YoungBusLover Posted March 16, 2019 Report Share Posted March 16, 2019 1 minute ago, Aiden Tabucic said: Is 21st and Cermak in Broadview IL? I named the wrong location, It is actually Blue Island and 23rd Street/Paulina. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aiden Tabucic Posted March 16, 2019 Report Share Posted March 16, 2019 2 minutes ago, YoungBusLover said: I named the wrong location, It is actually Blue Island and 23rd Street/Paulina. How do I get there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoungBusLover Posted March 16, 2019 Report Share Posted March 16, 2019 3 minutes ago, Aiden Tabucic said: How do I get there There's a nice feature called "search for" on google maps........Blue Island and 23rd Street/Paulina 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewFlyerMCI Posted March 16, 2019 Report Share Posted March 16, 2019 4 hours ago, Aiden Tabucic said: How do I get there If you're taking the bus, take the 60 to Blue Island & Wood or the 21 to Cermak & Paulina or Cermak & Wood. You can also take the 9 to Ashland & Blue Island/Cermak or walk from Damen Pink Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erin Mishkin Jr. Posted March 20, 2019 Report Share Posted March 20, 2019 Only 669X's out for the past 5 weekdays were just 6691 and 6699. Others have not been out. Also 6835 is also MIA again, been gone from May to September, and now it is gone again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoungBusLover Posted March 20, 2019 Report Share Posted March 20, 2019 29 minutes ago, Erin Mishkin Jr. said: Only 669X's out for the past 5 weekdays were just 6691 and 6699. Others have not been out. Also 6835 is also MIA again, been gone from May to September, and now it is gone again. There's quite a few batches of 6700's and 6800's down at SS's with a few small batches of 6400's and 6500's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sw4400 Posted March 20, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2019 Are some buses coming back from the retired line? This one hasn't been on the list for a long time(I rode it yesterday and it's out again tonight)... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shannon CVPI Posted March 20, 2019 Report Share Posted March 20, 2019 Everytime I'm outsouth I drive around south shops to see what's all there still see a few 5300's be interesting & some of the novas there looks like their in good shape just got knocked off early lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manny018 Posted March 20, 2019 Report Share Posted March 20, 2019 Why’s it taking CTA so long to retire all the 6400s? This retirement has sure been going on forever. The 4400s, 5300s, 5800s and 6000s retired faster and that was three different series. I’m pretty sure CTA currently has enough buses across the system to be able to pull all remaining nova 6400s off the street. It’s just a matter of switching buses around. Every garage has a surplus of buses, each garage has enough buses to send to forest glen to take out the 6400s. Every other garage has more 1000s than what they actually need. The CTA was able to survive when all the Nabis got pulled, they were able t workout the garage fleets around that and that was over 200 buses. There are only 100 6400s max that if they were thrown away, it doesn’t hurt anybody. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BusHunter Posted March 20, 2019 Report Share Posted March 20, 2019 Could be worse metra is talking about retiring railcars that are 60 years old. Wow I think that might beat cta on the wood l cars. That's according to what i just heard on wgn. They claim service was being impacted. Really!! Lol!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erin Mishkin Jr. Posted March 20, 2019 Report Share Posted March 20, 2019 6862 returned this morning, so it was MIA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoungBusLover Posted March 20, 2019 Report Share Posted March 20, 2019 3 hours ago, Manny018 said: Why’s it taking CTA so long to retire all the 6400s? This retirement has sure been going on forever. The 4400s, 5300s, 5800s and 6000s retired faster and that was three different series. I’m pretty sure CTA currently has enough buses across the system to be able to pull all remaining nova 6400s off the street. It’s just a matter of switching buses around. Every garage has a surplus of buses, each garage has enough buses to send to forest glen to take out the 6400s. Every other garage has more 1000s than what they actually need. The CTA was able to survive when all the Nabis got pulled, they were able t workout the garage fleets around that and that was over 200 buses. There are only 100 6400s max that if they were thrown away, it doesn’t hurt anybody. 4400'S 1990-1991 TO 2008 Were retired in batches between 2004 - 2008 -1000's replacements 5300'S 1990-1991 to 2009 Were retired in batches between 2003 - 2009 - 1000's replacements 5800's 1995 to 2008 Were retired in batches between 2007-2008 after receiving rehabs - 1000's replacements 6000's 1995 TO 2010 Were retired in batches Un-rehabbed 6000's went first between late 2007- 2010 until budget cut prematurely retired the last 200+ plus or so left - 1000's replacements 6400s 2000-2002 to 2015-present a majority if not all the 2000-2001 6400's have been retired and the 2001-2002 models are lingering around for now. In theory you would think added 1000 #1000's the newer #7900's deliveries and the articulated surplus the CTA would have retired the last 100 now maybe 80 or so 6400's a while ago but with no new deliveries in sight to replace the last remaining few this is what the end result of it all is. CTA is known to keep buses long after the 12 year FTA requirements because lack of state funds to purchase newer equipment . Heck look at the the MTA right now they're now retiring there 1998-1999 NovaBus RTS's now and they have if not 3 times the size bus fleet as the CTA so several factors play a role. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewFlyerMCI Posted March 21, 2019 Report Share Posted March 21, 2019 6 hours ago, YoungBusLover said: 4400'S 1990-1991 TO 2008 Were retired in batches between 2004 - 2008 -1000's replacements 5300'S 1990-1991 to 2009 Were retired in batches between 2003 - 2009 - 1000's replacements 5800's 1995 to 2008 Were retired in batches between 2007-2008 after receiving rehabs - 1000's replacements 6000's 1995 TO 2010 Were retired in batches Un-rehabbed 6000's went first between late 2007- 2010 until budget cut prematurely retired the last 200+ plus or so left - 1000's replacements 6400s 2000-2002 to 2015-present a majority if not all the 2000-2001 6400's have been retired and the 2001-2002 models are lingering around for now. In theory you would think added 1000 #1000's the newer #7900's deliveries and the articulated surplus the CTA would have retired the last 100 now maybe 80 or so 6400's a while ago but with no new deliveries in sight to replace the last remaining few this is what the end result of it all is. CTA is known to keep buses long after the 12 year FTA requirements because lack of state funds to purchase newer equipment . Heck look at the the MTA right now they're now retiring there 1998-1999 NovaBus RTS's now and they have if not 3 times the size bus fleet as the CTA so several factors play a role. Reminds me of the Galaxy D60 I saw in New York last February, god that was a relic 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erin Mishkin Jr. Posted March 23, 2019 Report Share Posted March 23, 2019 6784 was not in service this week, as I checked Maths. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erin Mishkin Jr. Posted March 27, 2019 Report Share Posted March 27, 2019 6784 is now reinstated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shannon CVPI Posted March 28, 2019 Report Share Posted March 28, 2019 13 hours ago, Erin Mishkin Jr. said: 6784 is now reinstated. Think I saw that on Austin & North Ave the evening going to Jeff park Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shannon CVPI Posted March 30, 2019 Report Share Posted March 30, 2019 Just saw a work bus on 38th & state this morning they working on the green line Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erin Mishkin Jr. Posted March 30, 2019 Report Share Posted March 30, 2019 2 hours ago, Shannon CVPI said: Just saw a work bus on 38th & state this morning they working on the green line Nice to see old 6712 is fixed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajay Posted March 30, 2019 Report Share Posted March 30, 2019 A Friend of mine said that he saw those M.I.A 2000-few 2001 models. Said that the sign said Forest Glen and he said he think he saw a white X. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sw4400 Posted March 30, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2019 1 hour ago, Erin Mishkin Jr. said: Nice to see old 6712 is fixed! Doubtful it is fixed... it would need to be in the shop for a bit to diagnose and repair the problem causing that blue exhaust emitting from the pipe in my image(if it is even repairable, being a 17 year old bus with somewhere between 500,000 and 750,000 miles on it). Bus was probably shut down prior to this image, so you wouldn't see the exhaust coming out of that tailpipe. When it was idling at the red light, it was coming out pretty good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shannon CVPI Posted March 31, 2019 Report Share Posted March 31, 2019 14 hours ago, Erin Mishkin Jr. said: Nice to see old 6712 is fixed! Oh that's 6712 thought it might have been one of the 64's or 6632 I seen that as a work bus before Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erin Mishkin Jr. Posted April 2, 2019 Report Share Posted April 2, 2019 6692 is back after being MIA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erin Mishkin Jr. Posted April 2, 2019 Report Share Posted April 2, 2019 3 minutes ago, Erin Mishkin Jr. said: 6692 is back after being MIA. The same goes to 6761, 6792, 6824, 6834, and 6722, as they are shown MIA on the roster post, as they recently came back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajay Posted April 5, 2019 Report Share Posted April 5, 2019 There a ghost bus on the 56 Milwaukee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shannon CVPI Posted April 6, 2019 Report Share Posted April 6, 2019 Saw 6713 on #90 Harlem this morning during rush hour had the black flap over the passenger wheel hanging Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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