MTRSP1900-CTA3200 Posted April 19, 2014 Report Share Posted April 19, 2014 #5431's incident was probably caused by a homeless person. Not necessarily. If that's what I think it is, I'll add that I almost lost my lunch on a Blue Line train once (fortunately I didn't), and this was when I was attending UIC. You never know! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTRSP1900-CTA3200 Posted April 19, 2014 Report Share Posted April 19, 2014 --- I wouldnt want to be in that car. Is there no way to lock out a car from being in service until it could be cleaned? Nah. Doing so would only cause major delays. It's possible to lock out individual doors on a car, and has been done when someone overruns a platform. Problem is, the operator would have to walk to the affected car if it's not an overrun incident. From what I've heard, big messes are just attended to by cleaning people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BusHunter Posted April 19, 2014 Report Share Posted April 19, 2014 They are really working fast on these red line #5000 LED interior installations. Out of 224 cars my list says they have finished over half of them or 114 cars and that's in only 40 days from March 9th. At this rate looks like they'll be done easy by the end of May. Cars completed so far are: #5147-50, #5153-54, #5157-58, #5163-64, #5167-68, #5171-76, #5179-#5200, #5207-08, #5215-20, #5223-24, #5229-30, #5245-46, #5251-52, #5257-64, #5269-72, #5279-80, #5283-88, #5291-92, #5295-96, #5299-#5306, #5311-20, #5325-26, #5329-30, #5337-38, #5351-54, #5357-60, #5365-66 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chgofan78 Posted April 22, 2014 Report Share Posted April 22, 2014 5437-5438 in service on the Red Line today. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garmon757 Posted April 23, 2014 Report Share Posted April 23, 2014 5437-5438 in service on the Red Line today.Thanks mate! I'll keep that in mind when it comes to taking some shots of them and 5433-34/5435-36. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geneking7320 Posted April 23, 2014 Report Share Posted April 23, 2014 Monday [4/21/2014] in the afternoon I saw Purple Line run 505 being led by 5412 northbound on the main. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BusHunter Posted April 23, 2014 Report Share Posted April 23, 2014 5437-5438 in service on the Red Line today. #5435-36 were transferred yesterday to the Red line from skokie so they should be around also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briman94 Posted April 25, 2014 Report Share Posted April 25, 2014 I just saw 5159-5160 earlier at Howard; it looked like they had just gotten a wash. It wasn't raining but they were wet and very shiny. It also looked like they had been towed by a 2400-2600 consist, as the 5000 consist was no more than 5 feet away from the older one until they moved it away. I got a picture of 5160: 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BusHunter Posted April 26, 2014 Report Share Posted April 26, 2014 #5441-48's at Skokie shops now. #5439-40 is most likely on the red line now as it's not at skokie. #5433-34 is in howard yard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.cta85 Posted April 27, 2014 Report Share Posted April 27, 2014 Today while doing the 29 I saw 5001-5002 in service for the 1st since delivery and made me think wow they are part of the 1st 12 prototypes then it hit me those cars are already 5yrs Old considering they been here since 09 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busjack Posted April 27, 2014 Report Share Posted April 27, 2014 Today while doing the 29 I saw 5001-5002 in service for the 1st since delivery and out made me think wow they are part of the 1st 12 prototypes then it hit me those cars are already 5yrs Old considering they been here since 09 Actually, they weren't. The prototypes were 5003-12; 5001 and 5002 were held back at Bombardier. I don't know if the 5000 specs are the same as the 7000, but the 7000 says that the prototypes are to be selected from a couple of more that are the first production. See chicago-l.org's 5000s page under "Prototype Units." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briman94 Posted April 27, 2014 Report Share Posted April 27, 2014 Actually, they weren't. The prototypes were 5003-12; 5001 and 5002 were held back at Bombardier. I don't know if the 5000 specs are the same as the 7000, but the 7000 says that the prototypes are to be selected from a couple of more that are the first production. See chicago-l.org's 5000s page under "Prototype Units." What were 5001-2 held back for? When were they put in service on the actual L? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busfan2847 Posted April 27, 2014 Report Share Posted April 27, 2014 5449 & 5450 were at Skokie when I went past on 4272 today. They were not coupled together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briman94 Posted April 27, 2014 Report Share Posted April 27, 2014 5449 & 5450 were at Skokie when I went past on 4272 today. They were not coupled together. Oh, that's right! They ran the 4000s today. I'm out of town and couldn't make it to the run Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busfan2847 Posted April 27, 2014 Report Share Posted April 27, 2014 What were 5001-2 held back for? When were they put in service on the actual L? 5001-2 arrived at cta in June 2011 and were used for training from July 2011 on the Pink Line. They were used for testing at Bombardier and were built at the same time as the other 10 prototypes.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam92 Posted April 27, 2014 Report Share Posted April 27, 2014 Today while doing the 29 I saw 5001-5002 in service for the 1st since delivery and made me think wow they are part of the 1st 12 prototypes then it hit me those cars are already 5yrs Old considering they been here since 09 Were they on the Red or Pink line? It seems number wise it would be pink but for all I know you coulda been on 87th or so :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBrunswickBowler Posted April 27, 2014 Report Share Posted April 27, 2014 Were they on the Red or Pink line? It seems number wise it would be pink but for all I know you coulda been on 87th or so I saw them yesterday on the Green Line at Madison/Wabash. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBrunswickBowler Posted April 27, 2014 Report Share Posted April 27, 2014 Here's 5001-5002 on the Green Line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BusHunter Posted April 27, 2014 Report Share Posted April 27, 2014 Here's #5433-34 at Howard yard yesterday. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BusHunter Posted April 29, 2014 Report Share Posted April 29, 2014 #5443-44 got sent to the Red line from Skokie Shops yesterday, so we can start looking for it now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briman94 Posted April 30, 2014 Report Share Posted April 30, 2014 Just missed 5440 by literally 5 seconds. Didn't get a chance to take a picture before it started pulling away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pudgym29 Posted April 30, 2014 Report Share Posted April 30, 2014 I have rode the 5000-series on the Purple Line "L" (from Chicago to State|Lake). It was run #514. So we have annotated 5000s on Purple Line as runs #504, #505, #509, #510, #514, & #519. Are there others? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garmon757 Posted April 30, 2014 Report Share Posted April 30, 2014 Shots of 5439-40 @ 69th around 1:30am. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briman94 Posted April 30, 2014 Report Share Posted April 30, 2014 Also I meant to post the other day when I saw it, but a few days ago I saw an out-of-service brown line in the loop with a green light on one of the cars. I've never seen the green light before...what does that mean? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTRSP1900-CTA3200 Posted May 1, 2014 Report Share Posted May 1, 2014 Also I meant to post the other day when I saw it, but a few days ago I saw an out-of-service brown line in the loop with a green light on one of the cars. I've never seen the green light before...what does that mean? Garmon757 and I might have brought up that light in the Random CTA thread. Where was the light on the train? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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