[Magdalen] Riding the CTA.

[Joseph Cirou]

Was  that the EJ and E?  I heard about it, but never rode it. Did ride the
North Shore and the South Shore is still running

Joe

On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 6:27 PM, Mahoney, W. Michael <wmmah at stoneledge.net>
wrote:

> On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 3:03 AM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
> magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
>
> > I stumbled upon a number of YouTube videos of contemporary and
> > past rides on the CTA = Chicago Transit Authority.  I watched a  few
> > of them, including the video of the North Shore RR.  The  subway/elevated
> > lines are all familiar to me from my student days in the 1950's, and it
> > was
> > pure nostalgia watching these videos.
> >
>
> Ah, yes, the memories:
>
> The "El" many, many times from Oak Park to the Loop.
>
> The North Shore from the Loop to to Racine and Kenosha and sometimes even
> Milwaukee.  It was great fun to sit in the dining/bar car and watch the
> plain old commuters in their plain old "El".
>
> And then there was the trolley line that went from the Chicago city line
> through Oak Park and on out to the far-out suburbs and Brookfield Zoo.  The
> cars had pot bellied, coal burning stoves!  Didn't last much past the late
> 40's.
>
> Mike M.
>