wilmette2210 Hi, I would like to know just who uses a single level private Rail Car on the UP North Line? I heard a private club from Lake Forest uses it? Is this True Please let me know thank you.
It WAS true, but no longer. At least not in daily commuter revenue service. - a.s.
al-in-chgo wilmette2210 Hi, I would like to know just who uses a single level private Rail Car on the UP North Line? I heard a private club from Lake Forest uses it? Is this True Please let me know thank you. It WAS true, but no longer. At least not in daily commuter revenue service. - a.s.
To clarify, are you saying that while in daily commuter revenue service, the single-level car is no longer private (i.e. whomever would like to can sit in it on a first-come, first-served basis)?
I don't know if the car exists any more or not or who owns it. I do know that no non bilevel coach has been on the Lake Forest run (or any other run on that line) for years and years.
You know, this topic has been hashed out within the last year or two. Try "Search" if you want to get as much information ASAP.
al-in-chgo I don't know if the car exists any more or not or who owns it. I do know that no non bilevel coach has been on the Lake Forest run (or any other run on that line) for years and years. You know, this topic has been hashed out within the last year or two. Try "Search" if you want to get as much information ASAP.
I have no idea who owns it / uses it, but the single level car still does still operate one round-trip per weekday on the UP-N line...arrives at Ogilvie around 8:45am, but I forget when the afternoon departure is. I see it fairly frequently, most recently last week. It's still in RTA light grey with a brown stripe.
Charter car #553 was in the consist this Spring. When did it come off? A while back I read that the service was to be discontinued soon.
In a not entirely unrelated issue, the charter car has run in a shorter 7-car skip-stop schedule for the last few years. Previously, private cars, declining in number from four to one car, ran in a 10-car Highland Park express. When the Ogilvie Center was built, the platform tracks were reduced by one car length; and most of the eastern tracks used for North Line trains to avoid conflicting movements with West and Northwest trains are only seven cars long. West and Northwest tracks can handle 9-car and longer trains.
Someone made the decision that the region's population growth in suburban areas will shrink future demand for service; that shorter were better than longer trains; or that Metra just had to deal with the developer.
The platforms were shortened when North Western Station was demolished and replaced by the Citicorp Center. The concourse was moved about one carlength north so all platforms were shortened. The westernmost track may have been returned to service at this time.
CSSHEGEWISCHThe platforms were shortened when North Western Station was demolished and replaced by the Citicorp Center. The concourse was moved about one carlength north so all platforms were shortened. The westernmost track may have been returned to service at this time.
At any rate, the decision to shorten platforms was short-sighted. The developer should have been compelled to deal with Metra and the RTA rather than the other way around. La Salle Station is another example where transit took a back seat to development. Unfortunately, the Service Boards are composed largely of "community leaders" with ties to developers and realtors, experience with finance, but little appreciation for transportation.
I went out yesterday and car #553 is still in service on train #341 dp Ogilvie at 5:03 pm. It's morning counterpart is train #326 ar at 8:47 am.
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