The 1948-53 L reroutings were the results of streetcar planners pushing their ideas onto the L. Basically, the core concept was to simplify the service....
Wouldn't be that way as that's always been a branch line and now is operated by a short line outfit. It's been a long time since there's been regular passenger...
... Yeah, I think you're right. I finally dug up my PDF of IDOT's official rail map, and that would indeed appear to be the crossing (the RI is now the Iowa...
... Yes, they are thinking about an extension of Metra service or some sort of intercity service on the old Rock Island. Last I heard, CSX was no longer...
Yes, I agree with Andris that the Dan Ryan and South Main probably don't share any substations now. But Princeton substation (at 63rd) may serve both the Red...
Larry brings up a good point: Delivery of the 600 PCC cars began almost a year before the end of CSL operation. (But the final deliveries were well into the...
Yes, the postwar PCCs began arriving at the tail end of the CSL era. But they were ordered and delivered in the transitional era between CSL and CTA- between...
There were a lot of them, usually if not always on a free-standing post centered in the quarter-circle between the sidewalks and the curb at an intersection....
The route (1931-37) extended from Leland to Peterson. The buses were stored on a lot at Peterson and serviced in a Transite building on that lot. (The building...
Based on what I have seen with this discussion it would appear that during the early years of the cta the "brain trust" changed its mind faster than the ...
It appears that the new Amtrak station in Sturtevant, WI, will open on August 14. -- Robert Madison Chicago, IL http://community.webshots.com/user/rmadisonwi ...
My argument was that the Roger Williams was far from experimental. It may just be my bias but a different window spacing and fluting style do not an...
If we are talking about the period between 1945 and October 1, 1947, the supposition quoted below isn't right. During that time the CSL people were busy...
Yes, I agree that the Far North Side (Loyola, Morse and Jarvis) got hurt outside of the rush hours in no longer having a choice of service destinations and...
That's right. In fact, you could say much the same of the Rapid Transit although on a smaller scale. For example, CRT sold the land under the McJunkin Building...
CTA didn't purchase assets for which it saw no future transit use. As to real estate I have not researched the titles for most of the property (although the...
Andre, if you look at the service you can see that Ravenswood could not have had any of the 4000s once the Englewood trains started going to Howard Street on...
Sorry -- conceivably too many to name off the top of my head without verifying which ones still are standing. Armitage west of Campbell definitely is; it's...
Well, y'know, there COULDN'T be a significant increase in 1949, because the service that went through the subway was limited to the 4000s -- 455 cars minus...
... Lemme see if I got this straight: On north-south, the 1949 service changes didn't shift service to outlying neighborhoods experiencing as General Knowledge...
... Obviously, I didn't mean the big stations on the north side had about the same level of service. Roy just stated otherwise. So I didn't get it straight....
... I checked with A Friend Of Ours who works for CTA. He said that typically a substation feeds a one-mile section and that the practice is to feed such ...
CATS/CMAP has an open comment period on amendments to the Regional Transportation Plan, the five-year Transporation Improvement Plan, draft Air Quality...
Wish I could make it. I worked the old station in the early 1970's as a summer extra on the 3rd trick once a week on a swing shift that also included Rondout...
... verifying which ones ... easily visible from the "L." ... one. If it's still there, Lincoln ... wood truss roof. ... garages for part of the ... carhouses...
Chicago Tribune news: Pace eyes bump in paratransit cost http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/custom/newsroom/chi-060802pace,1,7027459.story Pace eyes bump in...
Daily Herald Leaders get on the bus to back route By Jake Griffin Daily Herald Staff Writer Posted Thursday, August 03, 2006 The wheels on this bus go round...
Daily Herald Pace seeing red in budget predictions By Joseph Ryan Daily Herald Staff Writer Posted Thursday, August 03, 2006 Pace will be millions of dollars...
Would anyone bet for or against any of the new generation New Flyer's (not the 5800s) getting assigned to North Park garage and replacing some of our decrepit...
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