BusHunter Posted February 21, 2016 Report Share Posted February 21, 2016 So why have a jeff destination sign? I was wondering how edmunds got its name. If you look at the side street that converges at the central higgins intersection, that street is indeed called edmunds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrethebusman Posted February 21, 2016 Report Share Posted February 21, 2016 Don't know about now, but in late 1970's when I was working on the L, there were three sections, North, West, and South. All motormen and conductors on North were qualified on Evanston, Ravenswood, North-South. Only certain ones were one-man qualified on Evanston and Skokie. All West qualified on West-Northwest and West-South, all South on North-South and West-South. Switchmen and towermen qualified on all yards and towers in their section. Foreign roads meant you were qualified on other sections, normally being also switchmen that worked Skokie drags and work trains. Pink being West along with Blue (and Green), shouldn't Pink operators be qualified on Blue and vice versa? Who does Orange belong to? South? So does that mean Brown and Orange are both considered both North and South sections? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BusHunter Posted February 21, 2016 Report Share Posted February 21, 2016 I was told by a rail operator they have extra board operators in the terminals so they can fill an empty run instantly, so it wouldn't be a question of manpower either. If they got desperate they could put out extra trains with extra board operators. The thing I found that's somewhat surprising about what pcclcars said is that based on his statement that operators are not qualified for other lines, what happens if you have a breach somewhere on the line like close to Rosemont. Forest Pk can't take care of the blue line by itself, and other trains can't be brought over to help either??? He might be right to a point, but when it's an emergency that might get thrown out the window. What did they do in '99 when the #2600's failed due to the snow? They did bring over #3200's, so what's with that then? Also like with the pink line, if the issue is #5000's, why not just run #2600's over the pink? Blue has 400 cars. I doubt they would run out of cars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chicagopcclcar Posted February 21, 2016 Report Share Posted February 21, 2016 Andrethebusman, you hit on the real reason without saying so......1970s......that's forty years ago. A lot can happen in forty years. Last week and in this coming week there are/were training trains running to REQUALIFY employees following job changes of terminal location. You can't escape reality. DH 41 minutes ago, andrethebusman said: Don't know about now, but in late 1970's when I was working on the L, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chicagopcclcar Posted February 21, 2016 Report Share Posted February 21, 2016 12 minutes ago, BusHunter said: what happens if you have a breach somewhere on the line like close to Rosemont. Forest Pk can't take care of the blue line by itself, and other trains can't be brought over to help either??? He might be right to a point, but when it's an emergency that might get thrown out the window. What did they do in '99 when the #2600's failed due to the snow? They did bring over #3200's, so what's with that then? I don't see any "breach" causing a necessity for moving equipment from one line to another. A major calamity like the Yellow line suspension, you do the same thing, close the line, bus substitution, let the opposite terminal handle the service. Winter storms carry small passenger loads. And remember, the 7000 series have been advertised at being, maybe, not compatible So don't fret about transferring equipment. DH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BusHunter Posted February 21, 2016 Report Share Posted February 21, 2016 Yeah but the blue line is in a whole other league from the yellow. You can't bus substitute 100's of thousands of people everyday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chicagopcclcar Posted February 21, 2016 Report Share Posted February 21, 2016 BusHunter, since you still haven't explained what "breach" would befall Rosemont....or why Forest Park couldn't handle the remainder of the line with whats out on the road and in its yard...if sounds to me that you're motivated by the dream of seeing unusual equipment running where they don't usually run.....like seeing 3200s and 5000s on the Blue. NYC can divert theirs because they have multiple lines, junctions and other interconnections. Chicago is a wheel and spoke system. If it goes bad, we suspend, we bus, we depend on other services to take up the slack. If its going to be months and years....LOL, there's always Skokie South. DH 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BusHunter Posted February 22, 2016 Report Share Posted February 22, 2016 Im just using a what if scenario to make my point. I can't help it if CTA operations does what it pleases. I'm just making a suggestion so don't shoot the messenger just yet. Like the other day when they cancelled the uic runs, they could have easily ran the uic runs to forest pk. Would that lose money. Sure but what they are doing is putting money before its riders and the riders should come first. As far as #5000's on the blue all I have to wait for is 2020 and all the#5000's I could want will be on the blue. If the blue does get #7000's I'll be shocked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chicagopcclcar Posted February 22, 2016 Report Share Posted February 22, 2016 24 minutes ago, BusHunter said: Im just using a what if scenario to make my point. I can't help it if CTA operations does what it pleases. I BusHunter, you still didn't describe your scenario.....the "breach." DH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BusHunter Posted February 22, 2016 Report Share Posted February 22, 2016 14 minutes ago, chicagopcclcar said: BusHunter, you still didn't describe your scenario.....theif"breach." Try a '99 type scenario. Although railcars may be fixed to not have that problem what happens IF IT snows 20 INches As each line gets a shortage epideMic each becomes dependent on each other. Now how can they do that? Problem!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chicagopcclcar Posted February 22, 2016 Report Share Posted February 22, 2016 35 minutes ago, BusHunter said: Try a '99 type scenario. Although railcars may be fixed to not have that problem what happens IF IT snows 20 INches As each line gets a shortage epideMic each becomes dependent on each other. Now how can they do that? Problem!! You are changing the discussion....you have gone from a single line disruption to an area-wide weather event. If you want to continue, stick with "Rosemont." Alternate.....Trying to dream up a situation were equipment would be transferred is not applicable. I would agree. DH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sw4400 Posted February 24, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2016 2/23/16 9:23p Rail Line(s) Affected: All Rail Lines Level Of Service Interruption: -- Information: ***Special Bulletin*** A Winter Storm Warning for Heavy Snow has been issued for Chicago from 9a Wednesday to 4a Thursday. Snow totals of 4-10" are possible in the warned area(s) with winds gusting to 40 to 50 mph at times, causing blowing and drifting and near zero visibility. Impacts with the CTA: Service may see varying degrees of Service Interruptions on a few or all Rail Lines at times tomorrow into Thursday. Consider leaving early and listen to announcements at Rail Stations regarding service. I will try to log as many of the alerts noticed on here, but I can't guarantee I'll get them all.... forum members are welcome to post alerts as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pace831 Posted February 24, 2016 Report Share Posted February 24, 2016 Not again... Service on the Yellow Line has been temporarily suspended due to a derailment. Shuttle buses are available to provide connecting service through the affected area. Use #97 Skokie buses as an alternative to Yellow Line service. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sw4400 Posted February 24, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2016 Apparently this one occurred in Howard Yard... http://abc7chicago.com/news/cta-yellow-line-service-suspended-after-derailment/1215837/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chicagopcclcar Posted February 24, 2016 Report Share Posted February 24, 2016 8 hours ago, sw4400 said: Apparently this one occurred in Howard Yard... http://abc7chicago.com/news/cta-yellow-line-service-suspended-after-derailment/1215837/ TV news showed a two-car train on the turn back switch at Dempster/Skokie, not anywhere near Howard yard,. Even your cited news said: "A train jumped the tracks in the rail yard in north suburban Skokie near the Dempster stop." DH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sw4400 Posted February 24, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2016 2/24/16 1:40p Rail Line(s) Affected: Purple Level Of Service Interruption: Significant Delays Information: Linden-bound trains are operating with residual delays after an earlier minor fire at track level near South Blvd. Trains are moving and normal service is being restored. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sw4400 Posted February 25, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2016 2/24/16 6:58p Rail Line(s) Affected: Red Level Of Service Interruption: Minor Delays Information: Howard-bound service has resumed with residual delays. Service was disrupted due to earlier mechanical problems near 69th. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briman94 Posted February 25, 2016 Report Share Posted February 25, 2016 3 hours ago, sw4400 said: 2/24/16 6:58p Rail Line(s) Affected: Red Level Of Service Interruption: Minor Delays Information: Howard-bound service has resumed with residual delays. Service was disrupted due to earlier mechanical problems near 69th. Anyone know what the "mechanical problems" were? That train was stuck there for like 3 hours going by tweets. Makes it sound like a wheel fell off or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sw4400 Posted February 25, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2016 22 minutes ago, briman94 said: Anyone know what the "mechanical problems" were? That train was stuck there for like 3 hours going by tweets. Makes it sound like a wheel fell off or something. Being a 5000-Series railcar, maybe the operator was cruising along Howard-bound and a little before or after 69th got this..... ***re-enactment from fictional show***, but possibility is there, being it's computer controlled.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briman94 Posted February 25, 2016 Report Share Posted February 25, 2016 Just now, sw4400 said: Being a 5000-Series railcar, maybe the operator was cruising along Howard-bound and a little before or after 69th, got this..... *re-enactment from fictional show, but possibility is there, being it's computer controlled.... LOL They actually do run Windows so it's quite possible, but thankfully that part doesn't affect the driveability. Still possible for it to have been a severe electrical problem I suppose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTRSP1900-CTA3200 Posted February 26, 2016 Report Share Posted February 26, 2016 19 hours ago, briman94 said: LOL They actually do run Windows so it's quite possible, but thankfully that part doesn't affect the driveability. Still possible for it to have been a severe electrical problem I suppose. I hope it's not Windows XP. I saw a self checkout machine reboot at Walmart. Guess what was running under the hood... Anyways, that's a big delay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sw4400 Posted February 28, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2016 2/28/16 3:52p Rail Line(s) Affected: Blue Level Of Service Interruption: Significant Delays Information: O'Hare-bound trains are operating with residual delays after an earlier sick passenger near Western. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sw4400 Posted March 1, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 1, 2016 3/1/16 1:11a Rail Line(s) Affected: Green Level Of Service Interruption: Minor Delays Information: Harlem-bound trains are operating with residual delays after an earlier mechanical problem on a train at Ashland/63rd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sw4400 Posted March 4, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2016 3/3/16 7:20p Rail Line(s) Affected: Red, Brown, Purple Level Of Service Interruption: Significant Delays Information: Some Howard bound Red Line, Kimball bound Brown Line & Linden bound Purple Line trains are operating with residual delays after earlier signals problems at Fullerton. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sw4400 Posted March 4, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2016 3/4/16 12:45a Rail Line(s) Affected: Red Level Of Service Interruption: Minor Delays Information: Howard-bound trains are operating with residual delays after earlier signal problems near 63rd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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