wait so when CTA remove head wires for the Yellow Line? Okay so let me guess On March 29 it was the last the CTA uses Over-head wires and the next day CTA Remove the head-hires to third rail power?
@@nellyrichardsin1590 The wires stayed in service for a while after I was there, but were removed sometime later in 2004. It was always 3rd rail from Evanston to around Crawford Ave in Skokie. In a couple of the shots you can see the pantographs raising at the switch over point. The CTA used the wire from Crawford to Dempster, and before 1963, when the North Shore Line ran, they used the overhead wires all the way to Milwaukee.
@@nellyrichardsin1590 Nope, it ran on the original Santa Fe tracks until 1996. After the Santa Fe & BN merger they built the connector track at Galesburg and changed 3 & 4 to the BN route between Chicago & Galesburg
I know you put alot of time on this . I'm not into Metra trains . How come No cta trains ? You have the south shore line . My favorite is the old Milwaukee road switcher painted black but still has that dirty Orange on the front .
Back in the 90 I lived in a little house right at Vickers crossing. Corner of Drouillard Rd and Wales. I could sit in the living room and watch the railfans filming on the Wales Rd crossing where much of this footage was taken.
With the 2000’s series cars being retired recently it’s fair to say they had a useful history and service life along with the 1000’s, 4000’s and 5000’s but as a kid from the early 2000’s I always saw them before the newer uglier 7000’s as I hate them so much and I hope the newer 8000’s don’t suffer much.
Didn't know the IC SW14s lasted that long! I thought they were all scrapped around 1995 but guess I was wrong. Great catches. Always a treat to see long gone railroads and equipment. Fallen flags are now all in our memories and photos.
That was fantastic, so much of the fabulous CSS&SB especially when compared to how it is now. Also two GP15s - NS 1433 & CSX 1556 Plus, two Boxcars of the Angelina & Netches River RR, I've only ever seen one of these on another video, years ago. Thank you for posting.
5:56 This magic shop came and went over the years, being a florist sometimes but occasionally showing back up, as though it was pulling off its own disappearing act...the owner operates in Lombard now, very close to the station on the very same UP line.
Thanks for the info. I don't really remember taking that shot, I suspect I just liked the way the windows were lit up while we were waiting for the train. I remember a hobby shop & a pizza place up that street, but they might have been gone by then.
