So, in June 2014, I posted this thread for my first experience in Chicago. Since then, I have photographed 232 Metra stations (will wrap up next week, if all goes right!) and have been left with some questions based on my experience the last year and a half.
A) Why the hell does Halsted/UIC exist as a station, much less a safety hazard for hundreds of trains with easy accessibility to tracks? And if one platform is out of service (the one I ended up climbing the stairs of!) like signs say, why are those stairs open?
B) I know the 67th Street Tower is next to the old platforms (and is closed), but why do the 67th Street platforms still exist if there's no purpose to them?
I've searched the forum before asking but could not find answers.
A) Why the hell does Halsted/UIC exist as a station, much less a safety hazard for hundreds of trains with easy accessibility to tracks? And if one platform is out of service (the one I ended up climbing the stairs of!) like signs say, why are those stairs open?
B) I know the 67th Street Tower is next to the old platforms (and is closed), but why do the 67th Street platforms still exist if there's no purpose to them?
I've searched the forum before asking but could not find answers.
I didn't get into teaching for the promotions or the pension plans or so I could get to the golf course by 3:45. I did it because I wanted to help you kids. I'd forgotten that, till today. -- Principal Peter Prickly.
