Your Getting Around reporter last week walked around the two Loop stations slated for elimination, not so much as a commuter running to catch a train, but rather with an eye peeled for what it takes, on a grand scale, to modernize the CTA while still honoring the past. Frankly, what I saw was a preponderance of badly rusted platform canopies and trusses that, from a cost-benefit standpoint, seemed to have served their purpose and were ready for a trip to a scrap yard.