by lstone19
doepack wrote: The Metra website isn't clear on this as it mentions the ongoing delays on Milwaukee West, but: Is River Grove still open to those who don't need to use the shuttle buses, which would be folks coming to, or leaving the station from the south side of the tracks? Or was/is Metra not stopping there at all?My understanding was they were stopping at River Grove for south side access. An e-mail alert later last night said they had the derailed train out of there so the busing was discontinued although the implication was westbounds are still on Track 2 due to track damage on 1.
doepack wrote:I don't recall seeing anything on 1. Since we were stopped at A-2 for three to four minutes, anything on 1 at Western would have been long gone (we were there long enough and with the conductor checking tickets in my section that I could hear 2233 (4:55 departure) calling on the radio right behind us). Why the move to 3 at A-2 really has me scratching my head. It strikes me as A-2 wanting to get us back on our normal route even though at that point, it would have been faster to just leave us on 1.lstone19 wrote:I was on 2231 (4:50p departure with Franklin Park first), We were the predicted 10 minutes late although it's not clear to me that it was due to the derailment. Instead of going out Track 3, we went out 1 (I think there were parallel inbounds on 2 and 3). At A-2, we stopped for a few minutes, then crossed to 2, across the UP, and then to 3 (I could see an eastbound waiting at Western Ave. with another behind it). Of course, after making the turn at A-5, we then crossed back to 2. Perhaps a delayed eastbound related to the derailment on 3 was the reason for us going out 1 but then why cross us to 3 at A-2 rather than just running us out 1 and crossing us to 2 at A-5 (on second thought, maybe it was so Milw West trains would be where passengers expected them at Western Ave,. except that 2231 is the one train that skips Western Ave.).Maybe the A2 operator was trying to get 2231 around something else. Do you recall seeing another train (which possibly could have been MDN Deerfield local 2133, leaves two minutes before 2231) on track 1 between A-2 & A-5?
Larry
Reno, NV (yes, I've moved)
ex-N&W Sandusky, Ohio
Reno, NV (yes, I've moved)
ex-N&W Sandusky, Ohio