The Trains I Rode: June 1968, part 2 of 4

PLEASE WATCH PART 1 FIRST, if you are new to this series. Well, this will make more sense if you do that.
(NB 2/20/08: Audio to part 1 has been muted courtesy copyright cops; I will modify and repost ASAP.)

In Part 1 we rode the C&O Sportsman from Columbus to Marion, Ohio, and the EL Lake Cities from Marion to Chicago where we did the CTA 101 fan trip.

In Part 2, we ride C&NW #1 to Sterling, IL to see an 0-8-0 working the plant railroad at Northwestern Steel & Wire then return to Chicago for a trip to South Bend on the CSS&SB.

Category:

Travel & Events

Tags:

• 0-8-0
• C&NW_RR
• CSS&SB_RR
• Chicago
• Indiana
• interurban_railroads
• railfan
• railroad
• railways
• South_Shore_Line
• South_Bend
• South

[trainboy94]

Are those location sounds?????????

[gothpapa]

Yes!! While filming I was also recording with a battery powered portable Norelco cassette tape recorder (new technology in those days) knowing that someday somebody would provide me with the means to put it all together:-)). In doing background research for this project I discovered that the computer mouse/graphic interface was first successfully demonstrated that year. Who woulda thunk it!?

[lcar4000]

Fascinating videos. I especially liked the view of the Lake Cities and, on the elevated, the 4000 series cars. Wish a person could still make that trip.

[bullfrog1954]

More fantastic images! Also love the background music.

[prsobotka]

There is an 0-8-0 from NWS&W on display at the Amboy (Illinois) Depot Museum

[BNforever2009]

I rode the CTA's North-Soth line and the Evanston line on a regular basis back in the late 80's and early 90's. Man, i wish i could have rode on those 4000 series cars. I was crazy about the 6000 series cars and cried when they rid of them all.

[s7o0a0p]

Nice Interurbans!

[jwerren78]

The footage of Sterling is AWESOME! I have been there and switched there numerous times!

[PokeyLota]

The Northwestern Wire Mill probably scrapped hundreds if not thousands of steam locomotives back in the day. I heard this old saying once or twice. Sterling Brand Nails "A Locomotive in Every Box" Thanks for the view of the locomotives. I remember them well.

[Trailryder74]

WOW, Thank you for a glimpse into the past of my home town. I was born too late to remember these steamers. There is one 0-8-0 left out on the storage track west of Sterling.

Thanks again.

[Deadboots]

Oh, and a few of those engines are still there. A couple years back somebody from out west dismantled one and hauled it out west to restore, but there are still a couple left hidden in the brush....if you know where to look....

[Deadboots]

I was born in January of 1984 and grew up about 6 blocks from NWS&W, or "The Mill" as it's generally known, and even though those locos were retired for 4 years by then we still used to go down to their resting place and look them over. And your description of the relentless heat and humidity along with that constant warning clanging reminded me of all those summer nights long ago when I was just a little kid and used to lay awake at night and listen to the electric arc in the furnaces.