What a wonderfully "haunting" visual of past railroading & old "roads". What a joy to watch! Thank you for sharing!
@JosephMusgrove
26 күн бұрын
Does not get much better than Chicago railroading. Thanks for sharing!
@andrewquagliano8288
26 күн бұрын
This is a great catch for a vintage railroader like myself. Really timeless… Thank you
@pgronemeier
27 күн бұрын
One car commuter trains. I remember those. One side smoking. The other no smoking. LoL
@renegadetenor
7 күн 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..
@conrailcarrothersbranch7225
26 күн бұрын
Thanks for sharing. The music is perfect for an age of by gone railroading. Truly classic Chicago region railroading.
@edwardtomczak6061
7 күн бұрын
Nice memories from the past. All the old road names and equipment. Thanks for sharing.
@joewlosjosephwlos5713
26 күн бұрын
Really enjoyed this one, the accompanied music was great 👍, Cheers !
@KT4RAM
26 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 KZitem 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 😊
@onelousygamer
24 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!
@johniwanski4514
23 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!
@amtrakjohn
23 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!
@kennethtiller7916
27 күн бұрын
Great video thanks for sharing
@johnalder6028
26 күн бұрын
Meloncholy iducing. Thanx for sharing this.
@FurthermoreJack
26 күн бұрын
Love Chicago rails always and I love you can still see them
@joemanwassup
22 күн бұрын
Fantastic! What memories of being a kid. They let someone with a camera ride the bridge up? WOW
@hartmutlorentzen9659
25 күн бұрын
A very interesting video, Thanks for presentation, from Germany
@chrisg7160
22 күн бұрын
What a very cool video. Love seeing all the old road names! Thanks for sharing.
@John-bf4zt
24 күн бұрын
Whoa! Amazing footage thanks for sharing this!
@railfanningpoints2.045
27 күн бұрын
Getting my vintage foamer fix in
@alcosteam
26 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.
@johniwanski4514
23 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.
@b3j8
27 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.
@bootchop88
27 күн бұрын
turbo train?
@b3j8
27 күн бұрын
@@bootchop88 At 13:21.
@bootchop88
27 күн бұрын
@@b3j8 thanks!
@b3j8
26 күн бұрын
@@bootchop88 No problem.
@johniwanski4514
23 күн бұрын
And all manually interlocked there at Brighton Junction.
@renegadetenor
7 күн бұрын
Great memories! Had to eventually turn the music off, or I might've ended up doing something horrible to myself..Thanks for sharing!:)
@jackdacop9827
26 күн бұрын
It's good to see all those graffiti free rolling stock.
@ericsimmons7716
27 күн бұрын
Unusual signals guarding the crossing. 12:27
@RailroadMediaArchive
27 күн бұрын
blog.chicago-rail.info/p/brighton-park.html?m=1
@FreihEitner
26 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.
@johniwanski4514
23 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.
@FreihEitner
23 күн бұрын
@@johniwanski4514 Thank you.
@centralillinoisrailpix453
13 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.
@dandeo50
21 күн бұрын
Nice to see all the Fallen Flag Railroads. Rock Island E6
@vxla
9 күн бұрын
great footage
@remylopez4821
27 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
@chrisdc4291
26 күн бұрын
15:33 Wheaton. Not West Chicago. Thanks for the upload!
@railfanningpoints2.045
27 күн бұрын
E Unit enjoyers
@harrisonofcolorado8886
26 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".
@notarotomwithhair5637
27 күн бұрын
Do you know when 3/4 of the Rock Island’s tracks were removed at Joliet Union Station?
@GlennFresch
26 күн бұрын
Nice music.
@Belleville197
27 күн бұрын
Thank you for using the ambient piano music... Great video. the commercials are jarring though.
@RailroadMediaArchive
27 күн бұрын
@@Belleville197 The ads are largely out of my hands. I would never dissuade any viewer from using an ad blocker either. Also, KZitem Premium is money well spent if you watch a lot of KZitem.
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