cta5658 Posted July 27, 2018 Report Share Posted July 27, 2018 3 hours ago, MRChiCity said: Look at this , two things that are long gone. By the way was Kedzie or Chicago running the 20 Madison bus at this time? Did Chicago have any TMC's? Thanks Chicago Ave has had TMC's from opening in 1994 til 2001-2002 when most of them that were assigned there, Archer and FG went to 103rd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busjack Posted July 27, 2018 Report Share Posted July 27, 2018 6 hours ago, cta5658 said: Chicago Ave has had TMC's from opening in 1994 til 2001-2002 when most of them that were assigned there, Archer and FG went to 103rd Even in 2001, C was 1/3 TMC, 1/3 Flx, and 1/3 Nova. As you noted above, it lost the TMCs when 6709 to about 6755 were delivered. Before that, each garage had some TMCs. Buses were more evenly spread between 1995 and 2001, and the only garage that didn't regularly have Flxs was NP (which had the NFs). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MRChiCity Posted July 28, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2018 Ok, but which garage was running the 20 Madison? Kedzie or the newly opened Chicago garage? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busjack Posted July 28, 2018 Report Share Posted July 28, 2018 11 hours ago, MRChiCity said: Ok, but which garage was running the 20 Madison? Kedzie or the newly opened Chicago garage? C had it pretty much from the beginning of C. Bill V. has 7/94 for both tthe garage opening and 20 being assigned to it. Update: Since the Chicago Stadium was demolished in 1995, the question is whether the picture was taken after some 6000s were received, and some TMCs were moved out of 77th and K. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MRChiCity Posted July 28, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2018 Gotcha, so when did Kedzie lose the TMC's? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busjack Posted July 28, 2018 Report Share Posted July 28, 2018 4 minutes ago, MRChiCity said: Gotcha, so when did Kedzie lose the TMC's? Most, but not all, when it got 6000s in 1995. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MRChiCity Posted July 28, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2018 1 hour ago, Busjack said: Most, but not all, when it got 6000s in 1995. So Kedzie still had TMC'S after it got Flex's? When did Kedzie get rid of the renaming TMC'S? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busjack Posted July 29, 2018 Report Share Posted July 29, 2018 20 hours ago, MRChiCity said: So Kedzie still had TMC'S after it got Flex's? When did Kedzie get rid of the renaming TMC'S? There were a couple, although memory serves that they might have been former NP buses (4480s). Don't know the second. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwantae Posted August 11, 2018 Report Share Posted August 11, 2018 On 7/29/2018 at 9:26 AM, Busjack said: There were a couple, although memory serves that they might have been former NP buses (4480s). Don't know the second. On 7/28/2018 at 3:07 PM, MRChiCity said: So Kedzie still had TMC'S after it got Flex's? When did Kedzie get rid of the renaming TMC'S? I believe Kedzie got rid of their TMCs when they received New Flyers 1000s (1600/1700s) plus 800s/900s around late 2007 with more than few got sent to 103rd. I remember rode them majority on old 127 (Madison/ Roosevelt Circulator) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwantae Posted August 11, 2018 Report Share Posted August 11, 2018 On 7/27/2018 at 12:26 AM, MRChiCity said: Look at this , two things that are long gone. By the way was Kedzie or Chicago running the 20 Madison bus at this time? Did Chicago have any TMC's? Thanks I remember back in 1995/96 I when I rode CTA all over, I did see plenty of TMCs were working the Old 16 (Lake) during Green Line Rehabilitation, then 20, 53, 66, 72 and 54. I've got to admit that I miss the Rare RTS Look with Back Windows and they were much faster before their Rehab. Then after their Rehab, they ran like crap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busjack Posted August 11, 2018 Report Share Posted August 11, 2018 4 hours ago, qwantae said: I've got to admit that I miss the Rare RTS Look with Back Windows I wonder if that was unique to CTA, as most others had air conditioners or the backs blacked out. However, I seem to remember some Canadian Classics with windows like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwantae Posted September 1, 2018 Report Share Posted September 1, 2018 On 5/5/2017 at 10:42 PM, cta5658 said: Then around late 2001 or early 2002, some of those TMC's went to 103rd, 77th and 74th I never forgot when 103rd had #4761, when that unit was involved in 2007 fatal shooting left Julian HS Student "Blair" dead while tried to break up the fight while it was working the 103. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwantae Posted September 10, 2018 Report Share Posted September 10, 2018 On 8/11/2018 at 7:39 PM, Busjack said: I wonder if that was unique to CTA, as most others had air conditioners or the backs blacked out. However, I seem to remember some Canadian Classics with windows like that. Yes, About the Classics with back Window were popular at Montreal and most cities at Canada, then Santa Monica (only USA Agency that had back window). Then there were very few agencies at Canada include Ottawa (OC), Toronto (TTC) and few others at Ontario had Canadian Orion 5s with back window also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MRChiCity Posted January 23, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2019 As of last month it was ten years since the TMC's were retired for good. Thoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sw4400 Posted January 23, 2019 Report Share Posted January 23, 2019 13 hours ago, MRChiCity said: As of last month it was ten years since the TMC's were retired for good. Thoughts? I rode them a lot back in the day out of Forest Glen on Irving Park and near the end out of North Park on Lincoln and other North Park routes. Some had good giddyup, others were sluggish. #4484 whined while being accelerated from the rear... a sound hard to describe, but not one I've heard on other TMC's then. The wheelchair lifts frequently had issues and wouldn't deploy or retract fully(the latter causing the bus to be disabled and done until a mechanic came out). But ultimately, if I had to rate them on a 10-scale, I'd say they were a 6/10. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoungBusLover Posted January 24, 2019 Report Share Posted January 24, 2019 #4550 is the only one left and I haven't seem much of it since 2014. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shannon CVPI Posted January 29, 2019 Report Share Posted January 29, 2019 On 8/31/2018 at 7:24 PM, qwantae said: I never forgot when 103rd had #4761, when that unit was involved in 2007 fatal shooting left Julian HS Student "Blair" dead while tried to break up the fight while it was working the 103. RIP to blare holt & did 4761 ever come back to service before retirement Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrethebusman Posted January 29, 2019 Report Share Posted January 29, 2019 4761 to Sims 2/09. Since it was where the crime occurred not part of the crime, no reason for a long hold. Long holds are usually accident cases where condition of bus is at issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shannon CVPI Posted January 31, 2019 Report Share Posted January 31, 2019 On 1/29/2019 at 2:46 AM, andrethebusman said: 4761 to Sims 2/09. Since it was where the crime occurred not part of the crime, no reason for a long hold. Long holds are usually accident cases where condition of bus is at issue. Aw ok got you thanks broham Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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