All I recall from my once-good memory is a photo(again in Lind's book) of a post-war PCC running on Fifth Avenue and signed "Madison-Fifth" with no route...
... routes, because riding was heavier than we can imagine today, headways were close, and they were needed. The all-night interval on N. Clark St. (routes...
... operated? In the good old days the J had trackage rights on the CSX, ex-L&N, ex- CEI to the Danville area and perhaps beyond. EJE trains brought coal ...
... will find in the Lind book that the Witts also ran on Madison to supplement the pre-war PCC's. As a matter of trivia the Madison- Fifth outlived the main...
I seem to recall that but when you are 7 years old such details do not stick in the mind as much as watching the traction action! Â And on that note there was...
I also checked the Lind book and the shuttle ran for about two months and was serviced by car 78 which was former 1780 and painted green according to the Lind...
Michael:  There was a "what if" posted. My question to you is "what if" the Pullman PCC cars were not sent to St. Louis for parts being used for the...
The Lind book has a comprehensive track map that might solve those issues. I have the Lind book and it almost appears that there might have been two...
I never did get CTA's cooperation to load up my Chicago Card Plus at $80 as allowed under the previous fare policy. I had set it to $60 but I didn't end up...
I could not agree with you more, and that's why I am/was befuddled. The two turnback options were the only ones possible -- I thought. The event remains in...
... Pullman PCC cars were not sent to St. Louis for parts being used for the 6201-6510 L cars and were kept on the property. Would the "T" have been able...
The schedule requirement for Broadway-State in 1955, just before the route was divided and the south end converted to bus, was 109 cars. (Broadway in 1957,...
The Fifth Avenue-Pulaski-Harrison loop was used for the first part of the brief period (1953-54) when all Fifth Avenue service was the streetcar shuttle. But...
I don't know about the spare ratio, because I don't have any assignment data (of cars to barns) for that period. As the question implies, the percentage of...
The most interesting move I saw was with the trolley buses. I must have hit it right because there was a movement from Kedzie to the North Ave garage. The...
Here's another one to re-visit: How did CTA decide which former streetcar routes got "re-wired" for trolley buses? I'm guessing that some go back to pre-CTA ...
... Here's a related question: How did the decision get made to yank all the wires downtown? Was there some downtown developer behind it? I can't imagine it...
... assignment data (of cars to barns) for that period. As the question implies, the percentage of spares would be lower for a major service than a minor one;...
The die was pretty much cast for Chicago's streetcar system once it was decided not to build streetcar subways downtown. That would have allowed Chicago's...
At first, CSL used trolley buses in outlying areas such as Central Avenue, where the population was thinner and ridership did not justify construction of a...
... You mean modern light rail, in which exclusive r-o-w was taken from existing street rights-of-way, since it's generally not cost effective to carve out ...
... Dave, I've never heard anyone argue that the need to replace the existing fleet was a factor. The existing fleet was sold to other systems, so clearly, it...
Adam- Anyway that you look at it, Chicago's trolleybus system was neglected after the Marmons arrived in the early 1950s. The electrcial system mainly relied...
... The equipment in the substations probably should have been replaced gradually starting after WWII. With the Jefferson Park extension and Dan Ryan route,...
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Please Forward to Anyone Intesting in Transportation Advocacy: The next monthly meeting of CTA - Citizens Taking Action, for transit dependent riders, will be...
I am building signal tower for Randolph Street. And I know there wasn't one at the station but if there was one, what would of been their standard color...
... Where's your Environmental Impact Statement? And when are the public hearings scheduled? Wouldn't this possibly interfere with the flight of migratory...
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