North Shore Line - Past & Present
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- čas přidán 17. 07. 2024
- The legendary Chicago North Shore & Milwaukee Railroad vanished 50 years ago, but not before rail historians thoroughly documented the line. Owing to the generosity of donors and the time and effort of volunteers, several rail cars were preserved at railway museums. On July 7, 2013, the Illinois Railway Museum in Union, IL hosted a special event to commemorate the half-century mark, showcasing several North Shore cars that are either restored or undergoing restoration. The museum also launched the Campaign for the Electroliner, a major fundraising effort to restore CNS&M 801-802 to operation in time for its 75th Birthday in 2016.
This video celebrates the scope and quality of IRM's preservation and restoration projects. It is not a rail enthusiast video so much as an art film merging latter-day digital photos and videos taken at the museum with brilliant Kodachromes dating from 50-60 years ago. The images segue back and forth seamlessly between past and present, using special effects to further cloud the passage of time. Some scenes that appear to be pre-1963 were actually photographed in 2013, and vice versa.
Those electroliners were amazing!
Nice video of the North Shore Line! January 21st at the Illinois Railway Museum in Union Illinois
North Shore Day a good time for all !!!
I rode the NS every weekend in 1957-1959 Chicago to school west of Milwaukee. Shore line route was too slow compared to the Skokie Valley route. What memories
The thing that made the North Shore and The Aurora And Elgin unique was it's operation over the Chicago 'L'
I rode the NSL once in 62 as a young kid....from edison court to milwaukee and back. The sounds stuck with me all those years...great to hear them again at the beginning of this video
What do you remember from it?
I appreciate the nice music of the period also. Thanks
Many fond memories!! As a boy we lived on 5th street in Milwaukee. All those trains passed our house!
I remember trains full of Sailors from Great Lakes heading into Milwaukee.
One time a train broke down (had a hot box…bad wheel bearing) right on our block… us kids watched as they took care of that…..seemed to take all day.
Thanks for posting 🇺🇸🇺🇸👍👍
Another great Electropickle Production. A fascinating blend of yesterday and today. We are so fortunate to have people dedicated to preserving the past and Eric to document it for today and tomorrow. .
Creative use of archive photos and IRM run-by and barn shots. Entertaining and nostalgic. I first encountered CNS&M in Milwaukee as I started high school. I rode the first seat in the Electroliner on my 14th birthday (a trip my folks never realized I had taken) to Highland Park and then C&NW to Highwood to witness the condition of a company in its final months before abandonment. I'd visit the station many evenings and see the sailors boarding for Great Lakes. The Harrison Avenue shops and extensive street running in Milwaukee, particularly in winter, were a challenge for its employees. I'm grateful to all the enthusiasts and restoration crews who have preserved operations at IRM and the East Troy lines.
+Paul Biwer When we were kids in the fifties, my father would take us up to Milwaukee for the day on the North Shore, and we would eat at Mader's or Carl Ratch's. Never was on the Electroliner, but the regular North Shore trains just flew! At the time, Milwaukee was a civilized, almost European city; not like now.
Paul Biwer Lucky you, I Was Born in 64 A Year After The NSL Was Discontinued, However I Can Tell In the Old Photos When The NSL is On The Skokie Valley Route Because I Use The Yellow Line CTA At Least Twice A Week, The Skokie Swift Opened The Year I Was Born And Uses The Same Route The NSL Did Ending At Dempster St
Dude.....
North Shore Line AND Tommy Dorsey or is it Glenn Miller?
My father loved the NSL....he grew up with it....
My mother and father both loved the big bands!
My parents are both gone now.
This little video is ripping my heart out....😢
Thanks for uploading this video of one of my 8 favorite railroads. I wish I could have ridden all of the North Shore Lines, but alas was too young when it went out of business. But, I can relive what I missed through videos like this...and books and videos I have on this great railroad.
LOVE LOVE LOVE the music!!
You and me both!
I was a kid in Chicago in the 40s. I saw these trains but never used them.
It shouldn't surprise anyone that Japanese railroad engineers visited the NSL in the late 50s and 60s, they particularly studied the Electroliners.
hmmmmmmmmmm
Where did you learn this?
Nice video and very good music! I enjoyed it! ;)
Neat stuff - neat memories of living in the greatest city in the world! In the late 50's (no recall) early 60's early childhood - Chicago - was my perfect wonderland! All the ethnic diversity - languages - food and my grandma - miss her so! Mom too!
Paralleled the C&NW! had a crack train Chicago to milwaukee on western branch even into the mid sixties!
Well done!!!
Great rides into "Yesterday".
lovely. pox to you general motors.
Is this the Trolley Museum outside of Pittsburgh ? Mister Rogers visited it years ago .
I often wonder if Eloit Ness rode TheNorth Shore line
3:01 was this an actual sound recording from when the line still operated? Same question for 0:13
Yes! Audio recordings of North Shore trains in service, originally issued as vinyl LPs in the 1960s, are currently available in disk form from thetrolleydodger.com/online-store/
@@Electropickle I recommend ypu watch this, I made a simular video on the same railroad: czcams.com/video/oaIDAxTf3zw/video.html
@@WesternOhioInterurbanHistory Well done, Jason! Thanks for sharing.
Which version of Holiday For Strings is that? Thanks.
+dj197475 Tommy Dorsey and the David Rose String Orchestra. Available on a LaserLight CD released 1992.
Thanks! David Rose recorded it several times over the years and I just can't find the one you used. Maybe ears are just getting old! LOL
Anyway, nice music pick for you video!
Awesome job loved the video .