18thalek Posted August 26 Report Share Posted August 26 hey everyone curious about something and wondering if anyone has any insight. the MD-N tracks crossing Devon, Caldwell, Lehigh and Central seem to have an issue that causes gates to frequently get stuck, resulting in Metra employees coming out to manually control them. is this a known issue? has this been going on for years? and has there ever been an explicit acknowledgement of this particularly intersection by Metra? I'm curious if there's ever been plans to elevate this section similar to plans to elevate the UP-NW tracks from Gladstone Park to Edison Park. Thanks !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam92 Posted August 26 Report Share Posted August 26 41 minutes ago, 18thalek said: hey everyone curious about something and wondering if anyone has any insight. the MD-N tracks crossing Devon, Caldwell, Lehigh and Central seem to have an issue that causes gates to frequently get stuck, resulting in Metra employees coming out to manually control them. is this a known issue? has this been going on for years? and has there ever been an explicit acknowledgement of this particularly intersection by Metra? I'm curious if there's ever been plans to elevate this section similar to plans to elevate the UP-NW tracks from Gladstone Park to Edison Park. Thanks !! Might be costly to elevate but the arms being stuck down is something that can and needs to be addressed asap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busjack Posted August 26 Report Share Posted August 26 3 hours ago, 18thalek said: hey everyone curious about something and wondering if anyone has any insight. the MD-N tracks crossing Devon, Caldwell, Lehigh and Central seem to have an issue that causes gates to frequently get stuck, resulting in Metra employees coming out to manually control them. is this a known issue? has this been going on for years? and has there ever been an explicit acknowledgement of this particularly intersection by Metra? I'm curious if there's ever been plans to elevate this section similar to plans to elevate the UP-NW tracks from Gladstone Park to Edison Park. Thanks !! Why don't you contact Metra (as if it doesn't already know)? It isn't going to get fixed by posting here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
18thalek Posted August 27 Report Share Posted August 27 38 minutes ago, Busjack said: Why don't you contact Metra (as if it doesn't already know)? It isn't going to get fixed by posting here. I'm just curious if this is a known issue in the area. I'm not from the Northside and only recently learned of this intersection. I'm also just curious if there was ever an attempt to elevate it similarly to this plan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busjack Posted August 27 Report Share Posted August 27 18 minutes ago, 18thalek said: I'm just curious if this is a known issue in the area. I'm not from the Northside and only recently learned of this intersection. I'm also just curious if there was ever an attempt to elevate it similarly to this plan That was asked and answered before, and it is still no. It certainly isn't in the 2023 Capital Program. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdwardL803 Posted September 6 Report Share Posted September 6 The Illinois Railway Museum (IRM) recently posted a whole bunch of Metra timetables from the last 20 years or so on their website. There are PDFs for all of the commuter rail network's lines. http://irm-cta.org/TT/TT.html (scroll all the way down) http://irm-cta.org/TT/Metra/BNSF/BNSF.html http://irm-cta.org/TT/Metra/HC/HC.html http://irm-cta.org/TT/Metra/MD-N/MD-N.html http://irm-cta.org/TT/Metra/MD-W/MD-W.html http://irm-cta.org/TT/Metra/ME/ME.html http://irm-cta.org/TT/Metra/NC/NC.html http://irm-cta.org/TT/Metra/RI/RI.html http://irm-cta.org/TT/Metra/SW/SW.html http://irm-cta.org/TT/Metra/UP-N/UP-N.html http://irm-cta.org/TT/Metra/UP-NW/UP-NW.html http://irm-cta.org/TT/Metra/UP-W/UP-W.html 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdwardL803 Posted September 6 Report Share Posted September 6 On 8/26/2024 at 3:16 PM, 18thalek said: hey everyone curious about something and wondering if anyone has any insight. the MD-N tracks crossing Devon, Caldwell, Lehigh and Central seem to have an issue that causes gates to frequently get stuck, resulting in Metra employees coming out to manually control them. is this a known issue? has this been going on for years? and has there ever been an explicit acknowledgement of this particularly intersection by Metra? I'm curious if there's ever been plans to elevate this section similar to plans to elevate the UP-NW tracks from Gladstone Park to Edison Park. Thanks !! I created this map a few months ago. It shows most (if not all) of the cancelled track elevation projects within the city of Chicago. https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1kJsRwlQXucygI2rEE4yOQJBrR5lJD0Y In the early part of the 20th century, ordinances were passed by Chicago's City Council to elevate these portions of the rail lines within the city's boundaries. The projects were unfortunately never completed due to various reasons. You can read more about those cancelled projects here. https://www.chicagorailfan.com/elevacxl.html You can actually read the track elevation ordinances from the City Council's proceedings via this resource. http://chsmedia.org/media/fa/fa/LIB/CouncilProcGuide.htm 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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