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So recently 2 companies From the world of communists and goods have hit the block and that is BYD for electric buses and CRRC for the traditional culture of rail commuters and I think these 2 are crap! So I am interested to hear what people of think of CRRC and of course BYD

CTA DE40LF's 900-909 are all gone. 900-904,906,908-909 to Complete Coach Works, possibly to be rebuilt as regular diesel-electrics? Apparent cause is bankruptcy of ISE Systems, which means parts no longer available.

2A couple updates/corrections for CTA: J14 wrapped buses are 4080-4097, 4099-4105 Sale of 900's to Complete Coach Works apparently fell thru. They are still rotting in the back yard at the main shops. RTS 4905 is a "mobile command post", "TI1" was apparently never applied. Bus is now retired, still identified as 4905. Novas 6402, 6404 were work buses WB1 and WB2 for a while, then given to Chicago City Colleges, Olive-Harvey Campus for use as driver training vehicles and replaced by two other Novas as WB1 and WB2. M-K rail car 3457 is paired with 3458, a Budd car, former 3032, whose mate 3031 was wrecked at Wilson Av on the Red Line many years ago.

Hi again, I was just doing some VIN work when I stumbled across this problem: http://www.cptdb.ca/wiki/index.php?title=Chicago_Transit_Authority_5800-5864_(1995) Correct me if I am wrong, but I think that the Sequence numbers 15747 to 15809 fit into the "S" VINs for the 1995 built buses. My thinking is that the first 2 are 1994s and the rest are 1995s. According to http://www.utahrails.net/ajkristopans/FLYER.php

Can someone create a station infobox for Chicago Transit Authority "L" stations? It should look very similar to the infoboxes for the TTC and Montreal Metro stations, with editable signs similar to the ones currently used (source): It's the way these signs are structured that brings me to the reason why I don't even know how to configure them properly, so that's why I made this thread. I've successfully managed to create an editable Amtrak station sign, but still, this is possibly something beyond what I'm capable of doing.

Chicago transit Authority 900-904,906,908-909 (hybrid DE40LF's) are being auctioned off as scrap. Basically because ISE went out of business and parts no longer available. 905, 907 still running until they break down.

4080-4097, 4099-4105 are the wrapped "jump" buses Archer Garage is now gone - demolished by early April Ardmore Garage - buses were stored in the open yard which is now a ward yard. This was always operationally administered by the Devon Carhouse, which itself never had bus facilities. Ravenswood Garage for many years was the location of Johnson Farebox! Keeler Garage went back to what it originally was - a foundry.

Chicago Transit Authority 500-544 series Opus buses should now be moved to the "retired" list. Last service was around March 1st, and remaining ones at garages are now sitting sans fareboxes and bike racks awaiting the trip to the shops.

In order to make the Chicago roster complete, we need to add following pre-1950 buses. All except as noted started out with Chicago Surface lines, all went to CTA 10/1/47. Renumberings to 4-digit numbers was in 9/44: 1101-1105 1927 Twin 40 ex 1-5 1106-1107 1930 Twin 40 ex 6-7 1108-1110 1928 Twin 40 ex 301-303 1201-1238 1937 Twin 30-R ex 526-563 1301-1309 1942 Twin 30-G ex 626-631, 435-436, 826 1400-1404 1946 Twin 34-S (r# 1620-1624 1952) 1600-1614 1946 Twin 38-S 1615-1619 1947 Twin 38-S 1700-1799 1948 Twin 44-S (ordered by CTA) 1800-1817 1947 Twin 44-D 2101-2108 1935 ACF H-13-S ex 501-508 2109-2110 1934 ACF H-13-S ex 401-402 2111-2120 1935 ACF H-13-S ex 415, 801-809 2201-2210 1939 ACF H-13-S ex 576-581, 429-432 2301-2358 1946 ACF-Brill C-36 2359-2433 1947 ACF-Brill C-36 (delivered to CTA in full CSL identification) 2500-2545 1948 ACF-Brill C-44 (delivered to CTA in full CSL identification) 2546-2605 1947 ACF-Brill C-44 3101-3108 1935 White 684 ex 509-516 3109-3110 1934 White 684 ex 403-404 3111-3120 1935 White 684 ex 405-414 3201-3204 1936 White 706-M ex 523-525, 418 3205-3209 1937 White 706-M ex 419-420, 810-812 3210-3217 1938 White 805-M ex 421-428 3221-3230 1938 White 805-M ex 813-822 3301-3315 1939 White 805-M ex 582-591, 433-434, 823-825 3401-3420 1944 White 798 3421-3440 1945 White 798 3441-3495 1946 White 798 3496-3552 1947 White 798 3553-3572 1947 White 798 (delivered to CTA in full CSL identification) 3573-3597 1948 White 798 (delivered to CTA in full CSL identification) 3598-3697 1948 White 798 (ordered by CTA) 4101-4104 1936 Ford 51 ex 517-519, 416 4201-4212 1937 Ford 70 ex 564-575 4301-4335 1945 Ford 29-B 4336-4355 1947 Ford 79-B 5101-5104 1936 Reo 2-LM ex 520-522, 417 6101-6134 1941 Yellow TG2706 ex 592-625 6201-6220 1942 Yellow TG3205 ex 632-646, 437-440, 827 6301-6306 1942 Yellow TD3605 ex 446-451 6401-6410 1944 GM TG4007 6501-6520 1946 GM TD4506 6521-6530 1947 GM TD4507 6531-6630 1948 GM TDH4507 (ordered by CTA) 6800-6838 1946 GM TG3609 7100-7116 1947 Mack C41GT

A few corrections to CTA retired series: 4915-4924 Orion 1 ex Pace - only 10 in this series. 3 additional units bought from Pace but never renumbered or repainted 5300-5769: 5300-5739 - "standard" 5740-5744 - Inline Detroit engines 5745-5764 - Cummins 5765-5769 - new with particulate traps, removed very soon 5769 was highest number 6000-6329 - retired 2/10, 6 returned to service 7/2/10!

Since you have a CTA work bus section started, let me add what is basically a complete listing: series BS (drivable chassis for mechanic training) BS1 1949 White 798 3475 (body removed) series BT (new driver training vehicles) BT1 1955 ex TG3205 6206 BT2-BT3 1955 ex 798 3407,3413 (3407 preserved at Illinois Ry Museum) BT4 1970 ex TDH5103 605 (preserved at Illinois Ry Museum) BT5-BT6 1971 ex TDH5103 662,663 (663 preserved privately) BT7-BT8 1977 ex F2D6V401-1 3091,3093 (3091 preserved by CTA) BT9-BT11 1991 ex T8H5307A 9375,9400,9476 BT12 1994 ex T8H5307A 9701 BT13-BT14 1996 ex T8H5307A 9219,9034 series BV (used by Revenue Dept for emptying locked fareboxes 1969-1972) BV1-BV13 1969 ex TDH4507 1405,1408,1409,1422,1424,1429,1432,1436,1441,1443,1446,1455,1458 BV14-BV15 1972 ex TDH5103 602,604 series BW (drivable work/locker buses) BW1 1949 ex Twin 40 1107 BW2 1950 ex TG2706 BR2 BW3 1950 ex White 684 BA1 BW4 1951 ex TG2706 BA21 BW5-BW8 1951 ex Twin 30G 1301,1305,1308,1309 BW9 1951 ex White 805M BA112 BW10 1952 ex Twin 30R BA62 BW11 1954 ex TG3205 6209 BW12 1954 ex H-13-S 2102 BW13 1954 ex TG3205 6202 BW14-BW17 1954 ex Twin 30R BA51,BA56,BA59,BA63 BW18 1954 ex White 805M BA113 BW19 1957 ex Ford 29B 4329 BW20 1958 ex Ford 29B 4305 BW21-BW23 1958 ex C-36 2302-2304 BW24-BW25 1959 ex White 798 3423,3477 BW26 1959 ex C-36 2407 BW27-BW28 1960 ex C-36 2415,2411 BW29 1961 ex C-36 2390 BW30-BW33 1961 ex C-44 2536,2538,2555,2569 BW34 1963 ex 44-S 1804 BW35 1963 ex TDH3207 66 (privately preserved, now scrapped) BW36 1964 ex 44-S 1783 BW37-BW38 1965 ex TD4506 1316,1344 BW39 1965 ex TD4502 1148 BW40 1966 ex TD4506 1387 BW41-BW42 1966 ex TDH4507 6605,6616 BW43-44 1968 ex TDH5502 511,518 BW43 (2nd) 1972 ex TDH5103 698 (never lettered as such, but this was assigned number. North Park Garage radiator water tanker) BW45-BW46 1970 ex TDH4507 1413,1448 BW134 1970 ex TDH5103 631 (numbered in honor of Electricians Union Local 134, which represents CTA electricians) BW47 1970 ex TDH5103 671 BW48 1971 ex TDH5103 607 BW49 1975 ex FT2P-35 8419 BW50 1976 ex TDH5301 195 BW51-BW52 1977 ex F2D6V401-1 3086,3220 BW53 1978 ex TDH5301 370 BW54-BW57 1978 ex F2D6V351-1 3416,3440,3442,3449 BW58 1979 ex F2D6V351-1 3333 BW59 1981 ex TDH5301 334 BW60-BW61 1982 ex TDH5301 307,357 BW62 1982 ex F2D6V401-1 3549 BW63 1983 ex F2D6V351-1 3447 BW64 1986 ex F2D6VT401-1 3839 BW65-BW66 1988 ex Superior TL700 102,109 BW67-BW71 1988 ex T8H5307A 1006,1017,1216,1316,1339 BW72 1990 ex T8H5307A 7801 BW73-BW74 1990 ex Carpenter CBW300 164,166 BW75-BW77 1990 ex Superior TL700 103,108,117 BW78-BW80 1991 ex T8H5307A 1274,1457,1451 BW81 1991 ex Carpenter CBW300 152 BW82-BW86 1991 ex FD6VT401-1 3702,3703,3716,3722,3726 BW87-BW90 1992 ex T8H5307A 9458,7428,7446 BW91-BW92 1995 ex T8H5307A 9156,9186 BW93 1996 ex T8H5307A 7412 (never carried this number on bus, but was listed as such in property records) BW101-BW103 1952 ex Chicago Motor Coach Yellow Z wreckers 51-53 BW104 1952 ex Chicago Motor Coach Yellow Z open-top double-decker tree trimmer 1801 BW105 1952 ex Chicago Motor Coach Yellow Z open-top double decker (unnumbered) BW106 1953 ex Ford 49B 437 Since the list is so huge, more sections will follow soon!

You can drop Archer garage from list - closed 2/7/09. Same day all remaining 6000-6329 series Flx Metros OOS account service cuts. Most stored at former Archer garage now pending official retirement. Few Chicago roster adds/corrections: 130-131 were two standard 35-foot Flxibowls refitted with lifts for paratransit service. Only two in series. After paratransit was contracted out, both became "work trucks". 3239 and 3695-3699 were later refitted with Detroit Diesel engines. Flx old look 8149 had a Leyland diesel when new, got standard propane FTC-180 later on. 8499 (the real hybrid!) new with standard old-look front and Detroit Diesel engine. "New Look" front put on before entering service, but after delivery. (Photos exist of original front in scrap pile at CTA main shops!). Was fitted withj several experimental engines in its first few years, including a propane one, but ended up with a Detroit again, which it still has. Has not run in some years now, but still owned by CTA.