Electroliner 801-802

The North Shore Line, an interurban railroad that connected Chicago’s L system with Milwaukee and the towns in between, had two streamlined articulated trains. They were called Electroliners and were the ultimate in interurban travel. This is one of those trains.

I was thinking about the silhouettes of the factories just north of Chicago’s Loop that created canyons for the elevated line that the North Shore Line used to share. These buildings are long gone and have been replaced by rows of bland homes. You do get a nice view of downtown from the L, though, that you didn’t before.

As I am less familiar with Milwaukee, perhaps this train is going through a warehouse district in that great city. I don’t know.