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Cannot see your photos. Regardless, LEDs do not photograph well, if that is the issue you are alluding to. I have not observed the problems you're describing in person. If anything, they may have a higher dot resolution, which would require a different rendering for the text, and might also make photographs appear worse than on the 5000s/3200s. They also seem to have improved color accuracy. Perhaps that makes them look less vibrant to you, but they are more accurate to CTA brand colors. Color LEDs were pretty new technology when the 5000s got them -- if you compare, it's really the 5000s that have distorted colors. We're just used to seeing those.

Right, but regardless, they switched them out. And the 7000 signs are much less bright and have, like I said, a weird neutral look for every line. It’s much harder to distinguish color. Here’s a good example. There’s tons more on YouTube, Chicago-l, etc. by the way, you can tell it’s objectively a different screen setup because it doesn’t come across in videos or photos.

Someone doesn’t understand how a forum website works. Thanks for the advice anyways!

I remember I seen a 500 on the 85 back in 08 on central & Bloomingdale going to Harrison like tf that bus doing there but it was 2 noavs close right behind it 🤣🤣

Due to the broken down roadbed that's been destroyed like the Ran Ryan Line was like until Rahm Emanuel had it shut down & the cruddy limestone ballast replaced with granite, which won't crumble from getting wet. I'm sure the autos & trucks on the Ike dump tons of debris & diesel particulate matter into the roadbed.

Obviously, he wasn't making that distinction, as the branches are part of one line. I presume he is comparing them to those on the Orange Line.

Just curious. How would it be the Forest Park branch that would make the underbody dirty but not the O'Hare branch ( that runs in the expressway median between Kimball and O'Hare)?

ok thanks, i think 55-56 are new to orange as i noticed they still have the dirty underbody from the congress branch

3123-24 assigned since 2022

Yeah. Run 1311 (the 6am 95E) was an interline with 108 to Carver back in 2013. The fact that the garages that run those routes have a bit more flexibility with those artics outside of peak times make these sighting seem a bit more random I guess lol

Those routes do make some sense as they serve high dchools.. 111 served Morgan Park and Gwendolyn Brooks. The 126 serves Christ the King, Crane, and Whitney Young.

No. They were physically replaced with color units. The originals did not support color other than amber. Not sure about the issue with haziness you're describing. It's just a slightly lighter blue that matches the official Blue Line color (Pantone 299C) more closely.

Glad no one is hurt but maaaan nyc is waaaaay behind the times for them to make it that far. 5000s you'd have to log in to get the train to move but would this be possible here with the 2600 and 3200s before the cab signal stopped them?

103rd used to be guilty of that when they'd have a lot of artics too lol. Showing up on 95E, 111, 95W just like K with 52, 126 etc

We aren't clairvoyant. Since you bring up the 5000s, the Chief Engineer makes that decision. If you care, why not contact that office?

I guess a bus is a bus. I remember my first ride on the 500 series Optimus was on the 36 Broadway, a route that had no business with those buses. Needless to say it was crazy crammed . I also have seen an article on the 7 and had the same reaction. But I will take a bus that's too big or too small ( provided I can get on it) rather than no bus at all.

When, if ever, are they going to switch the destination signs on these trains to not be a weird, hazy, washed out color? when 5000’s came in they pretty quickly reverted the orange signs to full color LED’s. Surprised they haven’t fixed the 7000 series ones as they’re quite hard to read.

NY Daily News: Thieves take stolen NYC subway train for joyride, post Instagram video showing them speeding in tunnel. And from the same source: Worker outside Victoria’s Secret in Manhattan falls to death when MTA bus hits bucket lift.

Yea i seen that once seen a artic on the 7 like tf

3123-24, 3155-56 are on orange.

Likely still around as of 1/1/25: 6406,6408,6418,6425,6435,6446,6466,6470, 6474,6488 6500,6530,6537,6544,6552,6553,6554,6579, 6584 6621,6639,6682,6687,6692,6694,6697 6700,6705,6706,6712,6730,6733,6736,6737, 6755,6756,6759,6770,6783,6793 6806,6814,6836,6854,6856,6858,6860,6862, 6863,6868,6869 Total of 51. All others accounted for on scrap lists. Unsure about 6425,6474,6552, 6554,6579,6584,6687,6697,6700,6712,6733,6736,6860,6868. Will investigate. 6875 left 12/9/24 for Sims.

This kind of explains why K was short 40 foot buses and started running so many artics for a while on runs that typically would almost always be a 40 foot run. It got a bit better for them when they got some 8700s to go with those 8350s they already had. But there are still some times when we might see them rolling artics out in some odd places.

Thanks for the response. In settings any idea as to how to get the run numbers to appear when the run number box is checked?

They changed the source to track buses, so it does appear a little differently.

#8840 and #8848 were delivered earlier this week to SS.