South Shore Line - Chicago, IL. to Gary, IN. [WINTER 2016]

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  • Front view footage from South Shore train # 109 from Millennium station in Chicago, IL. to Gary, IN. (Broadway)

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  • @oliverseeler1018
    @oliverseeler1018 5 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    Sentimental Journey ... I rode the South Shore many times from South Bend (home) to Chicago and back as a small boy, and then later, after having gone off to school on the West Coast, when coming home for Christmas or such. I love trains, and loved the old Orange Peril, as we jokingly called it. Hope she keeps rolling another hundred years! Thanks for the memories.

  • @dougkubash8673
    @dougkubash8673 5 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Great Video! No goofy music or drama. It was like being in the cab with the engineer.

    • @bradpd
      @bradpd 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Just a very shaky camera.

  • @garyb7950
    @garyb7950 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Lived in Michigan City, Indiana for a short period of time! Took the South Shore Line to and from Chicago!! Classic!!!

  • @NEhemiah131
    @NEhemiah131 5 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    The abandoned railroad bridge at 20:50 in the video at 79th st belongs to the New York, Chicago and St.louis Railroad or Nickel Plate Road.

    • @thephantomeagle2
      @thephantomeagle2 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      They're talking about using that bridge for Amtrak trains from the IC/CN trackage, and maybe others. This would bypass St. Charles Airline which would cut down on trains having to back a long way to get to Union Station.

    • @YeOldeGeezer
      @YeOldeGeezer 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@thephantomeagle2 any updates on that bridge

    • @NEhemiah131
      @NEhemiah131 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Prior to the creation of the nation's interstate highways, traveling by train was the way to travel. More than a dozen railroads operated their own passenger trains in Chicago. The Nickel Plate was no exception. According to an article published in Passenger Train Journal August 1985 Vol 16,No. 7 E95, in order for its passenger trains to reach Lasalle street station, the Nickel Plate trains entered Chicago from Fort Wayne, Indiana at street level and then followed a path that took them up roller-coaster style up over the IIlinois Central that you see in the video at 20: 50, then down and under, and back up to the New York Central tracks that you see in 20:20 in the video,and then on to Lasalle Street station. I don't know why the Nickel Plate didn't negotiate a trackage rights agreement with the Illinois Central to use Randolph Street station.

    • @NEhemiah131
      @NEhemiah131 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@thephantomeagle2Your right, according to an article published by Passenger Train Journal August 1985 Vol. 16, NO. 7 E95, p 25 , Amtrak eyed this connection back then and as recently to eliminate the backup operation required for trains heading to Memphis. It would be interesting for railfans to see!

    • @NEhemiah131
      @NEhemiah131 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@YeOldeGeezerThe rails, ballast, and ties are still on the bridge and it's mostly intact. I've been writing the Nickel Plate Historical Society about passenger train videos in the Chicago area but nothing so far.

  • @Metal9040
    @Metal9040 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I have ridden the south shore from Chicago to Chesterton Indiana many times with my grandmother who is no longer with us, This brings back memories from that time. I miss you grandma :(

  • @memoryroad626
    @memoryroad626 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I've grown up taking the Metra MDN line, watching a south bound line is so refreshing!

  • @brianarbenz1329
    @brianarbenz1329 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    When I last visited Chicago, a few years ago, I made a point to ride the South Shore Line from The Loop to Ogden Dunes. I love that line!

  • @RailroadVideos
    @RailroadVideos 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    At 9:58 you can see where the Canadian National Chicago Sub passes over the Metra Electric on a flyover under McCormick place, and then at 10:12 the headlight on the far left is a CN freight about to cross over that same point. Then at 14:21 there is another northbound CN freight as the South Shore train is entering Hyde Park. CN only runs 6-10 freight trains a day on that portion of the Chicago Sub, catching two of them minutes apart is highly unusual.

    • @africkinamerican
      @africkinamerican 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Amtrak uses that flyover also going to/from Union Station.

  • @BigMoe-wf7nx
    @BigMoe-wf7nx 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I have never ridden a South Shore train. This video makes me feel like I'm actually on it!!😁. I'm going to do it for real one day. It looks like fun and convenient!!😊

    • @jmtpubs
      @jmtpubs 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Definitely do, and plan to make a few stops along the way. In Hammond / Whiting, you can get a shuttle to Pierogifest from the depot during that event. The train stops close to the entrance of Dunes Nat'l Park. The Chesterton depot has a small art gallery inside. And you can get public transport from the final stop at the So. Bend Airport to the Note Dame campus.

    • @leozdyck6226
      @leozdyck6226 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jmtpubs The Chesterton station also has a shuttle to Valparaiso which has a lot of great restaurants and a cool downtown.

  • @rowton49015
    @rowton49015 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for posting this, it brings back many great memories

  • @dorismoore6815
    @dorismoore6815 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for this trip down memory lane from my childhood.

  • @ricktemmen6272
    @ricktemmen6272 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I rode the whole way. Great video. Thanks. 😎👍

  • @travelingtom923
    @travelingtom923 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you for that train ride. I found it quite enjoyable. Liked stumpy pigeon as well.

  • @jaminova_1969
    @jaminova_1969 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Pretty cool! thanks for the video!

  • @gregorystafford1411
    @gregorystafford1411 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Many Thanks for this Video Sir. Most Appreciated.
    Images speak as Poetry.

  • @OregonRailfan83
    @OregonRailfan83 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Well done! Thanks!!

  • @Ad_Valorem
    @Ad_Valorem ปีที่แล้ว

    16:26 Immediately east of the tracks was the site of Illinois Central (the railroad) Hospital, where I was born. The site is now occupied by a U. of Chicago pre-school. Thanks for the unexpected memory!

  • @titangamerhd9215
    @titangamerhd9215 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    did anybody ever thought about counting how many times the bell rang

  • @slycat1939
    @slycat1939 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Awesome video. From beginning to the end excellent filming. Thanks for sharing. God bless.

  • @jamesharris2841
    @jamesharris2841 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Riding trains up north are fun ,I used to stay in Elkhart ,Indiana and rode over to Chicago sometimes

  • @Robbi496
    @Robbi496 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I have always found it interesting that the South Shore was classified as an interurban. It is, but it seems so much more a heavy duty electric/ diesel railroad line

    • @justinanderson181
      @justinanderson181 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Robbi496 Correct me if I’m wrong but I think Inter urban just means a rail line connecting 2 cities. 80 years ago I would have called it an interurban, but now I just think of it as a commuter train. I guess it could still be classified as one but it doesn’t feel like it.

    • @Robbi496
      @Robbi496 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@justinanderson181 me too, but it is a full fleged freight railroad also, though they do not own the infrastructure

    • @Rubycon99
      @Rubycon99 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      ​@@justinanderson181 Interurbans were more like heavy duty streetcars that ran along separated right of ways between towns and in the street within town. To be honest, the South Shore Line has lost most of its interurban characteristics other than the bit of street running in Michigan City.

    • @IndustrialParrot2816
      @IndustrialParrot2816 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      They used to be more like a Streetcar or light rail line but have since gotten heavier equipment

  • @OregonRailfan83
    @OregonRailfan83 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This trip is on my wish list. Maybe in two years or so when I'm back in Chicago for a convention!

  • @dbeaus
    @dbeaus 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I am a native and rode the SS and the IC many times. Allow me a small correction. There is no such thing as Hegewisch, Illinois, Hegewisch is part of Chicago. Other than that, very enjoyable and brought back a lot of memories.

    • @Robbi496
      @Robbi496 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      You are indeed correct, but it is listed at Hegewisch on the Employee timetables :)

    • @dbeaus
      @dbeaus 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Robbi496 I went to Chicago Vocational High School and many of my mid-sixties classmates were from Hegewisch. Spent more that a few Friday nights driving around Hegewisch and Indianapolis Blvd, drinking cheap beer and looking for those elusive girls we could never seem to find. If anyone ever runs into a character named Mike Mattich, not sure of the spelling, see if he remembers a guy named Beau and my 57 Chevy convertible. I never forgot those folk. Used to drive around with the top down when it was around 30 degrees. Doesn't seem like over 50 years ago.

    • @sammartland932
      @sammartland932 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      A neighborhood of a city can still be place, state. At least that's the official way to write postal addresses in Boston: Roslindale, Massachusetts; West Roxbury, Massachusetts; etc.

    • @dbeaus
      @dbeaus 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@sammartland932 Not in Chicago. If you addressed something to Hegewisch, Illinois, it would probably be returned. The only addresses would be in the City of Chicago or one one of the suburbs. If you are talking about a suburb, yes it would be addressed to that suburb such as Oak Park, Highland Park etc. But if it was in the geographical area of Chicago it would have to be addressed Chicago. Chicago has many neighborhoods with many different names but they are all addressed to Chicago. Good Army buddies from Boston and Lynn. I was there in the late 70's, went to a Red Sox game. Never saw so many drunks and fights except at a Chicago Black Hawk game. Still, I loved the city.

  • @warriormvp
    @warriormvp 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    The pigeon wasn't having it.

    • @normacascio9041
      @normacascio9041 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      That poor pigeon only has one foot.

    • @JC-gm3zs
      @JC-gm3zs 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      The pigeon was dying.

  • @MrCateagle
    @MrCateagle 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Much changed from when I last rode the South Shore some 60 years ago. All the stations are vastly improved, however I did recognize various landmarks around Kensington, good to know aome rhings don't change.

  • @dixiedean1955
    @dixiedean1955 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    If I was a driver on that system, that incessant bell would drive me completely mad! Are ear-protectors mandatory for the driver?

    • @xr6lad
      @xr6lad 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      100% agree. What is it with America and the need to make incessantly ring bells that no where else in the world has the same problem. Even in a rail yard. This is 101 on how not to run a rail system. And those stations are far too close together the train crawls along.

  • @spindalis79
    @spindalis79 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Some of the rusted trusses utilized to hold up the electrical lines still look original in the Chicago and Gary vicinities. The ones made of wooden poles appear to be replacements. Am I correct?

  • @laurencegray4720
    @laurencegray4720 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I was born and raised on the south side of Chicago in Hyde Park. On rare occasions, we would ride the South Shore Line. Last year, I got to ride the South Shore Line all of the way from South Bend to Chicago and back to South Bend on a warm, sunny day in October. This was the first time I got to ride on the whole line from one end to the other and I did enjoy it. What day in 2016 was this filmed on?

  • @Dominion-1
    @Dominion-1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I purchase my first JVC boom box in the 80's traveling from Gary to Chicago.
    Every two weeks I would catch the train and make payments. Yep, I had the law-a-way plan)
    As old blue eyes would say, *Thanks For The Memory*

  • @davidkrueger3584
    @davidkrueger3584 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I grew up and lived in Chicago until 1982 l used to take South Shore line to Indiana dunes state park.

  • @respecttheface7152
    @respecttheface7152 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hiw much does it cost ?

  • @worldwidewackiestadventure8889
    @worldwidewackiestadventure8889 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Good can ride. You could've been doing with the camera on a tripod or ledge though. The moving camera does get a bit irritating

  • @MrHoffmannfd
    @MrHoffmannfd 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    What exactly is that eerie electrical sound? I know it's an electric car, but I hear that sound on the Metra electric line. It's a creepy noise.

    • @matts.996
      @matts.996 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      MrHoffmannfd its the sound the traction motors make at different speeds

    • @atomstarfireproductions8695
      @atomstarfireproductions8695 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      It’s the buzz from VVVF drive traction motors. It makes that noise when it it changing speed and accelerating.
      Mehta Electric Line also has trains that make similar noises because they are from the same manufacturer with similar traction system.

    • @smilingearth5181
      @smilingearth5181 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Traction motors, particularly because the trains draw their power from overhead catenary cables.

  • @theplaneoverther
    @theplaneoverther 5 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    Really, that bell rang for an hour?

    • @alexanderk.3056
      @alexanderk.3056 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      So annoying, isn't it!

    • @normacascio9041
      @normacascio9041 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I'm only 8 minutes in and I've got a headache from it already. That's it, I'm going to look at another video. Can't take this anymore.

    • @businessmanderek5739
      @businessmanderek5739 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @Sparrow its not the whole US, it is law however to ring it when in yards, and approaching and departing Stations. This engineer or the railroad company just decided that they want to ring the bell for 11 minutes strait.

    • @mistergrampy6452
      @mistergrampy6452 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Think about the motor man and the passengers that have to listen to it. Oy ya volga!

    • @centuriong4259
      @centuriong4259 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@datboi04 Well, I guess you never been on a Chicago or New York City subway train before have you?

  • @Touchybanana
    @Touchybanana 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I don't know that much about the South Shore Line but was there a reason why there's 2 separate platforms instead instead of just one center platform at Hegewisch station?

  • @cats0182
    @cats0182 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    As of 2019, is the South Shore Line running the single-level cars, the bi-level cars or both types?

  • @simcaptainrik
    @simcaptainrik 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very nicely done. Whom did you ask to shoot from that vantage point?

  • @FlameEmpire101
    @FlameEmpire101 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    The Bird waiting on. His train to come too lollll 😂😂😂😂😂

  • @Llimacs99
    @Llimacs99 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I looking for a cabride from NY to Boston. I watched it for a long time but now I don't know to locate it. Do you know where are there some video about this? Thanks.

  • @tyhik9338
    @tyhik9338 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Wouldn't it be cool if the Metra folks would repaint the retired highliners Orange and use them for special events?

    • @aaronfriedman7065
      @aaronfriedman7065  6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      That would be nice.

    • @MrBnsftrain
      @MrBnsftrain 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I would like it more if South Shore Line acquired those units instead of buying Nippon-Shayro bi-level cars!

    • @Metal9040
      @Metal9040 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ty Hik The south shore has 1 old retired high liner parked in Michigan City.

    • @atomstarfireproductions8695
      @atomstarfireproductions8695 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I think they still have a couple old cars left in storage, which I’m not sure what they use them for but they could run it some day as a heritage train

  • @chris928901
    @chris928901 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    What’s with bell? Is it some kind of special instruction that it be rung at all times or....?

    • @rohanthiruvathukal2181
      @rohanthiruvathukal2181 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Christopher Jacobucci in the chicago portion of the ssl it runs along the metra electric and I think it’s required when it passes stations to ring the bell. I’m not sure though

    • @youraveragejoe2
      @youraveragejoe2 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@rohanthiruvathukal2181 it's also due to the quiet zones so they can't blow the horn at the rr crossings.

  • @Robbi496
    @Robbi496 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    That brick sturcture on the left is last remaining part of the Central Station Complex

  • @TrainsofChicagoland
    @TrainsofChicagoland 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    At 32:43 there is a Conrail switcher about a 2 minute drive from where that bridge is if you look to your right and drive you might see it for yourself. I did!

  • @jaybeckham
    @jaybeckham ปีที่แล้ว

    Is there a South Shore Line video Michigan City to South Bend, either present day or back in the Orange Cars days? Thanks

  • @sccrdude22
    @sccrdude22 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Correct me if I’m wrong, but this is the only electric heavy rail line in the US outside of the Northeast Corridor right?

    • @MetroShadow1
      @MetroShadow1 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Until Caltrain comes online, yes

    • @KFCJones
      @KFCJones 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      There are hundreds of miles of electric heavy rail other than the northeast corridor, including Amtrak from Philadelphia to Harrisburg plus many Septa, NJ Transit, Long Island Railroad, and Metro-North lines.

    • @VieleGuteFahrer
      @VieleGuteFahrer 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Denver has a heavy rail system that uses the same EMUs as Philly. Caltrain is upgrading, ACE and MBTA are supposed to get an upgrade too.

  • @CSullivanmeerkatmandude
    @CSullivanmeerkatmandude 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Good video.

  • @radanju3
    @radanju3 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    What the heck is that junction thing at the platform of Hegewisch for @ 34:20?

    • @PurpleOrangeBeach
      @PurpleOrangeBeach 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      It's for freight trains. Most freight trains are too wide to pass the platform, so they need to be far away. But the South Shore trains need to be close so there isn't a gap to step over. Passenger trains use the 1st and 3rd rails, while freight trains use the 2nd and 4th rails.

    • @radanju3
      @radanju3 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@PurpleOrangeBeach Really interesting! Thanks for that!

    • @Crosshead1
      @Crosshead1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It’s called gauntlet track and I suspect Cooper Dahle is on the money with his explanation.

  • @Jonathanrailfanning123
    @Jonathanrailfanning123 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    If you wanted to see the metra highliner units there 2 rows with 6 highliner cars in blue island metra eletric station 127 st yard

  • @MSzat888
    @MSzat888 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Those tracks and junctions look like they could use some servicing and upgrading. The train has to slow down a lot through some of them

    • @pbraun2102
      @pbraun2102 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      This was 2016. Since then, the SS upgraded most of the turnouts on their trackage to high speed. The ones on the Metra tracks, before they split off at Kensington, are under Metra's control.

  • @natehill8069
    @natehill8069 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I remember reading about this in one of the railroad modeling genre of magazine back in ~'69.
    Why the overlapping tracks (34:25), are some trains wider than others?

    • @Shinyarc
      @Shinyarc 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I believe those are guard rails, so that if the train happens to derail it keeps heading straight instead of destroying the platform

    • @SgtChip
      @SgtChip 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Actually, they are separate tracks for freight and passenger trains. Freight takes the outermost rail, because of overhang, and passenger takes the platform side. Source: I Love Big Trains's South Shore segment.

  • @maurice5977
    @maurice5977 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    This may sound dumb but I didn't know that that area was electrified also , I guess once the train gets out of the metro area it goes faster...........

  • @garylarson6386
    @garylarson6386 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I cant believe how many metro trains you passed I thought double slip switches were ony at union station the one at 19.19 in the middle no ware

  • @krakenwoodfloorservicemcma5975
    @krakenwoodfloorservicemcma5975 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    CHICAGO IS SUCH A BADASS CITY..

  • @ctrain122_gaming
    @ctrain122_gaming 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    dude i literally riding this traint from gary to chicago tomorrow the south shore line train

  • @komrad1983
    @komrad1983 ปีที่แล้ว

    Strange how overhead wires don't have zig-zag design in order to prevent slider from wear.

  • @DanknDerpyGamer
    @DanknDerpyGamer 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    3:29 interesting flang-hitting/scraping-the-rail sound.

  • @kaifreeman286
    @kaifreeman286 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Good thing we just have pigeon's in our SI Ferry terminal. (LOOOL)

  • @TheJohnscot
    @TheJohnscot 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Must that infernal bell ring all the time?

  • @timgerard262
    @timgerard262 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    What is the purpose of the two sets of tracks offset from each other at the station? 34:42

    • @SecretlyATrout
      @SecretlyATrout 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Its for freight trains

    • @markvogel5872
      @markvogel5872 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yup gauntlet track. So freights can pass further from the platform they have a switch they can take to use them.

  • @respecttheface7152
    @respecttheface7152 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Real nice

  • @thephantomeagle2
    @thephantomeagle2 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Being a Packer fan I still shake my head at the UFO that landed to the left of the tracks at about 9:40. Ruined a perfectly good stadium.

    • @Phantom1963
      @Phantom1963 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I too follow the NFC NORTH and am very disturbed......at how many Sasquatch there are in plain view on this trip but nobody noticed.👀

  • @davidvanschaick5565
    @davidvanschaick5565 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Good Stuff AF

  • @NYRangers520
    @NYRangers520 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Soldier Field from 8:07-8:38!!!! Daaaaaa🐻's!! 👍

  • @Jonathanrailfanning123
    @Jonathanrailfanning123 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    And if your on the university park metra 3 station heading in to chicago you will see highliners and metra pullman cars

  • @kleenk8
    @kleenk8 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Railroad bell repairman wanted...great pay and benifits.

  • @kianthetrainspotter7777
    @kianthetrainspotter7777 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    1:09 awew he made freinds with a pigeon :3

  • @dalethelander3781
    @dalethelander3781 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I had a girlfriend who lived in South Bend, IN who took this train in on weekends. I had to pick her up at that ramshackle station on was it Dearborn? The C&NW station?

    • @MetroShadow1
      @MetroShadow1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Randolph later known as Millennium Station

    • @dalethelander3781
      @dalethelander3781 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@MetroShadow1 I'll take a leap and say they've rehabbed the place, n'est pas? Last time I was in it, it was pretty much down-at-the-heel.

  • @NoDoodlesXD
    @NoDoodlesXD ปีที่แล้ว

    Oh wow that’s good news

  • @smoothfags20
    @smoothfags20 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Are you filming this through an open window ?

  • @retroguy1976
    @retroguy1976 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    taking the train to the birthplace of the jacksons

  • @sweetlakers
    @sweetlakers 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This train sounds like Santa's sleigh :) Why the constant sound of the alarmbells?

    • @YeOldeGeezer
      @YeOldeGeezer 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Because they can’t use the horns. It’s a quiet zone most of the trip

    • @sweetlakers
      @sweetlakers 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@YeOldeGeezer Ah, never knew that. Thanks!

  • @kriswarren2469
    @kriswarren2469 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Can someone turn that bell off please

  • @artistmac
    @artistmac 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    No more orange and maroon on the bi-levels, not even on the South Shore logo! Hmm!

  • @laurencegray4720
    @laurencegray4720 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Since the pigeon is on a bench, I guess it is not a stool pigeon?

  • @gingerdrizz
    @gingerdrizz 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    why is the bell on for the most part

    • @georgspaju513
      @georgspaju513 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      When approaching platforms for passengers is my guess

  • @NoDoodlesXD
    @NoDoodlesXD ปีที่แล้ว

    I’m not going anywhere for IL

  • @kevinhoward9593
    @kevinhoward9593 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    God how do passengers put up with DING DING DING DING DING DING DING for 90 minutes?

    • @aaronfriedman7065
      @aaronfriedman7065  5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      It's only in the front car. I guess they get use to it like other people that get used to heavy traffic on a daily basis.

    • @kaifreeman286
      @kaifreeman286 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Naw man that's the jam!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    • @FordEscape12345678
      @FordEscape12345678 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      It should be where they ring the bell when the train approaches and departs, also by any crossings they should ring it. They shouldn't ring it throughout the whole route. I love the bell sound but not when it constantly rings.

  • @davidcatbus8828
    @davidcatbus8828 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    What can CGA? Chicago Transit Authority can't buy this line so they can make it part of the city of Chicago. Credit cards with $30 or more but it would be a good investment because that way even have Indiana part of your tax revenue.

  • @user-fu5xn6iu1s
    @user-fu5xn6iu1s 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    1:11 - Птичка...

  • @NoDoodlesXD
    @NoDoodlesXD ปีที่แล้ว

    I’m not going anywhere for

  • @NoDoodlesXD
    @NoDoodlesXD ปีที่แล้ว

    Oh hi there is your birthday card for me today too so close by your house

  • @Tigerhawk1981
    @Tigerhawk1981 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding

    • @brianarbenz1329
      @brianarbenz1329 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Ding

    • @joeritchie7286
      @joeritchie7286 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Im from the UK an if I was on an American train that bell wud drive me mad

    • @EgEhEw
      @EgEhEw 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Bell power

    • @briank10101
      @briank10101 ปีที่แล้ว

      dong

  • @ChinaAl
    @ChinaAl 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Nice video but why are you moving the camera so much? It should have been locked down. ;-)

  • @dalethelander3781
    @dalethelander3781 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    The Vomit Comet.

  • @robertbowman3406
    @robertbowman3406 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Here we go again. The train switches off at 27:26 and go to where? The tracks that go straight ahead go to where and the tracks where the train is heading now goes where? You see where I live, the west coast, we never see or have track leading off here and there like I see here. Electric trains do not operate and only diesel rules the rails.

    • @Silver_Turtle
      @Silver_Turtle 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Robert -- The tracks going to the left is the South Shore line to Hammond, Gary, Michigan City, and South Bend IN. The tracks going straight is the METRA Electric to Blue Island/University Park.

    • @NewAge2012dotTV
      @NewAge2012dotTV 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Silver_Turtle The track going to the right is also used by the Amtrak's City of New Orleans line.

    • @Silver_Turtle
      @Silver_Turtle 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      And the Illini and Saluki, too. I was only referring to the electrified lines.

  • @myotherfakeid
    @myotherfakeid 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Maybe it is the effect of the snow but that was such a depressing train ride.

    • @cats0182
      @cats0182 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I've seen this before. The most depressing sight for me is the part leaving Chicago, with all the empty trackways and unused tracks and once-busy tracks now used for storage. I suspect this is the old IC right-of-way. Just sad.

    • @dccarletonjr
      @dccarletonjr 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I thought the blue shadows on the snow were rather lovely, actually...

    • @laurencegray4720
      @laurencegray4720 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      It is the old Illinois Central right-of-way. Said the man who was born and grew up on the south side of Chicago (we lived in Hyde Park).

  • @anetajohnson8446
    @anetajohnson8446 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Gary indianna is one of the only places that a HOLIDAY INN, HAD TO CLOSE UP, BECAUSE OF ROBBERY. that was in the 70s. THE LOCAL RESADENTS STOLD EVERYTHING THEY COOD! hay, wheres the graffity on the cars? and i dident see any busted windows! Safest place in town is next to the police station! I used to work near Gary! like a third world city.

  • @xr6lad
    @xr6lad 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Darn Americans and their incessant need to ring a continuous bell even in rail yards. Meanwhile in the rest of the world everyone is intelligent enough to know to avoid rail tracks.

  • @richardborgner4678
    @richardborgner4678 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Not a bad video, but the constant side to side motion of the camera made me dizzy. Could have done a better job steadying the camera...

  • @murrayhall908
    @murrayhall908 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Absolutely no need whatsoever to have the bell rining constantly!! Like many other spaects of American Railways - they have not moved on like the rest of the Railway World!!

    • @SgtChip
      @SgtChip 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      They keep the bell ringing as a warning for trespassers and stations the train doesn't stop at, as well as grade crossings. This is quite normal over here, and if it works, we aren't going to change it.

  • @Phantom1963
    @Phantom1963 ปีที่แล้ว

    I watched a video once

  • @NoDoodlesXD
    @NoDoodlesXD ปีที่แล้ว

    Oh wow that’s good news