... New Highliners beyond ... Highliners apparently was not ... without an accompanying ... Primary reason that the assembly line is not being decommissioned...
From Adam's description, the door indicator light now has no purpose, if trains are starting with one door still open so the conductor can observe the train. ...
Highball is given after all except the door being used by the conductor have been closed. Engineer really has no responsibilty for doors, conductor is supposed...
Two CNW F7's became Metra 305 and 308. For years they were in MOW light blue paint, then in 1990's got standard dark blue/red. Now at IRM, replaced by a couple...
The RI Budds were an option onto the 2nd MILW Budd order from 1964. Same order number. Same situation with the PS's, shared order number with a CNW order....
On Fri, 2006-12-01 at 09:52:22 -0600, ajk100@... wrote... ... I guess I don't understand why it would be so difficult to put a mirror on the cab (oh...
VRE probably did not buy gallery cabs from Metra cause they need specific cab signal type, which would have to be added to Metra cars. So it is easier to keep...
... Here's a link to a blog entry of a friend of mine, who after describing difficulties in hailing a cab, tells of a woman with a toddler and a stroller who...
You have to be able to override a sensitive edge. Otherwise you can end up with a situation like an elevator door that has gotten slightly out of alignment and...
RTA 100-127 most (all?) went to RI. 2nd batch 128-149 mostly went to MILW and CNW, killing F's. 3rd batch 150-173 also went to CNW, killing E's. Andre...
Andre: Quite a few of the first batch did go to RI but a number went to MILW and a few to CNW with the necessary changes per carrier. For example CNW had a ...
... retired 8 ... I ... I wonder why the C&NW didn't keep the E-9 cradal Cabs? The railroad got them from UP in 1973 which were about 2 years old and looked a...
I'm the founder/moderator of the group. Chicagotransit is indeed a forum where the central point of focus is ehe Chicago-land area. But just as the rails don't...
... I lived three blocks from the Elm St. station in Winnetka and, yes, the "E" units were probably louder than their "F" companions. Remember, the "E" units ...
... I suppose it would let an engineer know that a door has come open en route due to failure of the pneumatics, but only once it has actually opened. The ...
... forum ... as the ... ramblings that ... the group ... how NYC ... the ... keep us ... point, ... group... ... In my case, I'll note things from other areas...
... They always have since the start. I heard that the F40PH's and subsequent locomotives have a television camera on the left side. Is that true? Larry ... ...
... A couple of years ago I was on a Red Line train that accelerated and braked notably more smoothly than usual. As I disembarked at Monroe, I walked forward...
I believe this was used years ago in a traction magazine that is more than likely in paper heaven: "Knowledge is useless unless it is shared." This group has...
Someone in another discussion group, after the smoke incident with the burning third rail chair yesterday in the subway, asked why CTA has wooden insulators in...
A collection of current & historical events that keep us in remeberance of the dangers we face daily in the bus industry! School buses accidents happen at such...
Hi Y'All, "Knowledge is of no value unless it is shared" was used by the late Vane Jones of Indianapolis as a ttitle byline for his "Traction & Models" ...
I am not an electrical engineer but it occurs to me that a burned wooden chair promptly extinguished probably remains functional until it can be replaced. A...
No. Due to configuration and condition, using 35-year-old Highliner cars on the South Shore Line would be a desperation measure. The rush hour trains are...
Metra reported that several of its trains were ran late because of switching and equipment problems. Neither Metra nor Pace can add additional trains,...
Sounds comparable to replacing a person's entire skeletal system: theoretically possible at an enormous cost, but not about to happen tomorrow. As a reminder,...
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