Mr.NewFlyer1279 Posted April 16, 2023 Report Share Posted April 16, 2023 On 4/13/2023 at 10:45 PM, Erin Mishkin Jr. said: Kedzie isn't far from Chicago garage they’ll still tow it to the nearest garage from the breakdown point if the garage has the stuff needed to fix the cause of breakdown no point sending it half way across the city Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busjack Posted April 16, 2023 Report Share Posted April 16, 2023 52 minutes ago, Mr.NewFlyer1279 said: they’ll still tow ia Tribube t to the nearest garage from the breakdown point if the garage has the stuff needed to fix the cause of breakdown no point sending it half way across the city I remember a Tribune story about life inside the 77th Garage when the 2 Hyde Park Exp. went to the north side (that's reflected in a 1985 map) that when one of the buses broke down on the north side, it was taken to Kedzie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jajuan Posted April 17, 2023 Report Share Posted April 17, 2023 After having dealt with a maddening delay on the 136 Friday afternoon, I figured today I'd just brave the traffic of Michigan Ave and the crowds to take a 147. Huge mistake. Got to Ida B Wells and Michigan, the tracker tells me 1760 would be the next bus in five minutes. That five minutes later tracker was still saying five minutes until 1760 leaves. Mind you I could see it sitting on layover on Congress Plaza. Over the next minutes, the prediction for it would drop no lower than three minutes. By that point, it finally says delayed and that 1812 would be the next bus in the next five minutes. Again after that time interval, the tracker was still saying another three minutes. After another ten minutes of the tracker staying frozen on a three minute prediction for that bus, that one then showed delayed with the tracker at that point saying 4339 would be next in three minutes. After five minutes of that, that bus was stuck at a three minute prediction. At this point, I'm beyond irritated and angry because besides those three buses mentioned, 4365 is also sitting over there after having pulled up a few minutes after the last point I checked the tracker. On top of that, over a half an hour has passed, and two supervisors are over there in addition to the four operators driving the 147s that were in sight. Between the six of them total, it was not looking they could figure out which of those buses would leave next. But I guess 1760 and 1812 both broke down because they both popped up delayed on the tracker before disappearing of the tracker altogether. I'd still more than had enough after that and took a quick ride on a 126 and caught a 136 home. Bad enough traffic on DLSD was slow due to a combination of heavier than usual traffic up to about Fullerton and the surface of the two right northbound lanes being stripped as part of the north end DLSD roadwork that just started today. UPDATE: 1760 showed up on the tracker on the 147, set to pass the stop I usually leave that route (or 136) close to an hour after I would have been getting to that stop had it left downtown at its original time during my commute home. So whatever issue was going on with the bus was resolved, or the original operator in question somehow changed buses with one who had an artic. That of course would be an extremely stupid reason why those other riders and I encountered that crazy delay on the 147 this afternoon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alphabetlore1044 Posted April 17, 2023 Report Share Posted April 17, 2023 On 4/13/2023 at 5:49 PM, Shannoncvpi said: 8105 was being towed back to C as I was driving to my route today Snapchat-1502248415.mp4 8105 back to Kedzie and It's Back in Service 8105 : K (Kedzie) 60. 4/17/2023, 5:10pm - 4/17/2023, 5:20pm. 60-212 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shannoncvpi Posted April 18, 2023 Report Share Posted April 18, 2023 3 hours ago, alphabetlore1044 said: 8105 back to Kedzie and It's Back in Service 8105 : K (Kedzie) 60. 4/17/2023, 5:10pm - 4/17/2023, 5:20pm. 60-212 Aw ok Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shannoncvpi Posted April 26, 2023 Report Share Posted April 26, 2023 Most of these buses back here at C then brokedown this week or late last week but gone hit the junkyard while in between runs Snapchat-592893656.mp4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alphabetlore1044 Posted April 27, 2023 Report Share Posted April 27, 2023 20 hours ago, Shannoncvpi said: Most of these buses back here at C then brokedown this week or late last week but gone hit the junkyard while in between runs Snapchat-592893656.mp4 Okay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erin Mishkin Jr. Posted May 7, 2023 Report Share Posted May 7, 2023 1556 was broken down at Harlem Green Line last night Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shannoncvpi Posted May 9, 2023 Report Share Posted May 9, 2023 7985 broke down on the 3 at 55th & king Snapchat-1132020337.mp4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erin Mishkin Jr. Posted May 9, 2023 Report Share Posted May 9, 2023 12 hours ago, Shannoncvpi said: 7985 broke down on the 3 at 55th & king Snapchat-1132020337.mp4 Unit may be 7965 depending on what I’m seeing on maths as 7985 was on 31 yesterday . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shannoncvpi Posted May 9, 2023 Report Share Posted May 9, 2023 5 hours ago, Erin Mishkin Jr. said: Unit may be 7965 depending on what I’m seeing on maths as 7985 was on 31 yesterday . That's what I mean but 7965 was out on the 7985 was on the 4 about 9 10 some last night Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoungBusLover Posted June 7, 2023 Report Share Posted June 7, 2023 Just saw #4317 disabled at 59th and Stony Island NB. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhys Pate Posted June 11, 2023 Report Share Posted June 11, 2023 Yesterday, I was on #4317 going northbound on the 6, and it seemed like that #4317 needs maintenance badly! The bus sounded awful! Also, the very back of the bus was burning hot! It was too hot for me to sit there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhys Pate Posted June 11, 2023 Report Share Posted June 11, 2023 IMG_4881.mov This is a video that was recorded on #4317 going northbound on the 6 yesterday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shannoncvpi Posted June 12, 2023 Report Share Posted June 12, 2023 8188 brown down on 47th & Wentworth this morning it's just passed the exit at 47th on the northbound side Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shannoncvpi Posted June 13, 2023 Report Share Posted June 13, 2023 1658 broke down on ahrrion & halstead either doing the 7 or 60 Snapchat-2118291910.mp4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erin Mishkin Jr. Posted June 14, 2023 Report Share Posted June 14, 2023 5 hours ago, Shannoncvpi said: 1658 broke down on ahrrion & halstead either doing the 7 or 60 Snapchat-2118291910.mp4 It looks like this is a audio recording not video Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shannoncvpi Posted June 14, 2023 Report Share Posted June 14, 2023 2 hours ago, Erin Mishkin Jr. said: It looks like this is a audio recording not video It's both it's just a vid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erin Mishkin Jr. Posted June 14, 2023 Report Share Posted June 14, 2023 9 hours ago, Shannoncvpi said: It's both it's just a vid Nvm I see the vid now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shannoncvpi Posted June 14, 2023 Report Share Posted June 14, 2023 26 minutes ago, Erin Mishkin Jr. said: Nvm I see the vid now ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoungBusLover Posted June 15, 2023 Report Share Posted June 15, 2023 Just saw #8282 disabled just North of Ashland on Milwaukee. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artthouwill Posted June 15, 2023 Report Share Posted June 15, 2023 49 minutes ago, YoungBusLover said: Just saw #8282 disabled just North of Ashland on Milwaukee. That's kinda out of your range isn't it? AFAIK the 8 is the only route 77th has than runs north of Division. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoungBusLover Posted June 15, 2023 Report Share Posted June 15, 2023 31 minutes ago, artthouwill said: That's kinda out of your range isn't it? AFAIK the 8 is the only route 77th has than runs north of Division. I was on fall back at the time running some errands. That was the third bus I saw disabled today. The other two were #1197 and #1978 both of which were towed later on afterwards. ??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jajuan Posted June 15, 2023 Report Share Posted June 15, 2023 On 6/11/2023 at 2:23 PM, Rhys Pate said: IMG_4881.mov 864.73 MB · 15 downloads This is a video that was recorded on #4317 going northbound on the 6 yesterday. Ouch. Sounded like really bad wear on the gears or engine belt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jajuan Posted June 26, 2023 Report Share Posted June 26, 2023 1767, the lone 40-footer on the 147, suffered a breakdown northbound at the Sheridan/Loyola bus stop shortly after 3 pm. The operator tried a restart per procedure but the cut engine light popped on as he explained it to us. He said he had a feeling the bus motor was going to give out soon from the way he could hear the fan from the outside start blowing much too high for today's lower and mid 70s temps outside. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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