One gripe is the "Early-Bird" parking rate for commuters encouraging driving in contradiction to a "Peak Pricing" strategy. For a variety of needs, Downtown...
Yesterday, Amtrak Hiawatha #339 was still doing about 60 mph at the Sturtevant station; and didn't come to a stop for another 1/4 mile. It had to back into...
... That seems to be true for a certain number of suckers -- they'll pay the higher prices in order to save the 25 cents. It's pretty hilarious, really. At...
SouthWest Service has a special schedule for July 4. July 3, after the fireworks, trains to 57th, 63rd, Kensington, and the south suburbs will originate from...
What's crazy is no load-n-go with separate trains at Van Buren and Museum - its a long walk from Balbo and beyond to the Millennium Park station; and I imagine...
... I asked specifically about Jackson Blvd. Not only is it not going to be used as an entrance, but they closed it as an exit this morning for security, ...
Not much to report this month. Deliveries of 40 and 60 foot flyers were completed and a few changed garages, that's all... 1000-2029: 1606-1620 even 103rd to...
The next meeting of Citizens Taking Action for public transit and passenger trains will be on Monday, July 6th, from 7 to 9:00 PM, at 77 W. Washington, on the...
... Taxes on hotel stays are a cop out, a way of our cowardly elected officials to argue that such and such a social program isn't vital because there's no ...
Andre: Are the DL60's with the new or old front windshideld design? Our new DL60's have the new design with the first group showing the old color schene...
Larry All cta DE60LF are to the old design. This apparently also includes the next batch 4150-4207 which have just started arriving (4150 reported at K and...
The Flyers go through the Twin Cities. If I see any and have a chance to get numbers I'll let you know. What might help is if they're delivered on any...
For those who have lived or still live in the Chicago area and are listeners of WFMT Norm Pelligrini passed away at age 79. Both Norm and Ray Nordstand...
... Anyone in the world can listen to WFMT through it's web site, www.wfmt.com. There was a period, perhaps the early 1990's, when WFMT was "desperate", and...
Don't you mean Jay Adnois? Actually Jay goes back to "Music 'til Dawn" sponsored by American Airlines. Hs hosted the program at WBBM-AM. He also was on...
... I found the following on the Web regarding Jay Andres: http://wgngold.com/people/andres-jay.htm Indeed mentioning "Music 'til Dawn". WNIB continued with...
... Holy Lord...I remember "Music 'til Dawn" on WEEI-AM in Boston during the '60s. If you are nostalgic, Google '"Music 'til Dawn" American Airlines' and...
Music til Dawn had the same theme and basic layout and was in most major markets. I know the program was active in Chicago thru the first half of the...
WFMT was owned for a few years by the Tribune Company, who wisely adopted a hands-off policy and treated the station like the civic treasure it was. I think...
I didn't find WFMT or get an fm radio until "Music 'til Dawn" went off the air. Studs flagged me down on Michigan Av when I was driving a cab between jobs. And...
I left Chicago nearly forty years ago, and yet I still think of Norm Pelligrini often. Early in 1968, I was working for RCA Service Company as a Radio/TV...
I think Jim Warren has been host or co-host of Midnight Special for a few decades now. Isn't the opening song called Midnight Special and not Rock Island...
id like too see chicago bring back streetcars[use funds that will be used for olym2016 ]....it will be a tourist attraction[like kenosha pcc cars]...the...
Darn, Harvey. I haven't been in Chicago since 1997 though I took the freeways upon returning from Boston last year. I fear I will nead a guide to get me...
I think the singer is Deller, but I do not recall the first name. Another trivality is that whenever WFMT had a problem they would play the Ray de la Torre...
Good idea but our Bombardier LRV's would never fit on the streets in Chicago due to tight turning radious'. I would prefer the shorter Green line MBTA cars...
Yes, you're right it is Rich Warren. I used to listen to the show religiously when growing up. Today it is somewhat the same, but I think they shortened it. n...
I was at one if those New Year's bashes and we had a blast. At that time they took a lot of the requests and played a lot of the calls back at the same...
... Frank Tuller attended Kalamazoo Central High School in Michigan around the same time my mother did, probably in same graduating class of 1953. Around 1968...
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