Metra F40C 611/614 Status

Nice, thank you.

I think 611 was on 2235 last night (06/21/2011). It was hard to tell because signal problems had everything honked up. After I got off of 2233, a train went through non-stop with 611 pulling.

2235 is one of the two six-car trains that overnight in Elgin. I was on 2220 (a six-car) this morning and I don't think we had an F40C but to be honest, I think the only time I looked was was boarding (that narrow-angle down the platform look).
OTOH, 2216 did have an F40C this morning. That's the ten-car set and is uses the equipment from 2237 so perhaps it was 2237 you saw.
Tad, did you notice how many cars 611 was shoving?

We had an F40PH on 2220 this morning. It could have been 2237. The schedule was all honked up due to the signal problems and its very possible that it was 2237 following 2233. It was a long train, but I didn't count the cars.

I know we're drifting away from 611 and 614 so I'll keep this short but 2235 may have been very late. As 2239 was departing on-time, I was surprised to see people waiting on Track 3 since 3 isn't normally used after 2235 departs. I had assumed something else was being put there due to delays but it might have been a late 2235 (neither 2237 nor 2239 make most of 2235's stops).

Larry, 6 sounds right but I don't remember for sure. I deleted any pics that were outright poor. I've been playing with the manual settings of my camera. You may notice that some of the pics are somewhat bright, etc... and that's why.

Saw 611 on track 3 as 2227 pulled out tonight. Later saw 614 pushing its train towards Western on track 3, it may have been 2242. Hard to tell as we were running late due to signal problems.

F40CFan wrote:Saw 611 on track 3 as 2227 pulled out tonight. Later saw 614 pushing its train towards Western on track 3, it may have been 2242. Hard to tell as we were running late due to signal problems.

614 was on 2242 as we had it on 2239 tonight (only 14 late at Roselle, an improvement on last night's 17).

611 must have been on 2235 as that is the only train to normally depart Track 3 between 4pm and 6pm (wouldn't want to block the protect engine any more than necessary but they do use them all tracks during the peak of rush hour).

614 slid up next to me on track 9 this afternoon pushing 2223 into the depot as I was walking toward CUS, sounding great, but looking every bit the tired old soldier it is...

Saw 614 on 2207 Monday morning (06/27/2011).

It was on 2227 Monday evening.

611 was on 2220 this morning.

The two 600's are rumored to be retired again in September

I spied 614 westbound pulling into Galewood last night around 6:50.

614 was pushing 2714 (13:09 arrival at CUS) today.

611 was on 2239 tonight with 614 on 2241 (the four-car set).

That means 611 should be on 2250, 2251, 2256, and 2257 tonight. I don't know what the overnight turns are for the seven-car sets but it will, I beleive, be one of 2202, 2206, 2212, or 2214 in the morning.

614 will be on 2218 and then should be on 2209 and 2232 tomorrow.

lstone19 wrote:That means 611 should be on 2250, 2251, 2256, and 2257 tonight. I don't know what the overnight turns are for the seven-car sets but it will, I beleive, be one of 2202, 2206, 2212, or 2214 in the morning.

Unless there's been a change, my notes from a couple of years back says that 2257 turns to 2212 next day, then heads to Western Ave...