https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/b835447e-6ad8-4e9f-9adc-1a2d2f56035f Want to support this channel and help us preserve old films? Visit https://www.patreon.com/PeriscopeFilm Visit our website www.PeriscopeFilm.com The following movie reel was filmed by the late Ben Young, and was transferred from his 16mm Kodachrome camera original. Shots include: 00:00 Start at the Chicago loop, 1.79 miles in length, and forms the hub of the Chicago Transit Authority’s electric elevated rail service, TITLE card is the CNS&M logo. 01:29 Passing rail tower on the loop 02:21 Passing CTA train, going north 03:00 Skokie 03:15 Full speed north to Milwaukee 03:50 Passing Electroliner train, and some freight action 04:15 Grade crossing with sign FAST TRAIN APPROACHING, DO NOT STOP ON TRACKS 04:20 runby 05:00 Electroliner 5:50 passing Harrison Avenue 06:05 Homewood shops 06:30 Crossing into Milwaukee 06:42 Milwaukee Station 07:14 Milwaukee Road Railroad Station with Hiawatha Diesel train leaving station 08:17 Milwaukee Trolleys, downtown area of town to end of reel. Milwaukee streetcar service began May 30, 1860 with horse drawn cars. Electrified April 3, 1890, the last streetcar operated until May 2, 1958. The service was provided by the Milwaukee Electric railroad and Light Company. After a survey was made, residents preferred trackless trolleys of buses. 11:54 End of Milwaukee film The next part of the film shows operations on the "Third Avenue Elevated" and Brooklyn trolley lines. The Third Avenue El was the last full remnant of an operated elevated railway running through the length of Manhattan. It operated between 1878 and closed in 1955. It was an icon to New York City, becoming famous like the Empire State Building and the Automat. The rail line, part of the IRT, operated with ancient wooden, electrically powered cars. The following reel was filmed by the late Ben Young, and is transferred from his original 16mm film. The trip starts northbound from the Chatham Square station. Operations to South Ferry was discontinued in 1950 but is covered in a short film The Vanishing El. 12:20 James Street near China Town 12:40 Canal Street Station, looking south to Chatham Square where branches went to City Hall and South Ferry 13:07 Bowery, seen from entrance to Williamsburg Bridge 13:49 Lower east side area 14:12 From street level, 3rd Avenue was known for Pawn shops 14:43 Canal Street station 15:18 Cooper Square with red GMC bus 15:52 Riding El uptown 16:05 23rd Street Station, multi level 16:46 34th Street, had an overhead pedestrian bridge. A branch extended to the east side but was closed in 1930 20:23 47th Street area 20:50 129th Street area 21:03 near Harlem River 21:20 Harlem River crossing and passing near railroad freight yards 21:50 Black and white footage of Bronx area 22:39 END The Chicago, North Shore & Milwaukee Railroad was an all electrically operated rail system that connected the Chicago Inner Loop, to center city Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The railroad operated with multiple unit, electric cars, powered from either a third rail, or overhead trolley wire. The Electroliner was a 1941 built train, and offered fast and comfortable service between the two cities. The rail road served several military installations including the Great Lakes naval training center near North Chicago and Fort Sheridan.The railroad operated between the 1920s and ended service in January 1963. The rail cars were sold off to museums or scrapped, as were the motor locomotives used for freight. The two Electroliner sets were sold to Philadelphia Transit, and upon retirement, were sold to the Rails to Yesterday Trolley Museum at Rockhill Furness, Pa., and to the Illinois Railway Museum in Union, Ill., where their train set has been cosmetically restored and operates. We encourage viewers to add comments and, especially, to provide additional information about our videos by adding a comment! See something interesting? Tell people what it is and what they can see by writing something for example: "01:00:12:00 -- President Roosevelt is seen meeting with Winston Churchill at the Quebec Conference. This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. For more information visit http://www.PeriscopeFilm.com Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXpCZIWE_sk Mirrored from Periscope Film (https://www.youtube.com/@PeriscopeFilm) Thu, 11 Jun 2026 06:45:57 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://peertube.dngr.us https://peertube.dngr.us/lazy-static/avatars/41a6fee9-7f57-42d0-a5fc-5db4f1af2e31.png https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/b835447e-6ad8-4e9f-9adc-1a2d2f56035f All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://peertube.dngr.us/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.