sw4400 Posted January 15, 2014 Author Report Posted January 15, 2014 I guess the great Tournament called "Mortal Kombat" is happening soon in Chicago. Raiden was spotted riding the Red Line recently... Watch for Sonya, Liu Kang, Scorpion, Subzero, Kano and Johnny Cage to be traveling via CTA in the future... Raiden rides the Red Line Quote
BusHunter Posted January 16, 2014 Report Posted January 16, 2014 6511 is on route 22 today. That same bus was I believe on the #146 on Tuesday. Quote
garmon757 Posted January 16, 2014 Report Posted January 16, 2014 Spotted 1860 on 36 Broadway. I'm referring this on behalf of BusHunter's garage roster because 1860 was part of Chicago Garage with the rest of the upper 1800s (even). Quote
RJL6000 Posted January 16, 2014 Report Posted January 16, 2014 1860 is one of three even-numbered buses in the 1855-1860 range that Chicago Garage sent to North Park when Chicago started receiving artics. Quote
garmon757 Posted January 16, 2014 Report Posted January 16, 2014 1860 is one of three even-numbered buses in the 1855-1860 range that Chicago Garage sent to North Park when Chicago started receiving artics. Thanks for the info. Quote
jajuan Posted January 16, 2014 Report Posted January 16, 2014 Spotted 1860 on 36 Broadway. I'm referring this on behalf of BusHunter's garage roster because 1860 was part of Chicago Garage with the rest of the upper 1800s (even). 1860 is one of three even-numbered buses in the 1855-1860 range that Chicago Garage sent to North Park when Chicago started receiving artics. Yes I made note of it last Friday directly in the roster page after I spotted it physically on the 135, but BH may not have had a chance to change it yet. Quote
sw4400 Posted January 16, 2014 Author Report Posted January 16, 2014 I think #1269 has been at NP for awhile, but they seem to be in no big hurry to mark the bus as such... I picked the bus up going north on Damen this afternoon, and it still has an "F" sticker in the window. BTW: Totally rehabbed... seats, LED's, etc.... my only thought on the rehab is why didn't they replace the little florescent lights up near the driver on the left and right? They are still burned out like they've been on #1000-1629 for years now. It looks like a tacky light rehab like that. Quote
garmon757 Posted January 16, 2014 Report Posted January 16, 2014 Yes I made note of it last Friday directly in the roster page after I spotted it physically on the 135, but BH may not have had a chance to change it yet. I understand. I wonder how the roster going to be when the Nova II LFS and the NF Xcelsiors arrives. Quote
BusHunter Posted January 16, 2014 Report Posted January 16, 2014 Yes I made note of it last Friday directly in the roster page after I spotted it physically on the 135, but BH may not have had a chance to change it yet. I didn't see it reported officially on the roster. Maybe it's new or I missed it, I'll change it now. As far as where the Xcelsiors will go, my guess would be Kedzie or Chicago as they have had experimental buses before, but 74th did have the designline bus for a few weeks. 1 Quote
Mr.cta85 Posted January 18, 2014 Report Posted January 18, 2014 Speaking of the new Novas, it looks like the prototype bus along with With the full delivery of the rest will be here in February. Quote
sw4400 Posted January 18, 2014 Author Report Posted January 18, 2014 Speaking of the new Novas, it looks like the prototype bus along with With the full delivery of the rest will be here in February. It's looking more and more like that, which gets away from normal CTA bus orders. The prototype typically arrives a few months ahead of the order so the CTA can go over and make changes to things that they dislike. #1000 arrived in November, 2005 and the rest started arriving in February, 2006. Quote
garmon757 Posted January 18, 2014 Report Posted January 18, 2014 Well this is very unacceptable. I don't understand how CTA personnel can't just do the simplest things.... Quote
ArcherRider Posted January 19, 2014 Report Posted January 19, 2014 It is NP short on artic bus today because I saw 4044 & 4048 on 151 Sheridan to Devon/Clark and 4046 and 4047 on the #146 on bustracker. Quote
jajuan Posted January 19, 2014 Report Posted January 19, 2014 It is NP short on artic bus today because I saw 4044 & 4048 on 151 Sheridan to Devon/Clark and 4046 and 4047 on the #146 on bustracker. They may have been filling in for delayed buses. The roads were pretty much a mess during the last couple of hours of snowfall earlier this evening. A lot of routes had buses delayed. The 9 and 22 for example had 30 minute minimum delays. The 22 northbound was bad enough for another 22 to need to pull on to the route at Irving Park with the three buses it was trying to fill in a gap for still 20 minutes back. I and other riders who came off the #9 bus I was on had waited just 10 minutes but the other folks who were there said they had already been waiting 15 to 20 minutes when we got off the 9. Quote
Sam92 Posted January 19, 2014 Report Posted January 19, 2014 Well this is very unacceptable. I don't understand how CTA personnel can't just do the simplest things.... Sorry if.this is a stupid question but whats missing that they didnt do? (sorry I have NO type of transit experience other than being a rider ) Quote
nflyer22 Posted January 19, 2014 Report Posted January 19, 2014 If my eyes are correct, I believe the window to the motorman's cab on 3212 is wide open. Probably the case when 3212 was coupled together, a yard worker inside the train opened the window to communicate with personnel outside during the coupling process, but forgot to close it afterward. Quote
garmon757 Posted January 19, 2014 Report Posted January 19, 2014 If my eyes are correct, I believe the window to the motorman's cab on 3212 is wide open. Probably the case when 3212 was coupled together, a yard worker inside the train opened the window to communicate with personnel outside during the coupling process, but forgot to close it afterward. You're correct indeed but it's very rare to have a cab window that wide open though especially if it's not the last car of a 4, 6, or 8-car set! It's a different story if conductors forget to close the windows by the door switches on the left side inside the cab because anybody, especially a passenger, can easily close it. Quote
ArcherRider Posted January 19, 2014 Report Posted January 19, 2014 Today Kedzie Bus #4043 is on #146 today and 4049 on the #22. Quote
jajuan Posted January 19, 2014 Report Posted January 19, 2014 Hmmm maybe Kedzie did give up a few more artics again. If they were going give up artics I don't see why they didn't send them south to 77th or 103rd. NP doesn't need more. Quote
BusHunter Posted January 19, 2014 Report Posted January 19, 2014 Seems kind of weird to lose 5-10 buses with no replacement. Kedzie wouldn't be getting some new equipment? Quote
Busjack Posted January 20, 2014 Report Posted January 20, 2014 In the meantime, the sh-- hits the car interiors. 1 Quote
sw4400 Posted January 20, 2014 Author Report Posted January 20, 2014 Taggers hitting the Brown Line en masse now... this is 3438's interior. There was more near the other side, but with people there, I decided to err on the side of caution and not be snapping photos with my phone. Quote
garmon757 Posted January 20, 2014 Report Posted January 20, 2014 Taggers hitting the Brown Line en masse now... this is 3438's interior. There was more near the other side, but with people there, I decided to err on the side of caution and not be snapping photos with my phone. Put 3335 in the books. Gangbangers with gang signs "Forty BBK" on the steel interiers by the doors. Quote
garmon757 Posted January 21, 2014 Report Posted January 21, 2014 Took a nice walk around 77th Garage and spotted peek-a-boo NF DE60LF #4323 lol and plenty of Nabi 7500s. When are they ever going to get rid of them? Also, there's a retired Nova but converted to a WB-1. 1 Quote
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