Are you sure? I only remember them from when I was a teenager, and I swore they were in those cars. I suppose I can be wrong, I just want more detail. ... ...
Dennis, I agree totally that the bike station seems to be way out of the way. I don't know that I'd ever use it, since most of my work is along Wells or...
Even a 6-car train can't berth between grade crossings a "half-block" apart (1/16 mile = 330 feet center-to-center of the street rights-of-way, which...
Roy G. Benedict
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Feb 1, 2005 5:55 pm
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This is the type of question which both CRT and CTA managements have pondered in the past. The consensus each time was that it was better to stay with the...
Roy G. Benedict
trolleys@...
Feb 1, 2005 6:01 pm
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Hi List; I thought some of the original black cushy seats had survived the renovation of the 2200's. Am I mistaken? When I rode the Blue Line yesterday...
Why do I have a feeling that this discussion is gonna end up on the subject of articulated cars? C ... __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The...
Any discussion of also extending Purple Line platforms and lengthening trains as well? C ... __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail -...
I'm guessing that they hoped this would attract recreational users. People would ride their bike to Millenium Park for a concert or festival, park their bike,...
I ride Blue almost every day and haven't seen any. I'm pretty sure they're completely gone. Actually, I don't know if I ever saw anything cushy when I used to...
Because you brought it up. However, I will not tolerate such heresy. Let us never use the "a" word when talking about CTA trains again! lol TC ... From:...
The 2200 interiors were all replaced during rebuilding. All padded seats were indeed removed at that time. Andre "If you are seeing this, the message is...
The 2200's were the last cars to be built with full cushioned horsehair-stuffed seats, basically like those in the 6000's but with a black plastic covering...
Is there anything she thinks is blown out of proportion? Message: 21 Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2005 01:01:56 -0000 From: "ibilldavis" <chicagomotorman@...> ...
That retrofitting the things would be hideously expensive. Probably a significant amount of what's being discussed for new cars. Then there's the fact that...
I'd once asked someone a little more in-the-know about that, and the response that I got was that yes, that would likely be less expensive than replacing all...
That's exactly what I was thinking. ... __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Meet the all-new My Yahoo! - Try it today! http://my.yahoo.com...
... It would be a good idea to extend Purple Line platforms, along with Yellow Line platforms and extend the Yellow Line further north. It would make sense to...
good idea, Bill. Here's what motivated my thinking: Since, once the Brown Line rehab is completed and the Silver Line comes into being, everything on the loop...
The CTA has done a lot of work on it's electrical system since 30 years ago. Updated subs and feeders. I believe the eventual plan was to allow 10 car trains...
I once saw this amazing consist on the Douglas structure: 6 2200s 4 2400s 2 2600s 2 flatcars 4 6000s clayton ... __________________________________ ...
List Remember.......... ... Yesterday they announced...... "About 70% of service will return effective 5 a.m. on Wednesday, February 2, 2005. Since full rush...
While I agree that the CTA can't cut costs like Ford, Motorola or GE, Motorola still makes products in the US. They have a large facility in Seguin, TX....
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/02/politics/02amtrak.html?oref=login&oref=login&pagewanted=all Bush to Propose Elimination of Federal Subsidy for Amtrak By...
Modifying an existing railcar from single-width slide-glide doors to a double-width folding door would require extensive reframing of the door area. Could be...
There was more involved in 1949 than just trolley poles and lack thereof. Before 1949, half of North-South service ran to Kimball, and half to Howard. Evanston...
This is the modern style - report things in worst-case terms. That way if everything goes wrong, nobody's expectations are excessively bruised, and if things...
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