Metra Conductor here, and I actually work on the Electric District. On select weekends at Millennium Station (Randolph St./South Water St.), Metra trains utilize the South Shore Depot due to maintenance being performed in the Metra Depot rendering tracks out of service. During the week of scheduled weekend maintenance, signs are posted in both the South Shore and Metra Depot stating that Metra trains will utilize the South Shore Depot over the coming weekend. The Metra train in this video is #8520 which is a 2-Car Consist, this train pulled into Millennium Station (South Shore Depot Side) behind another 2-Car Consist already on Track 11 which is a 6-Car Island Platform, the platforms in both the South Shore Depot and Metra Depot don’t offer a lot of wiggle room so to speak, meaning engineers have to pull up close to the bumping post or, as seen in this video, pull up close behind equipment already sitting at the platform, in order to properly spot all the doors on the platform and make room for any other equipment that may pull up behind them. So once again 2-Cars were already sitting on Track 11 when this Train #8520 (2-Cars) pulled in, so when the engineer pulls this close behind sitting equipment this leaves room for 2 more Cars to pull in on Track 11 which then Track 11 would be at its 6-Car capacity. If the Millennium Station Depot Tracks were let’s say as long as the Depot Tracks at Chicago Union Station then our engineers wouldn’t need to pull so closely to the bumping post and/or pull up so closely behind sitting equipment.
What kinda cab car is this?, my father worked on BN and i used to go to work with him and ride with the engineer ....i remember being higher then this....also here no radio chatter....
