I woke up at my hotel room in Eligin West/Dundee (after going on a bike/Metra ride out there on Sunday), getting a bit of a late start (it is a rare Monday off from work after all) and after the usual free hotel breakfast got on my bike and rode to the Big Timber Road […]
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This past June 4, 2017 I found myself with a Monday I had to take off from work (working an event the following Saturday), and no plans, my friend Robbie needed to go to Chicago to catch a flight after visiting so I decided to spend the night in a suburban Chicago hotel and try […]
In addition to the last Kenosha Update, in this update I have a page for the UP Line’s Chicago Terminus and the first stop on the UP North and Northwest Lines which has a very strange platform arrangement: Ogilvie Transportation Center–(28 Photos) Clybourn–(47 Photos) Enjoy!
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Kenosha Metra and Streetcar
I’m on a bit of a Metra Binge right now, trying to get every Metra station I’ve photographed up on the web, some with a narrative. On Sunday, October 3o, 2011 on a Weekend Day Pass I headed up to Kenosha for a few hours to ride the streetcar, it was raining so not too […]
This update is the final five Metra Electric local stops that I’ve photographed (next bike season my top priority for Metra bike rides is finishing the South Shore Line and Metra Electric Service): 87th St./Woodruff–(30 Photos) 91st St./Chesterfield–(25 Photos) 95th St./Chicago State University–(24 Photos) 103rd St./Rosemoor–(16 Photos) 107th Street–(23 Photos) Enjoy!
In addition to finishing the South Chicago Branch, I’ve also visited what I feel is an impressive number (partially by bike, partially by walking/CTA buses) of the small Metra platforms on the mainline from 63rd Street (a slightly larger stop with two platforms) south. Here is a start: 63rd Street–(23 Photos) 75th St./Grand Crossing–(17 […]
The Metra Electric South Chicago branch, feels like a line that should be more of an urban light rail line with frequent service since it runs at a grade and in some street medians through South Side Chicago neighborhoods than a Commuter Rail line with trains just hourly during off-peak hours (and infrequent Sunday and […]
I drove to Columbus, OH a few weeks ago to visit relatives. On the way there I went a slightly more circuitous route via US-6 (there’s no all on superhighways route to Columbus, OH from South Bend anyway), to make two Amtrak station stops within 25 miles of each other: Waterloo–(53 Photos) Bryan–(30 Photos) […]
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Albion and Troy, Michigan Amtrak Stations
In March I had to go to Troy, Michigan for a training, and visited it’s new Amtrak Station (which replaced the Birmingham Station just 1,000 feet north of the new platform) and stopped at Albion for a leg stretch break on the way. One stop is historic, one is super modern! Albion, MI–(33 Photos) Troy, MI–(47 Photos) […]
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Metra 27th,47th,51st,53rd Stations
In this update I continue south down the Metra Electric District. There are a few missing holes which I’m going to need to go and fix on future trips to Chicago. For 18th Street was photographed and the photos lost. I’m amazed I’ve gotten a bunch of smaller Metra stops by bike but haven’t gotten […]