South Shore Line Modernizes 1927
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Incredible footage from 1927. I first saw this from the original 16mm film shown at the Central Electric Railfan Group's 40th Anniversary dinner and celebration in 1978. At that time Samuel Insull Jr spoke and I got to meet him! His Dad is my historical hero. There's a really neat book out on Sam Insull titled "Merchant of Power" I have been a member of CERA for over 40 years!
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My goodness, Do u know how rare this footage is? I love it!!! What a legacy Sam Insull has left behind that still in operation to this very day. So much has changed over the years. New equipments, stations, track alignment, and more. I didn't know there was a turntable at kesington interlock. its not there anymore.From AC power to DC power. Oh & as of 2009 the new cars are double deckers. Man I love this railroad. :)
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@ 22:08, Look at the little historic "L" train. From the perspective of the interurban, it looks puny!
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This is unreal. The best vintage CSS&SB footage ever. Thanks for posting this.
Mike...
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Amazing Seriously amazing Footage. This Sorda Reminds me of the Footage i saw of the New York Westchester and Boston Railway .
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Very good footage ... I especially liked seeing the Northern Indiana Railway crossing in New Carlisle and South Bend and East Chicago street running. It is amazing to note how many places along the line are still easy to recognize, even over 90 years later.
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@ 22:08, Look at the little historic "L" train. From the perspective of the interurban, it looks puny! The whole trip in under 2 hours? No way!! Doesn't it take longer today?
DaftStrings 3 months ago
@DaftStrings Today it takes about 2 hours 20 minutes. The fastest time ever on the railroad was around 1931 when they managed 1 hour 50 minutes... Not bad when they had THREE towns involving street running, instead of one today.
JLJ061 3 months ago
The soundtrack sounds very period-realistic - was it recorded in real-time?
Also, this solves the "was there a turntable?" mystery pretty well...
tdunville 7 months ago
@tdunville No it was a sound dub filled in sometime later... If you watch the North Shore Line video you will see that uses the same sound dub.
JLJ061 7 months ago