[palo verde]

subways are fun when you're kid
cause it is a train and goes thru dark tunnel

when I was in college, it was just very fast way to get somewhere
buses take forever, they stop every 2 blocks, and cant move in traffic lol

but as grown-up subways are very noisy
and not attractive way to travel, it is all underground

andysmom, chicago has subways too
arent they mostly els (elevated, above ground)

[andysandmikesmom]

Oh, yes, Chicago has subways...some people call it the 'L', some call it the subway...now, it depends where you catch the train...sometimes its up, and outside, and elevated, hence the name the 'L'......but eventually the train does into the tunnel....

When we were kids, when we caught the train nearest to our house, it started out as the 'elevated' train, but after about five stops, it went down and then underground...so my brother and I always liked to sit in the very first seat on the train, because it had a side window, but it also had a window right in front of that first seat, and you could watch, facing forward, as the train rapidly descended down into the tunnel...we got such a bang out of that....

The subway, or 'L' or train, whatever you want to call it, sure is a quick way to get somewhere, much quicker than the bus....

There is a movie with Steve Mcqueen, cant remember the name, but there is one part of the movie, where Steve McQueen(who plays a bounty hunter), is chasing some crook in Chicago, and they wind up on the 'elevated' or 'L', when its outside and high off the ground...and then the train eventually goes underground with Steve on top of the train, and you can see him laying flat on top, because he does not want to get his head knocked off while flying through the subway tunnel on top of the train...

I like to watch that, because they show different 'L' and subway stops, that I used, when going downtown to shop, and going anywhere, that we needed to take the train...

I think that movie is called just 'The Hunter', tho I could be wrong...Its just always fun to see Chicago, and the subway in a movie...