Random CTA

[artthouwill]

1 hour ago, Sam92 said:

 

 

103rd used to be guilty of that when they'd have a lot of artics too lol. Showing up on 95E, 111, 95W just like K with 52, 126 etc 

Those routes do make some sense as they serve high dchools..  111 served Morgan Park and Gwendolyn Brooks.  The 126 serves Christ the King, Crane, and Whitney Young. 

[Sam92]

51 minutes ago, artthouwill said:

Those routes do make some sense as they serve high dchools..  111 served Morgan Park and Gwendolyn Brooks.  The 126 serves Christ the King, Crane, and Whitney Young. 

Yeah. Run 1311 (the 6am 95E) was an interline with 108 to Carver back in 2013. The fact that the garages that run those routes have a bit more flexibility with those artics outside of peak times make these sighting seem a bit more random I guess lol

[Shannon tahoeppv]

12 hours ago, artthouwill said:

I guess a bus is a bus.  I remember my first ride on the 500 series Optimus was on the 36 Broadway,  a route that had no business with those buses.  Needless to say it was crazy crammed .

I also have seen an article on the 7 and had the same reaction.   But I will take a bus that's too big or too small ( provided I can get on it) rather than no bus at all.

I remember I seen a 500 on the 85 back in 08 on central & Bloomingdale going to Harrison like tf that bus doing there but it was 2 noavs close right behind it 🤣🤣

[Sam92]

10 hours ago, Shannon tahoeppv said:

I remember I seen a 500 on the 85 back in 08 on central & Bloomingdale going to Harrison like tf that bus doing there but it was 2 noavs close right behind it 🤣🤣

I remember seeing an artic on N5 🥴🥴

[Shannon tahoeppv]

5 hours ago, Sam92 said:

I remember seeing an artic on N5 🥴🥴

Dam yea they use to be gotta cottage when 7 had em & even been on the 3 now one day I think a driver who did the 43 just took a artic cause they wanted to cause in 21 I think it was a artic was on the 43 now that route never has a full bus after the green line that shit runs empty to root mainly 

[renardo870]

4 minutes ago, Shannon tahoeppv said:

Dam yea they use to be gotta cottage when 7 had em & even been on the 3 now one day I think a driver who did the 43 just took a artic cause they wanted to cause in 21 I think it was a artic was on the 43 now that route never has a full bus after the green line that shit runs empty to root mainly 

To see an artic on 43 is insane!! 🤣🤣 I remember when Archer Garage was in service they would run 500 series buses on 43 and the U of C routes 170-173. I never understood the logic of those short buses especially when they were interlined with a busier route like a 36 or 85. 

[Sam92]

1 hour ago, renardo870 said:

To see an artic on 43 is insane!! 🤣🤣 I remember when Archer Garage was in service they would run 500 series buses on 43 and the U of C routes 170-173. I never understood the logic of those short buses especially when they were interlined with a busier route like a 36 or 85. 

 

1 hour ago, Shannon tahoeppv said:

Dam yea they use to be gotta cottage when 7 had em & even been on the 3 now one day I think a driver who did the 43 just took a artic cause they wanted to cause in 21 I think it was a artic was on the 43 now that route never has a full bus after the green line that shit runs empty to root mainly 

My top insane artic sightings:

N5, 8A, 24, 39, 55 

 

 

 

[artthouwill]

45 minutes ago, Sam92 said:

 

My top insane artic sightings:

N5, 8A, 24, 39, 55 

 

 

 

The only suspect one is N5 .  The rest of them serve high schools. 

[renardo870]

1 hour ago, Sam92 said:

 

My top insane artic sightings:

N5, 8A, 24, 39, 55 

 

 

 

When 7 had artics, 8A and 24 may  have used artics for school 🏫 trippers but using them for full runs would be nutty and diabolical now since 7 no longer run artics on its routes. K and A had been known to run an artic on 39 on full runs and school 🏫 trippers. But having an artic run on the 55 is crazy considering 6 never had them at all. Not to say they couldn't have used them because they have moderate to heavy ridership routes 9, X9, 49, X49, 55, 62, 63 and 94.

But the N5, come on. Maybe 1 trip that was interlined with an EB 95 at best going to 69th Red Line and then to the garage. But not all night! 🤣🤣

[Sam92]

1 hour ago, renardo870 said:

When 7 had artics, 8A and 24 may  have used artics for school 🏫 trippers but using them for full runs would be nutty and diabolical now since 7 no longer run artics on its routes. K and A had been known to run an artic on 39 on full runs and school 🏫 trippers. But having an artic run on the 55 is crazy considering 6 never had them at all. Not to say they couldn't have used them because they have moderate to heavy ridership routes 9, X9, 49, X49, 55, 62, 63 and 94.

But the N5, come on. Maybe 1 trip that was interlined with an EB 95 at best going to 69th Red Line and then to the garage. But not all night! 🤣🤣

Yeah it was an early run. The 55 artic was a fill in from 103rd. What I was getting at is K and 103rd have so many that they tend to use them during times that wouldn't make sense. Lol Weekends, off peak etc.

[Shannon tahoeppv]

4 hours ago, Sam92 said:

 

My top insane artic sightings:

N5, 8A, 24, 39, 55 

 

 

 

Crazy work

[Shannon tahoeppv]

5 hours ago, renardo870 said:

To see an artic on 43 is insane!! 🤣🤣 I remember when Archer Garage was in service they would run 500 series buses on 43 and the U of C routes 170-173. I never understood the logic of those short buses especially when they were interlined with a busier route like a 36 or 85. 

Idk it was crazy work

[YoungBusLover]

On 1/30/2025 at 3:38 PM, artthouwill said:

The only suspect one is N5 .  The rest of them serve high schools. 

Welp add this to your wild sightings and yes I did pull out artics a few times on Halsted.

[artthouwill]

1 hour ago, YoungBusLover said:

Welp add this to your wild sightings and yes I did pull out artics a few times on Halsted.

Yes but the 53A serves a high school around 103rd and Pulaski and serves Bogan  Airport at 79th and Pulaski.   Also consider Daley College at 75th.  Consider Also there's no north south route for a mile to the east and a mile to the west. 

[chgofan78]

There's an artic out tonight (#4354) at 10pm on the 155 Devon.

[strictures]

11 hours ago, chgofan78 said:

There's an artic out tonight (#4354) at 10pm on the 155 Devon.

Brilliant!  Except they need artics on Devon during the day when people use it to go shopping!

[EasyMoney]

I work at north park it was a mistake for the artic on Devon the Run 060 they guy who normally works at bus sign out was gone so they had somebody who usually doesn’t work sign out he gave the wrong bus out for that run 

[EasyMoney]

16 hours ago, chgofan78 said:

There's an artic out tonight (#4354) at 10pm on the 155 Devon.

I work at north park it was a mistake for the artic on Devon the Run 060 they guy who normally works at bus sign out was gone so they had somebody who usually doesn’t work sign out he gave the wrong bus out for that run 

[YoungBusLover]

18 hours ago, artthouwill said:

Yes but the 53A serves a high school around 103rd and Pulaski and serves Bogan  Airport at 79th and Pulaski.   Also consider Daley College at 75th.  Consider Also there's no north south route for a mile to the east and a mile to the west. 

Don't forget about the crush loads from Curie mixed with the Orange Lin Station adjacent to it. Thankfully the 81st - Orange Line trips are back now during the AM/PM rush periods to help with the overload.

[Javi75]

https://abc7chicago.com/amp/post/cta-green-line-passengers-rescued-stalled-train-ladder-service-disrupted-south-side/15887927/
 

I’ve noticed that the green line compared to other L lines has a relatively high derailment rate especially on the south side mainline. From seeing the coverage about this latest green line derailment on social media, a lot of green line riders complained that the operators are operating the trains way too fast. Especially through turns and junctions on the south side and that they speed through the turn by 63rd and Dan Ryan. What all was done during the green line rebuild in the 1990s? How come CTA didn’t do a full rebuild like the Douglas line (pink line), Dan Ryan or RPM where those segments were rebuilt from the foundation with new pillars?  
 

Would you say that a lot of the green line derailments are also due to human error especially with operators knowing that certain sections are too deteriorated? A lot of sections of the L system could use a full rebuild especially the brown line that has never had a rebuild since the start of the Ravenswood line. 

[artthouwill]

41 minutes ago, Javi75 said:

https://abc7chicago.com/amp/post/cta-green-line-passengers-rescued-stalled-train-ladder-service-disrupted-south-side/15887927/
 

I’ve noticed that the green line compared to other L lines has a relatively high derailment rate especially on the south side mainline. From seeing the coverage about this latest green line derailment on social media, a lot of green line riders complained that the operators are operating the trains way too fast. Especially through turns and junctions on the south side and that they speed through the turn by 63rd and Dan Ryan. What all was done during the green line rebuild in the 1990s? How come CTA didn’t do a full rebuild like the Douglas line (pink line), Dan Ryan or RPM where those segments were rebuilt from the foundation with new pillars?  
 

Would you say that a lot of the green line derailments are also due to human error especially with operators knowing that certain sections are too deteriorated? A lot of sections of the L system could use a full rebuild especially the brown line that has never had a rebuild since the start of the Ravenswood line. 

This latest derailment  occurred just east of the Halsted station on the Ashland branch.    

 

If I remember correctly,  this derailment and the one near 47th were on straightaway.  I'm no expert but I wonder whether track gauge is the issue or are there undercarriage issues.  If it were the latter then there should be derailment on other lines.  The Green Line also has a lot of ups and downs and some "curves" on the straightaways which appears to be unique to the SSM .  

As far as speed through the turns, the turns have speed limits.  Other than the turn on the Cottage Grove branch at 63rd, these turns aren't tight to justify a 10 mph turn.  These derailment aren't on the turns. 

[Busjack]

8 hours ago, Javi75 said:

What all was done during the green line rebuild in the 1990s? How come CTA didn’t do a full rebuild like the Douglas line (pink line), Dan Ryan or RPM where those segments were rebuilt from the foundation with new pillars?

It got new tracks and most of the stations were upgraded. The structure wasn't replaced because it was built for steam engines, while Douglas wasn't and CTA said it was on the verge of collapse.

See the following on chicago-l.org:

Green Line SSM

Pink Line Douglas Branch

 

[Elkmn]

Whenever it snows, it seems the floors of buses are always incredibly wet and/or dirty. Is there any way that the bus floors could be designed so this wouldn't be a problem? 

[artthouwill]

12 minutes ago, Elkmn said:

Whenever it snows, it seems the floors of buses are always incredibly wet and/or dirty. Is there any way that the bus floors could be designed so this wouldn't be a problem? 

When there's snow and slush, people are going to get on the bus with wet shoes and boots.  The more people that board the worse it will get.  That's the nature of the beast.   

[wayfaringrob]

2 hours ago, Elkmn said:

Is there any way that the bus floors could be designed so this wouldn't be a problem? 

There is a way shoe clomping can be done to mitigate the amount that gets in -- on the side of the bus when entering rather than *stomp stomp stomp* in the boarding area, which just makes a puddle that everyone walks through. I know I am just one person, and this increases dwell, but I've had bus drivers thank me for it.