North Shore Line 1945 HD merged

I so enjoyed this video. To me, it's a terrible shame that the North Shore Line was abandoned - it is really needed today. I wish I had been alive in that era to have ridden the entire system. This was great!

I rode the North Shore to Milwaukee on the last day of operation. Sad..one of the last "inter urbans" in the Chicago Milwaukee area. Thank goodness my old man was a train enthusiast and made sure we honored the North Shore on its last day of service.

Because of the flourishing industry of automobiles and airplanes and the idealization that trains were now caveman technology everyone thought that rail passenger service was no longer needed. Now, with an ever growing population our roads are overcrowding and eroding away from overuse. Airports can now take hours waiting for a flight and the ticket price is not practical for a short or moderate range trip. All because one generation thought they had reinvented the wheel, indeed cars and airplanes were magnificent additions to our society. But where they got it all wrong is in the belief that these new technologies could completely replace railroads. Now you see the consequence of tearing up 2/3rds of America's original rail network. We need these rail lines back more than ever.

Very nice remembrance of inter urban city to city travel. Watching this was better than watching TV show. Wish we still had the degree of rail passenger service we once had in the USA.

This is my parent's Chicago, both born in the middle twenties.

I used to ride the North Shore to Milwaukee when I went to high school in Delafield. 1955-1959. Fond memories.

Outstanding trip in a Time Machine to experience interurban trains!

I was born in 1945 in FL but "felt" the thrill as if I've been there. What a wonderful experience. Thank you so much for making my day

There is not enough video footage of the Lake Shore Line. Thanks for posting this.

Thank you, Mr Keevil, for this lost footage. My dad rode the Indiana Interurban from Dayton to Richmond to Muncie. I wish I could go back and ride it with him.

When my parents were married in Chicago in 1946, they took the North Shore to Mundelein - my mom's aunt ran a hotel there they stayed at for their honeymoon.

Thank you so much, for posting! It's like visiting with an old friend.

I loved it!! I wish we had a Chanel of old or very old documentaries like this!! Thank you for sharing!!!!

Boy does that bring back memories. I was stationed at the Lakes in 1958-1959, road those old trollies a lot.

In the 1980's in Wilmette Greenleaf Avenue was repaved and when they stripped off the asphalt it exposed the old rail lines. This video shows Greenleaf Avenue going into downtown Wilmette. I had seen photos but never actual footage. Fascinating stuff.

0:05 Good that you merged them TOGETHER instead of apart

I have to admit, I wish that we still have many Interurbans running today, aside from the South Shore Line.

I love this film; have watched it countless times and always see something new! Love the trains, the cars and the people (especially all the sailors!).

I like it, especially the manned gates and the detail on them at the end.

Fascinating Video. As someone from the UK where there were very few ( I can think of only 2 Interurban Railways in the UK, only one of which still operates, the I.O.M Electric Railway) and who has an interest in railroads in the USA ( should I say an interest in Railways full stop) Ive always found the Interurban Railways fascinating. It was a shame ( and very short sighted in my opinion) to close the North Shore Down