renardo870 Posted September 15 Report Posted September 15 (edited) On 9/14/2025 at 5:05 AM, Mr.NewFlyer1279 said: #5411-5414 are at skokie shops for rehabs, so purple is using some extras off the red. I believe 5705 -5706 are being used on the Purple Line tor the moment as well. Edited September 15 by renardo870 Correction Quote
Mr.NewFlyer1279 Posted September 15 Report Posted September 15 7 hours ago, renardo870 said: I believe 5705 -5706 are being used on the Purple Line tor the momentas well. idk if the set is still out there or probably back on purple but i’ve seen #5401-5402 on the swift with a fresh rehab Quote
Bus1883 Posted September 21 Report Posted September 21 3203-04, 3219-20, 3325-26 and 3341-42 are on the Brown Line Quote
artthouwill Posted September 21 Report Posted September 21 8 hours ago, Bus1883 said: 3203-04, 3219-20, 3325-26 and 3341-42 are on the Brown Line Are you saying that 3200s are beginning to transfer from the Blue Line to the Brown Line,? Pretty interesting since I still saw some 2600s on the Blue Line a few days ago Quote
Sam92 Posted September 21 Report Posted September 21 2 hours ago, artthouwill said: Are you saying that 3200s are beginning to transfer from the Blue Line to the Brown Line,? Pretty interesting since I still saw some 2600s on the Blue Line a few days ago Well they were down to 20 and we've questioned numerous times if Blue would need to keep 400 cars as the fleet age lowers.... If there is bloat and CTA's ready to slim that down then those 2600s might just go straight to scrap from the blue line which might explain why they started on the 3200s. Quote
Bus1883 Posted September 21 Report Posted September 21 4 hours ago, artthouwill said: Are you saying that 3200s are beginning to transfer from the Blue Line to the Brown Line,? Pretty interesting since I still saw some 2600s on the Blue Line a few days ago I’ve saw 3073-74 in a consist bound for O’Hare with the rest all 3200s, we’re down to around 16 cars left now. It’s odd to see 3200s begin to get transferred back to their home lines before the last of the 2600s get removed. Seems like CTA is having a hard time removing the remainder of them, but yet last year yall were quick to store them OOS. 1 Quote
renardo870 Posted September 24 Report Posted September 24 On 9/14/2025 at 5:05 AM, Mr.NewFlyer1279 said: #5411-5414 are at skokie shops for rehabs, so purple is using some extras off the red. Cars 5411- 5414 have returned to the Purple Line. Quote
Mr.NewFlyer1279 Posted September 24 Report Posted September 24 6 hours ago, renardo870 said: Cars 5411- 5414 have returned to the Purple Line. well damn tbh i’m not surprised on 5411-12 they were in the shop ready to get sent back out, but 5413-14 were sitting outside the shop awaiting rehab im shocked they got done that quick with the set. this was taken the 13th. Quote
renardo870 Posted October 18 Report Posted October 18 I believe that 5709 - 5710 is on loan to the Purple Line as I saw it yesterday evening passing me by @ Morse. Quote
Busjack Posted October 18 Report Posted October 18 7 hours ago, renardo870 said: I believe that 5709 - 5710 is on loan to the Purple Line as I saw it yesterday evening passing me by @ Morse. Since RPY are from Howard Yard, and all Howard Yard cars have RPY maps for this reason, what's the surprise? Quote
renardo870 Posted October 22 Report Posted October 22 On 10/18/2025 at 10:23 AM, Busjack said: Since RPY are from Howard Yard, and all Howard Yard cars have RPY maps for this reason, what's the Well for a time, Red Line equipment had stopped being loaned to Purple Line when they were short on equipment per mgmt but it has been using 5700's for a few months now. Quote
Bus1883 Posted October 22 Report Posted October 22 15 minutes ago, renardo870 said: Well for a time, Red Line equipment had stopped being loaned to Purple Line when they were short on equipment per mgmt but it has been using 5700's for a few months now. Should just only be 5711-14 Quote
renardo870 Posted October 22 Report Posted October 22 2 minutes ago, Bus1883 said: Should just only be 5711-14 It was but they had a few pieces of Red Equipment. 5699-5700, which returned back to Red about 3 weeks now, 5705 - 5706, 5707 - 5708 and now 5709 - 5710. 5411 -5414 was being repaired at Skokie Shops but they have since returned back to the Purple Line. I believe more Purple Line equipment are being repaired or rehabbed. Quote
Bus1883 Posted October 22 Report Posted October 22 6 hours ago, renardo870 said: It was but they had a few pieces of Red Equipment. 5699-5700, which returned back to Red about 3 weeks now, 5705 - 5706, 5707 - 5708 and now 5709 - 5710. 5411 -5414 was being repaired at Skokie Shops but they have since returned back to the Purple Line. I believe more Purple Line equipment are being repaired or rehabbed. Rehabbed Quote
Sam92 Posted October 22 Report Posted October 22 On 10/18/2025 at 10:23 AM, Busjack said: Since RPY are from Howard Yard, and all Howard Yard cars have RPY maps for this reason, what's the surprise? 14 hours ago, renardo870 said: It was but they had a few pieces of Red Equipment. 5699-5700, which returned back to Red about 3 weeks now, 5705 - 5706, 5707 - 5708 and now 5709 - 5710. 5411 -5414 was being repaired at Skokie Shops but they have since returned back to the Purple Line. I believe more Purple Line equipment are being repaired or rehabbed. Heck I'm kinda surprised it hasn't happened sooner and more often to balance milage considering how much 5400s sit around being Purple Line cars. Quote
artthouwill Posted October 22 Report Posted October 22 1 hour ago, Sam92 said: Heck I'm kinda surprised it hasn't happened sooner and more often to balance milage considering how much 5400s sit around being Purple Line cars. Since the pandemic. CTA has drastically cut down on coupling and uncomplicated cars except in the yard for maintenance reasons. Quote
renardo870 Posted October 23 Report Posted October 23 On 10/21/2025 at 10:24 PM, renardo870 said: It was but they had a few pieces of Red Equipment. 5699-5700, which returned back to Red about 3 weeks now, 5705 - 5706, 5707 - 5708 and now 5709 - 5710. 5411 -5414 was being repaired at Skokie Shops but they have since returned back to the Purple Line. I believe more Purple Line equipment are being repaired or rehabbed. 5705 - 5706 has returned to the Red Line. Quote
Bus1883 Posted Monday at 09:01 AM Report Posted Monday at 09:01 AM #2999-3000 is on brown saw leading as run #420 1 Quote
renardo870 Posted Tuesday at 04:15 AM Report Posted Tuesday at 04:15 AM 19 hours ago, Bus1883 said: #2999-3000 is on brown saw leading as run #420 I saw them today as I operated Red and Purple (Looper) Quote
Miro Posted Tuesday at 05:31 AM Report Posted Tuesday at 05:31 AM Here's an MMIS assignment report I received from a FOIA request, as well as lifecycle info in a spreadsheet. FOIA_Railcars.xlsx FOIA_MMIS.pdf 1 1 Quote
Busjack Posted Tuesday at 03:19 PM Report Posted Tuesday at 03:19 PM 9 hours ago, Miro said: Here's an MMIS assignment report I received from a FOIA request, as well as lifecycle info in a spreadsheet. FOIA_Railcars.xlsx 55.91 kB · 18 downloads FOIA_MMIS.pdf 81.1 kB · 22 downloads 1644 cars is rudiculous, and it looks like they retired maybe 66 2600s while receiving 248 7000s. 1 Quote
artthouwill Posted Tuesday at 04:52 PM Report Posted Tuesday at 04:52 PM 1 hour ago, Busjack said: 1644 cars is rudiculous, and it looks like they retired maybe 66 2600s while receiving 248 7000s. Perhaps an (over)abundance of caution based on having to pull 5000s out of service while equipping the Green Line with them. CTA didn't want to be caught off guard if an issue arise with the 7000s. 3 Quote
Jackson232 Posted Tuesday at 04:53 PM Report Posted Tuesday at 04:53 PM 11 hours ago, Miro said: Here's an MMIS assignment report I received from a FOIA request, as well as lifecycle info in a spreadsheet. FOIA_Railcars.xlsx 55.91 kB · 25 downloads FOIA_MMIS.pdf 81.1 kB · 33 downloads They still got the elves train cars. Wonder if that will ever come back 1 Quote
Sam92 Posted Tuesday at 04:54 PM Report Posted Tuesday at 04:54 PM 1 hour ago, Busjack said: 1644 cars is rudiculous, and it looks like they retired maybe 66 2600s while receiving 248 7000s. 11 hours ago, Miro said: Here's an MMIS assignment report I received from a FOIA request, as well as lifecycle info in a spreadsheet. FOIA_Railcars.xlsx 55.91 kB · 22 downloads FOIA_MMIS.pdf 81.1 kB · 28 downloads How are they even fitting 450 cars on the Blue Line? Even after the 2600s and 3200s get scrapped once all 7000s are here we're still gonna have 1580, nearly 400 increase compared to before the 5000s arrived. What is all the bloat for outside of the Red Line extension and maybe the 8 extra trains enabled by the Belmont Bypass? That's about 148 cars, I don't think a Blue Line increase would require much, most likely those would concentrate between Jeff and UIC; maybe all they want to have a lot of spares since these are very heavy lines? The math isn't too far off if these are spares for that. Quote
Miro Posted Tuesday at 05:28 PM Report Posted Tuesday at 05:28 PM 2 hours ago, Busjack said: 1644 cars is rudiculous, and it looks like they retired maybe 66 2600s while receiving 248 7000s. They've put 96 2600s into long-term hold in 98th, 61st, and Midway yards for staging for retirement, I presume. So they're working on retiring more Quote
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