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Posted by chicagoPCCLCars on Tue Sep 11 21:06:54 2012 Man, I wanna thank everyone for so much love you've shown to Chicago's CTA. As a retired motorman, current charter director, and announcer on the Holiday Train, I'll take advantage of special access to try and keep the Love flowing.David Harrison A six car Green line of 2400's on Lake St. Bridge over the S. Branch.  A NB Green line train of 2400s roars out of the sound deadening tube on the IIT campus at 32nd St.  6/8's of a grand union, from the head car, we're lined up to make a Pink line move to the left; straight ahead would be a Purple move, Orange move to the right. The inbound track to the left is Brown line straight, Brown or Green reloop the Loop from the right because of stuck drawbridget; and Green terminating on Loop from the left.  When the Chicago White Sox won the Worlds Series in 2005, a pair of 2600's were wrapped in honor of the team. The wrapped cars are on a charter at Linden Ave, Wilmette, IL, Purple line.  A two-car 2400 series charter on the tail track west of Ashland/63rd Green line. This paint scheme is no-more. Note that the interlocking signal can display all indications with only four lenses: red over red, yellow over red, red over yellow, call on-red over red over lunar.  A six car charter of 2200 series Budd cars leaves the layup track taking charter members on a tour of Midway yard.  |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Tue Sep 11 21:26:21 2012, in response to Another Love Affair: Chicago's CTA, posted by chicagoPCCLCars on Tue Sep 11 21:06:54 2012. I remember that blue and red treatment on the front ends of the 2400s. |
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Posted by George Foelschow on Wed Sep 12 00:58:59 2012, in response to Another Love Affair: Chicago's CTA, posted by chicagoPCCLCars on Tue Sep 11 21:06:54 2012. The photo of the train on the Lake Street bridge is spectacular. I am convinced that the downtown Loop "L" will exist as long as there is a Chicago. |
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Posted by Koi-PublicTransitIsMyLifeline on Wed Sep 12 01:42:25 2012, in response to Another Love Affair: Chicago's CTA, posted by chicagoPCCLCars on Tue Sep 11 21:06:54 2012. Great pics, especially the first one.Koi |
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Posted by chud1 on Wed Sep 12 05:07:08 2012, in response to Another Love Affair: Chicago's CTA, posted by chicagoPCCLCars on Tue Sep 11 21:06:54 2012. excellent pictures.chud1 |
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Posted by SLRT on Wed Sep 12 05:43:00 2012, in response to Re: Another Love Affair: Chicago's CTA, posted by George Foelschow on Wed Sep 12 00:58:59 2012. I certainly hope you're right there. George. Chi didn't always seem to be going in that direction. Two subways left only two full time lines on the Loop plus Evanston Express. But things have been coming back nicely. Who would have through a century ago that there would be no rail transit on the Brooklyn Bridge? |
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Posted by SLRT on Wed Sep 12 05:44:03 2012, in response to Another Love Affair: Chicago's CTA, posted by chicagoPCCLCars on Tue Sep 11 21:06:54 2012. Thanks Dave. Great pictures of a great system. |
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Posted by chicagomotorman on Wed Sep 12 10:41:15 2012, in response to Another Love Affair: Chicago's CTA, posted by chicagoPCCLCars on Tue Sep 11 21:06:54 2012. Retired motorman? I'm the fully vested retired motorman? |
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Posted by Avid Reader on Wed Sep 12 11:44:17 2012, in response to Another Love Affair: Chicago's CTA, posted by chicagoPCCLCars on Tue Sep 11 21:06:54 2012. Are there any aerial shots of the Loop area, which show the entire Loop?Is it possible for a train to enter the loop, and stay in it? |
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Posted by George Foelschow on Wed Sep 12 12:52:13 2012, in response to Re: Another Love Affair: Chicago's CTA, posted by Avid Reader on Wed Sep 12 11:44:17 2012. "Is it possible for a train to enter the loop, and stay in it?"Yes, if the power is shut off, the train will stay in the Loop until the power comes back on. Seriously, a train could circle the Loop on either track indefinitely. In fact, when the Dan Ryan line opened in 1969, the Loop was reconfigured. Dan Ryan was through routed with Lake Street and operated only on Lake and Wabash. Only Ravenswood and Evanston circled the Loop; Ravenswood on the outer loop counter-clockwise, and Evanston Express, weekday rush hours only, on the inner loop, clockwise. A new service, named "Loop Shuttle", circled the inner loop daytime hours (except Sunday), enabling convenient transfers to and from Lake-Dan Ryan trains. The Loop Shuttle was eventually discontinued. The Orange and Pink lines now fill that function. When a bridge is stuck, either Lake or Wells, it is not unknown to keep things moving by having trains circle the Loop until the issue is resolved. |
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Posted by Mark S. Feinman on Wed Sep 12 14:46:16 2012, in response to Re: Another Love Affair: Chicago's CTA, posted by SLRT on Wed Sep 12 05:43:00 2012. Is the Loop L considered an historical landmark to prevent it from being torn down?--Mark |
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Posted by chicagoPCCLCars on Wed Sep 12 15:48:14 2012, in response to Re: Another Love Affair: Chicago's CTA, posted by George Foelschow on Wed Sep 12 00:58:59 2012. Thanks George. This shot is best on June 21 during the summer solstice when the sun is north of the east-west axis to light up the north side of the train. You've got a good two months on either side of that date to have the sun high enough. Next year mayby I'll try a shot in the morning.David |
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Posted by chicagoPCCLCars on Wed Sep 12 15:50:58 2012, in response to Re: Another Love Affair: Chicago's CTA, posted by Koi-PublicTransitIsMyLifeline on Wed Sep 12 01:42:25 2012. Thank you very much. The river is the famed "only river in the world that runs backwards."David |
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Posted by chicagoPCCLCars on Wed Sep 12 15:51:29 2012, in response to Re: Another Love Affair: Chicago's CTA, posted by chud1 on Wed Sep 12 05:07:08 2012. Thank you.David |
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Posted by chicagoPCCLCars on Wed Sep 12 15:59:53 2012, in response to Re: Another Love Affair: Chicago's CTA, posted by SLRT on Wed Sep 12 05:43:00 2012. The CTA is halfway through the second rehab project renewing signals, track, structure on the Wells and Van Buren legs of the Loop. The Wabash and Lake St. sides were done two years ago. So yes, it looks like the Loop is here to stay. A new station is under preliminary engineering. The station will replace Madison /Wabash and Randolph /Wabash. Out in the boonies away from downtown....Red line work at both ends will depend largely on the outcome of the November elections. Vote Republican....nothing will get done. Vote Democratic and Chicago should reap some rewards.David |
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Posted by chicagoPCCLCars on Wed Sep 12 16:01:08 2012, in response to Re: Another Love Affair: Chicago's CTA, posted by SLRT on Wed Sep 12 05:44:03 2012. You're welcome....I cannot deny I love my CTA 'L'.David |
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Posted by chicagoPCCLCars on Wed Sep 12 16:03:01 2012, in response to Re: Another Love Affair: Chicago's CTA, posted by chicagomotorman on Wed Sep 12 10:41:15 2012. Yea, but I got years on you, LOL. Age before........Say Irwin, are you going on my charter, Oct. 14? You have to see the rest of the system you never worked on. David |
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Posted by chicagoPCCLCars on Wed Sep 12 16:06:14 2012, in response to Re: Another Love Affair: Chicago's CTA, posted by Avid Reader on Wed Sep 12 11:44:17 2012. Yes, at both junctions there are two turning paths thaty connect the outer loop to the outer loop and the inner loop to the inner loop. At Tower 12 the Brown uses the outside turn in regular service, the Pink and Purple use the inner turn. At Tower 18, the Orange uses the inside turn.David |
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Posted by chicagoPCCLCars on Wed Sep 12 16:11:44 2012, in response to Re: Another Love Affair: Chicago's CTA, posted by Mark S. Feinman on Wed Sep 12 14:46:16 2012. I have never found any designation. Of course the city and the CTA would resist any attempt.The station house on the ground at Garfield (Green) is listed. It is the oldest rapid transit station house in the U.S. (1893) David |
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Posted by randyo on Wed Sep 12 17:22:40 2012, in response to Re: Another Love Affair: Chicago's CTA, posted by chicagoPCCLCars on Wed Sep 12 16:11:44 2012. I recall reading somewhere that the loop el was declared a landmark but I can't recall the source. |
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Posted by chicagoPCCLCars on Wed Sep 12 17:50:53 2012, in response to Re: Another Love Affair: Chicago's CTA, posted by randyo on Wed Sep 12 17:22:40 2012. I've gone through the lists and nothing. Even CTA people say "No."David |
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Posted by kp5308 on Wed Sep 12 21:25:52 2012, in response to Another Love Affair: Chicago's CTA, posted by chicagoPCCLCars on Tue Sep 11 21:06:54 2012. Good 'uns David. If the Cubs win the World Series will they wrap the whole fleet?:o) |
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Posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Thu Sep 13 07:53:58 2012, in response to Another Love Affair: Chicago's CTA, posted by chicagoPCCLCars on Tue Sep 11 21:06:54 2012. Very nice there, David!!! :-) |
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Posted by Alan Follett on Thu Sep 13 08:54:07 2012, in response to Re: Another Love Affair: Chicago's CTA, posted by Avid Reader on Wed Sep 12 11:44:17 2012. And in the 1920's the North Shore Line's outbound Eastern Limited, starting at Dorchester on the Jackson Park Branch, made one and a half circuits of the Loop, so as to receive Milwaukee-bound connecting passengers from New York Central at LaSalle Street Station. The Eastern Limited would have traversed the Wabash and Lake legs of the Loop twice.One of the first things I will do when Sears finally delivers my time machine is go back to 1925 or so and book a parlor seat in the observation car of one of the North Shore limiteds, preferably while these were still running over the Shore Line Route (which I never got a chance to ride)! Alan Follett Hercules, CA |
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Posted by chicagomotorman on Thu Sep 13 08:55:48 2012, in response to Another Love Affair: Chicago's CTA, posted by chicagoPCCLCars on Tue Sep 11 21:06:54 2012. Retired motorman? I'm the the retired motorman here. |
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Posted by chicagomotorman on Thu Sep 13 08:58:13 2012, in response to Re: Another Love Affair: Chicago's CTA, posted by chicagoPCCLCars on Wed Sep 12 15:59:53 2012. Dave, respect the hell out of you. That last statement should be on the off topic page. |
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Posted by chicagomotorman on Thu Sep 13 09:01:01 2012, in response to Re: Another Love Affair: Chicago's CTA, posted by chicagoPCCLCars on Wed Sep 12 16:03:01 2012. I'll ride it if you accept my pension ID card as fare. |
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Posted by chicagoPCCLCars on Thu Sep 13 10:05:03 2012, in response to Re: Another Love Affair: Chicago's CTA, posted by kp5308 on Wed Sep 12 21:25:52 2012. With the chances of that happening this year....heck, we'll wrap the whole NYC fleet too.Thanks. David |
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Posted by chicagoPCCLCars on Thu Sep 13 10:06:39 2012, in response to Re: Another Love Affair: Chicago's CTA, posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Thu Sep 13 07:53:58 2012. Thank you kind sir. I should be getting the next love song together soon.David |
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Posted by chicagoPCCLCars on Thu Sep 13 10:13:24 2012, in response to Re: Another Love Affair: Chicago's CTA, posted by chicagomotorman on Thu Sep 13 09:01:01 2012. Done Deal!! It's free anyway to friends and family. Roosevelt (green) NB at 0930, Sunday, Oct. 14. I'lll send you a ticket when they're done, about Oct. 5-10.Dave |
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Posted by chicagoPCCLCars on Thu Sep 13 10:16:42 2012, in response to Re: Another Love Affair: Chicago's CTA, posted by chicagomotorman on Thu Sep 13 08:58:13 2012. Maybe, but there's no disputing that the facts are facts and its TRUE!! People have to not only think about their choices they have to make choices. They deliberately choose.David |
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Posted by Avid Reader on Thu Sep 13 10:34:57 2012, in response to Re: Another Love Affair: Chicago's CTA, posted by Alan Follett on Thu Sep 13 08:54:07 2012. Save me a place on the que. What a great fan trip. |
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Posted by Dan Lawrence on Thu Sep 13 11:17:44 2012, in response to Re: Another Love Affair: Chicago's CTA, posted by Alan Follett on Thu Sep 13 08:54:07 2012. Only problem is the Sears of today is not the Sears we grew up with. If some part of the current Sears/K-Mart carried a time machine, I'll buy one too and keep National City Lines from getting control of the Baltimore Transit Company in 1945 so streetcars would still be serving the area. |
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Posted by Dan Lawrence on Thu Sep 13 11:20:18 2012, in response to Re: Another Love Affair: Chicago's CTA, posted by chicagomotorman on Thu Sep 13 08:55:48 2012. Everybody who spends there working life as a motorman gets to retire after 40 years or so. |
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Posted by Avid Reader on Thu Sep 13 11:45:03 2012, in response to Re: Another Love Affair: Chicago's CTA, posted by Alan Follett on Thu Sep 13 08:54:07 2012. I got my TIME MACHINE from Wally World..It doesn't have all of the bells and whistles, but the flux capacitor is very durable. You would like to go see these sites, and the food was like it use to be.       
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Posted by Jackson Park B Train on Thu Sep 13 11:49:04 2012, in response to Re: Another Love Affair: Chicago's CTA, posted by kp5308 on Wed Sep 12 21:25:52 2012. The Cubs will win after the full SAS is open. BTW they are apparently ahead of the Sox in attendance. |
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Posted by Railman718 on Thu Sep 13 11:55:00 2012, in response to Another Love Affair: Chicago's CTA, posted by chicagoPCCLCars on Tue Sep 11 21:06:54 2012. All of these cool pics make me glad I was able to experience this system! |
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Posted by Jackson Park B Train on Thu Sep 13 12:02:29 2012, in response to Re:Photos Another Love Affair: Chicago's CTA, posted by Avid Reader on Thu Sep 13 11:45:03 2012. nice selection of pix. not sure where to head w/ the time machine. So many choices... Kenwood Branch, maybe some early suburban services that were gone by the Depression, replicating an uncle's all day on CSL in pre WWI times. |
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Posted by chud1 on Thu Sep 13 12:31:24 2012, in response to Re:Photos Another Love Affair: Chicago's CTA, posted by Avid Reader on Thu Sep 13 11:45:03 2012. excellent pictures. it is to foam.chud1 |
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Posted by chicagomotorman on Thu Sep 13 12:38:40 2012, in response to Re: Another Love Affair: Chicago's CTA, posted by chicagoPCCLCars on Thu Sep 13 10:13:24 2012. I was just kidding. But I'll take you up on that offer. Thanks |
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Posted by chicagomotorman on Thu Sep 13 12:39:38 2012, in response to Re: Another Love Affair: Chicago's CTA, posted by Dan Lawrence on Thu Sep 13 11:20:18 2012. not 26? |
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Posted by SUBWAYSURF on Thu Sep 13 13:12:31 2012, in response to Re: Another Love Affair: Chicago's CTA, posted by chicagomotorman on Thu Sep 13 08:55:48 2012. NAH, YOU'RE THE RETARDED MOTORMAN. |
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Posted by chicagoPCCLCars on Thu Sep 13 13:50:05 2012, in response to Re: Another Love Affair: Chicago's CTA, posted by Railman718 on Thu Sep 13 11:55:00 2012. Glad you enjoyed the pictures and your visit. There are more on the way...pictures that is.David |
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Posted by chicagoPCCLCars on Thu Sep 13 13:52:40 2012, in response to Re:Photos Another Love Affair: Chicago's CTA, posted by Jackson Park B Train on Thu Sep 13 12:02:29 2012. Thanks JPK.David |
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Posted by chicagoPCCLCars on Thu Sep 13 13:53:46 2012, in response to Re:Photos Another Love Affair: Chicago's CTA, posted by chud1 on Thu Sep 13 12:31:24 2012. Thank you. I'm looking up a song title for the next set.David |
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Posted by chicagoPCCLCars on Thu Sep 13 13:55:53 2012, in response to Re: Another Love Affair: Chicago's CTA, posted by chicagomotorman on Thu Sep 13 12:38:40 2012. I'm counting on you being there. It'll be great pointing out stuff on the other side of the city."Grasshopper....you have so much to learn." David. |
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Posted by randyo on Thu Sep 13 14:38:27 2012, in response to Re: Another Love Affair: Chicago's CTA, posted by chicagomotorman on Thu Sep 13 09:01:01 2012. Don't CTA retirees keep their passes for life after they retire like we do on NYCT? |
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Posted by chicagomotorman on Thu Sep 13 16:21:37 2012, in response to Re: Another Love Affair: Chicago's CTA, posted by chicagoPCCLCars on Thu Sep 13 13:55:53 2012. I'll never stop leaning. What's the itinerary? |
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Posted by chicagomotorman on Fri Sep 14 10:02:48 2012, in response to Re: Another Love Affair: Chicago's CTA, posted by SUBWAYSURF on Thu Sep 13 13:12:31 2012. keep the vicious name calling on the off topic page. |
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Posted by chicagomotorman on Fri Sep 14 10:07:41 2012, in response to Re: Another Love Affair: Chicago's CTA, posted by randyo on Thu Sep 13 14:38:27 2012. Yes we do. It's contractual. |
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