PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 04/09/2008
'Here to Help' Ads Position Harris as the Bank That Defines Great Customer Service CHICAGO, Sept. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Harris today announced a new advertising initiative that will drive home the bank's "here to help" message to millions of customers and prospects. The campaign is slated to debut Sunday, September 7, during the Chicago Bears' season opening game against the Indianapolis Colts on NBC's...
Eddie's Rail Fan Page (Free subscription) | 04/09/2008
I took this photo looking west from South Kostner Avenue near West 53rd Street on Chicago's southwest side. This was the Chicago Transit Authority's Orange line rapid transit to Midway Airport during the construction. These concrete piers were just recently poured. The CTA Orange line opened in 1993.
Eddie's Rail Fan Page (Free subscription) | 04/09/2008
I took this photo one day in early March of 2006. A CTA Brown line train enroute to downtown Chicago, is seen arriving at the old Addison Street station. This station is located just west of North Ashland Avenue, and would soon close due to the upcoming CTA Brown line reconstruction project. This is the former Addison Street station site, complete with wooden platforms and old architecture from decades...
Eddie's Rail Fan Page (Free subscription) | 03/09/2008
I took this photo one weekday afternoon in June of 2008. We are looking southeast from West 35th Street, as a westbound Chicago Transit Authority Orange line rapid transit train enroute to Chicago's Midway Airport, slows to a stop at the platform.
Chicago Tribune (Free subscription) | 02/09/2008
But the goal is to have all the work done before , resulting in faster and more reliable service around the Loop, Huberman said.Track work in the Red Line subway is scheduled for completion by the end of October and by the end of the year on the branch of the Blue Line.The rehabbed rails will permit trains to operate at up to 55 m.p.h., instead of the 15 m.p.h. restrictions still in place over some...
Baxojayz - Centricity (Free subscription) | 30/08/2008
I won't be posting today, so here's a little trivia to hold you over until I'm back behind a computer: Most people think of Peter Cetera as the singer of the rock band Chicago. What happened to the original singer of that band? Singer / guitarist Terry Kath accidentally killed himself while in teh porcess of cleaning a revolver.
Eddie's Rail Fan Page (Free subscription) | 29/08/2008
This sign marks the entrance to the Chicago Transit Authority's Blue line station on the Oak Park Avenue overpass bridge, located in west suburban Oak Park Illinois.
Eddie's Rail Fan Page (Free subscription) | 26/08/2008
The ringing of the crossing gate bells, and the sound of the electronic high pitched "Peanut whistle" on this westbound speeding CTA train...temporarily breaks the silence on the very residential Kostner Avenue in north suburban Skokie Illinois. This is the Chicago Transit Authority's Yellow line rapid transit line, also known as the "Skokie Swift". The line has been in operation as such since April...
Eddie's Rail Fan Page (Free subscription) | 25/08/2008
I took this photo on a Springtime evening in April of 2006. A westbound Chicago Transit Authority Brown line rapid transit train, is heading for the nearby terminal at Lawrence and Kimball Avenues during rush hour. This is near Chicago's Lincoln Square neighborhood.
Chicago Tribune (Free subscription) | 22/08/2008
Red Line service was interrupted for about a half hour Friday morning after a woman fell onto the tracks at the Cermak Station, officials said.The woman fell onto the southbound tracks about 7:50 a.m., said Chicago Transit Authority spokeswoman Kim Myles. She was not hit by a train and did not come in contact with the electrified third rail, Myles said. Paramedics removed her from the tracks. Her condition...
Chicago Tribune (Free subscription) | 22/08/2008
Red Line subway service between the Fullerton and Cermak- Chinatown Stations will be rerouted in both directions this weekend to elevated tracks, the Chicago Transit Authority said Friday. The re-routing will occur from 9 p.m. Friday to 3 a.m. Monday, according to a news release.
Musical Stew Daily (Free subscription) | 22/08/2008
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 15/08/2008
IRVING, Texas, Aug. 15 -- North American Technologies Group, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: NAMC), world leader in engineered composite railroad ties, today announced a $272,802 quarterly profit for the third quarter of the Co...
Examiner (Free subscription) | 14/08/2008
Democrat Barack Obama's campaign plans to air a new TV ad during the Olympic Games that spotlights his proposals for job growth, middle-class tax breaks and other economic areas.
Eddie's Rail Fan Page (Free subscription) | 12/08/2008
I took this photo on a lovely afternoon in the early Spring of 2007. A southbound Chicago Transit Authority Yellow line rapid transit train, speeds across the railroad crossing on Main Street in north suburban Skokie Illinois. The Skokie Swift line was opened in April of 1964, and was created from a portion of the abandoned Chicago, North Shore & Milwaukee electric railroad's Skokie Valley Mainline....
