Railroading in the 1970s. 21st Street, Chicago. GM&O, AT&SF. Rock Island, Downtown. C&NW, MILW.

Рет қаралды 12,555

Жыл бұрын

1970s railroading. Super 8 movies. Burlington Northern; La Grange Rd., Westmont, Cicero. E9s on commuters and Amtrak. GN, NP, CB&Q, BN, UP power. Clyde Shops, Cicero. 21st St., Chicago: AT&SF Fairbanks Morse H12-44TS 543. Warbonnet F-units, Alco RS-1s. The Plug with GM&O F3. Three steam engines, including a Climax. PC, SCL and MILW E units. ICG Iowa Division freight with Geeps, light power including a U Boat. Rock Island in Downtown Chicago, 16 St. Tower. Milwaukee Road, Bensenville: F units, FM switchers, passenger cars. MILW E9 westbound at B-ville station. MILW FM H12-44 at Manheim. C&NW GP30s at Devil's Lake State Park. MILW GP9 at Wisconsin Dells. Mid Continent Railway Museum, North Freedom. Bryn Mawr: C&NW GP30s, N&W Alco C628. C&NW Geep and F7 at West Chicago. C&NW freight with Geep on former Chicago Great Western in St. Charles, out ide Du Page County Airport during air show.

Пікірлер: 33

@ronniefarnsworth6465 Жыл бұрын

To bad no sound !! The video of this great period of 1st/2nd Gen Diesels was so great, my favorite time Railfanning and all the Railroads were mostly there !! 👍

@tommythomason6187 9 ай бұрын

I recall Burlington Northern having some E units with green cabs, black rooves, but still with the Burlington silver sides, with green, "BN," stenciled on them. It was a hasty, "make-do," kind of paint scheme, but it looked nice. They never used silver on any of their other units, to my knowledge, but the trainset manufacturer, Bachmann, had Burlington Northern GP50 locomotives with the silver roof.

@chriskrazmuski745 10 ай бұрын

Marvelous time travel! Tanx for sharing.

@josephcipar3666 10 ай бұрын

glad you liked the video

@planebois Жыл бұрын

The amount of change downtown Chicago has gone through is absolutely crazy, and it is very cool to see old videos like this

@WesternOhioInterurbanHistory Жыл бұрын

I really wish I was alive when they still had the E-units, that would have been nice.

@josephcipar3666 Жыл бұрын

Seeing E units got me into trainwatching. Seeing mostly F units on the C&NW commuters during the day in Elmhurst, they'd bring out some E units for the evening rush hour. And No. 1 westbound (the former Kate Shelly 400) had an E7. I then saw that the Burlington commuter engines had 6 axles, and I was hooked.

@tommythomason6187 Жыл бұрын

Great color resolution in these. What a variety of paint schemes around back then.

@cnwbutlerjctwi5511 Жыл бұрын

CNW Devils lake footage is Awsome

@josephcipar3666 Жыл бұрын

Thanks. Others came there for the lake or picnic grounds, but the highlight for me was a C&NW train!

@cnwbutlerjctwi5511 Жыл бұрын

@@josephcipar3666 I appreciate the memories since I worked for the CNW and how about those wigwags there also .😎

@Steven_Williams Жыл бұрын

Don't know how I missed this one!😁 Classic!

@josephcipar3666 Жыл бұрын

that's my most popular video!

@brianburns7211 Жыл бұрын

I very much liked the shots of the Burlington/BN East End, and the shots of the dinkeys. That’s where I started my railroad career. Unfortunately the E9 fleet had recently been retired.

@josephcipar3666 Жыл бұрын

glad you enjoyed the video

@anthonyhunt701 6 ай бұрын

Mr. Cipar… you make me 12-14 years old again here👍🏻❤️🚂

@noneyabusiness4564 Жыл бұрын

Good to see trains without graffiti.

@CO2707guy Жыл бұрын

good those days metra wasn’t there yet I live in bensenville

@mantroid Жыл бұрын

Thanks for posting, I enjoyed the old footage.

@josephcipar3666 Жыл бұрын

You're welcome.

@terrylewis7414 Жыл бұрын

Best Chicago land film ever it should be remastered with better lighting and sond still great film though

@josephcipar3666 Жыл бұрын

thanks for the compliment

@johnk1955 Жыл бұрын

Great footage! Have spent my whole life in DuPage County (67 years) and recognize many of these places. Westmont station is about a 20 minute walk from my house, and I grew up in Villa Park so I saw many a C&NW rumbling by. Thanks for posting!

@josephcipar3666 Жыл бұрын

glad this brought back some memories

@georgebliss8262 Жыл бұрын

The footage is awesome because I always like watching that kind of stuff. However I'm not getting any sound. If there's no sound it's have to feeding the purpose even though it's probably bad sound and recording at the time. Other than that, love the footage