What a wonderfully "haunting" visual of past railroading & old "roads". What a joy to watch! Thank you for sharing!
@pgronemeier20 күн бұрын
One car commuter trains. I remember those. One side smoking. The other no smoking. LoL
@renegadetenorКүн бұрын
I remember I'd ride my bike to Techny, desperately looking for ways to spend my summer, and watch the one car 'scoot' stop at the tiny little platform there..
@edwardtomczak60619 сағат бұрын
Nice memories from the past. All the old road names and equipment. Thanks for sharing.
@JosephMusgrove20 күн бұрын
Does not get much better than Chicago railroading. Thanks for sharing!
@andrewquagliano828820 күн бұрын
This is a great catch for a vintage railroader like myself. Really timeless… Thank you
@conrailcarrothersbranch722520 күн бұрын
Thanks for sharing. The music is perfect for an age of by gone railroading. Truly classic Chicago region railroading.
@joewlosjosephwlos571320 күн бұрын
Really enjoyed this one, the accompanied music was great 👍, Cheers !
@johniwanski451417 күн бұрын
These are terrific. Can’t believe the Root Street Tower shot! The footage around Noble Street Tower I loved, as we lived in West Town and I saw the last NS train service the flour mill there. The shots looking out of Lake Street Tower were amazing too. That area looks NOTHING like that today. Thanks for sharing!
@KT4RAM20 күн бұрын
I certainly miss those days of my youth living next to the Penn Central RR / Conrail tracks in Greenfield Indiana east of Indianapolis. I look for footage of trains on former tracks and the Pennsylvania RR train derailment in Dunreith Indiana 1968. I cannot locate anything on KZfaq on that accident or footage from my former hometown of Greenfield Indiana. Thank you for sharing these videos of the golden age of rail transportation. They bring back good memories 😊
@onelousygamer17 күн бұрын
Fantastic! I used to ride the train back in the day to visit my dad. Usually he'd pick me up in Joliet. Sometimes I went all the way to Union Station. Very nice seeing those 707s too. Thanks!
@amtrakjohn16 күн бұрын
Great compilation/ thank you. I know some of these areas, as my Dad’s family was pure multi-generation Chicago. I especially liked seeing the inside Tower Operators,, lining the switches and signals. Truly old school Railroading!
@kennethtiller791620 күн бұрын
Great video thanks for sharing
@railfanningpoints2.04520 күн бұрын
Getting my vintage foamer fix in
@hartmutlorentzen965918 күн бұрын
A very interesting video, Thanks for presentation, from Germany
@chrisg716016 күн бұрын
What a very cool video. Love seeing all the old road names! Thanks for sharing.
@joemanwassup15 күн бұрын
Fantastic! What memories of being a kid. They let someone with a camera ride the bridge up? WOW
@jackdacop982719 күн бұрын
It's good to see all those graffiti free rolling stock.
@johnalder602820 күн бұрын
Meloncholy iducing. Thanx for sharing this.
@alcosteam19 күн бұрын
we would get to chicago a couple times or so a year during the early/mid 70's and much of this video is exactly how I remember it being, either hot and gloomy or cold and gloomy.
@FurthermoreJack20 күн бұрын
Love Chicago rails always and I love you can still see them
@John-bf4zt17 күн бұрын
Whoa! Amazing footage thanks for sharing this!
@renegadetenorКүн бұрын
Great memories! Had to eventually turn the music off, or I might've ended up doing something horrible to myself..Thanks for sharing!:)
@FreihEitner20 күн бұрын
Nice! Some incredible shots of long lost railroads and equipment. I never knew that bridge (is it the one which Amtrak still uses to cross the Mississippi River?) cranks straight up and down.
@johniwanski451417 күн бұрын
That bridge I believe you are talking about is the 21st Street Bridge over the Chicago River. South of Union Station, and on the north end of the 21st Street interlocking.
@FreihEitner17 күн бұрын
@@johniwanski4514 Thank you.
@ericsimmons771620 күн бұрын
Unusual signals guarding the crossing. 12:27
@RailroadMediaArchive20 күн бұрын
blog.chicago-rail.info/p/brighton-park.html?m=1
@b3j820 күн бұрын
Always good to see the old road names again like The Milwaukee Railroad! Cool that he got those shots of the Turbo Train too.
@bootchop8820 күн бұрын
turbo train?
@b3j820 күн бұрын
@@bootchop88 At 13:21.
@bootchop8820 күн бұрын
@@b3j8 thanks!
@b3j820 күн бұрын
@@bootchop88 No problem.
@johniwanski451417 күн бұрын
And all manually interlocked there at Brighton Junction.
@johniwanski451416 күн бұрын
Also just realized that the shots around 21:05 that say Forest Hill/75th Street is actually Englewood Junction and Englewood Union Station. I had to stop and pause it several times to see the station there as the Rock Island commuter train crossed the former PRR tracks. Englewood tower is still there, which obviously long outlasted the station. Crazy to think this is now a flyover, and Manor Park Yard occupies all this space.
@centralillinoisrailpix4536 күн бұрын
I remember the first time I saw Amfleets, I thought the Space Age had arrived. My dad thought they looked like a cigar tube.
@railfanningpoints2.04520 күн бұрын
E Unit enjoyers
@dandeo5014 күн бұрын
Nice to see all the Fallen Flag Railroads. Rock Island E6
@vxla2 күн бұрын
great footage
@chrisdc429120 күн бұрын
15:33 Wheaton. Not West Chicago. Thanks for the upload!
@remylopez482120 күн бұрын
At 8:48 the Amtrack train leaving Glenview must not have AC working on account of the back door is open on the observation car
@harrisonofcolorado888619 күн бұрын
I have a feeling that if you time traveled to this time and said that railroads will still be active and important in 2024, someone will either laugh, or say,"don't do that, don't give me hope".
@notarotomwithhair563720 күн бұрын
Do you know when 3/4 of the Rock Island’s tracks were removed at Joliet Union Station?
@GlennFresch20 күн бұрын
Nice music.
@Belleville19720 күн бұрын
Thank you for using the ambient piano music... Great video. the commercials are jarring though.
@RailroadMediaArchive20 күн бұрын
@@Belleville197 The ads are largely out of my hands. I would never dissuade any viewer from using an ad blocker either. Also, KZfaq Premium is money well spent if you watch a lot of KZfaq.