About half way through the Movie Billy Crystal & Gregory Hines are in pursuit of Gonzales. They exit the Kennedy expressway in Rosemont, Il. and immediately arrive in downtown Skokie, Il. This distance of 11 miles normally takes about 20 minutes to drive.

Next, the enter the Skokie Swift train tracks and almost immediately enter the subway tunnel about 12 miles away. If you were to take this route on the CTA trains, it would take about 25 minutes.

Once inside the subway tunnel, the cars are driving on "tracks" that are not raised from the surface and have no railroad ties. The subway tracks are all raised and have ties, as depicted prior to entering the subway and after leaving the subway.