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So what routes, aside from LSD expresses use artics? Is the 28 using them now? Sean ... __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Free Pop-Up Blocker -...
Sean Hunnicutt
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Dec 1, 2003
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1510
I don't know if I mentioned before, we have 30'-35' Gilligs here with fully cushioned seats and a very roomy interior. Anybody know if the CTA 35' order was to...
Sean Hunnicutt
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Dec 1, 2003
3:50 pm
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I was on a 5300 that crapped out on Lawrence a few years back. The emergency exit windows always seem to be open as well. Sean ... ...
Sean Hunnicutt
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Dec 1, 2003
4:43 pm
1512
Hey everyone, I recently started a new website with CTA bus news, information, pictures, and other multimedia. You can check it out at ...
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Dec 1, 2003
10:29 pm
1513
I've seen them on 128 and 152 (PM Rush Trips only), thats about it. -Dave...
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Dec 3, 2003
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1514
And you may add to that the following: 135 136 147...
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Dec 3, 2003
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1515
7573 was on the 151 at Union Station last night....
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Dec 5, 2003
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1516
seen on 147 pullins today: 7571 7573 7578...
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CDMcL
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Dec 5, 2003
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Looks like some of 103rd MAN artics are moving to Kedzie for the 156. I saw 7308 on the 156 this morming with Kedie Garage on the destination and a card for...
c902080
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Dec 8, 2003
6:10 pm
1518
... is ... Kedzie may have gotten some of them from North Park too, which could explain why I saw a CTA wrecker towing a 7300 south down Kedzie near Armitage...
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Dec 9, 2003
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This leaves some room for interesting speculation. Aside from the question about why junk is being shuttled around the system, one might guess that Kedzie may...
jackonthebus
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Dec 9, 2003
3:56 am
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I do not think Kedzie has had any MANs running for some time. Some of the ones that were at Kedzie are now operating out of North Park. Kedzie does however...
c902080
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Dec 9, 2003
4:32 pm
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Kedzie also has some 6000 series Flxibles....
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CDMcL
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Dec 9, 2003
5:19 pm
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... the ... and ... just ... a ... etc) I now that one of the 6000 series busees that in the Forest Glen garage has a new paint scheme and the LED light. I...
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bville4lifeii
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Dec 21, 2003
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Forest Glen had 6128 painted in a different paint scheme last year. They've since repainted it back to the standard scheme though. Apparently it was just a...
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Dec 21, 2003
7:02 pm
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Only 6305-6329 have Cummins. 6000-6304 have a 4 cyl Detroit (S50?) Andre http://community.webtv.net/ajkristopans/ANDRESSERIALNUMBER ...
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Dec 22, 2003
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Thanks, Andre. Some of us knew that....
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CDMcL
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Dec 22, 2003
12:05 pm
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HI! I am a long time fan for CTA, Metra and Pace. I want to post stuff but don't wanna try to repeat anything here. I use to work for RTA travel info back in...
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Dec 22, 2003
4:52 pm
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I'm working on a project for the headsigns. Can anybody tell me what type of signs (Luminator, TwinVision, etc.) that the different CTA series of buses have. ...
Craig
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Jan 6, 2004
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I'd like the answer, too....
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Jan 6, 2004
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NovaBus: 6400-6708 have TwinVision LeDots. Internet research indicates that 6709-6883 have TwinVision LeDs with orange dots (see ...
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Jan 6, 2004
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5300-5544 have a rotary control, 5545-5769 have a touchpad, and route number portion has a finer dot matrix. Andre...
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Jan 6, 2004
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The 5300s on which I have ridden were from Archer (i.e. roughly 5670s to 5769), which would explain why I saw the touchpads. Also, apparently the rotaries are...
jackonthebus
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Jan 6, 2004
9:44 pm
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If they are Trans-Dot, they would be Vultron. The early ones were by Transign. Thanks, Craig jackonthebus <j.k.levin@...> wrote: The 5300s on which I...
Craig Barnes
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Jan 7, 2004
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Andre, You mentioned that the 5300-5400 series had rotary controllers, were they like this? (If attached photo doesn't appear, please let me know) Thanks, ...
Craig
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Jan 8, 2004
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I also posted it under the PHOTOS section in the Vultron folder. Craig ... 5feleme ... Click...
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Jan 8, 2004
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As I said, I hadn't seen them on the 5300s, but on the 4400s and on other systems, the ones I saw hand thumb rotors, and looked something like ...
jackonthebus
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Jan 9, 2004
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As far as I know, apart from a couple of experiments, CTA never had any large-scale changeouts of either sign displays or control boxes. 9898 (1st with...
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Jan 9, 2004
2:33 pm
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No, CTA had 4 thumbwheels side by side on the middle left side of the box, under the four big buttons. Each thumbwheel has digits 0 thru 9, A thru F. CTA's did...
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ajkristopans
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Jan 9, 2004
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5800s and 6000s appear to have the larger box for the route number. To the person on the street they look like the ones on 5545 to 5769, but I don't know if...
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