The Train Tracker I Built Because I'm That Guy
103 trains moving through Chicago right now — Red Line bunching in the Loop, Blue Line stretching to O’Hare, Metra commuter rail fanning out to the suburbs I moved to Chicago four years ago and discovered two things immediately: this city is a train hub, and I fucking love trains. Not in a “trains are neat” way. In a “I will stand on the platform and watch the Red Line snake through the Loop until Sara texts me asking why I’m late” way. In a “I need to know where every train is, right now, all the time” way. ...