Black Friday! Last Day of the Metra Bar Car

I knew this day was coming at some point but shit it's finally here. After Friday, there will be no Bar Car on the Metra. It's honestly going to be a sad sad day. For the past 13 years, almost day in and day out, I have sat in the Bar Car on the way home from work. Typically, I have a cocktail but some days I just like to people watch. Well I guess it's is time for last call so to speak.

Without the Bar Car, I wouldn't have met some really great people I now call friends. You all know who you are. I've also thoroughly enjoyed the cast of charaters on train every day. You know the people that you never really knew their name but if you said their nickname others would instantly know who they were, i.e. Grayslake Steve, Doc, Kermit, Thunder Dan, Handsome Tom,

The Bar Car has been the subject matter of many a blog post too. From Kermit's bag of chips to the drunk construction workers. There's never a dull moment there. It's also a hotbed of gossip. Who's having a train affair with whom? Who's dating? Who's on the wagon? And Who's off the wagon?

Good bye good friend; it's been real.

Nice Parking at the Grayslake Metra Station!

Drunk Construction Workers on the Metra!