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Posted by ChicagoPCCLCars on Thu Jul 24 12:13:03 2014 The "Loop" opened all the way around in Oct. 1897. So successful was the electric powered Intramural railroad at the Colmabian Wolds Fair, that the Metopolitan West Side Elevated cancelled steam in favor of electric power but the Met wouldn't be the first in the world, they lost out to the Sioux City Elevated Railway the first electric-powered elevated railway in the world. On the Loop "L", only the South Side "L" ran steam around the downtown. The Lake Street transitioned to electric power in Sept., 1896; South Side to electricity in Apr., 1898.. The SB rerouted Brown train enters the ''Loop" at Tower 18.  A northbound Green line train exits.  Tower 18 is 6/8 of a grand union. The CTA "L" does a place called a "grand junction."  We are facing north on the only track that has three routings: Pink line to the left; Orange line to the right; Purple line straight ahead. What lineup is set now?  The business end. |
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Posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Thu Jul 24 12:54:05 2014, in response to No One Has Chicago's Tower 18, posted by ChicagoPCCLCars on Thu Jul 24 12:13:03 2014. How the HELL do they get rush hour service through that thing?! |
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Posted by Elkeeper on Thu Jul 24 12:55:46 2014, in response to No One Has Chicago's Tower 18, posted by ChicagoPCCLCars on Thu Jul 24 12:13:03 2014. Imagine if that juction existed on the 6th Ave el, at 53rd St/6th Ave? |
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Posted by ChicagoPCCLCars on Thu Jul 24 17:36:43 2014, in response to Re: No One Has Chicago's Tower 18, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Thu Jul 24 12:54:05 2014. Green NB/ Green SB; Green NB/ Orange; Green NB/ Pink EB; Brown NB/ Orange/ Brown SB; Brown SB/ Purple NB; Purple SB/ Pink WB; Pink WB/ Brown NB; |
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Posted by randyo on Thu Jul 24 17:47:32 2014, in response to Re: No One Has Chicago's Tower 18, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Thu Jul 24 12:54:05 2014. It's either a tower operator's dream or a tower operator's nightmare depending on which way you look at it but it's a lot easier now since a push button machine was installed in the tower. In the old days the Tw/O had to manipulate individual signal and switch levers to make the moves. Before the Randolph and Wells station was eliminated, you could go the the pedestrian bridge above the platforms at about 500PM turn on your camcorder and leave it there for about a half hour and capture some of the most interesting railroad activity to be seen anywhere rivaling even the NYCTS for its complexity. |
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Posted by Dave on Thu Jul 24 18:35:25 2014, in response to No One Has Chicago's Tower 18, posted by ChicagoPCCLCars on Thu Jul 24 12:13:03 2014. We are facing north on the only track that has three routings: Pink line to the left; Orange line to the right; Purple line straight ahead. What lineup is set now?Ask Irwin, he will know! |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Thu Jul 24 18:37:25 2014, in response to Re: No One Has Chicago's Tower 18, posted by Dave on Thu Jul 24 18:35:25 2014. Anyone who's ever had to read iron for a living knows that if Purple is straight ahead, then you must be purple or it's days in the street. :) |
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Posted by chud1 on Thu Jul 24 18:43:34 2014, in response to No One Has Chicago's Tower 18, posted by ChicagoPCCLCars on Thu Jul 24 12:13:03 2014. 5 drooling stars out of 5 drooling stars on these pictures.chud1. :).... |
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Posted by chud1 on Thu Jul 24 18:47:47 2014, in response to Re: No One Has Chicago's Tower 18, posted by Dave on Thu Jul 24 18:35:25 2014. i guess Purple line.chud1. :).... |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Thu Jul 24 19:01:41 2014, in response to Re: No One Has Chicago's Tower 18, posted by chud1 on Thu Jul 24 18:47:47 2014. Yep ... "Know your lineup." :) |
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Posted by ChicagoPCCLCars on Thu Jul 24 19:24:30 2014, in response to Re: No One Has Chicago's Tower 18, posted by chud1 on Thu Jul 24 18:43:34 2014. Thanks. Here's a napkin, LOL. |
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Posted by ChicagoPCCLCars on Thu Jul 24 19:25:00 2014, in response to Re: No One Has Chicago's Tower 18, posted by chud1 on Thu Jul 24 18:47:47 2014. DING!!!!!! |
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Posted by ChicagoMotorman on Thu Jul 24 19:26:46 2014, in response to No One Has Chicago's Tower 18, posted by ChicagoPCCLCars on Thu Jul 24 12:13:03 2014. Did that Rave, in the first pic just take the wrong line up? |
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Posted by ChicagoMotorman on Thu Jul 24 19:29:50 2014, in response to Re: No One Has Chicago's Tower 18, posted by randyo on Thu Jul 24 17:47:32 2014. No, the towermen with seniority pick something easy, like Linden, or Kimball tower. |
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Posted by ChicagoMotorman on Thu Jul 24 19:30:59 2014, in response to Re: No One Has Chicago's Tower 18, posted by Dave on Thu Jul 24 18:35:25 2014. What do I know? |
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Posted by Newkirk Images on Thu Jul 24 19:40:24 2014, in response to No One Has Chicago's Tower 18, posted by ChicagoPCCLCars on Thu Jul 24 12:13:03 2014. And I thought Broadway-Myrtle was a big deal !Bill Newkirk |
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Posted by ChicagoPCCLCars on Thu Jul 24 19:51:00 2014, in response to Re: No One Has Chicago's Tower 18, posted by ChicagoMotorman on Thu Jul 24 19:26:46 2014. Not wrong........reroute that day."Did that Rave, in the first pic just take the wrong line up? " |
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Posted by heypaul on Thu Jul 24 20:01:19 2014, in response to Re: No One Has Chicago's Tower 18, posted by Newkirk Images on Thu Jul 24 19:40:24 2014. I've never been to Chicago, but that intersection Is amazing.Here's a short video, after the first minute there is some fascinating time lapse photography. tower 18 |
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Posted by seabeachexpress on Thu Jul 24 20:06:40 2014, in response to No One Has Chicago's Tower 18, posted by ChicagoPCCLCars on Thu Jul 24 12:13:03 2014. My favorite rapid transit spot in entire country. |
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Posted by ChicagoPCCLCars on Thu Jul 24 20:27:43 2014, in response to Re: No One Has Chicago's Tower 18, posted by seabeachexpress on Thu Jul 24 20:06:40 2014. Here is the home signal. Top to bottom......red....lunar....yellow....red....lunar. Tell indications: stop and stay....purple(straight)....pink(left)....orange(right)....call on |
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Posted by seabeachexpress on Thu Jul 24 21:07:20 2014, in response to Re: No One Has Chicago's Tower 18, posted by ChicagoPCCLCars on Thu Jul 24 20:27:43 2014. Thanks.. very interesting |
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Posted by Jackson Park B Train on Fri Jul 25 01:30:38 2014, in response to No One Has Chicago's Tower 18, posted by ChicagoPCCLCars on Thu Jul 24 12:13:03 2014. Nice views of the awesome spot. |
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Posted by milantram on Fri Jul 25 01:38:10 2014, in response to Re: No One Has Chicago's Tower 18, posted by Jackson Park B Train on Fri Jul 25 01:30:38 2014. Ditto. |
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Posted by chud1 on Fri Jul 25 04:16:38 2014, in response to Re: No One Has Chicago's Tower 18, posted by ChicagoPCCLCars on Thu Jul 24 19:24:30 2014. lol, thanks for da napkin. i was running short.chud1. :).... |
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Posted by chud1 on Fri Jul 25 04:17:07 2014, in response to Re: No One Has Chicago's Tower 18, posted by ChicagoPCCLCars on Thu Jul 24 19:25:00 2014. DONG!chud11. :).... |
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Posted by chud1 on Fri Jul 25 04:27:16 2014, in response to Re: No One Has Chicago's Tower 18, posted by heypaul on Thu Jul 24 20:01:19 2014. 5 drooling stars out of 5 drooling stars on that video.chud1. :).... |
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Posted by chud1 on Fri Jul 25 04:31:53 2014, in response to Re: No One Has Chicago's Tower 18, posted by ChicagoPCCLCars on Thu Jul 24 20:27:43 2014. excellent!chud1. :).... |
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Posted by ChicagoPCCLCars on Fri Jul 25 09:52:43 2014, in response to Re: No One Has Chicago's Tower 18, posted by Jackson Park B Train on Fri Jul 25 01:30:38 2014. Thanks my good friend, |
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Posted by ChicagoPCCLCars on Fri Jul 25 09:53:47 2014, in response to Re: No One Has Chicago's Tower 18, posted by Jackson Park B Train on Fri Jul 25 01:30:38 2014. Thanks. |
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Posted by Alan Follett on Fri Jul 25 12:37:07 2014, in response to Re: No One Has Chicago's Tower 18, posted by ChicagoPCCLCars on Thu Jul 24 17:36:43 2014. This junction used to be even busier: prior to opening of the State Street Subway in 1943, this also had to handle north-south through services, including Kenwood-Wilson rush hour locals (which I believe lasted until 1949). Until 1951 (opening of the Milwaukee Avenue Subway), Logan Square trains. Until opening of the Congress Street line in 1958, Garfield Park trains. And, of course, until 1963, North Shore interurbans had to be squeezed in too. The tower operator in 1940 or so must have been one busy guy.Alan Follett Hercules, CA |
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Posted by Mark S. Feinman on Fri Jul 25 15:05:57 2014, in response to Re: No One Has Chicago's Tower 18, posted by heypaul on Thu Jul 24 20:01:19 2014. Thankfully there are parking garages at Tower 18 that give you a great close-up view of all the action. It's a treat!--Mark |
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Posted by Mark S. Feinman on Fri Jul 25 15:07:09 2014, in response to No One Has Chicago's Tower 18, posted by ChicagoPCCLCars on Thu Jul 24 12:13:03 2014. No One Has Chicago's Tower 18You are so right!! --Mark |
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Posted by ChicagoPCCLCars on Fri Jul 25 19:53:32 2014, in response to Re: No One Has Chicago's Tower 18, posted by ChicagoPCCLCars on Thu Jul 24 20:27:43 2014. Here is the home signal. Top to bottom......red....lunar....yellow....red....lunar. Tell indications: stop and stay....purple(straight)....pink(left)....orange(right)....call on. Indications: Stop and Stay.......red over red Purple (staight).....yellow over red Pink (left)..........red over lunar Orange (right),,,,,,red over yelow Call-on.....red over red over lunar |
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Posted by randyo on Sat Jul 26 02:19:56 2014, in response to Re: No One Has Chicago's Tower 18, posted by ChicagoPCCLCars on Fri Jul 25 19:53:32 2014. No 3 headed monsters like at E180. |
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Posted by snarf368 on Sat Jul 26 17:31:28 2014, in response to No One Has Chicago's Tower 18, posted by ChicagoPCCLCars on Thu Jul 24 12:13:03 2014. ChicagoPCCLCars, some of those shots are from a parking lot correct? Can a pedestrian walk up there without getting in trouble? |
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Posted by ChicagoPCCLCars on Sat Jul 26 19:45:56 2014, in response to Re: No One Has Chicago's Tower 18, posted by snarf368 on Sat Jul 26 17:31:28 2014. Tower 18??? Yes. They planted some flower bases to cut the places you can shoot from. Otherwise, is OK. |
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