RFW on Metra Heritage Corridor from Joliet to Chicago Union Station. 7/16/22 

Gotta give it to Chicago area railroads, they keep their right of ways looking nice and clean

0:32 Joliet 6:09 Lockport 12:58 Romeoville 19:56 Lemont 28:25 Willow Springs 35:05 Summit 1:02:07 Chicago Union Station

Young man you in heaven now with them horns going every 2 minutes

keep up the great work i always enjoy watching your videos on youtube

I really do enjoy your videos. both informative and fun to ride along with you. From this old gal I say ty for all the wonderful trips. Be safe. God bless.

Wonderful ride Retired rail fan. Perhaps change the name of Lockport to Shakespearesville to connect both cities.

I work for BNSF (formerly of UPRR) in the Chicago division. At 2:36 is the Collins st crossing and that fire road to the left of the crossing is the way i take to get into the former Santa Fe Joliet yard. The old EJ&E handoff trackage is still there in the yard and they actually repaired it last year. Nice video sir!!

Thank you for the upload. The best HC "cab ride" I've seen.

Awesome ride!! Thanks RR.😀😀💚💚

Yard on right around 38 minute mark is CN Glenn Yard.

Nice video

Thank you for this! I rode this route back in 2011 on the Texas Eagle, and like to see a head-end view of the routes I've been on.

These trains have the worst bell and horn on any train. They are borderline annoying. But love your video!!

Nice trip - thanks for sharing. Current BNSF "Z" trains operating to/from Willow Springs: ALT-Alliance, TX LAC -LA Hobart LPK-Logistics Park, KS (KC area) NBY-North Bay (SF Bay area) PHX-Phoenix, AZ SBD-San Bernardino, CA STO-Stockton, CA

The old signal cantilever you saw was common on the ex GM&O, ex Alton road trackage through Illinois. There’s other footage here on RU-vid of the line under SP ownership in the early 90’s with some of the signals still in operation, before UP and the State of Illinois upgraded the line south of Joliet

Hey! What are you doing there? Neat video! I like the intro too!

As it heads out of the Joliet Station it will pass by the old Joliet Prision on Collins St . The big house back in the day with the quarry stone walls When I was really young I remember the GMO running in this line

Cool

The yard north of MP 11 is Glenn Yard, Forest View, IL

Thanks for the wonderful video…I enjoyed it on Sunday morning with a big mug of delicious coffee!

where the tracks merged it is the Freeport Subdivision merging with the Joliet Subdivision. At Cermak 53:00 the tracks diverge with the Joliet Subdivision merging with the NS Chicago Line. The one on the right will take you to the Chicago Subdivision of CN which you saw in the ME video :) also saw a private car as well. The venture cars are new :)

Tim, now here's a Metra Line that is unique...runs along the old, GM&O (CN) and stops at some interesting little Towns along the way! I do believe this line does not run on weekends. At 54:07 as the Train meets a CN Freight, and below the is Canal Street and Cermak Road, and there up about half a block is the best Fried Shrimp And Fish in Chicago, Lawrence's Fisheries! I've seen in the daytime sometimes CN Crews are stopped for a bit waiting for other Tains, and the Conductor has often come down from the Tracks to get a pound or two from that eatery! I was picking up some Fried Clams and Shrimp, and I saw him walking to Lawrence's. Has Great Fried Shrimp and other seafood too! Also, further East on Cermak Road is Chinatown! I remember as a child the Santa Fe's 22nd Street Coach Yard, and Locomotive Shop Maintenance Facility that had written on it, "Santa Fe, All The Way!" Also, on those Railroad Girders, above the street that you could see while driving, or stopped at the LIGHT, the GM&O used to Advertise on them...the old, GM&O (Winged Logo) and next to it were the words, "6 Trains Daily To St. Louis". Great Video, but then, I think you knew that! :)

If I am not mistaken, the CTA Right Of Way used to be the ATSF Line to Dearborn Station

i will tell my friends to subscribe to you

I think that diamond around the 33 minute mark is also BRC... not IHB.

Great work again Mr RR. The routes around Chicagoland are quite impressive. I wish that the bells(click-clack, click-clack, etc...) on these METRA cabs weren't so annoyingly intrusive, however.

53:00 why would they narrow down to a single track when it splits into three different tracks? Kind of annoying

The line was home to The Plug and for a period from the merger up to the new equipment from the RTA you'd be hard pressed to know by looking that you were on an ICG train because it was still all GM&O paint. Yep remember the approach lit CPLs railfanning with my buds back in the 80s,sadly traffic on weekends was light so we never saw them lit and got better luck with the Santa Fe

I hope you get to do both the UP North and Northwest lines next; including the McHenry branch

Did tu/vous know Metra Rock Island has another route to Union Station?

This is going to be my daily commute here in a week or so!

Say if I am incorrect, Romeoville was added. Metra H.C. did not always stop there!

I remember an intra Chicago stop called Brighton Park. Has it been done away avec?

Nickname for the G, M &O Joliet Local was "The Plug" :)

Again I applaud you Tim, for the spectacular head end shots !! With all due respect, the side window shots really get boring. I'm not interested in seeing the grass, weeds, trees and buildings along a right-of-way. I wish you could shoot videos like this on the LIRR, Metro-NORTH, SEPTA and MBTA, to name a few. There is a stunning head end video on Metro-NORTH's Hudson Line along the scenic Hudson River of an express run on RU-vid. It's awesome to say the least. All that is lacking from that video is your very informative narration. Just a suggestion; have you ever given any thought to taking along a small, pocket scanner tuned to the frequency of the line you're shooting, so we could hear the interesting radio chatter. It needn't be loud or overbearing, just something low in the background. I for one would be very interested to hear it. I think others would be too.

The trains really flew out in the suburbs, but they crawled through Chicago. If speeds could be made comparable in town, the trip would certainly be much shorter. Why is it so slow? Are there plans to fix it?

And the medium-tension wiring in the right is of a style I have seen here in Maryland - in particular southern Maryland - Charles, Saint Mary's, and Calvert Counties (current CSX Pope's Creek Subdivision- SMECO territory) - but only in spots.

How do you hold your camera in place?

So this was originally a GM&O route? Who owns the track now?

This COULD be duplicated along the CSX Pope's Creed Subdivision - high-tension wiring and all - as part of the ROW is used for it - in addition to Mirant Morgantown at the end, you have Mirant Chalk Point and KMG Thermo Brandywine, along with CPE Saint Charles Energy Center along the Subdivision ROW - but you have to want businesses that need rail services - and all too many towns - let alone cities - despise businesses that use freight rail.

55:38 was the bridge going to rise up after you stopped recording

Just comparing the high speed track and switches against septa and mta.

How do people especially like you get to take cab ride videos?

That made up for the rest of the visit

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55:40 ???

A little known fact Joliet was formerly named Juliet.