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14695
The AT&SF bridge over the Sanitary and Ship Canal at Ridgeland is a center pivot swing bridge. May be another at 4600 w on the Belt. I don't remember. ... ...
EDWARD ROBERT SIROVY
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Sep 1, 2004
7:43 am
14696
Wilson west of Western is impossibly narrow. Worse than Lunt. Andre "If you are seeing this, the message is probably legit. In line with recent "spoofing"...
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ajkristopans
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Sep 1, 2004
9:42 am
14697
Garfield has been a problem for decades. Back when it was the #6, there didn't seem to be as many delays, but then traffic volumes were lower then, too. Andre ...
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ajkristopans
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Sep 1, 2004
9:50 am
14698
The date is the day #37 buses were rerouted because the viaduct was closed. Andre "If you are seeing this, the message is probably legit. In line with recent...
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ajkristopans
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Sep 1, 2004
9:59 am
14699
There are several center pier railroad bridges still in use on the Sanitary & Ship Canal, including IC east of California. ATSF east of Harlem, BRC east of...
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ajkristopans
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Sep 1, 2004
10:01 am
14700
... So is the IC Iowa bridge, but I assume Dennis meant street bridges. Hm. Is the S&S channel wider in places that there are piers for swing bridges?...
Adam H. Kerman
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Sep 1, 2004
1:39 pm
14701
... Is the Root Street bridge still being eliminated?...
Adam H. Kerman
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Sep 1, 2004
1:43 pm
14702
i still call the now UP line that sine the C&NW operated the long distance and commuter service on there. they're i think putting in a new retainer wall if...
mikebennidict
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Sep 1, 2004
4:10 pm
14703
... <dale_rosenthal@y...> wrote: Actually, I regularly see people skip the 49 for the X49. The X only parallels the 49B for 6 blocks. And, in a 150-block bus ...
wilson1204
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Sep 1, 2004
4:50 pm
14705
... <dale_rosenthal@y...> wrote: On the South Lakefront, the idea that the primary source of the gains on the affected routes was people who formerly...
wilson1204
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Sep 1, 2004
4:58 pm
14706
On Wed, 2004-09-01 at 16:10:22 -0000, mikebennidict proclaimed... ... I'm pretty sure that's an original wall; all the entrances to the old CNW have been...
eric
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Sep 1, 2004
5:14 pm
14707
S&S is same width basically all the way. Center piers meant some careful navigation (and more than one hit). Calumet River's last center pier was the Calumet &...
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ajkristopans
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Sep 1, 2004
7:54 pm
14708
Forgot one - Old Illinois Northern (now Central Illinois) just north of Corwith Yard. Andre "If you are seeing this, the message is probably legit. In line...
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ajkristopans
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Sep 1, 2004
7:56 pm
14709
Try the big clearing (not clearing Yard) by18th St. It's where there's a few jcts. visible from 18th St. viaduct over the Dan Ryan Line, just before you veer ...
Sean Hunnicutt
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Sep 1, 2004
9:31 pm
14710
Question to the Group, Burlington received the first experimental bi-level commuter car (#700) in 1950. Information seems to state that their were a total of...
wfdurham1
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Sep 1, 2004
9:32 pm
14711
Can't really explain it better, but last week while coming back from the airport, i saw the bridge go up from the orange line to let a barge pass. it was...
Matthew Viglione
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Sep 1, 2004
9:59 pm
14712
... I agree; UP is some railroad out west. ... Ah, Metra's long-term project to make it excessively expensive to put a third main back on that railroad. The...
Adam H. Kerman
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Sep 1, 2004
10:07 pm
14713
... But if your destination is Evergreen Plaza, then you might as well wait for the X49 to avoid the transfer at 79th....
Adam H. Kerman
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Sep 1, 2004
10:09 pm
14714
... Your math is off. Riders of the old 27 had to transfer. Riders of the old 47 had to transfer (although the express service during off peak was just...
Adam H. Kerman
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Sep 1, 2004
10:18 pm
14715
... Click on the links to the aerial photos on my Web site. http://transit.chicago.il.us/16-property-1.pdf...
Adam H. Kerman
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Sep 1, 2004
10:21 pm
14716
... The Amtrak vertical lift bridge (built 1914 for the Pennsylvania Lines) has only 10.5 feet of clearance above the water, so it's lifted several times a...
Dennis McClendon
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Sep 2, 2004
2:15 am
14717
... Explain what better? -- ... Dennis McClendon, Chicago CartoGraphics dmcclendon@......
Dennis McClendon
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Sep 2, 2004
2:16 am
14718
I saw the newsletter where Emmanuel was patting himself on the back, but I didn't see that it said Lawrence. Goes to show how much attention I pay to...
Roy G. Benedict
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Sep 2, 2004
3:07 am
14719
... The Lawrence bit is in the CTA ordinance accepting the federal funding for express service on Irving. I assume he has no opponent....
Adam H. Kerman
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Sep 2, 2004
3:11 am
14720
Let's see if I understand this. You're saying that the money is already being used for the off-peak express service on the X80 Irving Park beginning last...
Roy G. Benedict
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Sep 2, 2004
3:27 am
14721
The first 30 were purchased and delivered.in 1950-1. Nothing experimental, the order was for 700-729. Additional groups of cars were purchased in small groups...
EDWARD ROBERT SIROVY
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Sep 2, 2004
3:30 am
14722
... X48 was my joke as the ordinance said it was accepting the Lawrence money for use on Irving. ... Apparently the appropriation is named "Lawrence" but...
Adam H. Kerman
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Sep 2, 2004
3:45 am
14723
Thanks for clarifying. I doubt that we need express routes on both streets, if either. Route 48, of course, is a local service elsewhere on the system. But as...
Roy G. Benedict
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Sep 2, 2004
3:56 am
14724
... Rotten luck that the builders of the I&M Canal failed to consider the impact on the street grid on the sout' side....
Adam H. Kerman
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Sep 2, 2004
4:00 am
14725
All: On Monday (8/30), a brochure was left on our front door. The brochure was from the CTA promoting the x80 bus. I live about 1.5 block from Irving Park bus...
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Sep 2, 2004
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