Enjoyed this video. I used to take the South Chicago branch to work when I got my first Job at the Lakeside Press in1960. I rode the Metra Electric university park line for 38 years. I moved to North Carolina in 1999. I'm 81 years old and can still call the stops on all 3 branches. The crews on Metra electric were my best friends. When I went to college at night they were all interested in my studies. At that time most had never gone to college. These .memories all come back to me when I watch these videos. I never realized that I could take vitual rides on my cell until I got a smart phone. They were the first videos I viewed. Guess I got lonely
@russell7926: If you live right by or right near the tracks this bell can be really unnerving. It would be a real nuisance to hear this bell all night long and you're trying to sleep. I remember the old Dark Green IC PULLMAN STANDARD CARS have a bell that's like the trolleys of the New Orleans street cars that's like a school alarm that just be sounded occasionally such as when leaving stations.
@@DDLCRAILFAN92 It's necessary to keep sounding the bell in this middle of the street running. Part of the METRA ELECTRIC South Chicago Branch is very much like a Light Rail Line run with electric double Decker cars
It’s because we have a stupid policy in America that requires train to make a lot of noise so people know a train is coming. But I don’t know why Metra Electric has the bell on continuously
