[Magdalen] Riding the CTA.

[Scott Knitter]

I haven't ridden the South Shore line in forever. I didn't understand how
fares were paid, so I rode for free. No conductor came through to punch
tickets. I also rode from Hyde Park to the Loop, which I think is not
normally allowed...one is supposed to ride the Electric Line within the
city. Such a scofflaw I was.
On Oct 15, 2014 1:57 AM, "Joseph Cirou" <romanos at mindspring.com> wrote:

> 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.
> >
>