MTRSP1900-CTA3200 Posted October 20, 2023 Report Share Posted October 20, 2023 A four car set of 7000s was transferred from Midway to 54th today. 7011-12 were in the consist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.NewFlyer1279 Posted October 21, 2023 Report Share Posted October 21, 2023 6 hours ago, MTRSP1900-CTA3200 said: A four car set of 7000s was transferred from Midway to 54th today. 7011-12 were in the consist. 7007-7008 7011-7012 they are temporary at 54th soon to be moved back to rosemont Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busjack Posted November 16, 2023 Report Share Posted November 16, 2023 Interestingly, chicago-l.org has documentation on the 7000s page that Quote At the December 15, 2021 Chicago Transit Board meeting, the CTA Board approved a change order to CRRC's contract that, among other things, authorized the delivery of up to 16 "early production cars", in addition to the 10 prototype cars. This change allowed CRRC to continue delivering cars, but because they were not considered production cars they did not trigger the contractual step of CTA having approved completion of the testing phase, allowing testing and modifications resulting from testing to continue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artthouwill Posted November 20, 2023 Report Share Posted November 20, 2023 Well, if there were any 7000s sitting in Skokie Shops, they are stuck there for the foreseeable future due to the Yellow Line accident. I suppose Skokie is the only place where new cars can be mated? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam92 Posted November 20, 2023 Report Share Posted November 20, 2023 3 hours ago, artthouwill said: Well, if there were any 7000s sitting in Skokie Shops, they are stuck there for the foreseeable future due to the Yellow Line accident. I suppose Skokie is the only place where new cars can be mated? Maybe 63rd again? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bus1883 Posted November 20, 2023 Report Share Posted November 20, 2023 4 hours ago, artthouwill said: Well, if there were any 7000s sitting in Skokie Shops, they are stuck there for the foreseeable future due to the Yellow Line accident. I suppose Skokie is the only place where new cars can be mated? There used to be cars entering property from 63rd which is referred as “Skokie South” it’s best to deliver 7000s there as to what they did to the 5000s when the yellow line was shut down because of the embankment that collapsed in 2015, instead of waiting for the line to reopen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam92 Posted November 20, 2023 Report Share Posted November 20, 2023 11 minutes ago, Bus1883 said: There used to be cars entering property from 63rd which is referred as “Skokie South” it’s best to deliver 7000s there as to what they did to the 5000s when the yellow line was shut down because of the embankment that collapsed in 2015, instead of waiting for the line to reopen. That's if it gets that bad though. Supposedly they're gonna move everything out the way by Wednesday so they'll probably just wait. It'd be another thing if it was gonna be a long term thing like the embankment collapse Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strictures Posted November 20, 2023 Report Share Posted November 20, 2023 16 minutes ago, Bus1883 said: There used to be cars entering property from 63rd which is referred as “Skokie South” it’s best to deliver 7000s there as to what they did to the 5000s when the yellow line was shut down because of the embankment that collapsed in 2015, instead of waiting for the line to reopen. I believe the 63rd Lower Yard once had a direct connection to a mainline RR, just like Skokie did when the 2400s were delivered by the C&NW. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garmon757 Posted December 8, 2023 Report Share Posted December 8, 2023 #7049-56 are currently in service. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.NewFlyer1279 Posted December 8, 2023 Report Share Posted December 8, 2023 5 hours ago, garmon757 said: #7049-56 are currently in service. 7057-7058 to follow tmrw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alphabetlore1044 Posted December 8, 2023 Report Share Posted December 8, 2023 41 minutes ago, Mr.NewFlyer1279 said: 7057-7058 to follow tmrw Only 7049-7058 went to Blue Line for Tomorrow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.NewFlyer1279 Posted December 9, 2023 Report Share Posted December 9, 2023 3 hours ago, alphabetlore1044 said: Only 7049-7058 went to Blue Line for Tomorrow 7049-7056 are in service as @garmon757has stated, as I stated……7057-7058 will be on the blue line tmrw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artthouwill Posted December 24, 2023 Report Share Posted December 24, 2023 On 12/8/2023 at 11:03 AM, garmon757 said: #7049-56 are currently in service. In theory CTA could run 7 consists of 7000s. I have yet to see more than three of these consists in service at the same time. It's a good sign that CTA can get these cars in service despite the Yellow Line shutdown. Yet this is the slowest rollout that u can ever recall Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.NewFlyer1279 Posted December 24, 2023 Report Share Posted December 24, 2023 39 minutes ago, artthouwill said: In theory CTA could run 7 consists of 7000s. I have yet to see more than three of these consists in service at the same time. It's a good sign that CTA can get these cars in service despite the Yellow Line shutdown. Yet this is the slowest rollout that u can ever recall i’ve seen 5 sets on friday morning rush Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RTD8481 Posted December 24, 2023 Report Share Posted December 24, 2023 There’s seems to be a ton of 7000s sitting at Skokie Shops Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strictures Posted December 24, 2023 Report Share Posted December 24, 2023 6 hours ago, RTD8481 said: There’s seems to be a ton of 7000s sitting at Skokie Shops So are they letting any trains go from Skokie Shops to Howard or is the line absolutely shut down. This continued shutdown of the Swift is bizarre & insane. So is the proposed 35MPH speed limit, when the only place the speed should be reduced in the incline into the Howard Yard, along with replacing the true incompetents in the Howard Tower, who I have flat out hated for decades due to their bizarre practice of loading up both Tracks 1 & 2 with 95th bound trains, thus making it impossible for the Skokie & Evanston shuttles to enter the Howard station, drop their passengers, go to the turnback tracks so we who need to go North can actually go that way. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bus1883 Posted December 24, 2023 Report Share Posted December 24, 2023 12 hours ago, RTD8481 said: There’s seems to be a ton of 7000s sitting at Skokie Shops Could be cars #7059 and up we should be seeing the 7060s already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jstange059 Posted December 25, 2023 Report Share Posted December 25, 2023 recent update on the 7000s from RTAMS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busjack Posted December 25, 2023 Report Share Posted December 25, 2023 8 hours ago, Jstange059 said: recent update on the 7000s from RTAMS That hasn't changed since June. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jstange059 Posted December 25, 2023 Report Share Posted December 25, 2023 So they just changed the last updated date without actually updating anything? Somehow, I am not surprised Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam92 Posted December 25, 2023 Report Share Posted December 25, 2023 2 hours ago, Jstange059 said: So they just changed the last updated date without actually updating anything? Somehow, I am not surprised I feel like Rtams can be on point sometimes but then other times not lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busjack Posted December 25, 2023 Report Share Posted December 25, 2023 8 hours ago, Busjack said: That hasn't changed since June. 5 hours ago, Jstange059 said: So they just changed the last updated date without actually updating anything? Somehow, I am not surprised I thought it looked familiar, and, on further search, I had copied the May 2023 one here. They look the same to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Confirmed Illinois Citizen Posted December 27, 2023 Report Share Posted December 27, 2023 I saw a 7000 series railcar being delivered on a truck today 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.NewFlyer1279 Posted December 31, 2023 Report Share Posted December 31, 2023 According to a source of mine who knows really well, 7059-7092 are at skokie shops for delivery acceptance checks and inspection. going into the new year, they should be delivering 7093-71xx real soon 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bus1883 Posted January 1 Report Share Posted January 1 8 hours ago, Mr.NewFlyer1279 said: According to a source of mine who knows really well, 7059-7092 are at skokie shops for delivery acceptance checks and inspection. going into the new year, they should be delivering 7093-71xx real soon Man Skokie has never held so many new equipment thanks to the yellow line shutdown. A few of the 2600s probably are already being prepped for scrappings my guess Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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