Just One Reason Why Riding the Metra Train is More Fun Than Driving a Car
This took place about midnight on the Union Pacific North Line, running south from Kenosha to Evanston, 12/21/2012. Fun!
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Permalink Reply by David Barish on -
Thanks. That was great.
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Permalink Reply by dan brown on
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very very cool. thanks for sharing.
WAY better than the Mayan end of the world doomsday prophecies ("about midnight ...12/21/2012. ").....
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Permalink Reply by JimmyD 3.75 mi on -
Very cool! My Metra commutes occasionally offer some interesting characters to watch, but nothing as fun as an impromptu jazz jam.
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Permalink Reply by Lisa Curcio 6.5 mi on -
That has to be the coolest Metra ride ever!
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Permalink Reply by Lanterne Rouge on -
That's pretty much the antithesis of my rides back to my in-laws in Joliet. I once watched a fist-fight break out. Who fights on a train, aside from Jason Bourne? Get it together, people.
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don't forget james bond.
< shameless plug for 'skyfall' >>>
Jim S said:Who fights on a train, aside from Jason Bourne? Get it together, people.
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Permalink Reply by Anne Alt on -
Too many dumbasses on the Rock Island. *sigh*
Jim S said:That's pretty much the antithesis of my rides back to my in-laws in Joliet. I once watched a fist-fight break out. Who fights on a train, aside from Jason Bourne? Get it together, people.
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Permalink Reply by Anne Alt on
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Wish I'd been on that UP-N train. I know that band. The banjo player was a friend in high school.
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Permalink Reply by Anne Alt on
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And Chuck Norris (skip to 1:28 for the relevant scene) - thoroughly cheesy movie but effective use of Chicago location shooting.
dan brown said:don't forget james bond.
< shameless plug for 'skyfall' >>>
Jim S said:Who fights on a train, aside from Jason Bourne? Get it together, people.
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Permalink Reply by Thunder Snow on -
That fine banjo player, Gus Friedlander, plus the majority of the other musicians on that particular train, can be heard most Tuesday evenings between 7 PM & 10 PM at Evanston's Celtic Knot Pub on Church Street (no cover).
< shameless plug for the "Gus & Friends" Celtic Knot Trad Irish Music Seisún which usually encompasses Irish, jazz, Appalachian, bluegrass and anything else someone wants to play or hear >>>
Anne Alt said:Wish I'd been on that UP-N train. I know that band. The banjo player was a friend in high school.
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Permalink Reply by David Barish on
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So, which Tuesday are we riding, or perhaps in Anne's case taking the train, to Celtic Knot?
Thunder Snow said:That fine banjo player, Gus Friedlander, plus the majority of the other musicians on that particular train, can be heard most Tuesday evenings between 7 PM & 10 PM at Evanston's Celtic Knot Pub on Church Street (no cover).
< shameless plug for the "Gus & Friends" Celtic Knot Trad Irish Music Seisún which usually encompasses Irish, jazz, Appalachian, bluegrass and anything else someone wants to play or hear >>>
Anne Alt said:Wish I'd been on that UP-N train. I know that band. The banjo player was a friend in high school.
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Permalink Reply by Thunder Snow on
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Bring an instrument and sit in, David! Or at least enjoy a tall pint of Guinness, Magner's or Smithwick's in a friendly pub. I often play an Irish frame drum, called a bodhran, which is the instrument of many of us folks who possess no musical talent whatsoever. ("What do you call someone who hangs around with musicians? A drummer.")
David Barish said:So, which Tuesday are we riding, or perhaps in Anne's case taking the train, to Celtic Knot?
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