briman94 Posted April 8, 2014 Report Share Posted April 8, 2014 I like how Kevin O caught how those seats are uncomfortable not just from not being able to see your destination approaching without feeling as if you're staring in someone's face but also in how regardless of your size you're not able to find a comfortable spot in those seats when other passengers are seated next to you. I'm a somewhat slim guys and still feel as if I'm pack into the seat like a sardine even when other passengers are on either of me even if they too aren't anywhere close to qualifying for the weigh in of a sumo wrestling match. I have to agree on the "squished" part. I prefer the middle-facing seats because they're easier to get in and out of, but they should be one continuous bench like in New York. That way people...define their own space. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busjack Posted April 8, 2014 Report Share Posted April 8, 2014 I like how Kevin O caught how those seats are uncomfortable ... He campaigned about 1-1/2 years ago for padded bench seats and getting rid of the stanchions. However, my reply was what about short people who can't reach the straps and people deciding to use them as a bed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BusHunter Posted April 9, 2014 Report Share Posted April 9, 2014 Today runs #505 and #506 on the purple line had #5000's again. Same 12 cars as yesterday. I forgot to mention two days ago there was a stuck #5000 at roosevelt/red. They couldn't get it back going so the follower hooked up with his 8 car train and took the now 16 cars train into 95th. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sw4400 Posted April 9, 2014 Report Share Posted April 9, 2014 Today runs #505 and #506 on the purple line had #5000's again. Same 12 cars as yesterday. I forgot to mention two days ago there was a stuck #5000 at roosevelt/red. They couldn't get it back going so the follower hooked up with his 8 car train and took the now 16 cars train into 95th. That would be this, I bet... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briman94 Posted April 9, 2014 Report Share Posted April 9, 2014 Today runs #505 and #506 on the purple line had #5000's again. Same 12 cars as yesterday. I forgot to mention two days ago there was a stuck #5000 at roosevelt/red. They couldn't get it back going so the follower hooked up with his 8 car train and took the now 16 cars train into 95th. I wish I got to see that...a 16 car train. Did you hear what the problem was? That would be this, I bet... I caught Howard-bound right after that. Smelled like magic smoke in the station. That stuff that makes trains not work when you let it out of them... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jajuan Posted April 9, 2014 Report Share Posted April 9, 2014 He campaigned about 1-1/2 years ago for padded bench seats and getting rid of the stanchions. However, my reply was what about short people who can't reach the straps and people deciding to use them as a bed. And you hit upon another reason I hate those seats. Ride the Red Line in a 5000s consist any night starting shortly after 10 PM on the north end and you might be likely to find folks stretched out across them as if they are beds. On the last night time ride, I boarded the 2nd car of a 4-car train of 5000s and not very many riders could use those aisle facing seats in the middle on either side of the car because they were being used as beds by two guys trying to sleep off their booze. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busjack Posted April 9, 2014 Report Share Posted April 9, 2014 ,,,and not very many riders could use those aisle facing seats in the middle on either side of the car because they were being used as beds by two guys trying to sleep off their booze. I guess they were too sauced to care about a plastic bump every 17 inches. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i8itall4u Posted April 10, 2014 Report Share Posted April 10, 2014 The 5000s exterior look dirty AND rusted when not washed. Look at some of the Pink and Green line cars. Rainwater trailing down the sides beneath the side windows looks brown, like the cars are rusting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.cta85 Posted April 10, 2014 Report Share Posted April 10, 2014 The 5000s exterior look dirty AND rusted when not washed. Look at some of the Pink and Green line cars. Rainwater trailing down the sides beneath the side windows looks brown, like the cars are rusting. Yea that's true they look like crap on the Red Line too for the exception of the 5400's that just got there, the lower numbered cars like the 51&5200's look like they been here just as long as the 3200 series cars based on how dirty they are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busjack Posted April 10, 2014 Report Share Posted April 10, 2014 The 5000s exterior look dirty AND rusted when not washed. Look at some of the Pink and Green line cars. Rainwater trailing down the sides beneath the side windows looks brown, like the cars are rusting. In that the bodies are stainless steel, the crud must be something else (unless Bombardier really took CTA). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTRSP1900-CTA3200 Posted April 10, 2014 Report Share Posted April 10, 2014 The 5000s exterior look dirty AND rusted when not washed. Look at some of the Pink and Green line cars. Rainwater trailing down the sides beneath the side windows looks brown, like the cars are rusting. Yeah, some of the Green Line cars look pretty dirty at this point. I haven't seen the "rust" color, but the sides of the cars look darker and dirtier. Does Harlem yard have a car washer? As Busjack said, the car bodies are stainless steel, which does not rust unless it comes into contact with something REALLY corrosive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owine Posted April 10, 2014 Report Share Posted April 10, 2014 I have seen some lower number cars that have been washed and look almost like-new from that standpoint. I bet much of the brown is sand from the winter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BusHunter Posted April 11, 2014 Report Share Posted April 11, 2014 #5427-28 and #5431-32 was sent last night to Howard yard from Skokie Shops, so you can start looking for those cars now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bus fanatic30 Posted April 11, 2014 Report Share Posted April 11, 2014 Saw 5431-5432 at 99th yard just now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrethebusman Posted April 11, 2014 Report Share Posted April 11, 2014 5439 on truck being delivered on Touhy EB at Central 6pm Thu 4/10/14 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geneking7320 Posted April 12, 2014 Report Share Posted April 12, 2014 Are the 5000s coming from the factory completely by truck or is any part of the trip by rail? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TripleTransit1 Posted April 12, 2014 Report Share Posted April 12, 2014 Are the 5000s coming from the factory completely by truck or is any part of the trip by rail? By truck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chicagopcclcar Posted April 12, 2014 Report Share Posted April 12, 2014 Are the 5000s coming from the factory completely by truck or is any part of the trip by rail? The last trip by any CTA car was rail was the 2200s when new. You are dreaming to think that any CTA cars would be shipped by rail in this day. Rail would be used when long cars are shipped. I think a common track is maintained by the lower yard at 63rd St. but that is only for materials. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyetube21 Posted April 12, 2014 Report Share Posted April 12, 2014 Today I visit at Linden Avenue terminal on the Purple Line and I've seen 6-car 5000s at the railyard. Cars #5251-52, #5291-92 and #5287-88 are sitting there. Also, cars #5429-30 are on the Red Line today. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BusHunter Posted April 13, 2014 Report Share Posted April 13, 2014 They clean cars for the red line at linden but usually they return to howard. Hard to say if these are assigned to purple or not . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyetube21 Posted April 13, 2014 Report Share Posted April 13, 2014 They clean cars for the red line at linden but usually they return to howard. Hard to say if these are assigned to purple or not . I also ride the Yellow Line and I've seen some more 5000s at the Skokie Shops!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BusHunter Posted April 13, 2014 Report Share Posted April 13, 2014 Yeah #5435-40 is outside. #5433-34 is probably inside. I need to update my #5000's list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strictures Posted April 13, 2014 Report Share Posted April 13, 2014 The last trip by any CTA car was rail was the 2200s when new. You are dreaming to think that any CTA cars would be shipped by rail in this day. Rail would be used when long cars are shipped. I think a common track is maintained by the lower yard at 63rd St. but that is only for materials. Sorry, but that's wrong. The 2400s all came by rail in 1976-78. They came by the C&NW SE on the Northwest Line to the North Ave. yard, which is just west of Elston, about 1400 north. They were then picked up by the weekday local freight run to Tempel Steel & S&C Electric. They were backed down at Bryn Mawr onto the Summerdale team track along the west side of the mainline there, which is where I first saw 2401-2402, sitting there in 1976. I was bike riding & saw something I didn't believe between the buildings on Wolcott, so I went to look & it was the first two cars, straight from Boeing in Philadelphia. After picking up the scrap metal from Tempel, the freight went to S&C, where they would sit on Track 1 [now gone], while the SW1500 dropped off or picked up what was at S&C. They then went north to Evanston & SW on the Evanston/Mayfair cutoff [now abandoned], where they were finally dropped in the rear of the Skokie Shops. They were shipped on TTX flatcars, one L car per flat. A pair of rails were bolted to the wooden floor, a curved steel plate was welded on each rail, four total, near the rail ends, exactly the distance of the longest point from wheel end to end, so that the car couldn't move. Heavy chains were bolted around the trucks & ratcheted tight to keep the L cars from coming off of the flats. A few weeks later, I saw 2401-02 on Track 4 south of Granville being tested, midday. I saw the deliveries numerous times, but think the most I saw at once were about 12. I took photos from Ravenswood Ave & need to find them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyetube21 Posted April 13, 2014 Report Share Posted April 13, 2014 Yeah #5435-40 is outside. #5433-34 is probably inside. I need to update my #5000's list. Oh, I see. I'm wonder if those cars going to assign on the Purple Line this coming week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garmon757 Posted April 13, 2014 Report Share Posted April 13, 2014 Shots of #5425-26 @ Clark/Division. Courtesy of my new iPhone 5S. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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