A CTA Brown Line train descends down the ramp from Western Station toward Rockwell Station with a mixture of 3200-series and 2600-series equipment on a sunny late-autumn afternoon. The lead car of this train, car No. 3444, has visible leftover hardware from its days utilizing pantographs on the Yellow Line. Known as the "Skokie Swift," the route between Howard and Skokie Stations used overhead catenary power up until it was converted to third rail power in 2004. Though the pantographs themselves

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POV: You’re riding on a CTA Brown Line train and pass through Tower 18 Interlocking 🚈 Often referred to as “the busiest railroad junction in the world,” Tower 18 Interlocking is responsible for the safe passage of trains on the CTA’s Brown, Green, Orange, Pink and Purple Lines as they navigate the Loop. The tower structure seen in this video is the third version to exist here. The first was built in 1900 (as far as I can ascertain), the second in 1969, and this one in 2010. There’s an immense a

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