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2/7/16 9:15p

Rail Line(s) Affected: Red

Level Of Service Interruption: Minor Delays

Information: 95th-bound trains are operating with residual delays after earlier police activity at 35th.

 

Media Source(s): I guess it's just another night in Chicago... http://abc7chicago.com/news/person-in-custody-after-fight-in-cta-station-expressway/1191334/

 

 

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2/11/16 4:55p

Rail Line(s) Affected: Brown, Purple

Level Of Service Interruption: Significant Delays

Information: Brown Line and Purple Line Express trains are operating with delays due to door problems on multiple trains throughout the route(s).

o.O How can multiple trains be experiencing door problems??? Is it a 3200 and 5000-Series issue, or just one series but because they share the line from Belmont to the Loop, this is why the delays are occurring?

 

 

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2/11/16 10:02p

Rail Line(s) Affected: Yellow

Level Of Service Interruption: Service Suspended

Information: Service has been temporarily suspended due to a derailment near Dempster-Skokie.

Alternate Service: Shuttle buses are available to provide connecting service through the affected area(s). Also, consider using #97 Skokie buses as an alternative to Yellow Line service.

Media Source(s): ABC7

 

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12 minutes ago, sw4400 said:

Where is this in comparison to the stretch that was washed away and rebuilt? Was this part of that area that was rebuilt?

The washout was about halfway down the line, between the former Dodge and Crawford stations on your map. So the derailment wasn't related the rebuilt stretch of track. Most likely, the train derailed on the switch while turning back at Dempster.

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12 hours ago, sw4400 said:

Where is this in comparison to the stretch that was washed away and rebuilt? Was this part of that area that was rebuilt?

The washout was just west of McCormick Road. It was easy to see it when it was rebuilt from McCormick when going south, but now weeds have grown in the gravel with old & new all looking alike.

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Green and Pink lines have service disruptions.  No Green line service from Harlem to Clark/Lake. Debris is being showered from construction sites.  Also, there is a report of a power line line down near tracks.  No Pink line service from Polk to Loop.  Pink line trains are being rerouted to the Blue line Racine station. EDIT....EDIT 5:00 TV news showed the SB train and the signal lines down. Reportedly, the train ran over the lines, affecting signals. A NB train was bought up to transfer passenger from the stricken train.

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A message from my friend regarding the service disruptions...

"He was trying to go home on the green line, but I told him about the power lines. So he got on the Blue line, but his train is stuck and has been sitting there for a half hour, so people pulled the emergency pulls and were walking on the tracks so the cops are coming now."

Her dad is not having a good commute.

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16 minutes ago, MTRSP1900-CTA3200 said:

A message from my friend regarding the service disruptions...

"He was trying to go home on the green line, but I told him about the power lines. So he got on the Blue line, but his train is stuck and has been sitting there for a half hour, so people pulled the emergency pulls and were walking on the tracks so the cops are coming now."

Her dad is not having a good commute.

Alert just went up:

Update: Some Blue Line Service Experiencing Delays

Major Delays

 Affects Train Tracker prediction availability (What's this?)
Blue Line trains are operating with delays due to congestion near Racine.

Fri, Feb 19 2016 5:49 PM to TBD

 

Sounds like more than "congestion." There is the bus, but probably his luck some roof will fly off into the street.

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17 minutes ago, Busjack said:

Alert just went up:

Update: Some Blue Line Service Experiencing Delays

Major Delays

 Affects Train Tracker prediction availability (What's this?)
Blue Line trains are operating with delays due to congestion near Racine.

Fri, Feb 19 2016 5:49 PM to TBD

 

Sounds like more than "congestion." There is the bus, but probably his luck some roof will fly off into the street.

Since the Pink Line is still using the tracks by Racine, that might be contributing to the delays.

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Blue line is screw city headed nw. Went from clark lake to monroe no train and no train coming. 2 were going south. I hopped on a #56 with a busload of others. Madison is screwed up too the cpd has wacker shut down from franklin to washington and Washington is barely getting through. The brown line is running good. Seems about the best alternate right now.

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Trains on the Green and Pink Lines are still disrupted this morning. C, K, and NP artics are lined up in Union Park along Ashland and Washington to do Green Line shuttle work. And the Pink Line connected to the Blue at Racine is actually reflected on the Titan signs outside the Division stop. They show Pink to 54/Cermak in the arrival line up. Though of course instead of arrival times it gives a message to "See Train".xD 

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1 hour ago, jajuan said:

Trains on the Green and Pink Lines are still disrupted this morning. C, K, and NP artics are lined up in Union Park along Ashland and Washington to do Green Line shuttle work. And the Pink Line connected to the Blue at Racine is actually reflected on the Titan signs outside the Division stop. They show Pink to 54/Cermak in the arrival line up. Though of course instead of arrival times it gives a message to "See Train".xD 

It was like that yesterday at clark/lake, but the scary part was only those trains showed so there was nothing out to Racine then. It would have been interesting but why not just reroute the pink line through the blue line to O'hare especially if they were short trains on the blue. They could have easily got a few 8 car sets going and it would have been nice to see #5000's on the blue line even if it was for a day or two.

Also I can imagine the disruption a morgan middle pink line train takes from a UIC train if they are using the track cause then the blue line can't use it. If they would have just ran the Pink through, they could then bring back a few UIC short turns. Looks like instead they cut all UIC trains which was a bad move. If they were worried about the crews not being #5000 trained just have a relief point at Racine and have both line crews there for each train type. Or have the pink line's run out to edmunds middle if worse came to worse. At least then they would have had some service. Yesterday's service was horrible.

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1 hour ago, BusHunter said:

It was like that yesterday at clark/lake, but the scary part was only those trains showed so there was nothing out to Racine then. It would have been interesting but why not just reroute the pink line through the blue line to O'hare especially if they were short trains on the blue. They could have easily got a few 8 car sets going and it would have been nice to see #5000's on the blue line even if it was for a day or two.

Also I can imagine the disruption a morgan middle pink line train takes from a UIC train if they are using the track cause then the blue line can't use it. If they would have just ran the Pink through, they could then bring back a few UIC short turns. Looks like instead they cut all UIC trains which was a bad move. If they were worried about the crews not being #5000 trained just have a relief point at Racine and have both line crews there for each train type. Or have the pink line's run out to edmunds middle if worse came to worse. At least then they would have had some service. Yesterday's service was horrible.

You just wanted to see those 5000s on the Blue Line don't cha?!?!?!? :D:PxD

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BusHunter said:  " It would have been interesting but why not just reroute the pink line through the blue line to O'hare especially if they were short trains on the blue. They could have easily got a few 8 car sets going and it would have been nice to see #5000's on the blue line even if it was for a day or two."

Just like major railroads....CTA can only reroute trains if the operator is QUALIFIED ON the line. So, no 5000s on the Blue line except the turns at Morgan Middle.  Question....what is  "edmonds middle"?

DH 

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Must be quite a bit of debris or considerable damage(possibly a dead train based on reports of a train running over power lines, that might require a lot of electrical repairs on those cars to put them in service again) on the Green/Pink Elevated lines if there is still partial suspension of service all these hours later.

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2 hours ago, garmon757 said:

You just wanted to see those 5000s on the Blue Line don't cha?!?!?!? :D:PxD

You could make a Planes, Trains and Automobiles reference right here....

"I want a f#####g Blue Line train.... right f#####g now!!!"
"May I see your Ventra Card?"
"I threw it away!!!"
"Oh boy!!!"
"Oh boy what???"
"You're f####d!!!" :P

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5 hours ago, chicagopcclcar said:

BusHunter said:  " It would Shave been interesting but why not just reroute the pink line through the blue line to O'hare especially if they were short trains on the blue. They could have easily got a few 8 car sets going and it would have been nice to see #5000's on the blue line even if it was for a day or two."

Just like major railroads....CTA can only reroute trains if the operator is QUALIFIED ON the line. So, no 5000s on the Blue line except the turns at Morgan Middle.  Question....what is  "edmonds middle"?

DH 

But technically Racine IS the blue line. Edmunds middle IS the center track at jeff. Do we see now how consolidation can screw things up. ? All operator should be qualified on all eqyipment/lines. Then IMagine what would happen IF rosemont went poof. There would be no operatorsqualified to take out whatS left

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1 hour ago, BusHunter said:

But technically Racine IS the blue line. Edmunds middle IS the center track at jeff. Do we see now how consolidation can screw things up. ? All operator should be qualified on all eqyipment/lines. Then IMagine what would happen IF rosemont went poof. There would be no operatorsqualified to take out whatS left

Pink line operators are qualified to do the reroute via Racine and Morgan Middle. Its not really Blue line in that respect. They are unqualified to go further....meaning the Blue line. There ARE operators and switchmen who ARE qualified to run on other lines....."foreign roads" when I ran. The operator that runs the Holiday Train or our charters. As we speak, rail service just did a pick of job seniority and those who switch terminals may have to qualify again. Real railroads do the same. BNSF had a 12 car passenger train for the Super Bowl but it had to run on Union Pacific. Rather than UP running it, BNSF sent its crew and spend days qualifying so on the day of SB 50, BNSF ran the train. Back to Edmunds....on a charter we were told we couldn't use the track because although it was in the middle, it was not a middle track, it was a center track and we would have to pay for switchmen or tower man to switch our charter. Middles have lineside controls for operators to operate. Center tracks do not.   

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