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I saw 22111 yesterday at Fox Valley Mall

1491 also has a broken tracker I just saw it yesterday. 74th is not good with keeping up with broken trackers .

1643 is already retired?!?! I just saw that bus like two weeks ago that’s crazy how it already quit that quick. What’s up with 1609, is it beyond repair or something? I just saw 1486 yesterday with a broken tracker. 1854 was NEVER active and was hiding amongst the novas in the boneyard just to clear things up, and most of the time the novas completely blocked it. has anyone seen 1495 in service?

10-4

I’ll check if there’s any 6000s ready to be hauled away once I get off as well as #905 which was back there for over 10 years

broken tracker in service on this one.

Just an update, 730 #1000s have been active since 11/14/24, so 36 #1000s are unaccounted for since pre- 11/14/24. Some are at SS awaiting service while the rest are presumably placed on LTH/300. The 36 in question are listed below. The 1000's listed in Red are on the chopping block for retirement based off of what I've seen at SS. #1027 , #1230 & #1526 are active, with broken trackers #1854 was active and was back at SS some two weeks ago believe it or not with a broken tracker. 1103 6/16/06 11/13/24, 9:26 AM 157 157 -804 C 1172 8/10/06 11/13/24, 9:11 AM 148 SS -502 P (Overhaul Shops) 1643 4/14/08 11/12/24, 6:16 PM 77 77 -464 F 1486 10/11/07 11/11/24, 8:11 PM 62 62 -651 6 1472 10/4/07 11/9/24, 6:31 PM 63 63 -609 6 1230 11/17/06 11/7/24, 5:41 PM 2 2 -760 7 (Broken Tracker) 1481 10/10/07 11/5/24, 9:56 PM 55 55 -656 6 1491 10/14/07 11/5/24, 6:56 PM 62 62 -653 6 1797 8/11/08 11/5/24, 9:11 AM 148 SS -502 P 1871 10/15/08 11/5/24, 9:05 AM 148 SS -501 P 1477 10/7/07 11/5/24, 3:50 AM 62 62 -659 6 1598 3/4/08 11/4/24, 8:50 AM 56 SS -402 F 1938 1/3/09 10/31/24, 8:10 AM 65 SS -802 C 1851 9/25/08 10/29/24, 7:35 PM 39 39 -201 K 1854 9/24/08 10/28/24, 10:30 PM 22 22 -555 P 1574 3/4/08 10/28/24, 5:40 PM X49 49 -553 P 1884 10/10/08 10/28/24, 8:20 AM X49 X49 -501 P 1027 5/10/06 10/25/24, 4:25 PM X4 X4 -754 7 (Broken Tracker) 1531 11/25/07 10/24/24, 6:35 PM 48 48 -651 6 (Overhaul Shops) 1942 1/14/09 10/24/24, 1:00 AM 20 20 -866 C 1766 7/23/08 10/22/24, 6:35 PM 93 93 -501 P 1157 8/4/06 10/20/24, 6:25 PM 15 15 -103 3 (Overhaul Shops) 1243 10/3/06 10/19/24, 6:15 PM 79 79 -721 7 1212 10/6/06 10/19/24, 1:45 PM 8 8 -720 7 1407 4/12/07 10/17/24, 10:50 PM 77 77 -465 F (Broken Tracker) 1911 11/22/08 10/15/24, 5:59 PM 66 66 -812 C 1609 3/7/08 10/14/24, 6:29 PM 56 SS -451 F 1566 5/4/08 10/12/24, 4:54 PM 67 67 -610 6 1065 6/4/06 10/11/24, 7:12 PM 76 76 -422 F 1470 9/27/07 9/30/24, 8:51 AM 9 9 -606 6 1897 11/7/08 9/27/24, 10:26 AM 82 82 -205 K 1648 4/15/08 9/24/24, 5:38 PM 91 91 -455 F 1082 5/24/06 9/20/24, 10:03 AM 135 49B-504 P 1509 10/28/07 9/17/24, 6:28 PM 49 49 -612 6 1526 11/6/07 9/4/24, 8:37 AM X49 X49 -602 6 (Broken Tracker)

It was actually #4687, sad to see the last #4400 was hauled off for scrap though.

6359 is now back in service.

Probably the ticketed Polar Express that used amtrak equipment which is another league with performances and actors and not paying base fare and riding around on normal lines.

Despite those sewing confusion about 1000-series overhauls, the 2025 budget says at page 70:

For whoever thought 422 wasn't going into Edens Plaza because of ReVision, that's now a permanent change, effective Dec. 9. Alert

Yeah I know they have their holiday train I think that’s what the polar express is

Might be Metra.

The cta does not have trains at union station

The one at Union Station, not running this year.

Congress problem a little different. After 65 years ballast does deteriorate. Again only digging down to subbase will help the situation. This case ties not to blame, time is.

Concrete ties were rubbing against the rock ballast and disintegrating into powder which then mixed with the ballast. Ballast was already down to a muddy mess by that point so all the tamping in the world would have been pointless. Only total ballast replacement helped the situation.

6374 is once again not showing up on the tracker. Reported this directly to pace a couple times and nothing has been done. It showed up this morning but I rode it this evening and it’s not on the map

Been assigned to Midway almost 10 years now.

I just wondering if the train cars number 2601-2602 is retiring , should the CTA save them and preservation the ILLINOIS RAILWAY MUSEUM?

Is there status of 1884, 1769, 1871, 1752, 1643, or 2010, If they are retired or under repairs or maybe not tracking?

Wow

3045 is the one graffitied at the front displaying 54th/Cermak signs. 2777-78, 2651-52 & 3003-04 minus 3045-46 all are still wrapped and all also are still sitting in the same spot as of today since they first went there. Those appear to be done… 3077-78 is still OOS at Rosemont as well as the rest of the 2600s in Ashland and 98th yards. I finally got a few more numbers in the 98th yard, the cars are 2805-06 & 3021-22 looks like those might be sent to Skokie. A few recent ex blue line cars that were sent to the Orange Line not too long ago have been running lately minus the ones that sat for months dating back to March.

3193-94 Blue to Orange