Busjack Posted June 26, 2023 Report Share Posted June 26, 2023 15 hours ago, artthouwill said: Which is why they are Loop only runs. It's clear that the 400 runs ordination from Kimball and the 700s originate from Midway. Rgisw are the Brownage runs providing supplemental service. OK. Somehow, your first post confused me. Since CTA flacks say that the growth in ridership is due to special events, it is not surprising that they added service. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erin Mishkin Jr. Posted November 30, 2024 Report Share Posted November 30, 2024 Orange and brown line did a recent train swap. Brown line has a full 8-car set of orange line cars. Therefore, the orange line has 8 brown line cars, including a few 3200s. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erin Mishkin Jr. Posted December 9, 2024 Report Share Posted December 9, 2024 On 11/30/2024 at 4:17 PM, Erin Mishkin Jr. said: Orange and brown line did a recent train swap. Brown line has a full 8-car set of orange line cars. Therefore, the orange line has 8 brown line cars, including a few 3200s. Both the trains have moved back to their regular lines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busjack Posted December 20, 2024 Report Share Posted December 20, 2024 Anyone know which car and what this is about: C24OP103072942 - One-Time Off-Site Repair of CTA Rapid Transit Car Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bus1883 Posted December 20, 2024 Report Share Posted December 20, 2024 5 hours ago, Busjack said: Anyone know which car and what this is about: C24OP103072942 - One-Time Off-Site Repair of CTA Rapid Transit Car I don’t want to just throw it out there but could this mean #5599 could make a comeback from the yellow line collision?🤷♂️ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busjack Posted December 20, 2024 Report Share Posted December 20, 2024 6 hours ago, Bus1883 said: I don’t want to just throw it out there but could this mean #5599 could make a comeback from the yellow line collision?🤷♂️ Since I threw out the question, I don't know, but I doubt it, since the front was crushed, and it probably is on litigation hold. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob65 Posted January 8 Report Share Posted January 8 2867-68 moved to orange line from blue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bus1883 Posted January 9 Report Share Posted January 9 5 hours ago, Bob65 said: 2867-68 moved to orange line from blue Actually that pair moved there in November Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob65 Posted January 9 Report Share Posted January 9 5 hours ago, Bus1883 said: Actually that pair moved there in November Yeah, but I just found out about this forum today Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.NewFlyer1279 Posted January 28 Report Share Posted January 28 3123-24, 3155-56 are on orange. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bus1883 Posted January 29 Report Share Posted January 29 On 1/28/2025 at 2:14 PM, Mr.NewFlyer1279 said: 3123-24, 3155-56 are on orange. 3123-24 assigned since 2022 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.NewFlyer1279 Posted January 29 Report Share Posted January 29 1 hour ago, Bus1883 said: 3123-24 assigned since 2022 ok thanks, i think 55-56 are new to orange as i noticed they still have the dirty underbody from the congress branch 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artthouwill Posted January 29 Report Share Posted January 29 39 minutes ago, Mr.NewFlyer1279 said: ok thanks, i think 55-56 are new to orange as i noticed they still have the dirty underbody from the congress branch Just curious. How would it be the Forest Park branch that would make the underbody dirty but not the O'Hare branch ( that runs in the expressway median between Kimball and O'Hare)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busjack Posted January 30 Report Share Posted January 30 33 minutes ago, artthouwill said: Just curious. How would it be the Forest Park branch that would make the underbody dirty but not the O'Hare branch ( that runs in the expressway median between Kimball and O'Hare)? Obviously, he wasn't making that distinction, as the branches are part of one line. I presume he is comparing them to those on the Orange Line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strictures Posted January 30 Report Share Posted January 30 1 hour ago, artthouwill said: Just curious. How would it be the Forest Park branch that would make the underbody dirty but not the O'Hare branch ( that runs in the expressway median between Kimball and O'Hare)? Due to the broken down roadbed that's been destroyed like the Ran Ryan Line was like until Rahm Emanuel had it shut down & the cruddy limestone ballast replaced with granite, which won't crumble from getting wet. I'm sure the autos & trucks on the Ike dump tons of debris & diesel particulate matter into the roadbed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busjack Posted February 2 Report Share Posted February 2 4 hours ago, Bob65 said: Blue Line 2600s: 58 2745-46 2819-20 2863-64 2929-30 2945-46 2965-66 2979-3112 3011-12 3019-20 3033-34 3035-36 3057-58 3069-70 3073-74 3075-76 3077-78 3095-96 3099-3100 3115-16 3125-26 3127-28 3131-32 3133-34 3135-36 3151-52 3163-64 3165-66 3181-82 3195-96 2 hours ago, Bus1883 said: 3133-34 are brown line cars So does this sound about right for the Blue Line? 2600s--56 3200s--approx. 240 7000s--approx .140 Total--approx. 436 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bus1883 Posted February 3 Report Share Posted February 3 15 minutes ago, Busjack said: So does this sound about right for the Blue Line? 2600s--56 3200s--approx. 240 7000s--approx .140 Total--approx. 436 Indeed. I’d say remaining 2600s will be gone off the blue line by the summer time the number is quickly curtailing. I assume after the blue is finished with the 2600s we should start to see a beginning of a decrease of 3200s as the 7000s flood the line and the yards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bus1883 Posted February 3 Report Share Posted February 3 On 1/29/2025 at 5:29 PM, artthouwill said: Just curious. How would it be the Forest Park branch that would make the underbody dirty but not the O'Hare branch ( that runs in the expressway median between Kimball and O'Hare)? We all know it’s not just the Congress branch. The cars collect dirt from passing traffic on both branches as well as via the subway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam92 Posted February 3 Report Share Posted February 3 47 minutes ago, Bus1883 said: Indeed. I’d say remaining 2600s will be gone off the blue line by the summer time the number is quickly curtailing. I assume after the blue is finished with the 2600s we should start to see a beginning of a decrease of 3200s as the 7000s flood the line and the yards 1 hour ago, Busjack said: So does this sound about right for the Blue Line? 2600s--56 3200s--approx. 240 7000s--approx .140 Total--approx. 436 Seems like a LOOOOOOOOOOT of bloat. Almost as much as Howard is holding fleetwise Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busjack Posted February 3 Report Share Posted February 3 1 hour ago, Sam92 said: Seems like a LOOOOOOOOOOT of bloat. Almost as much as Howard is holding fleetwise It has been for a long time. But the 2025 Budget said: The prior statements were that the "options for expansion" were for 190 cars, and the assumption was that the base order was to replace 400 2600s (although that budget said there were about 490), and options for 256 were to replace 3200s. That's to be compared to the statement in the 2024 budget that after a base order of 300 (apparently now off the table) 9000s, options would be needed to replace 3200s.. Thus, the numbers don't quite add up. But I assume that a good number of 2600s are considered not operational, even if they are not off the books, or are backups if other cars break down. I suppose that someone here who works on rapid transit might have more details. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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