On Board: CTA 7000 Series 'L' Cars Enter Service on the Pink Line - 5/24/2021

[@litlgrey]

I left one city which had eliminated all of its grade crossings and moved to one which has no public rail transportation of any kind, so I really miss scenes like this.

[@ChicagolandTransit]

Stay tuned cause I got another video on the Pink Line featuring the 7000s coming up either next week or the week after that. 👀👀

[@litlgrey]

@@ChicagolandTransit Yum!

[@emmanuelhernandez8013]

Soon is Red , Green , Brown, Yellow , Purple and The Orange Line to ride the 7000 series it'll take awhile until Lee Crooks finished update the announcement

[@Acela2163]

Interesting that the marker lights were on at the rear of the train.

[@dfwrider3830]

theres always red marker lights on the rear of the train. I am surprised these did away with the blue and green marker lights though. I guess the led signs have proven sufficient for indicating which route the train is.

[@Bombardier2199]

Wondering if they'll run on the Red, or Orange lines.

[@nascarfan20105]

They will be testing on all lines this year.

[@TheHulkbuster2020]

OH MY GOD!!! I'M GOING TO KILL MYSELF!!! NOW I CAN'T RECORD THE 7000'S ON. THE BLUE!!! :( AND NOW IT'S ON THE PINK LINE!?! IM DONE IM DONE WITH MY FUCKING LIFE!

[@denyzaro]

The train is on a pink line but the route maps are for the blue line.

[@mtattrain2]

Nice. Sounds like the cars do have whistles after all.

[@BelugasAreCool]

For a second I was like what, but they have 5000's lol. But yeah they are doing service testing. Are they doing it for all lines?

[@ChicagolandTransit]

Yes, 7000s will test in service on all lines.

[@johnpennington3490]

So this is just a test

[@pamelawalker9056]

@@ChicagolandTransit I was lucky to be on the 7000 series on the Pink Line on June 3, 2021 at 7:07a.m at Pulaski. The car is beautiful and I love the security camera screen. I love how the customer will be noticed of the next stop in multiple places in the car. The only item is the seats. I feel me sweating in the seat.

[@SydeLeaderRay]

Sounds like they had Lee Crooks to record new lines for all the lines! They all sound great! I gotta ride these 7000's one day! PS: Those 3rd Rail Gaps for the 7000's! 🤯 Especially at 14:47. 🤤 Edit: The dude at end?

[@graythewolf6096]

I did notice the platform kneel but I assumed that was on every other unit. Also not-so-fun-fact if you were to run an MTA R160B on the loop you would certainly break something. Take note of how the bogies are built on CTA units compared to MTA units.

[@ChicagolandTransit]

In theory, MTA's IRT cars can clear the Loop. The only MTA BMT/IND type train that ever touched the CTA's tracks was the State of the Art Cars (SOACs) and they only ran on the Skokie Swift (Yellow Line).

[@blue9multimediagroup]

None of them can. CTA cars are 48ft long. IRT cars are 51ft long so that extra 3 ft on the end may pose a turn issue.

[@ChicagolandTransit]

@@blue9multimediagroup North Shore Line cars were longer than 48 ft and they cleared the Loop. MTA's IRT cars can technically fit on CTA tracks.

[@samuelitooooo]

@@blue9multimediagroup Looking at some specs and doing some math, the distance between truck centers are 33' 8" for CTA cars, and 36' on MTA IRT cars, 2' 4" further. The latter are 3' 4" longer overall (51' 4"), so I'll assume their overhang at each end is 6" longer. As for width, a CTA car end is 8' 8", but widens to 9' 4" towards the middle. An IRT car is 8' 9.5" wide with flat sides all the way. So being 6.5" narrower at the middle might not be a problem on curves, but being 1.5" wider at the ends (as well as at platform height) and 6" longer past the trucks … could be?

[@tgocrazy9721]

do you know in that video one of the first 5000 series is in there is in the being of the video train number is 5001.

[@LSM_Lover]

Cool video 😍

[@marylandrailfan2008]

When are they gonna be in service on the green?

[@nascarfan20105]

@Antonio Allen Red line testing will possibly happen later into the summer.

[@americangiant1003]

Chicagoland you forget the "Chicago Black Hawks" in case you hate hockey that also plays at the United Center. Nice video but strong suggestion to please use more "outdoor' shots ie the tracks and famous landmarks instead of the train crew and other riders. Thanks. PS not just this country Chicagoland are viewers watching. So are many others from outside of the US as well.

[@ChicagolandTransit]

You can watch my newest video, which is essentially a part 2 of this video if you're looking for outdoor shots of the Pink Line.

[@quincexl1279]

I'm sorry, but the old announcements sound better in my opinion.

[@keyshawnscott12]

I agree way better they shoulda keep those too

[@WycliffStudios]

Nice. Wish Americans defeat their politicians and avail good public transit systems

[@graythewolf6096]

Chicago does have the system, just limited by some operational stuff in the Chicago RTA and freight railroads. Also limited by the fact Chicago isn't the most walkable city.

[@nascarfan20105]

@@graythewolf6096 It actually is a very walkable city people just have a hard time navigating through a simple grid based system.

[@mogi2212]

Why is the strip map for the Blue Line?

[@dfwrider3830]

most likely these trains were dispatched from a blue line yard. so they didnt update the signage yet.

[@solderwhite5788]

How can I track it to get on

[@nascarfan20105]

Look at the run number at the beginning of the video, it will most likely stay with run 301 for its duration on the pink line but may change as more operators get qualified to operate them.

[@TheHulkbuster2020]

Cool though.

[@kevinhoward9593]

Millions of dollars on new cars, meanwhile passengers wait at stations from 1870? ya makes real sense.

[@ChicagolandTransit]

Do some research. Our first 'L' is from 1892.

[@ChicagolandTransit]

Pink Line was completely rebuilt in 2002.

[@nashorn9745]

Why is the train nealing this i cant sea the reson to do this just build the train on the same hight as the platforms this will cause brakedowns if its not good maintaint

[@ChicagolandTransit]

Not all platforms are the same height. The 7000s now have sensors to detect the platform level instead of kneeling all the way down like the 5000s. I'm not too much of a fan of hydraulic suspension because of maintenance but we'll see how they perform in the long run vs the 5000s.

[@nashorn9745]

@@ChicagolandTransit thanks for the imput here were i live the trains have a metall board that pops out when the train stops so the gap between the train and platform is not mor than an inch but i have never sean a train that can neal busses do this all the time

[@blue9multimediagroup]

@@nashorn9745 gaps aren't the same as height difference. That's a horizontal opening that'll cause you to fall thru if you're not careful vs a height change that could trip you and make you fall onto the car or the ground. Either one is no good and can lead to serious injury. JS

[@michaelbilgen2976]

Probably so that it's easier for disabled people to board the train.

[@dfwrider3830]

the higher ride allows more movement on the suspension for a better ride. It is a maintenance hassle, on the 5000s they actually automatically lower the suspension after being off for 45mins. this can injure or kill the workers.