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2200 Series (CTA)
The 2200-series was a series of Chicago "L" cars built in 1969 and 1970 by the Budd Company of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 150 cars were built. The last 8 2200-series cars were retired from service after their ceremonial last trips on the Blue Line on August 8, 2013. These cars were in service for 44 years. All cars except the preserved ones were scrapped by October 2015. The 2200-series was the second of five series of Chicago "L" cars known as the High Performance Family. These cars were used for the Lake/Dan Ryan, Howard/Englewood and West-Northwest routes, From 1993 to 2013, these cars were used on the Blue Line with the 2600-series cars. From 2006 to 2008, these cars were used on the Pink Line with the 2600-series cars. History In 1967, the City of Chicago began construction on two rapid transit projects, both in the median of two expressways, the Dan Ryan and the Kennedy. These two projects needed an order of new rail cars to supplement the existing fleet, and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central Station (CTA Green Line)
Central is a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's 'L' system and is located at 350 North Central Avenue in the Austin neighborhood on Chicago's West side. History The original Central station was built as part of an extension of the Lake Street Elevated Railroad that opened on April 15, 1899. The structure, consisting of a single island platform, was originally at grade, but was relocated onto an embankment in 1962 to allow Central Avenue to pass underneath. The Parkside Avenue auxiliary entrance closed on January 15, 1973. During the 1994–1996 Green Line rehabilitation, Central was repainted and an elevator was added for accessibility. Despite the identical name, it is geographically distant from Central station on the Purple Line. Location The station address is 350 North Central Avenue and it is situated between the Laramie and Austin stations on the Green Line, which runs from Harlem/Lake and to Ashland/63rd and Cottage Grove. The station is located at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dan Ryan Expressway
The Dan Ryan Expressway is an expressway in Chicago that runs from the Circle Interchange with Interstate 290 (I-290) near Downtown Chicago through the South Side of the city. It is designated as both I-90 and I-94 south to 66th Street, a distance of . South of 66th Street, the freeway meets the Chicago Skyway, which travels southeast; the I-90 designation transfers over to the Skyway, while the Dan Ryan Expressway retains the I-94 designation and continues south for , ending at an interchange with I-57. This is a total distance of . The freeway was named for Dan Ryan Jr., a former president of the Cook County Board of Commissioners. Route description On an average day, up to 307,100 vehicles use a portion of the Dan Ryan (2005 data). The Dan Ryan, and its North Side counterpart the Kennedy Expressway, are the busiest roads in the entire state of Illinois. Utilizing an express-local system, the Dan Ryan has 14 lanes of traffic; seven in each direction, with four of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York Rail Car Corporation
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1977 Chicago Loop Derailment
__NOTOC__ The 1977 Chicago Loop derailment occurred on February 4, 1977, when a Chicago Transit Authority elevated train rear-ended another on the northeast corner of the Loop at Wabash Avenue and Lake Street during the evening rush hour. The collision forced the first four cars of the rear train off the elevated tracks, killing 11 people and injuring at least 268 as the cars fell onto the street below. Infrastructure layout " The Loop" not only refers to Chicago's central business district, but also a rectangular pattern formed by the city's elevated trains. Some trains entering the Loop do a complete circuit around the entire rectangular "loop", and after turning around all four corners, leave on the same path they came from. Other routes enter the Loop, turning only two of the corners, and then leave on a different route. Further complicating this is the fact that some trains' routes follow a clockwise pattern around the Loop, but others go counter-clockwise. In 1977, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Addison (CTA Blue Line Station)
Addison may refer to: Places Canada * Addison, Ontario United Kingdom * Addison Avenue, street in Notting Hill, London United States *Addison, Alabama *Addison, Illinois *Addison Street in Chicago, Illinois which runs by Wrigley Field *Addison, Kentucky *Addison, Maine *Addison, Michigan *Addison, New York **Addison (village), New York * Addison, Ohio *Addison, Pennsylvania * Addison, Tennessee, an unincorporated community in McMinn County *Addison, Texas *Addison, Vermont *Addison, West Virginia, the official name of the town commonly called Webster Springs, WV *Addison, Wisconsin, a town **Addison (community), Wisconsin, an unincorporated community *Addison County, Vermont *Addison Township (other), several places Other uses *Addison (given name) *Addison (surname) *Addison (restaurant), a Michelin-starred restaurant in San Diego *Addison Lee, British private hire taxi company based in London *Addison Road (band), an American band *Addison Motor Company, British car ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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CTA may refer to: Legislation *Children's Television Act, American legislation passed in 1990 that enforces a certain degree of educational television *Counter-Terrorism Act 2008 *Criminal Tribes Act, British legislation in India passed in 1871 which labelled entire communities as criminal Organizations Asia *Central Tibetan Administration *China Tourism Academy *Chinese Taoist Association *Crystal Thai Airlines Europe, Africa, and South America *Cairo Transportation Authority *Central de los Trabajadores Argentinos *Cyprus Turkish Airlines *Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation ACP-EU (CTA) *CTA International North America *California Teachers Association, a labor union *California Technology Agency, a California cabinet-level state agency *Call to Action, a Christian organization *Canadian Transportation Agency, an independent tribunal of the Government of Canada *Canadian Trucking Alliance, a Canadian federation of provincial trucking associations *Central Tor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
3200-series (CTA)
The 3200-series (numbered 3201–3457) is a series of 'L' cars built between 1992 and 1994 by Morrison-Knudsen of Hornell, New York, with body shells built by Brazilian subcontractor Mafersa.Bushell, Chris (Ed.) (1991). ''Jane's Urban Transport Systems 1991'', p. 409. Coulsdon, Surrey (UK): Jane's Information Group. . A total of 257 cars were built, of which 255 remain in service. The 3200-series was the last of five series of Chicago "L" cars known as the High Performance Family and the last railcars ordered for the Chicago Transit Authority that use direct current motors. Future train orders are using alternating current motors. The original order for 256 cars was used for the opening of the Orange Line, which needed new cars when it opened in October 1993. The order was completed in 1994. The 3200-series contains many innovations over the previous 2600-series, including solid state computerized (microprocessor) control for much of the cab functions and traction system. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stainless Steel
Stainless steel is an alloy of iron that is resistant to rusting and corrosion. It contains at least 11% chromium and may contain elements such as carbon, other nonmetals and metals to obtain other desired properties. Stainless steel's corrosion resistance, resistance to corrosion results from the chromium, which forms a Passivation (chemistry), passive film that can protect the material and self-healing material, self-heal in the presence of oxygen. The alloy's properties, such as luster and resistance to corrosion, are useful in many applications. Stainless steel can be rolled into Sheet metal, sheets, plates, bars, wire, and tubing. These can be used in cookware, cutlery, surgical instruments, major appliances, vehicles, construction material in large buildings, industrial equipment (e.g., in paper mills, chemical plants, water treatment), and storage tanks and tankers for chemicals and food products. The biological cleanability of stainless steel is superior to both alumi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Americans With Disabilities Act Of 1990
The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 or ADA () is a civil rights law that prohibits discrimination based on disability. It affords similar protections against discrimination to Americans with disabilities as the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which made discrimination based on race, religion, sex, national origin, and other characteristics illegal, and later sexual orientation and gender identity. In addition, unlike the Civil Rights Act, the ADA also requires covered employers to provide reasonable accommodations to employees with disabilities, and imposes accessibility requirements on public accommodations. In 1986, the National Council on Disability had recommended the enactment of an Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and drafted the first version of the bill which was introduced in the House and Senate in 1988. A broad bipartisan coalition of legislators supported the ADA, while the bill was opposed by business interests (who argued the bill imposed costs on busine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wheelchair
A wheelchair is a chair with wheels, used when walking is difficult or impossible due to illness, injury, problems related to old age, or disability. These can include spinal cord injuries ( paraplegia, hemiplegia, and quadriplegia), cerebral palsy, brain injury, osteogenesis imperfecta, motor neurone disease, multiple sclerosis, muscular dystrophy, spina bifida, and more. Wheelchairs come in a wide variety of formats to meet the specific needs of their users. They may include specialized seating adaptions, individualized controls, and may be specific to particular activities, as seen with sports wheelchairs and beach wheelchairs. The most widely recognized distinction is between motorized wheelchairs, where propulsion is provided by batteries and electric motors, and manual wheelchairs, where the propulsive force is provided either by the wheelchair user or occupant pushing the wheelchair by hand ("self-propelled"), by an attendant pushing from the rear using the handle( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red Line (CTA)
The Red Line is a rapid transit line in Chicago, run by the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) as part of the Chicago "L" system. It is the busiest line on the "L" system, with an average of 73,273 passengers boarding each weekday in 2021. The route is long with a total of 33 stations. It runs elevated from the Howard station in the Rogers Park neighborhood on the North Side, through a subway on the Near North Side, Downtown, and the South Loop, and then through the Dan Ryan Expressway median to 95th Street in the Roseland neighborhood on the South Side. Like Chicago's Blue Line, the Red Line runs 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, making Chicago, New York City, and Philadelphia (on the PATCO Speedline) the only cities in the United States that operate train service 24 hours a day. The city of Chicago is planning an extension of the Red Line, adding 5.6 miles and four new stations, that would extend the Red Line from 95th/Dan Ryan to 130th Street. Route North Side Main Line ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1969 In Rail Transport
Events January events * January 1 ** As ordered by court, Penn Central takes over the assets and operations of the bankrupt New York, New Haven and Hartford ("New Haven") for $22 million; new passenger timetables over the new PC New Haven Region take effect February 2. ** The Pullman Company is dissolved, having ceased to operate sleeping car services in the United States. * January 4 – The PATCO Hi-Speedline, in southeastern Pennsylvania, opens. * January 5 – Last trains over the Waverley Route from Edinburgh in Scotland to Carlisle in England. February events * February 16 – Căile Ferate Române, in Romania, completes its systemwide electrification project. March events * March 7 – The Victoria line of the London Underground is formally opened, between Warren Street and Victoria, by the Queen. April events * April 5 – The South Devon Railway at Buckfastleigh in England, reopens as a preserved steam railway, the Dart Valley Railway. May events * May 5 – The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
