Chicago Metra Rush Hour Time Lapse 

This is the most satisfying thing I have ever seen. Great job!

Jake: "how often does the train go by?" Elwood: "so often you wont even notice it".

Chicago is the worlds biggest model train set :D

It's like watching a REALLY good model train set.

Perfect spot! A railcam should be put there.

3:29 You spin me right round, baby right round

3:24 that biker on the bottom sure was having fun when the train passed lmao

3:30 that cyclist though... Impatient! x)

3:29 that bike dude

From an Eye of a student in logistic of transport, this is an absolute beauty!

This video was fantastic! I loved seeing 3 or 4 or even 5 Metra trains at once! My favorite part was on the lower line when all three tracks would be occupied. I want to see a full 2 hour one to see all the trains.

Stunning! I was blown away by the amount of trains in Chicago, but this video was executed perfectly. Great job!

Florida railfanning: Waits 8 hours to see 4 trains in a "hot spot" location Chicago railfanning: Fills up storage in camera after 30 minutes of railfanning

Excellent camera work ! Love the accerelated sound, looks like simcity overview aha ! Greetings from France

Love this. Although we have double decker trains in Europe we don’t have any in the UK so they are still pretty alien looking to me.

0:39 For a moment i thought this was a ho scale trainset

101 train in 2 hours. Wow.

Almost didnt notice the subway/elevated train in the backright corner!

7:46 was one of the best parts.

Absolutely love the detail you've put into the video, location, routes, all of it. Great job!

I noticed at the first timelapse, that there were a lot of non-stainless metra coaches still in use! The business car at 1:27 was a nice find! not too many private cars on Metra! 2:12 I've never seen a Metra light engine before! 2:30 a 2nd light engine?! I just noticed the El train to the far right at 3:09! 4:42 nice to see a repainted F40! I think that Metra's F40s should stay in blue while the other diesels recieve that livery! 11:47 I guess they remoed the special40th anniversary wrap on 100! Thanks for sharing this! Virtual Railfan should have a webcam here!

3:30 man was vibin on his bike goin in circles

Luke, Great Time Lapse. Please do this time lapse again, but make the next one during a rain storm and then also a snow storm.

Two of my favorite things: trains and time-lapse. Awesome video!

Great timelapse from a great city! Please post the full 2 hrs of content 😁

crazy how they have a tripple crossing in the middle of downtown with such frequent service.

Brilliant video with great captions, beginning to end. Thank u!

That little car parking @8:07 and then reparking is pretty funny!

IF ONLY THERE WERE MORE VIDEOS OF THIS! I LOVE METRA!

Awesome video ! 👍🏻

Great 👍🏻 vantage point for filming. Lots of train traffic.I really enjoyed seeing the old Chicago and North Western train car. It is clear that lots of work went into identify each train 🚂 route and destination. Great work.

A 2 hour real time would interest me, this also sparks me to want to see this in person someday

This is outstanding. One of the best videos I've watched. I love watching rush hour in Chicago.

That place reminds me of the shibuya intersection crossing in Japan. The bridge structure is I think why it reminds me of it. In reality there’s no similarity but somehow it reminds me of it.

3:42 Nice catch of the veterans F40PH!

What a amazing videeo, just the sheer number of trains is amazing. I take the Hiawatha all the time from Wisconsin!

I would totally live there. Chicago is a land of great things: big trains, Screamers, mechanical bells: even the crossings have real mechanical bells. These are things I rushed to see on the MBTA and now we have junk. Metra just does things right. If I can't live there, a proper live stream is in order. If I can, there's a pool and I'm good with it.

I honestly thought at the video was a huge model. But if you actually made that kind of layout like that, then your a god legend

Great video! Another interesting thing is to experience the groaning and creeking of the gallery cars as they bend and twist over the slips into and out of Ogilvie Center. Sometimes just watching the angle of the adjacent car is amazing.

That elevated corner is a real screecher.

Everybody in Chicago is always in such a rush!

I worked across the street from the Schwinn Design Center 29 years ago... Those where my bike messenger days . Some of the bldgs in the back ground are new -so I couldn't recognize the intersections. Time sure does fly, change is the constant ! Thx Chgo... born & raised.

Excellent video! Loved watching the time lapse!

Great vid! My wife and I take long distance AMTRAK and Union Station is our main connection point. We always go to The Junction so I can have a beer and admire the gorgeous bartenders. But, both of us enjoy watching the commuters grabbing a quick drink. I've had some good conversations with them, friendly people. What is amazing, though, is that we watch commuters running up to the bar and the bartender has their drink in a brown paper bag to go. They know a LOT of their customers and are very efficient in rapidly serving them. The Station is nuts at rush hour! Metra moves a hell of a lot of passengers for sure.

Awesome video! I’ve been to Chicago a few times and the Railfanning there is incredible!

Very nice video and great catches too!

This is great! What I love most is the audio!

Thanks RU-vid recommendations. Didn’t know I needed this!

these double layer railcars looks really cool !!

Great camera locations, action and fantastic city/train sounds

Awesome!. I see these rush hour everyday in chicago :) btw, trains movements look like transport fever game screen lol.

This popped up on my feed. Great video!

Simply amazing.

Love any timelapsed video! :D

Wow that was awesome!

Great video. Adding the train numbers made it that much better.

Guys I rode Metra for many years and I really appreciated all the conductors I worked with no matter what and I know that I'm able to make it where I'm at now

Excellent video!

In a country that unfortunately seems to be moving away from rail, in favor of automobiles, a video like this really warms my heart, knowing that rail travel is still alive and well here.

Very nice. Surprised I haven't seen other people do this from there.

in the background you can see CTA trains passing by. Real cool

Fascinating. It's a ballet performance. Nice job!

AWESOME VIDEO!!!!! LOVE THE ACTION!!! I SUBBED!

Fantastic! What a great vantage point.

Amazing!

Cool bro,feels like heaven

Honestly, this is impressing. At first, when I was born, I would’ve pictured New York City being like this, but welp, I was wrong LOL

Thank you for the memories it was very entertaining, and your time lapse is perfect. I could have watched another 12 minutes. One should review this video again just to observe how many CTA cars passed by in the background. But I found the watching the people, cars and truck pass by at street level enjoyable. Looking at the Garbage truck backing up into the viaduct was a real close call at time lapse speed.

Great job!!

That is alot of trains, and those turns look so sharp and tight

Great video. Thanks for posting.

Very entertaining..many thanks.

Really nice video! I enjoyed it

Funny watching it sped up especially with the fast bells. Trains are like "Dingdingding I had too much coffee this morning and im very late must go go go"

Very Good Video!

I’m a train lover and I respect the fact that you did this

So cool to watch Thank you for sharing Muse

Amazing ! Thanks for the view !

Love this! Watching the city move!

Awesome! Would love to watch the two hour version!

7:40 to 8:00 is probably the best scene that really shows how busy it gets, right down to the CTA L train all the way in the back

I used to see that Chicago North Western coach all the time in Kenosha.

5:18 I love that lone UP locomotive

Looks almost like a super-detailed model railroad layout!

Very impressive video! :)

Awsome looks like a well built model railroad(:

Very calming

Love this!

wow.. that is alot of trains O_O!.. (thank you for the video)

Wow that is a lot of trains!

can the rest of our North American cities reflect off this? also the one thing i noticed most and was surprised about was, i didnt notice 1 person run across those tracks when the crossing was closed.... Chicago has people that arent stupid, HAZAAA!

Great video, and the other side of Union Station is where far more trains come/go, as well as other stations for IC, South Shore and others.

This is the best time lapse ever made

I swore this is a train layout, but is actually real life LOL Perfect viewpoint to capture :)

mesmerizing!

So envious of the large, loco-hauled coaches - wish that was the norm here! But you can keep those mad, mad, endlessly-ringing bells 😋

Very nice video, crazy how many trains there are

So cool!

great job, speed was great

Great job on the map