The "L"

There's no way we can avoid talking about Chicago's Elevated Train, or as the locals simply call it, the "L". Wherever you look, wherever you go, you have the train above your head.

Although Chicago only started having an elevated train in 1888 (in New York they introduced it in 1867), it soon became a city fixture.

For those of us who are used to the underground train (the Metro) or the regular train (on the ground), a train above our heads is a bit like being Alice in Wonderland. A flying train.

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