QUOTE: Originally posted by oltmannd QUOTE: Originally posted by CSSHEGEWISCH In Chicago, the gallery coaches have seating capacities ranging from 148 to 162. The newest Metra coaches have wheelchair lifts and are ADA-compliant. Except for the IC electric lines, all platforms on Metra are ground-level. According to Bombardier, the seating capcy is 164 for their commuter coaches.
QUOTE: Originally posted by CSSHEGEWISCH In Chicago, the gallery coaches have seating capacities ranging from 148 to 162. The newest Metra coaches have wheelchair lifts and are ADA-compliant. Except for the IC electric lines, all platforms on Metra are ground-level.
-Don (Random stuff, mostly about trains - what else? http://blerfblog.blogspot.com/)
QUOTE: Originally posted by CSSHEGEWISCH The CB&Q/BN bi-levels did not have center-facing seats on the gallery level and had a correspondingly lower capacity. As a regular rider on Metra Southwest, I personally prefer the single seats upstairs but the center facing seats aren't that bad. Being packed a bit tight is a fact of life on transit and suburban equipment, consider the 3-2 seating on Metro North and LIRR. Metra recently dropped the automated fare collection system on the Electric District (IC). It was a carryover from IC days and in one version or another dated back to 1966. It may have been an attempt to reduce the need for outlying manned stations since IC was virtually a rapid-transit type operation within the Chicago city limits with stations only a half-mile apart.
If GM "killed the electric car", what am I doing standing next to an EV-1, a half a block from the WSOR tracks?
QUOTE: Originally posted by 440cuin What do Colerado Railcar bilevels look like? Outside of Chicago the only other places I can even think of that use "galery cars" are San Fransisco and Montreal. Is / was there anywhere alse?
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