rivkid Posted February 12, 2016 Report Posted February 12, 2016 Question: What's the deal with the siding south of the Racine stop on the Forest Park branch? Is it powered or does it see any use? Thanks! Quote
andrethebusman Posted February 13, 2016 Report Posted February 13, 2016 Racine siding is used every day. Weekends alternate SB trains turn back there. After Douglas was disconnected from the Blue line it was soon discovered there was too much service on the Congress end, so weekend turnbacks were started. Also there have been weekday evening turnbacks there for a long time. Quote
artthouwill Posted February 13, 2016 Report Posted February 13, 2016 5 hours ago, andrethebusman said: Racine siding is used every day. Weekends alternate SB trains turn back there. After Douglas was disconnected from the Blue line it was soon discovered there was too much service on the Congress end, so weekend turnbacks were started. Also there have been weekday evening turnbacks there for a long time. You are talking about the Morgan middle track. He is asking about the side track that is south of the EB track at Racine. I think they're work tracks. 1 Quote
MTRSP1900-CTA3200 Posted February 15, 2016 Report Posted February 15, 2016 On February 13, 2016 at 3:57 PM, artthouwill said: ...the side track that is south of the EB track at Racine. I think they're work tracks. Yeah, I've seen yellow work vehicles on that siding occasionally. Same with the siding by Western (Forest Park). Quote
andrethebusman Posted February 15, 2016 Report Posted February 15, 2016 The unpowered track gets used whenever they are tamping and lining track on the east end of the Congress line. This is done during the summer. Quote
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