Person reported hiding under tracks near Laramie Green Line, Chicago IL


An operator reported that a person might be hiding under the train tracks near Laramie station on the Green Line. Train power was shut down and the area was inspected. After confirming the tracks were clear, power was restored and train service continued normally.
Audio|Source: CTA Rail Ops - Chicago Transit Authority
04:15
Transcript:
00:00
Yeah, it's Laramie and closing my somebody right-and-tracks here.
00:04
The operator, as Leonard me and close you might have somebody right-hand-track here.
00:10
Operator, give me...
00:12
C-1100 to Red Line Control.
00:16
K1100. Do you want to proceed? We need you to proceed. We got three trains.
00:22
Yes, Cicero.
00:25
If you proceed, we need you to proceed. We got three trains.
00:29
Yeah, it's Cicero.
00:31
I think there's somebody hiding underneath the tracks.
00:35
I think there's somebody hiding underneath the tracks.
00:40
K-1100 go with your message.
00:45
9, remove, call at him, touch you.
00:52
1099, removal,
00:54
call at him, touch a rub.
00:58
Who's on the tracks? What operator is this?
01:01
Who's on the tracks? What operator is this?
01:05
Let me remove the power alarm me so I can go to send by the check the train.
01:11
Let me remove the power alert me so I can go to the power to strike.
01:16
Let's call in power move.
01:18
Let's call in power move.
01:21
I have 542 operator, what do we have over there, let me. Give me an update.
01:27
I have 542 operator in enemy, what do we have over there and let me, give me an update.
01:37
Forty-two.
01:39
That is 608. That is 608. That's leaving out.
01:47
608.
01:49
Oh.
01:51
Power day.
01:52
You know, yeah, it's a power hatch. We've removed that, Laramie on the Green Line.
01:58
You're going to be a Howard Yarr?
02:01
Control to the unit at Laramie that requests power move. Power move.
02:10
Rev. Sutter K524, since we want to clerk in O'Hare?
02:14
Joe, that was me. Operators said there was someone hiding underneath the tracks.
02:18
So, they didn't call it in properly, so I did.
02:21
They needed to go to track level and check to give us an update.
02:26
Okay, do we have a 542, Ed Laramie?
02:29
Okay, do we have a 542, Ed Laramie?
02:40
Okay, who's calling and where exactly are you? This is R681.
02:45
R681. I'm in the area of Laramie right now. I'm at the tower right now. At this time, I'm checking the right away.
02:51
Repro, stand, 1431.
02:53
Do we know who made the initial report before K-542? The initial report?
02:59
22, control. I don't know who made that report, but the station is clear.
03:08
42 control. I don't know who made that report, but the station is clear.
03:16
I don't think that's Laramie on the Blue Line.
03:22
We don't have a Laramie on the Blue.
03:25
Laramie on the Blue Line, you guys are intelligent.
03:29
The Blue Line, you guys are intelligent.
03:33
All right-of-control this time, the right-of-way is clear, right-of-me. I do not see anything on the right-of-way. Control is Tand-4, so is it safe to restore power at Laramie?
03:44
Control,
03:46
so is it safe to restore power at Laramie.
03:49
R-T3, control, it is safe to restore power.
03:55
Mike, you for the R-1-88.
03:59
R1-8.
04:02
Can you pick up and dial K522-2002?
04:07
Power to K-202 and our units, powers down the passage to be restored, Laramie on the Green Line with the right-of-way reported clear. Limits are loaded toward in both directions.
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