this particular time would be just before the greenline was closed for a good period of time for rebuilding of tracks & stations, so this old video gives us the neat opportunity to see the old structure with the original center 3rd track still in place though unused since the 1950's I understand (it once was an express device installed in the early elevated years for the benefit of oak park riders). After rebuilding the center express track was no longer.
Ah this was just after the Lake Dan Ryan switch with the Howard Englewood Jackson Park....you can also see all the old CHA Housing projects that use to be on the west side that was gone by the late 90s. Those were called Henry Horner Homes....so much rich history along the L
I truly didn't know the Lake Street "L" structure and track was in that bad a shape. The reason I say that is because I remember operations back in the mid-1960s when the 2000 series were newly assigned to this line. Those trains would easily and frequently reach 60-65 mph, especially on the stretch between California and Ashland Ave. There was no ATC at that time and slow zones were almost nonexistent. CTA and the city of Chicago made a good call to rebuild this line, almost from the ground up in the mid-1990s.
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this particular time would be just before the greenline was closed for a good period of time for rebuilding of tracks & stations, so this old video gives us the neat opportunity to see the old structure with the original center 3rd track still in place though unused since the 1950's I understand (it once was an express device installed in the early elevated years for the benefit of oak park riders). After rebuilding the center express track was no longer.
The Lake Street L was 100 years old as the time was recorded (now 131 years)
Ah this was just after the Lake Dan Ryan switch with the Howard Englewood Jackson Park....you can also see all the old CHA Housing projects that use to be on the west side that was gone by the late 90s. Those were called Henry Horner Homes....so much rich history along the L
And the old Chicago Stadium, along with the United Center were just a few blocks south of the Henry Horner Homes, if I'm not mistaken.
Miss the days when you could sit at the front window and when there were conductors on the trains
I know!
Back in 93 it was converted from Lake- Dan Ryan to The Green Line
I truly didn't know the Lake Street "L" structure and track was in that bad a shape. The reason I say that is because I remember operations back in the mid-1960s when the 2000 series were newly assigned to this line. Those trains would easily and frequently reach 60-65 mph, especially on the stretch between California and Ashland Ave. There was no ATC at that time and slow zones were almost nonexistent. CTA and the city of Chicago made a good call to rebuild this line, almost from the ground up in the mid-1990s.
At that time it is known today as The Green Line
I really miss the 2000, on the Lake Dan Ryan
I wish the CTA instead abused the 2000s into the 5000 series
I like the A train, it's faster