*shiver* ten minutes wait at wilson for the red line. then the red line train gets stuck north of addison because the switches at clark junction are frozen and they have to go throw them all manually. finally we get to north/clybourn and then it’s a 15 minute wait for the bus. (with no heat […]
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Snow on the abandoned platform Originally uploaded by sldownard.
i don’t watch football, but my first hint as to how the game was going was while i was out front shovelling snow in front of the next-door neighbor’s house (there was barely enough snow to have bothered going outside; so long as i was out there i might as well have made it worth […]
i just got to work. i was supposed to be here at 0930, but unfortunately, the blue line caught on fire, and my train (standing room only, sardine commuters!) was stopped in the tunnel for half an hour. it was evidently an electrical fire as they had to depower the line because — as the […]
i’ve always loved watching the sparks off the third rail, especially when they light up the sides of buildings alongside the tracks. apparently i’m not the only one.
