[Magdalen] Riding the CTA.

[Joseph Cirou]

The last time I road the South Shore was in the early 90's when I lived in
the Hegewisch neighborhood and was an associate pastor at St. Florian's. I
went to Beverly Shores where myfriend Fr Ed McKenna had a summer/year round
home. I may have taken my bike I don't remember. It was a short walk or
ride from the stop to his house. I think I paid a fare at the Station, but
this was AN OFFICIAL STOP--Hegewisch may have been the first stop after
either 63rd or even 12th St. I imagine if the train stopped somewhere you
could get on. I don't remember seeing a conductor either; but I do remember
paying round trip at the station.--it may have been free before Hegewisch

Joe

On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 1:51 PM, Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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.
> > >
> >
>