garmon757 Posted August 15, 2017 Report Share Posted August 15, 2017 @BusHunter It's beautiful at night! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artthouwill Posted August 15, 2017 Report Share Posted August 15, 2017 40 minutes ago, garmon757 said: @BusHunter It's beautiful at night! And safer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garmon757 Posted August 15, 2017 Report Share Posted August 15, 2017 3 hours ago, artthouwill said: And safer? Well, I haven't heard anything crazy going on up there but I will say that nothing happened to me everytime I go out there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BusHunter Posted August 15, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 15, 2017 6 hours ago, garmon757 said: @BusHunter It's beautiful at night! Yeah I'm just about to head over there myself for this weeks update, but I'm not going to get the night effect. i see they got the electric lights working. They were testing Washington/Wabash last week, so it might look equally impressive at night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garmon757 Posted August 15, 2017 Report Share Posted August 15, 2017 1 hour ago, BusHunter said: Yeah I'm just about to head over there myself for this weeks update, but I'm not going to get the night effect. i see they got the electric lights working. They were testing Washington/Wabash last week, so it might look equally impressive at night. Yes indeed. I'm looking forward to see that when it opens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BusHunter Posted August 15, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 15, 2017 Yeah the lights are all on skylight canopy is done. The guys are sweeping and using a leaf blower on the tracks so looks like the trackwork is done. I finally figured out the setup of the Sunnyside entrance. I'll post my flyby and pictures tonight. I'm heading over to Washington Wabash to see what's new. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BusHunter Posted August 16, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2017 OK here's the flyby for 8-15-17 This week they have completed the canopy, tracks seem to be complete other than the connections at the ends (usually done on the last weekend before opening) They were sweeping and basically cleaning up when I shot this. The concrete wall installation was continuing over Broadway and points north. The sunnyside exit continued to be completed with additional steel being installed. The wooden catwalk over broadway is also starting to get built. This week the electric lights were hooked up. Now the station is lit up at night. I'll see if I can upload some pics give me a few minutes. Ok here's a few shots we start with the main entrance complete with working lights!! They installed lights over the Wilson sidewalk Here's a nice looking shot from the street. Station is alot nicer than it was!! Alright here the sunnyside shots, I was wondering where the entrance was because you see this platform here but you never see where it leads after that. I thought maybe to the garage the last few months but no there is an additional ramp and a somewhat fancy entrance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busjack Posted August 16, 2017 Report Share Posted August 16, 2017 12 hours ago, BusHunter said: Here's a nice looking shot from the street. Station is alot nicer than it was!! Also 1000 times better than when the Wilson Shop was looming over the neighborhood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BusHunter Posted August 17, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 17, 2017 10 hours ago, Busjack said: Also 1000 times better than when the Wilson Shop was looming over the neighborhood. I wanted to add in this picture, they put lights under the structure, looks like they may be dark though or there's not enough. You have to consider now with no light shining down (due to a concrete structure versus a steel) how dark it is under there. Maybe they are high illuminating LED's, let's hope so. The platforms are huge here so I would say they have 100 feet of darkness to light up. Maybe they should have considered a fortified glass catwalk here. It might sound a bit crazy but the technology must exist if they are considering glass suspension bridges in China!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busjack Posted August 17, 2017 Report Share Posted August 17, 2017 37 minutes ago, BusHunter said: Maybe they are high illuminating LED's, let's hope so While some high pressure sodium lights are still being installed, most places, including Chicago, are using LEDs. If, at night, the light is sort of violet-white, they're LEDs. They probably are focused to shoot the light straight down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BusHunter Posted August 17, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 17, 2017 I don't know panning up and looking at the sidewalk over Wilson are the lights really that bright? They need like a continuous light bar I think to be effective. Speaking of lights, I'm uploading my Washington/Wabash flyby and by accident I discovered something new with the lighting design down there that's cool!! Give me a few minutes to upload to Youtube. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BusHunter Posted August 22, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 22, 2017 Here is today's flyby at Wilson Red line New things happening this week were the continued construction of the wooden catwalks over Broadway and the near completion of the noise barrier wall except over broadway itself. A few station signs have appeared and the sunnyside exit/entrance is still getting worked on. They look like they are working on the escalator and the electrical lights on the main stationhouse entrance. A few more weeks and they are done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juniorz Posted August 22, 2017 Report Share Posted August 22, 2017 4 hours ago, BusHunter said: Here is today's flyby at Wilson Red line New things happening this week were the continued construction of the wooden catwalks over Broadway and the near completion of the noise barrier wall except over broadway itself. A few station signs have appeared and the sunnyside exit/entrance is still getting worked on. They look like they are working on the escalator and the electrical lights on the main stationhouse entrance. A few more weeks and they are done. September 11th everything opens! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busjack Posted August 22, 2017 Report Share Posted August 22, 2017 12 hours ago, Juniorz said: September 11th everything opens! The interesting question is whether they are going to change the Purple Line schedule to become a better alternative to the Red Line, as the 4 tracks will be served for the first time by full, accessible platforms, and this was billed as a transfer station. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garmon757 Posted August 23, 2017 Report Share Posted August 23, 2017 Today's work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artthouwill Posted August 23, 2017 Report Share Posted August 23, 2017 12 hours ago, garmon757 said: Today's work! Interesting that the Wilson signage has SB Purples stopping for AM rush only. I know that is the curr6 setup, but will all Purples stop there (pm rush) When Wilson fully opens or do we maintain the status quo? For that matter, shouldn't allPurples stop at Wilson in both directions once all 4 tracks are in pperation? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BusHunter Posted August 23, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 23, 2017 26 minutes ago, artthouwill said: Interesting that the Wilson signage has SB Purples stopping for AM rush only. I know that is the curr6 setup, but will all Purples stop there (pm rush) When Wilson fully opens or do we maintain2 the status quo? It will be interesting to see what is on the nb's signs. They are putting them up soon. In fact one of the long signs are up. Of course they had to have that on the sb for the nb construction but most likely the southbound signs will change. I remember back in the day when there was an impending service change they would print the info on a sticker and place it over the real sign that had the long term info on it. This way they didn't have to make two signs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busjack Posted August 23, 2017 Report Share Posted August 23, 2017 I had figured that @artthouwill had opened a can of worms, but it appears that @BusHunter answered it. No one posted what sign was on the other side of the column, and I assume there will be overhead signs similar to the ones at Belmont (<-95th | Loop->) once trains are put on the correct tracks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BusHunter Posted August 31, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2017 Here is my final flyby of Wilson red line slated to open in a few days. They have installed the tactile edging and some of the gating on the sunnyside entrance. They are installing all the third rail on track 4. Everything appears done other than some metal windbreaks on the shelter and stationhouse entrance. I can't tell if they intend on installing a catwalk between tracks 3 and 4 over broadway or not. They haven't so far. Mostly what's left is the track connection which may be happening over the labor day weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artthouwill Posted September 8, 2017 Report Share Posted September 8, 2017 On 8/22/2017 at 1:31 PM, Busjack said: The interesting question is whether they are going to change the Purple Line schedule to become a better alternative to the Red Line, as the 4 tracks will be served for the first time by full, accessible platforms, and this was billed as a transfer station. Upon opening, what will happen at Sheridan? Currently it is an a.m. rush stop for Purple Line trains as well as a p.m. stop for weeknight Cub home games. Could or should Sheridan become a rush stop in both directions, seeing that Sheridan has dual platforms and Purples could even better supplement Red Line service. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BusHunter Posted September 10, 2017 Author Report Share Posted September 10, 2017 On 9/8/2017 at 11:22 AM, artthouwill said: Upon opening, what will happen at Sheridan? Currently it is an a.m. rush stop for Purple Line trains as well as a p.m. stop for weeknight Cub home games. Could or should Sheridan become a rush stop in both directions, seeing that Sheridan has dual platforms and Purples could even better supplement Red Line service. Probably Sheridan will lose its purple line service but they'll still do the ballgame stops. I think having the purple stopping at Wilson and Sheridan make it too slow. That would not promote its express attribute. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rl12383 Posted September 12, 2017 Report Share Posted September 12, 2017 So what happened to the new platform and station house opening on Sept. 11? Do not see any alerts on the CTA website. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BusHunter Posted September 12, 2017 Author Report Share Posted September 12, 2017 I'm headed over there now so we'll know soon enough. It's not open yet. I have flyby footage to upload though. Linden signs are posted so nb purples will definitely be stopping there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BusHunter Posted September 13, 2017 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2017 Here's yesterday's flyby Give me a few minutes and I'll upload some shots from things I discovered and spied on (sneak peek alert!!) They are installing these CTA insignia stones on the platform Elevator unveiling A shot of the Sunnyside entrance from platform and street A couple sneak peeks at the main stationhouse, looks like it needs more work A look at the platform Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tcmetro Posted September 19, 2017 Report Share Posted September 19, 2017 The south side of Wilson station house and elevator opens tomorrow. No changes to boarding positions, but the NB Purple Line express returns to its regular track. The north side of Wilson station house will close again. http://www.transitchicago.com/travel_information/alert_detail.aspx?AlertId=43484 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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