[Magdalen] Riding the CTA.

[Jon Egger]

Hegewisch?  Yikes, That's probably the furthest "downstate" part of
Chicagoland.  I spent many a summer month in Chicago when I was a teen and
into my early 20's.  My cousins live a half block south of 111th Street
between Kedzie and Western.  (Mount Greenwood--19th Ward, Saint Christina's
Parish)  "The Heg", as my cousins called it, had the best gas prices in
that part of the far southside.  At one time there were plans to relocate
Midway to there...thank goodness they did major work on Midway, moving the
parking east of Cicero, via an understreet tunnel.

Love that city of Chicaaawgo!

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Grace & peace,
jon


On Thu, Oct 16, 2014 at 1:16 AM, Joseph Cirou <romanos at mindspring.com>
wrote:

> 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.
> > > >
> > >
> >
>