Mr.NewFlyer1051 Posted December 5, 2022 Report Share Posted December 5, 2022 16 hours ago, YoungBusLover said: Another emergency loan to 74th, #8129 was used as an emergency loan for two defective buses along Ashland. One was the replacement bus for the defective which in turn became defective. 74th down bad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shannoncvpi Posted December 6, 2022 Report Share Posted December 6, 2022 23 hours ago, YoungBusLover said: Another emergency loan to 74th, #8129 was used as an emergency loan for two defective buses along Ashland. One was the replacement bus for the defective which in turn became defective. 6 having high breakdown rates like they did in 07-08 when they had all 6000's & this C got 60's for the first time I've ever known of Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghoul Posted December 7, 2022 Report Share Posted December 7, 2022 8362 and 8446 are sent to Forest Glen from 74th now, 8446 is on the N77, and 8362 was last seen on the 78 8446 77: Belmont N77 -492F (Forest Glen) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.cta85 Posted December 8, 2022 Report Share Posted December 8, 2022 20 hours ago, Ghoul said: 8362 and 8446 are sent to Forest Glen from 74th now, 8446 is on the N77, and 8362 was last seen on the 78 8446 77: Belmont N77 -492F (Forest Glen) Only bus left is 8440 but that bus might be gone soon too from 74th. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghoul Posted December 8, 2022 Report Share Posted December 8, 2022 8440 is now at F currently on the 68 8440 68: Northwest Highway 68 -404 F (Forest Glen) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamlocoooo Posted December 9, 2022 Report Share Posted December 9, 2022 8056 1459 & 1582 possible loan to 3 ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shannoncvpi Posted December 9, 2022 Report Share Posted December 9, 2022 5 hours ago, iamlocoooo said: 8056 1459 & 1582 possible loan to 3 ? Wait how is 6 loaning buses out when they are short of buses cause they just had a few of C buses Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamlocoooo Posted December 10, 2022 Report Share Posted December 10, 2022 5 hours ago, Shannoncvpi said: Wait how is 6 loaning buses out when they are short of buses cause they just had a few of C buses Man i don’t even know . All these buses were entering the garage when i got there tho . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shannoncvpi Posted December 10, 2022 Report Share Posted December 10, 2022 14 hours ago, iamlocoooo said: Man i don’t even know . All these buses were entering the garage when i got there tho . Lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shannoncvpi Posted December 10, 2022 Report Share Posted December 10, 2022 1558 still rocking the F sticker Snapchat-475498880.mp4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jajuan Posted December 10, 2022 Report Share Posted December 10, 2022 19 hours ago, Shannoncvpi said: Wait how is 6 loaning buses out when they are short of buses cause they just had a few of C buses 14 hours ago, iamlocoooo said: Man i don’t even know . All these buses were entering the garage when i got there tho . It was reported a few weeks ago that CTA has begun operating similar to how MTA does in that there are no longer any hard bus assignments within the garages where buses are in numerical sequence within a specific range at a given garage. Where they need buses more is where the buses will get used. This is why the split of the first 8350s between FG and 103rd doesn't fit a solid pattern like an even odd split between the two or 8350-99 going to one and 8400-50 going to the other. It was simply this is what was ready when it came time to send buses to FG and this is what they got, and this is what was ready when sending to 103rd so that's what 103rd got. It's also why the ranges of buses within numerical sequence have been getting smaller amongst the garages, and why we see things like above where buses from elsewhere replace defective ones on runs at a given garage and soon after buses from that garage being seen on runs of other garages. The bus deployments are basically much more fluid to make a long story short. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackson232 Posted December 15, 2022 Report Share Posted December 15, 2022 Does anybody know what block ID means for a bus? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busjack Posted December 15, 2022 Report Share Posted December 15, 2022 56 minutes ago, Jackson232 said: Does anybody know what block ID means for a bus? Since you posted in a slightly relevant topic: The answer is in the electric bus presentations. The block is from when the bus leaves the garage until it returns. For instance 66 -803 is the 3rd bus that leaves C garage on route 66. It retains that block number even if it moves to route 12 or there is a street relief. It is to be distinguished from.the run number, which is an individual driver's schedule. When the run box consisted of 3 or 4 roller signs, a driver doing street relief would crank up the new run number. I guess the electronic log in does that now. Blocks came up in the electric bus literature because if a block is too long, they need a remote charger or have to break the block so the bus can recharge in the garage. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Policeman Posted December 23, 2022 Report Share Posted December 23, 2022 1023, 1593-1594, 1598 and 1629 Forest Glen to North Park Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jajuan Posted December 23, 2022 Report Share Posted December 23, 2022 1 hour ago, Policeman said: 1023, 1593-1594, 1598 and 1629 Forest Glen to North Park This is more likely a loan to help North Park out today due to virtually all the artics being parked systemwide due to the winter weather. With NP being back at over a hundred in artic count, that's a big hit to the number of buses you have available when you still have to operate a regular weekday schedule with every artic parked today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Policeman Posted December 24, 2022 Report Share Posted December 24, 2022 1781 North Park to 74th, currently on the 94 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Policeman Posted December 24, 2022 Report Share Posted December 24, 2022 1417 74th to North Park, currently on the 155 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Policeman Posted December 31, 2022 Report Share Posted December 31, 2022 1373-1374 and 1384 77th to 74th 8194 Chicago to 74th Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Policeman Posted December 31, 2022 Report Share Posted December 31, 2022 On 12/23/2022 at 9:26 PM, Policeman said: 1781 North Park to 74th, currently on the 94 1781 back at North Park Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Policeman Posted December 31, 2022 Report Share Posted December 31, 2022 8201 Chicago to 74th Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Policeman Posted December 31, 2022 Report Share Posted December 31, 2022 All buses from 8189-8201 are at 74th from Chicago 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Policeman Posted December 31, 2022 Report Share Posted December 31, 2022 1368-1372, and 1375 77th to 74th Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erin Mishkin Jr. Posted December 31, 2022 Report Share Posted December 31, 2022 1441 53A: South Pulaski 53A-707 7 (77th) 1441 now at 77th Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Policeman Posted December 31, 2022 Report Share Posted December 31, 2022 8436 Forest Glen to 103rd, currently on the 111/115 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Policeman Posted December 31, 2022 Report Share Posted December 31, 2022 8421 Forest Glen to Chicago, currently on the 53 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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