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Dressed as bananas and dinosaurs, these costume-clad Chicagoans have gone viral for chasing CTA trains

As a lifelong public transit rider, Charlie Clerk is no stranger to the age-old dilemma his social media account satirizes: being late for the train.

People run to catch the Green Line train at the Indiana CTA station in the Grand Boulevard neighborhood on June 7, 2026. Charlie Clerkâs (aka "Tre") TikTok videos, which show him and other people decked out in costume catching CTA trains in the city, are branded âCatch The Trainâ and have garnered millions of views. (Eileen T. Meslar/Chicago Tribune)

People run to catch the Green Line train at the Indiana CTA station in the Grand Boulevard neighborhood on June 7, 2026. Charlie Clerk’s (aka "Tre") TikTok videos, which show him and other people decked out in costume catching CTA trains in the city, are branded “Catch The Train” and have garnered millions of views. (Eileen T. Meslar/Chicago Tribune)

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