Busjack Posted July 10, 2012 Report Share Posted July 10, 2012 I didn't... the poster who did is here... The poster who most recently brought it up is here; especially then commenting for some strange reason about why people drink. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sw4400 Posted July 10, 2012 Report Share Posted July 10, 2012 The poster who most recently brought it up is here; especially then commenting for some strange reason about why people drink. Personal reason... Just frustrated how someone can pick a bottle of beer over a adorable baby and endanger both the baby's and my best friend's lives' by drinking a 24-30 pk. in one day... It's something that shouldn't be on this forum, I know... I was just irritated by a drunken tale I was told by the child's Mom earlier that week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BusHunter Posted July 11, 2012 Report Share Posted July 11, 2012 Back in the 90s, a 9800 from Forest Glen was parked facing sb on Princeton, at 63rd. I later found out it had been stolen. It's funny how "foamers" of all stripes do these things. Good thing trains are confined to tracks. I'm surprised they don't have a mechanical gate at FG, especially along Elston to deter from this. They could keep it open in the daytime and close it when it gets later at night. When the garage is full of buses there is a blindspot, unless someone comes along a person cannot be seen. At NP I believe they have a gate on Kedzie by the shop area that's closed quite frequently. The other entrance on Foster is manned with employees. Seems to me the problem at Fg is a design issue. It's funny no one even mentioned this when we had 911. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busjack Posted July 11, 2012 Report Share Posted July 11, 2012 I'm surprised they don't have a mechanical gate at FG, especially along Elston to deter from this... As I noted earlier, there is a security breach in that the two gates are kept open for the regular route for 85. I suppose that a "garage door opener" could be installed in each bus to operate the gate, but then you have just one more piece of additional equipment that a FG bus needs just because it is stored outside. I agree that NP appears more secure than FG. Having a public street running between the two FG yards probably doesn't help matters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArcherRider Posted July 11, 2012 Report Share Posted July 11, 2012 For this second incident I heard my friend from Kedzie Garage said the general manager got fired for this second CTA bus joyrider. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artthouwill Posted July 11, 2012 Report Share Posted July 11, 2012 For this second incident I heard my friend from Kedzie Garage said the general manager got fired for this second CTA bus joyrider. Do you mean the.GM from 77th? It would seem strange that anyone from Kedzie would be let go, seeing the K was the garage that spotted and detained the suspect. Because this was a second incident which was fairly close to the first, even though another garage was involved, someone had to ne the scapegoat for CTA's lack of a security policy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sw4400 Posted October 12, 2012 Report Share Posted October 12, 2012 Looks like it happened again, only in Cleveland, not Chicago...(Story) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busjack Posted October 12, 2012 Report Share Posted October 12, 2012 Looks like it happened again, only in Cleveland, not Chicago...(Story) From that description, it sounds more complicated than just a supervisor giving a bus to an imposter. Maybe, though, he was heading to Oswald's and Lewis's house to get some home brew. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sw4400 Posted October 13, 2012 Report Share Posted October 13, 2012 Maybe, though, he was heading to Oswald's and Lewis's house to get some home brew. "Tidy Beer... it's blue, and when you throw up, it cleans the toilet!!!" :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artthouwill Posted November 27, 2015 Report Share Posted November 27, 2015 This wasn't a CTA bus but a Greyhound bus that was stolen. And he has a long history of thievery. http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2015/11/11/darius-mccollum-greyhound-bus/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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