That's an interesting change. Sorta along the line of some of the stuff we've discussed about the need for an east/west connection from O'Hare to the L...
Downtown Chicago is smaller then Manhatten even including north Michigan. So traffic can get out of the business district quicker. A lot of offices are now in...
The CB&Q has stations almost sollid 1/2 mile apart fo about 20 miles. A few are at 1 mile intervals. A few have few trains stopping but a local in the...
Was there previously any stop on the southern extension of the L west from the Loop (Garfeild Park branch) which would have provided a convenient connection to...
I doubt that any of those people ride the system. Some are ex-CTA people (insiders) to boot. Others ex-city employees. How are they supposed to be a link to...
Concrete ties were not used under specialwork as they would have had to be custom made of various lenghts. Otherwise you just cast thousands of identical ties....
I know about the Ingleside up by Grays Lake. But an article in the Evanston paper talking about the MILW elevation in Evanston and the "electric cars" in the...
The difference here is simple. Last year it was a "city" issue. Daley had to look like he was "protecting the citizens" from a greedy CTA. This year it as...
I saw Evanston ribbon rail being installed north of Main St - as snow was falling. Remember the HUGE kink SB just north of Main? Also the one south of Davis?...
In Chicago terms, New York's Grand Central would be around Western and Grand. If that's as far as the MILW went, I'm sure the Lake L would have had a different...
Never heard this before. But this certainly explains the sudden conversion to fareboxes. The fareboxes referred to were the ancient J's that dated back to the...
You can control switches remotely - if you install a CTC system. Kennedy and Ryan did not have CTC. All switch control was strictly local. In fact what is...
Met had a station between Van Buren and Jackson with entrances at Canal and at Clinton - very close to Union Station. Market St Stub had minimal service after...
Hank - This "Ingleside" sounds like a subdivision, not a neighborhood. The "Ingleside Place" might very well be the general location, around Isabella and...
There is one basic untruth in this Pace press release, and one item open for interpretation: Fare integration was in 10/17/76, under "old" RTA, YEARS before...
... In New York, it's traditional to use the name of the postal station in addition to the city name when addressing a letter to a lock box. In Chicago, we...
Adam H. Kerman
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Jul 1, 2004 11:37 am
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... Actually, it's not so much having a switchman for each switch but for each direction, if they absolutely have to see the switch points move and the signals...
Adam H. Kerman
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Jul 1, 2004 11:55 am
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... It could mean a coop as a form of ownership of an apartment building or a subdivision, with the same meaning as today. Evanston pioneered the concept ...
Adam H. Kerman
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Jul 1, 2004 12:07 pm
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18-24" is considered an adequate shoulder, there appears to be that much room. ... the ... found at...
Somewhat true but remember that a 40' car has about 30' truck centers so they weren't hitting all 4 joints at the same time. But hitting 2 joints at the same...
The art of using concrete ties for special work really didn't begin to develop until the mid 80's. Its very costly as each tie is unique in fastener location...
I think he was talking about the Metra Electric Van Buren St Station. It is a downtown station but is not the end of the line (Randolph St)and so is not...
I picked up a copy of the latest Pace 320 timetable yesterday (dated 1/2/2004) and was interested to see that this service connects at Austin with cta routes...
This story was sent to you by: Miller Bradley ... Man struck by CTA train survives ... By Gina Kim Tribune staff reporter July 1, 2004, 4:54 AM CDT A...
... Aye, the Met passed over the Union Station trainshed and was connected by a passageway. ... Market Street stub (for Lake Street) was across the river from...
I found this interesting excerpt from a historical account of Evanston "The ridge from Evanston Hospital north to the ravine that is now Wilmette harbor was an...
... Does this require a different cement mixture in the concrete? In any event, I thought European railroads were already doing this in the late '60's; my...
Adam H. Kerman
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Jul 1, 2004 4:55 pm
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... Hehehe. You mean the same CTA city hall has 100% control over? I don't think anyone fell for it. ... Daley is not being a smart politician. If he wanted a...
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