Railroad Crossings on the Skokie Swift | CTA Yellow Line

North of Chicago lies the town of Skokie. This city is accessible by Chicago’s rapid transit system, the ‘L.’ But the line that runs here, the Yellow Line, is a very interesting one. The tracks have many at-grade railroad crossings and until 2004, there were even overhead wires supplying the trains with electricity. Why is the “Skokie Swift” so strangely built? It has to do with everyone’s favorite subject in school: history… Trains Are Awesome! Chapters 0:00 South Shore Line 0:17 Greetings from the Magnificent Mile 1:05 Riding the CTA Red Line north to Howard 2:42 Howard Station 3:57 Riding the Yellow Line "Skokie Swift" 5:52 Dempster-Skokie Station 6:57 Skokie Swift History Explained 9:09 Railroad Crossing action! 10:24 Oakton-Skokie Station 11:15 Riding a Yellow Line train back to Howard 12:33 Riding the Purple Line 15:11 Spotting a Metra train