Was just in Chicago and I used the L, worked fine, especially for $2.50!!!
So of the agencies with gallery cars that I have been on (VRE, Metra, Caltrain (San Francisco Bay)) the Caltrain ones have the best interior
And yet those are gonna be replaced in the fall with new Stadler EMU’s
Cool
When did you catch it, twenty-five or six to four?
Damn we are way behind Europe as far everything goes :(
That is British
Just your standard Metra station, nothing to see here.
That station at the beginning hasn't had any investment whatsoever in decades. Not good.