Busjack Posted April 15, 2013 Report Share Posted April 15, 2013 I did a quick run through of NP routes with the BusTracker and no NOVA's came up. I don't think 6535, 6573 and 6574 were just loaners, however. One bus maybe, two buses, eh, possible... but three??? I speculate that North Park did get some small blocks of NOVA's again, since they gave up some New Flyers recently in a sort of swap for swap trade. Obviously contradictory conclusions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BusHunter Posted April 15, 2013 Report Share Posted April 15, 2013 Obviously contradictory conclusions. Probably just loaners, Chicago most likely has a few extra buses they can spare and I doubt they would want to loan out the #1900's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jajuan Posted April 15, 2013 Report Share Posted April 15, 2013 I did a quick run through of NP routes with the BusTracker and no NOVA's came up. I don't think 6535, 6573 and 6574 were just loaners, however. One bus maybe, two buses, eh, possible... but three??? I speculate that North Park did get some small blocks of NOVA's again, since they gave up some New Flyers recently in a sort of swap for swap trade. Three is still not enough to say that they were anything more than loans. When the city was still doing the big July 3rd fireworks show near Grant Park and the Taste was still a ten day event from late June to a day or two after the July 4th holiday, there would be cases of three, four, or even five buses each from several garages showing up on routes at different garages simultaneously leading to speculations of swaps in this very thread, and once the Taste was over those buses would find their way back to their current assigned garages. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sw4400 Posted April 16, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 16, 2013 Why is #1705 doing an EB Irving Park run? Is Kedzie working Irving Park, too? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJL6000 Posted April 16, 2013 Report Share Posted April 16, 2013 Why is #1705 doing an EB Irving Park run? Is Kedzie working Irving Park, too? Also, 1347 showed up on the #80 on BusTracker. And a few Kedzie artics are doing a few runs on the #152, taking over for NP today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BusHunter Posted April 17, 2013 Report Share Posted April 17, 2013 Also, 1347 showed up on the #80 on BusTracker. And a few Kedzie artics are doing a few runs on the #152, taking over for NP today. Spotted a North Park artic working the #49 around 7PM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJL6000 Posted April 17, 2013 Report Share Posted April 17, 2013 Spotted a North Park artic working the #49 around 7PM. The #49 does occasionally use NP artics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jajuan Posted April 17, 2013 Report Share Posted April 17, 2013 Why is #1705 doing an EB Irving Park run? Is Kedzie working Irving Park, too? Possible that FG was short some buses. As for NP artics being on the 49, I think that's more of what the Tattler was saying was going to happen with the 49 and 82 in seeing a few more artics to help the 40 footers on those two routes. Though they had said CTA informed them that the artics on the 49 would be more in the morning while the 82's would be PM rush. Instead what we've seen is they both have seen artics in the off peak as well with those on the 82 being a more all day thing on weekdays. About 2 or 3 over the course of the whole day with 1 or 2 more in the rush periods. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sw4400 Posted April 21, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2013 This brings new meaning to the classic Drifters song, "Up On The Roof". Story Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busjack Posted April 21, 2013 Report Share Posted April 21, 2013 This brings new meaning to the classic Drifters song, "Up On The Roof". Story Too bad there still isn't any overhead wire. Wonder if the new station canopy would have knocked him off. Stuff like this hasn't happened since people piling onto the cable cars for the Columbian Exhibition, although I suppose that someone is going to contradict that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Railwaymodeler Posted April 21, 2013 Report Share Posted April 21, 2013 This brings new meaning to the classic Drifters song, "Up On The Roof". Story Or is proof America is becoming a third world country. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJL6000 Posted April 25, 2013 Report Share Posted April 25, 2013 I've also noticed this week that the #82 went back to being run entirely with 40-footers during off-peak periods, most likely due to the extension of route #52 to Addison Street. And this midday, one artic is on the #52 (a 4000 series). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jajuan Posted April 25, 2013 Report Share Posted April 25, 2013 I also noticed that not all the artics on the 82 have been 4300 series clean diesels like the prior weeks. One of the artics in service yesterday was a 4000 series. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sw4400 Posted April 26, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 26, 2013 I wonder when this happened... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busjack Posted April 26, 2013 Report Share Posted April 26, 2013 I wonder when this happened... There are like how many thousand railroad viaducts in Chicago? Apparently, though, the driver didn't read the alert on the CTA website about a detour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jajuan Posted April 27, 2013 Report Share Posted April 27, 2013 Or is proof America is becoming a third world country. Bad analogy guy. Very bad. Even people who live in third world countries have more sense than displayed in that article. Whoever that was is an idiot by anyone's definition of the word. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BusHunter Posted April 28, 2013 Report Share Posted April 28, 2013 I wonder when this happened... A couple years ago on Ashland around Pershing. I wonder what bus number that was out of 74th? Here's another http://nbcchicago.com/traffic/transit/cta-bus-crash-168408046.html that happened Sept 3, 2012. Looks like the bus sustained heavy frontal damage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJL6000 Posted April 28, 2013 Report Share Posted April 28, 2013 Some more moves: 103rd sent its 1540s back to 74th. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJL6000 Posted April 28, 2013 Report Share Posted April 28, 2013 Some more moves: 103rd sent its 1540s back to 74th. In addition, bus 6663 is on the #9 Ashland today (though it is not yet clear whether it has been officially transferred to 74th or loaned from 77th). And 6594 and 6595 might have been transferred to either 74th or Forest Glen at this time (though I will have to wait until tomorrow at the earliest to "confirm" this). UPDATE: 6594 and 6595 are now also at 74th. 6594 is on the #44 Wallace-Racine this morning. Also confirmed is the transfer of 6663 to 74th: Both that bus and 6595 are on the #49 Western this morning. And 103rd did not send 1540 to 74th; it remains at 103rd. 1541-1545 did get transferred back to 74th. And due in large part to a significant number of the new 4300-series artics now assigned to both 77th and 103rd Garages, it is no surprise that four of 77th's Novas (6478, 6594, 6595 and 6663) and five of 103rd's 1540s (1541-1545) were transferred to 74th. This is in addition to two of 77th's 1270s (1273 and 1274) that were transferred to Forest Glen. And should Kedzie get all or most of the 4390s, expect some or all of Kedzie's remaining 1100s and 1200s to be transferred to Forest Glen and/or 74th. But this scenario is currently unlikely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jajuan Posted April 30, 2013 Report Share Posted April 30, 2013 A couple years ago on Ashland around Pershing. I wonder what bus number that was out of 74th? Here's another http://nbcchicago.com/traffic/transit/cta-bus-crash-168408046.html that just happened Apr 1st. Looks like the bus sustained heavy frontal damage. Do you know if that's 1059 or 1069 that got smashed in the front? The bike rack blocks the third digit of the fleet number but you can make out just enough of the roundness a "5" or "6" would have in Helvetica font, but the bike rack blocks enough of the fleet number from the angle of the shot that you can't make out which one it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busjack Posted May 9, 2013 Report Share Posted May 9, 2013 In another one that makes one wonder what the h--- really happened here, a Tribune report that a man supposedly from Addison was found dead on a train of an apparent drug overdose at Ashland-63. I mean, like how he got there, and how dead he was before the train pulled into the terminal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sw4400 Posted May 9, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 9, 2013 I just saw #1345 heading SB on Damen in service. This is supposed to be a Chicago Garage bus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BusHunter Posted May 9, 2013 Report Share Posted May 9, 2013 In addition, bus 6663 is on the #9 Ashland today (though it is not yet clear whether it has been officially transferred to 74th or loaned from 77th). And 6594 and 6595 might have been transferred to either 74th or Forest Glen at this time (though I will have to wait until tomorrow at the earliest to "confirm" this). UPDATE: 6594 and 6595 are now also at 74th. 6594 is on the #44 Wallace-Racine this morning. Also confirmed is the transfer of 6663 to 74th: Both that bus and 6595 are on the #49 Western this morning. And 103rd did not send 1540 to 74th; it remains at 103rd. 1541-1545 did get transferred back to 74th. And due in large part to a significant number of the new 4300-series artics now assigned to both 77th and 103rd Garages, it is no surprise that four of 77th's Novas (6478, 6594, 6595 and 6663) and five of 103rd's 1540s (1541-1545) were transferred to 74th. This is in addition to two of 77th's 1270s (1273 and 1274) that were transferred to Forest Glen. And should Kedzie get all or most of the 4390s, expect some or all of Kedzie's remaining 1100s and 1200s to be transferred to Forest Glen and/or 74th. But this scenario is currently unlikely. The first half of the #4390's are on the south side. I expect the south side to get the rest of them and maybe even get all of Kedzie's #4300's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jajuan Posted May 10, 2013 Report Share Posted May 10, 2013 The first half of the #4390's are on the south side. I expect the south side to get the rest of them and maybe even get all of Kedzie's #4300's. Get all of Kedzie's 4300s based on what? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BusHunter Posted May 10, 2013 Report Share Posted May 10, 2013 Get all of Kedzie's 4300s based on what? Based on getting the most capacity as possible for the Ryan. In a way it's smart, they get artics from the garage that has the least need for them currently. And the garage that has the most artics will help out with Kedzie. Other garages like FG will help out NP and Kedzie in areas that it is short. It's just like three track if you remember that. FG was running #6000's on the #147, I believe 103rd was doing the #134's. And the Kedzie artics can focus in on the Ryan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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