Elkmn Posted April 2, 2024 Report Share Posted April 2, 2024 They should grade seperate the Up-n between evanston and winnetka Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busjack Posted April 2, 2024 Report Share Posted April 2, 2024 1 hour ago, Elkmn said: They should grade seperate the Up-n between evanston and winnetka Kenilworth would never allow it, and I don't think Wilmette would tolerate the disruption. Also, I don't see how they would get bidrectional service thru the construction zone. Does your extensive civil engineering experience yield any practical answers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strictures Posted April 2, 2024 Report Share Posted April 2, 2024 12 hours ago, Elkmn said: They should grade seperate the Up-n between evanston and winnetka That didn't happen in the 1930s, because Wilmette was too poor during the great Depression to pay of any of it. That's why Winnetka is grade separated & Wilmette & Kenilworth aren't. The grade separation was a project of Winnetka village president Harold Ickes, who went on to work for FDR in the white house. The story of the grade separation is on the wall in the station houses at Winnetka & Hubbard Woods. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busjack Posted July 16, 2024 Report Share Posted July 16, 2024 4 hours ago, strictures said: When the storm passed over me in Rogers Park, there weren't any high winds, just heavy rain that started at 10:02 PM ... But as usual, Metra went into panic mode & shut down their trains, with the usual high winds are the cause.... At about that time, WGN TV was reporting a tornado at O'Hare, showed swirling rain on the Rosemont Weather Bug camera, and had Rogers Park in the path of the tornado in about 10 minutes. A couple of minutes later, they said it was headed toward Wrigleyville. Today, they reported extensive tree damage in Harwood Heights. But you, in your infinite wisdom, besides posting in the wrong topic consistently, were, in hindsight, willing to risk a derailment because the US Weather Service slightly moved the storm track. Even with the revised storm track, it would have crossed the UP-N somewhere around Irving Park Rd. There was another warning around Highland Park. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strictures Posted July 16, 2024 Report Share Posted July 16, 2024 2 hours ago, Busjack said: At about that time, WGN TV was reporting a tornado at O'Hare, showed swirling rain on the Rosemont Weather Bug camera, and had Rogers Park in the path of the tornado in about 10 minutes. A couple of minutes later, they said it was headed toward Wrigleyville. Today, they reported extensive tree damage in Harwood Heights. But you, in your infinite wisdom, besides posting in the wrong topic consistently, were, in hindsight, willing to risk a derailment because the US Weather Service slightly moved the storm track. Even with the revised storm track, it would have crossed the UP-N somewhere around Irving Park Rd. There was another warning around Highland Park. Oh please, the bilevel cars are far too heavy to get derailed by even a tornado! And Rogers Park was never in the path of any tornado last night! And it wasn't in the wrong topic!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Railguy Posted July 16, 2024 Report Share Posted July 16, 2024 Who does actual dispatching on UP lines is it Metra or UP? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busjack Posted July 16, 2024 Report Share Posted July 16, 2024 2 hours ago, strictures said: Oh please, the bilevel cars are far too heavy to get derailed by even a tornado! And Rogers Park was never in the path of any tornado last night! And it wasn't in the wrong topic!!! The higher it is, thev easier it topples. This morning, there were shots of overturned semis on and next to I-55 south of Joliet. There weren't any overturned cars. Similarly, there was a high truck warning on I-65. Heck, trains can be stopped by trees on the tracks. You obviously had your TV off last night, and your cell phone too, or was watching the RNC on NewsMax or something, but not a local station. Living "at the apex of regional cooperation," not only did I see what I saw on TV, I got phone, text an e-mail alerts from the municipality on the same route apparently you don't ride (or at least don't use the new station in your neighborhood, which you said nobody will use). You posted something only about Metra under Random CTA. Unification hasn't happened yet. 48 minutes ago, Railguy said: Who does actual dispatching on UP lines is it Metra or UP? UP. Way back, @trainman8119 said that the freight railroads do the dispatching, even on tracks owned by Metra. However, I don't know who made the decision to halt the train. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busjack Posted July 17, 2024 Report Share Posted July 17, 2024 20 hours ago, Railguy said: Who does actual dispatching on UP lines is it Metra or UP? 20 hours ago, Busjack said: Way back, @trainman8119 said that the freight railroads do the dispatching, even on tracks owned by Metra. However, I don't know who made the decision to halt the train. Bringing that up to date, the announcement of the DNC service says "Metra would like to thank two freight railroad partners ... Canadian National, which owns some of the tracks over which the NCS operates, and CPKC, which dispatches trains on another portion of the route." CPKC dispatches the Milw-W line, even though Merra owns it. Like CN, UP owns its tracks. Similarly Ask [Metra] Anything says"Do we dispatch the trains? (Again, on most lines, we don’t, even on two lines we own.)" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strictures Posted July 17, 2024 Report Share Posted July 17, 2024 21 hours ago, Railguy said: Who does actual dispatching on UP lines is it Metra or UP? UP, from their Omaha HQ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarNWSider773 Posted July 30, 2024 Report Share Posted July 30, 2024 Why was the Illinois Central Railroad (known as the MED line today) the only commuter rail line to electrify within the Chicagoland area? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strictures Posted July 30, 2024 Report Share Posted July 30, 2024 1 hour ago, FarNWSider773 said: Why was the Illinois Central Railroad (known as the MED line today) the only commuter rail line to electrify within the Chicagoland area? Because the smoke from its steam locomotives were messing up the Michigan Ave. area & Grant Park, so the city council passed a law mandating it. Why they didn't extend it to the Northwestern, Milwaukee Road, Burlington & Rock Island is unknown. Maybe they had paid bigger bribes to the city council to prevent it? 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artthouwill Posted July 30, 2024 Report Share Posted July 30, 2024 1 hour ago, FarNWSider773 said: Why was the Illinois Central Railroad (known as the MED line today) the only commuter rail line to electrify within the Chicagoland area? Before electrification, the IC operated steam engines, which residents along the line, especially the lakefront complained about. Not only did the IC electrify, they separated freight tracks from commuter tracks and the grade separated the mainline tracks from 47th south. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smolensk Posted August 9, 2024 Report Share Posted August 9, 2024 Metra has announced that they will be running hourly service all day on the NCS line between O'Hare, River Grove, Western Ave, and Union Station. This service will operate 7 days a week between Aug 12 and Aug 30, 2024. Schedule: Metra NCS schedule Aug 12 -30. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artthouwill Posted August 9, 2024 Report Share Posted August 9, 2024 7 hours ago, Smolensk said: Metra has announced that they will be running hourly service all day on the NCS line between O'Hare, River Grove, Western Ave, and Union Station. This service will operate 7 days a week between Aug 12 and Aug 30, 2024. Schedule: Metra NCS schedule Aug 12 -30. Why would anyone want to take the ATS out to the Multimodal Center and walk to the Metra station when the CTA Blue Line stops inside the airport? Union Station isn't in the center of downtown but the Blue Line serves the Loop and offers transfers to other lines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busjack Posted August 9, 2024 Report Share Posted August 9, 2024 8 hours ago, Smolensk said: Extra O'Hare downtown service in August 24Metra has announced that they will be running hourly service all day on the NCS line between O'Hare, River Grove, Western Ave, and Union Station. This service will operate 7 days a week between Aug 12 and Aug 30, 2024. Schedule: Metra NCS schedule Aug 12 -30. Not news. There was already the Extra O'Hare downtown service in August 24 topic. Why the scattershot approach? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strictures Posted August 9, 2024 Report Share Posted August 9, 2024 5 hours ago, artthouwill said: Why would anyone want to take the ATS out to the Multimodal Center and walk to the Metra station when the CTA Blue Line stops inside the airport? Union Station isn't in the center of downtown but the Blue Line serves the Loop and offers transfers to other lines. On Metra you get a ride with no homeless & no one trying to sell you socks. It's a far nicer ride. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewFlyerMCI Posted August 9, 2024 Report Share Posted August 9, 2024 6 hours ago, artthouwill said: Why would anyone want to take the ATS out to the Multimodal Center and walk to the Metra station when the CTA Blue Line stops inside the airport? Union Station isn't in the center of downtown but the Blue Line serves the Loop and offers transfers to other lines. Metra might be seen as more reliable than the Blue Line Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artthouwill Posted August 9, 2024 Report Share Posted August 9, 2024 27 minutes ago, strictures said: On Metra you get a ride with no homeless & no one trying to sell you socks. It's a far nicer ride. Nicer maybe. But not convenient. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artthouwill Posted August 9, 2024 Report Share Posted August 9, 2024 1 minute ago, NewFlyerMCI said: Metra might be seen as more reliable than the Blue Line Depending on which terminal you arrive in, it could take 15 minutes to get to the Multimodal Center and another 5 minutes to walk to the Metra station. Hopefully you can time it so that the wait time for the next next Metra is only a few minutes and not an hour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busjack Posted August 9, 2024 Report Share Posted August 9, 2024 2 hours ago, strictures said: On Metra you get a ride with no homeless & no one trying to sell you socks. It's a far nicer ride. 1 hour ago, NewFlyerMCI said: Metra might be seen as more reliable than the Blue Line 1 hour ago, artthouwill said: Nicer maybe. But not convenient. 1 hour ago, artthouwill said: Depending on which terminal you arrive in, it could take 15 minutes to get to the Multimodal Center and another 5 minutes to walk to the Metra station. Hopefully you can time it so that the wait time for the next next Metra is only a few minutes and not an hour. Why are you all posting in the wrong topic? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elkmn Posted August 9, 2024 Report Share Posted August 9, 2024 I've got some "random" metra content: on 2 separate occasions, the door to the Main street-Evanston station building was locked, which meant no one could reach the elevator to the inbound platform (the outbound platform has a ramp), and because there was no track level crossing between platforms, people who couldn't go up stairs wouldn't have been able to reach the inbound platform, which I believe is an ADA violation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smolensk Posted August 9, 2024 Report Share Posted August 9, 2024 Why did they choose River Grove and Western for additional stops? Does Metra have some data that these two stations would support more service and they are using the DNC as an excuse to test the hypothesis? And interesting that they didn't choose Rosemont with all of the hotels there. Are they conceding that the Rosemont station is virtually inaccessible? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busjack Posted August 9, 2024 Report Share Posted August 9, 2024 Just now, Elkmn said: I've got some "random" metra content: on 2 separate occasions, the door to the Main street-Evanston station building was locked, which meant no one could reach the elevator to the inbound platform (the outbound platform has a ramp), and because there was no track level crossing between platforms, people who couldn't go up stairs wouldn't have been able to reach the inbound platform, which I believe is an ADA violation. Let the UP know about it, because it is their property. Posting here isn't going to do any good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busjack Posted August 9, 2024 Report Share Posted August 9, 2024 Just now, Smolensk said: Why did they choose River Grove and Western for additional stops? Does Metra have some data that these two stations would support more service and they are using the DNC as an excuse to test the hypothesis? And interesting that they didn't choose Rosemont with all of the hotels there. Are they conceding that the Rosemont station is virtually inaccessible?y Why do you persist posting in the wrong topic????????????????? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elkmn Posted August 9, 2024 Report Share Posted August 9, 2024 2 minutes ago, Busjack said: Let the UP know about it, because it is their property. Posting here isn't going to do any good. where on the website is it? I looked through "contact us" and found nothing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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