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Showing posts with label christmas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label christmas. Show all posts

Wednesday, December 14, 2022

Anyone see the holiday train this year


[VIDEO] It ran on the red line over the past weekend and will be in service through Christmas and there is a holiday bus that will also be in service through Christmas. You can find a schedule for the holiday train and bus here.

Meanwhile you can check out what artistmac recording when the Holiday Train stopped at 47th Street on the red line recently. I do hope this raises your spirits this holiday season.

Tuesday, December 26, 2017

Christmas AM fire on 104th & State

[VIDEO] This was a sad story to find out about on Christmas morning and retweeted several stories about this from various local outlets also over @thesixthward on Twitter. It's sad that the residents of this building at 104th & State Street in Roseland - or Fernwood depending upon the source - were displaced on Christmas morning. In the video from CBS 2 above one family hadn't had the opportunity to even open their presents.

What most have on Christmas morning others may not have and this struck me as very sad.

Here are some tweets to share from news outlets and the Chicago Fire Dept.
12 displaced after Christmas morning fire on Far South Side https://t.co/bzN6psyd3F pic.twitter.com/Hgvl4gLI4A

— ChicagoBreaking (@ChicagoBreaking) December 25, 2017

Only one person taken to hospital, and they're in good condition. https://t.co/37dNMc5Uei

— Chicago Sun-Times (@Suntimes) December 25, 2017

UPDATE: 1 hospitalized after Roseland apartment fire: https://t.co/i9iGbLvP2m pic.twitter.com/TIEgINAcdX

— ABC 7 Chicago (@ABC7Chicago) December 25, 2017

Chicago: @ChicagoFireDep crews battled freezing temperatures and frozen hydrants as they worked to bring an extra-alarm fire under control this morning in #Roseland
- multiple rescues made
- 3 minor civilian injuries (one transported)
- 12 residents displaced#CFD pic.twitter.com/FB8q12GsNf

— Captured News (@CapturedNews) December 25, 2017

2-11 update. Overhaul in progress. 4-1-8 pic.twitter.com/V319GuZ7C7

— Chicago Fire Media (@CFDMedia) December 25, 2017

Monday, December 8, 2014

CTA holiday bus and train...

Via Transit Chicago
Over at The Sixth Ward blogger JP Paulus posted some times when the CTA holiday bus would be on the south side. So the holiday bus will be running along the #3 King Drive bus starting at Chicago State University on December 9th. The holiday bus also ran on the #3 on Dec. 6th.

Also if you want to head to the bus terminal near 79th/Western the holiday bus will also run on Dec. 23rd. That's two days before Christmas Day. Here are scheduled runs on select bus routes throughout the city until the 23rd.
Via cta web/flickr

The holiday bus has been preceded by the CTA holiday train you can see a schedule of where you will see the train for this holiday season. The holiday train will be running on Dec. 16, 18, 20, and 22. The last run of the holiday train will be on Dec. 23 on the yellow line two days before Christmas Day.


Since JP has two young children he enjoys bringing them to the holiday bus and trains and have often done blog posts and pictures for that purpose. Hopefully you will do the same for your children.

BTW, I think it's time to start talking up the CTA Red Line extension so that one day in the future the holiday train can go as far south as Altgeld Garden!