Some friends of ours had never been to Chicago. She is a painter and wanted to go to the Art Insitute so we made a four day weekend trip this last weekend and I was able to ride quite a bit on the El's and subways.
We tired to catch an Amtrack to Milwaukee to just ride up and back, but the only combination we could fit in the schedule was sold out. So, I settled for the El and subway.
We were staying in a hotel near O'Hare and took the blue line in to downtown each day.
This was an outboud I saw as we waitied for our train.
One shot from Union Station. Lots going on there on a Saturday afternoon. Place was packed. The Great Hall was setting up for the "Make A Wish" awards.
This in the Clinton Street Station, a few blocks from CUS. I actually had a security guard try to tell me I couldn't take pictures. I whipped out a set of regulations I had downloaded and printed from another newsgroup and showed it to the guard. He backed off real quick and left the platform. I continued taking pictures.
Blue line coming out of the Subway heading toward O'Hare. I was lucky to get the front seat opposite the engineer. Windows were dirty, but a bad picture is better than no picture.
It has also become a very rough ride. We were really rocking around when the speeds increased.
The next pictures are a few from the ride out toward O'Hare. There is another subway section and it is interesting to see the entrance and exit from the front window.
This is why you take the train in Chicago. Bumper to bumper traffic both ways on a Saturday afternoon. Note the brake lights on the cars. Weekdays are worse.
As we neared our stop at Cumberland I saw one last inbound train for the day.
I have been riding in Chicago for almost 60 years now. Quite a few changes. It was fun and our friends couldn't get enough of being on the train.
Tom
We tired to catch an Amtrack to Milwaukee to just ride up and back, but the only combination we could fit in the schedule was sold out. So, I settled for the El and subway.
We were staying in a hotel near O'Hare and took the blue line in to downtown each day.
This was an outboud I saw as we waitied for our train.
One shot from Union Station. Lots going on there on a Saturday afternoon. Place was packed. The Great Hall was setting up for the "Make A Wish" awards.
This in the Clinton Street Station, a few blocks from CUS. I actually had a security guard try to tell me I couldn't take pictures. I whipped out a set of regulations I had downloaded and printed from another newsgroup and showed it to the guard. He backed off real quick and left the platform. I continued taking pictures.
Blue line coming out of the Subway heading toward O'Hare. I was lucky to get the front seat opposite the engineer. Windows were dirty, but a bad picture is better than no picture.
It has also become a very rough ride. We were really rocking around when the speeds increased.
The next pictures are a few from the ride out toward O'Hare. There is another subway section and it is interesting to see the entrance and exit from the front window.
This is why you take the train in Chicago. Bumper to bumper traffic both ways on a Saturday afternoon. Note the brake lights on the cars. Weekdays are worse.
As we neared our stop at Cumberland I saw one last inbound train for the day.
I have been riding in Chicago for almost 60 years now. Quite a few changes. It was fun and our friends couldn't get enough of being on the train.
Tom