Some Folks Calls It Fahrvergnügen . . . (driving pleasure)

**TheTravellers** · 07-10-2014, 01:20 PM

Originally Posted by rezman

They lived on Seeley Ave, just north of Chicago Ave. The 3 track speedway was originally the CB&Q ( Chicago Burlington & Quincy) which is why it was referred to as the "Q". Then became Burlington Northern, then after merger with the Santa Fe, became BNSF. METRA just operates the commuter service.

Nice area, close to downtown and the wonderful Tivoli theatre. Didn't know why it was called the "Q", thanks for that info. When we moved there, it was the BN West line, then it was BNSF West line (took them forever to change the logos on all the cars), and now it's apparently the BNSF Railway line (just weird that it's called that instead of the directional name like pretty much all their other lines). And yep, Metra operates it like they do all the commuter service in that area except the South Shore (be nice if Metra took over the South Shore, their stuff is old and kinda crappy, but they have made some progress in upgrading it and building new stations).

Oh, RadMod - it does sound like a horrible place, but it was actually named for a grove of trees and founded by Pierce Downer, hence the name, but yeah, sounds depressing...

**rezman** · 07-10-2014, 02:51 PM

Originally Posted by TheTravellers

Nice area, close to downtown and the wonderful Tivoli theatre. Didn't know why it was called the "Q", thanks for that info. When we moved there, it was the BN West line, then it was BNSF West line (took them forever to change the logos on all the cars), and now it's apparently the BNSF Railway line (just weird that it's called that instead of the directional name like pretty much all their other lines). And yep, Metra operates it like they do all the commuter service in that area except the South Shore (be nice if Metra took over the South Shore, their stuff is old and kinda crappy, but they have made some progress in upgrading it and building new stations).

Oh, RadMod - it does sound like a horrible place, but it was actually named for a grove of trees and founded by Pierce Downer, hence the name, but yeah, sounds depressing...

It is a nice area. lots of upper and middle upper class, and then you have Hinsdale, and Riverside east of there, which I recall were very nice as well. One thing I miss is getting on at Union Station and riding express on the middle track all the way out to Downers 65 mph, non stop.

**TheTravellers** · 07-10-2014, 03:13 PM

Originally Posted by rezman

It is a nice area. lots of upper and middle upper class, and then you have Hinsdale, and Riverside east of there, which I recall were very nice as well. One thing I miss is getting on at Union Station and riding express on the middle track all the way out to Downers 65 mph, non stop.

Ha, I miss that quite a lot as well now that I have to drive to work every day... Hinsdale is $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ and so is Riverside (I think Riverside has a FLLW house that we toured once), but Hinsdale's downtown was great, lots of interesting shops and restaurants, also got one of our cats at Hinsdale's animal shelter, still going at 16 years old...

**Plutonic Panda** · 07-12-2014, 02:24 AM

Well, this guy sure experienced some driving pleasure, or perhaps adrenaline...

Warning, strong language... one word really

**rezman** · 07-12-2014, 08:47 AM

I saw this on the news not long ago. Besides wondering if the person in the car was ok, was there anyone in the truck? Looks like they surely would have been decapitated if there were.