⁴ᴷ⁶⁰ Driver’s View: Cleveland RTA Red Line – Tower City to Airport (Rare Charter Ride!)

Ride along with the driver, looking out the front window of Cleveland’s RTA Red Line during a chartered special trip for rail enthusiasts, the first in decades! This journey runs from the terminal track at Tower City Station in downtown Cleveland all the way to Hopkins International Airport. Filmed with the permission of the operating authority, as the first charter trip on this system in several decades, this video offers a view that passengers rarely get to see!

🚆 About the Red Line
Cleveland’s Red Line is a 19-mile rapid transit route connecting downtown with the airport, running through neighborhoods, industrial areas, and open suburban stretches along the way. Opened in 1955, it was the first rail line in the United States to connect directly to an airport terminal—a distinction that still makes it stand out today.

🛤️ About This Trip
This video covers the entire westbound run from Tower City to the Airport, filmed in real time from the front cab of an RTA train. You’ll see everything from the short underground section downtown to the Cuyahoga Viaduct and the open-air segments farther west! This is one of the very few rare occasions in which it has been possible to get a front window view of this fascinating right of way!

🙏 A Note of Thanks
This channel is run as a hobby, with very limited resources. We’re incredibly grateful to GCRTA for allowing us to film this special trip, and to everyone who watches and supports these kinds of projects! Opportunities like this don’t come around often, and we’re thrilled to be able to share it with you.

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Taken in October 2025.