The last time I rode the Green Line from the Loop to Racine was in 1962. I wonder if anyone remembers the stop at Indiana, where there used to be a loop line that circled through the Stock Yards; now, most people wonder why those two 90-degree turns in the main line were put there. The most changed thing is the open, almost park-like look all along the line. Many old cement slabs hint of demolished buildings, but where the grass has come back, you never would know that the entire route used be brick buildings so close to the tracks that you could see into apartments and it felt like a ride through a tunnel.
Great insight, especially regarding the green areas. I live in London and its pretty similar in that regard, old tower blocks and slum houses demolished to be replaced with not only new build apartments but also nice green areas. Chicago seems a beautiful city (I don't believe all that is said on the news lol) and I hope to one day visit
I remember when it used to make stops @ 58th Street (which actually didn't make any sense since buses never ran down that street at all), Wentworth Ave, Harvard St and Racine before they closed them permanently.
The signal is red, but the trip arm for the train stop (the white lever visible on the left side of the track next to the signal) isn't raised. My guess is that the signal had failed and the operator had permission to pass without stopping.
Whats that abandoned-looking stop under the bridge after it crosses over the red line near Harlem? Is it the blue line cause it looks like one of those stops
+Declan Beyer that is the old Englewood station for the Chicago and Western Indiana, sometimes called "Little Englewood" to differentiate from the one used by The NYC, Pennsy, Rock island and Nickel Plate, which was east of here.
The last time I rode the Green Line from the Loop to Racine was in 1962. I wonder if anyone remembers the stop at Indiana, where there used to be a loop line that circled through the Stock Yards; now, most people wonder why those two 90-degree turns in the main line were put there. The most changed thing is the open, almost park-like look all along the line. Many old cement slabs hint of demolished buildings, but where the grass has come back, you never would know that the entire route used be brick buildings so close to the tracks that you could see into apartments and it felt like a ride through a tunnel.
Great insight, especially regarding the green areas. I live in London and its pretty similar in that regard, old tower blocks and slum houses demolished to be replaced with not only new build apartments but also nice green areas. Chicago seems a beautiful city (I don't believe all that is said on the news lol) and I hope to one day visit
It's amazing that the platforms for the old Chicago & Western Indiana's Englewood station are still intact!
In a more recent video, it seems they are now gone 😢
In a more recent video, it seems they are now gone 😢
@@tylerkochman1007 I went by there about a month ago and still there, but in a severe case of decay
I remember when it used to make stops @ 58th Street (which actually didn't make any sense since buses never ran down that street at all), Wentworth Ave, Harvard St and Racine before they closed them permanently.
Anybody catch that 95th/Dan Ryan bound Red Line Train before we crossed expressway
1:31 unless i'm colorblind which im not, that signal is clearly red but lets go past it anyway.
The signal is red, but the trip arm for the train stop (the white lever visible on the left side of the track next to the signal) isn't raised. My guess is that the signal had failed and the operator had permission to pass without stopping.
Just like on Toronto transit commission the CTA has the same trip arm the train Should've BEEN TRIGGED
Whats that abandoned-looking stop under the bridge after it crosses over the red line near Harlem? Is it the blue line cause it looks like one of those stops
+Declan Beyer that is the old Englewood station for the Chicago and Western Indiana, sometimes called "Little Englewood" to differentiate from the one used by The NYC, Pennsy, Rock island and Nickel Plate, which was east of here.
will racine reopen
+Kelvon Fifth Not until the area is populated with nothing but white Hipsters.
+The Coyote Prophet HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
Probably not.
Until the "color" of the neighborhood changes.