CTA Rail Service Alerts

[Sam92]

3 hours ago, artthouwill said:

Not that the Yellow Line doesn't need track maintenance but the Forest Park branch of the Blue Lune  is ridiculous.   We are talking 60 plus years of neglect. 

No point with the road bed being as bad as it is. I remember before the Dan Ryan was shut down they replaced all the ties 1-2 years before. We got maybe a month of decent speed before it went back to crap. 

[Sam92]

18 minutes ago, Busjack said:

Maybe the more relevant question is why the track work  wasn't done the 7 weeks the Yellow Line was shut down anyway?

Probably so it won't "tamper" with the investigation. 

[Sam92]

19 minutes ago, artthouwill said:

Accident investigation including track conditions, block signaling, etc?  I have to wonder if NTSB  made any recommendations to XRA that made track maintenance a priority for the Yellow Line?

 

The report didn't show anything involving track. Probably just regularly scheduled maintenance. Adding to my earlier reply as far as "why not forest Park?" Most of the other places that we feel could actually use some maintenance can't be dealt with until the projects start (FP rebuild, RPM, etc)

[artthouwill]

14 minutes ago, Sam92 said:

No point with the road bed being as bad as it is. I remember before the Dan Ryan was shut down they replaced all the ties 1-2 years before. We got maybe a month of decent speed before it went back to crap. 

Agreed.   I suppose there's no funding in place  so I suffered through the Dan Ryan slow zones and tge Howard slow zones si u can suffer through the Blue slow zones too 

[Sam92]

51 minutes ago, artthouwill said:

Agreed.   I suppose there's no funding in place  so I suffered through the Dan Ryan slow zones and tge Howard slow zones si u can suffer through the Blue slow zones too 

They could've at least been more proactive about the section east of Cicero Though since IDOT work shouldn't interfere

[andrethebusman]

On 11/9/2024 at 10:13 AM, Sam92 said:

No point with the road bed being as bad as it is. I remember before the Dan Ryan was shut down they replaced all the ties 1-2 years before. We got maybe a month of decent speed before it went back to crap. 

Concrete ties were rubbing against the rock ballast and disintegrating into powder which then mixed with the ballast.

Ballast was already down to a muddy mess by that point so all the tamping in the world would have been pointless. Only total ballast replacement helped the situation.

 

[andrethebusman]

Congress problem a little different. After 65 years ballast does deteriorate. Again only digging down to subbase will help the situation. This case ties not to blame, time is.

[Busjack]

Seen on NBC5, but here's the CTA Press Release: CTA is no longer putting alerts on X, "as this social media platform no longer provides the value it once did for us to effectively reach and communicate with our riders." Both @cta and @ctaAlerts are suspended. Instead, CTA suggests signing up for text alerts.

[strictures]

13 hours ago, Busjack said:

Seen on NBC5, but here's the CTA Press Release: CTA is no longer putting alerts on X, "as this social media platform no longer provides the value it once did for us to effectively reach and communicate with our riders." Both @cta and @ctaAlerts are suspended. Instead, CTA suggests signing up for text alerts.

That speaks volumes as to how that idiot Musk has destroyed its usefulness!

[Busjack]

On 1/4/2025 at 7:23 AM, strictures said:

That speaks volumes as to how that idiot Musk has destroyed its usefulness!

`After a semi-diligent search, this seems confirmed by WGN, which seems to be the only one having an explanation: "The CTA’s decision comes as critics say X’s owner, Elon Musk, has promoted misinformation via the site and tweaked algorithms that downplay some accounts." It also noted that CTA is on other platforms. 

ABC7 said: 'No further information about the agency's decision to leave the social media site was immediately available."

[Bus1883]

Red line service is suspended between 95th and 63rd due to a derailment in the 98th yard directly south of the station 

[Jackson232]