What a terrible location to put that timer.

nice video if it wasn't for the clock

Great footage! I just wish that timer wasn't there. Lots of great Chicago passenger action!

Nice shot of the Santa fe 21st street yard, it is now full of condos with the Orange line CTA Bridge swooping over the top

This is from Herron Rail Productions. I saw this yesterday on RFD's Trains and Locomotives. While appreciated, these things are so choppy that it's hard to follow them and appreciate that this was what railroading looked like when I was a 20 something brakeman for the now defunct SP. You'll note all the defunct railroads in this video.

Thank you for posting this. These videos bring back a lot of childhood memories. It's amazing how so many things have changed since then.

A time when private cars were just regular trains...

The timer is there because the uploader advertises and sells this and other stock footage on their website. So this is only a free preview. It is common practice when selling stock footage or pictures to include a watermark or timer etc so that it discourages other of re-using it.

The man on the rear steps of the second unit at 43:18 is my father.

It doesn't matter about the clock on the screen. This is the longest and best chronicle of American passenger trains, and freight, that I've seen. What a joy to see those Milwaukee Road Hiawatha's, Burlington Zephyrs, Erie Lackawanna (Norfolk and Western folks called it, "The Erie Lackamoney," lol!), rugged looking Penn Central E-units soldiering on, and, if you look at some of those autoracks, you'll see some classic old American vans and trucks. Yeah, I've seen this before, but I just have to keep coming back for more. Great, great video.

Lots of station working that many people may not have ever seen or be aware of. Thanks for sharing!

Ugly. what the reason for the silly timer in the center???

Around 39:56, the track map for Griffith Indiana is wrong in a couple of spots in the SE corner. The Erie Lackawanna actually goes south towards Crown Point that is labeled C&O, while what is labeled EL is actually the C&O, heading east towards Merrillville. The NYC line, that later became Penn Central made a town called Liverpool money from.the railroad, plus a couple of businesses that utilized that railroad line. Unfortunately, Conrail chose to decommission the line in 1976, and the other line I'm Liverpool didn't serve those businesses, that the companies closed, and Liverpool had East Gary (now Lake Station) annex them. Not sure why Conrail chose to not acquire the EL line, but a short line that used the line went bankrupt in 1979, and the portion from Hammond to North Judson Indiana was decommissioned, and the tracks ripped up in 1981. A few years ago, whatever railroad that owned the portion of the old EL going from Noth Judson to Monterrey Indiana was decommissioned and ripped up as well. As for the former C&O line, I'm not sure if that portion was profitable or not, but while it was the Chessie System, it was active until 1981, then the line they used via trackage rights in the Hegewisch neighborhood of Chicago was shut down. So the C&O was abandoned, and torn up in 1985, east of Griffith. The portion between LaCrosse and North Judson is still intact, still owned by CSX Today. Makes me wonder if CSX may have regretted eliminating their line under Chessie, now that they're running trains through Griffith again, via trackage rights along both CN lines (the original GT/CN and the former EJ&E).

Loved it!

Love seeing the Butlingto Love seeing the Burlington freight “Chinese Red”❤️

It’s almost astounding how much the PRR railroad has vanished. It’s now nothing more than a memory…

Egh missed it by a few years was in the Army, however Chi -town really had the metal! nice stuff thanks!

The timer doesn't bother me, since I'm just thankful this treasure trove is available. A colorful array of passenger trains, seemingly from every carrier that came into Chicago, is represented - even L&N - which, to my understanding, lost it's Chicago and Eastern Illinois connection into the city by 1967. Looks like Gulf, Mobile and Ohio were not fans of washed passenger trains, and liked the E7 diesel. I'd love to know the name (or number) of each train in this clip, and their routes. Those deep yellow Milwaukee Road Hiawatha's were striking! Lots of shiny, silver Burlington Route trains. Also doesn't bother me that there's no sound.

Did you have to put those railroad scenes behind your time-code video? Dislike.

Awesome footage of so many fallen flags! And how about the colorful lashups we don’t see that anymore! And don’t worry I’m not gonna complain about the clock in the middle of the screen I mean this is free footage of a bygone era in railroading.

It was Bobby Bullermann, zookeeper and railfan from Milwaukee, who bought a movie camera and made movies of train action in Chicago, Milwaukee, Illinois, Wisconsin and elsewhere. Bobby really enjoyed filming train action besides working in the Milwaukee zoo.

A wonderful look back in time regardless of the timer.

It is amazing just how many flags went through the Chicago area. If I'm not mistaking, it was around 13.

Didn't chase me away great video thanks, besides it's free

Those Burlington Route Zephyrs were beautiful trains!

The fact in this was only a preview of a video about classic trains in and around Chicago just before the advent of Amtrak and therefore the clock being there is understandable.

The Gulf, Mobile, and Ohio. The passenger train Mr. Tibbs arrives and departs on from Sparta, Mississippi.

Footage was nice, but the timer was too distracting, I finally gave up after a couple minutes. Plenty of other video out there that is more satisfying to watch.

Great footage, you should repost minus the time code.

I'm convinced this yard is gone now. Almost 50 years go...

Last few minutes are in the St. Louis area.

Love this footage, especially the Empire Builder with the rainbow consists. Where is that switch tower with the name (looks like) Quplainville? Does it still exist to bay? Thanks

This is stolen from Herron Rail Video "Chicago 1970" you can buy the DVD on their website to watch without the timer.

My favorite part of this video is the timecode

This is a very good video. It's too bad there's no C&NW. I find it amusing people continue to complain about the time stamp.

All this footage is in the Green Frog Video "Chicago Odyssey" without the timer. It's all 8mm home movies some guy took, hence no sound. I think the timer is deliberately there to keep people from copying it.

The Milwaukee Road's Hiawathas still looked sleek just before Amtrak. But the tracks really looked like shit.

The timer is to prevent piracy. It's so nobody can download the images and then sell them for profit. There is probably a DVD out there somewhere (for purchase) that would give you the unobstructed views.

16:46 looks to be the bridge over Swan Blvd in Wauwatosa. Neat views of the Milwaukee Road!

I don't know if Burlington Northern made money on their intercity passenger service, but, judging by the speed of those trains, they were giving it 110%.

Those were some long Milwaukee Road passenger trains. Wonder about their names? This is @1970, I think? They were striking in that yellow. And Burlington Zephyrs - beautiful Domeliners.

loved the vid, but the numbers in the middle of the screen kinda ruined it.

Yes, the counter is annoying, but at least I can see how many railroads have disappeared since this was filmed.

Let's put a digital counter RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE of the picture...yes...that would be VERY annoying...

33:05 The conductor gives a big friendly wave.

Do you offer vintage train footage on dvd? Do you have sound?

Just spent 20 minutes looking at a timer with trains running through it 😟

what is the big steel structure in background?

Give a railfan a time machine and where would they go and what would they ride?

where the sound

unless of course it is actually for editing/editor use only, and then I want to know why did you post it?

How do they keep it straight what track the train is supposed to be on?

11.21 SUPERPOWER!!!

The timer ruins the entire video.

nice video but the time bar running in the middle of the screen is most annoying

What was that Amtrak E unit at the 23:00 mark? I have never seen an Amtrak engine with that strange paint scheme! Must have been an experimental design.

I would think that the timer is to do with the fact that he is using commercial footage - possibly illegally!

And why does it even need a timer???

Man I remember the GMO...

Can anyone pinpoint the location of the Cuneo Press building ( now gone) ?

WHERE IS THE SOUND?

Amtrak 4316 @22:45

who would design a piece of equipment that was designed to; record, copy, produce or otherwise work with video and stick a God Bless it counter in the middle of the Fargin screen??? Is it just me or is that borderline special needs?

Where's is the sound,perhaps in the title the word " SILENT " could be displayed.

The timer has got to go!

At first I thought this might be ripped off footage from Emery Gulash (think Green Frog Productions "Chicago Oddessey") The more I look at it, I don't think so. This footage's focus is much too soft, and the color i horrible. Clearly this is some low-dollar crud.

WTF with the timer in the middle of the screen?

no Monon?

1970??? Amtrak didn't begin operations until May, 1971. GTW didn't start painting it's locomotives blue until 1972.

And where is the audio ?? Had to spit 1:39 Couldn't hack the timer !! How dumb !

Images Best Shot ? ... A timer smack dab in the middle of the screen.

Ridiculous timer!

and then who would buy and use that POS

Take the timer out. Nobody is going to pay a nickle for this. Today's standard is HD ... not 4:3 If you were any kind of true rail fan you'd let others enjoy without the timer.

It's not useful as stock footage when there's a time code reader running in the middle of the frame.

LMAO.....I get such a kick out of current railfans chasing carbon copy trains....they don't have a clue when there was actually something to see

Rarely downthumb ANYTHING, but this get one. Idiots should be left in the sandbox...not playing with electronic equipment.

I had to stop watching because the timer was annoying. It’s a do over.

.........ruined

How do they keep it straight what track the train is supposed to be on?