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Posted by ChicagoPCCLCars on Wed Nov 18 12:25:47 2009 Chicago may be second and third in many heavy rail categories, but it is always FIRST in my book and I love to share photos of our "L". Here's numbers 57 through 61. A six car drag from Linden AV threads through the north Howard ST interlocking bound for the southbound platform where the switchman will drop the springs and chains inbetween the three dueces to facilitate splitting them up in the yard.  An eight car Blue line train roars through the median of the Eisenhower Expresswy inbetween Halsted/UIC and Racine stations, past the Morgan Middle Track used to turn certain rush hour trains. When it opened, the then Congress ST line was the world's first median heavy rail and featured ten car platforms, a feature never used as six cars was the maximum up until the late 90s??  Seen from the southbound Armitage AV platform, a northbound Purple line train slows to stop while a southbound Red line train disapears into the subway. Off in the far distance is the northbound's follower. For about 100 feet, there were six tracks here, two express tracks into the subway, and two express and two local tracks on the elevated. That ended when the CTA took the outside elevated tracks out of service between Armitage and Chicago AV. On wonders if the entire elevated would have survived if original plans to make the State ST subway a four track line was built.  An inbound Orange line train has almost cleared Tower 12 interlocking. The operator probably gave it a shot of power and a little bit too much of speed as that rear car is really leaning outward on the flat curve through the crossing. Loop tracks are designated inside and outside, so our Orange line train is on the inside track.  I call this shot, "Two Dozen 3200s at T-12." Two Orange line trains and one Brown line train on the left. The Brown has cleared Tower 12 and is accelerating to the station stop at Adams/ Wabash. The Orange line trains are awaiting the next move. Protocol calls for the inbound train to get first rights, so the train in the background should cross over and turn to the right in front of the outbound train. Plans call for this junction to be controlled remotely by the new Tower 18 by 2010. Well, that brings us up to date with the 61 shosts I got added to Dot Net. It really wasn't all that hard and I learned a lot in the process. I'll be in the cab making announcements for the Holiday Train which debuts this Saturday, hopefully with some sunshine. David Harrison |
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