Metra Electric - South Chicago Front of Train Ride

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Morganist

5 ай бұрын

This video was recorded on December 16, 2023 on Metra train #8314 departing South Chicago at 11:39 AM.

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@BlancheBerger-xp4ol 22 күн бұрын

Enjoyed this video. I used to take the South Chicago branch to work when I got my first Job at the Lakeside Press in1960. I rode the Metra Electric university park line for 38 years. I moved to North Carolina in 1999. I'm 81 years old and can still call the stops on all 3 branches. The crews on Metra electric were my best friends. When I went to college at night they were all interested in my studies. At that time most had never gone to college. These .memories all come back to me when I watch these videos. I never realized that I could take vitual rides on my cell until I got a smart phone. They were the first videos I viewed. Guess I got lonely

@tact86 5 ай бұрын

Great Videos, Thanks!

@tyhik9338 5 ай бұрын

Very nice, keep it up.

@billyhunter2161 3 ай бұрын

Took this same ride with another video 8 yrs ago. good to see what has changed and what's the same--Thanks for sharing

@DDLCANDRAILFAN92 2 ай бұрын

Metra really needs to step up their game when it comes to this line. There’s too many crossovers, curves, and slow zones!

@gameguild1555 5 ай бұрын

So many crossovers, no wonder the train will never get to speed before the next station.

@TroublesomeSlateTruck 4 ай бұрын

Great Job.

@russell7926 5 ай бұрын

Oh my god that Bell make it stop!!!

@albertcarello619 3 ай бұрын

@russell7926: If you live right by or right near the tracks this bell can be really unnerving. It would be a real nuisance to hear this bell all night long and you're trying to sleep. I remember the old Dark Green IC PULLMAN STANDARD CARS have a bell that's like the trolleys of the New Orleans street cars that's like a school alarm that just be sounded occasionally such as when leaving stations.

@GTFilms3636 2 ай бұрын

Get use to it trains need to use the bell to let people know that they are coming don’t you get it?

@DDLCANDRAILFAN92 2 ай бұрын

Telling the bell to stop is like telling a bird to stop chirping 💀

@albertcarello619 2 ай бұрын

@@DDLCANDRAILFAN92 It's necessary to keep sounding the bell in this middle of the street running. Part of the METRA ELECTRIC South Chicago Branch is very much like a Light Rail Line run with electric double Decker cars

@DDLCANDRAILFAN92 2 ай бұрын

@@albertcarello619 I know but thanks anyways

@aaronkaser3328 2 ай бұрын

I live 2 blocks away in South Shore. I take it bc its the only public transportation that allows me to bring my scooter.

@Robbi496 5 ай бұрын

There also used to be stops at 43rd Street and 31st street (Long gone)

@tyhik9338 5 ай бұрын

Will you be riding the Metra Electric's Blue Island Branch too?

@BBBuilds12 5 ай бұрын

sometime in the next few weeks

@tyhik9338 5 ай бұрын

@@BBBuilds12 cool

@Mk99987 4 ай бұрын

Any passengers?

@Taiger81 4 ай бұрын

schönes Video, aber Warum läutet es ständig? Das geht einem ja gehörig auf die Nerven dieses ständige läuten.

@jackchen7003 4 ай бұрын

It’s because we have a stupid policy in America that requires train to make a lot of noise so people know a train is coming. But I don’t know why Metra Electric has the bell on continuously