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Two Englewood-Howard "A" trains -- one led by car 2457 on
the right, one of 6000s on
the left -- await departure times at the Englewood terminal
at Ashland/63rd
on August 17, 1978. (Photo by Doug Grotjahn,
Collection of Joe Testagrose) |
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Car 2461 trails a North-South train (one presumes, though
it shows only "Spirit of Chicago" signs) at Howard
on August 17, 1978. (Photo by Doug Grotjahn,
Collection of Joe Testagrose) |
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A four-car Englewood-Howard "A" train of 2400s
stops at Belmont
on August 15, 1978. Note the unusual old-style A/B symbol
sign on the light post on the left: the type using diagonal
names were far rarer than those using the "big first letter"
motif. (Photo by Doug Grotjahn, Collection
of Joe Testagrose) |
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Car 2470 leads an Englewood-Howard All-Stop stopped at Howard on August
14, 1978. A train of North-South 6000s
waits across the island platform. (Photo by
Doug Grotjahn, Collection of Joe Testagrose) |
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By 1982, the vast majority of 2400-series
cars were assigned to the Lake-Dan Ryan Line. This practice
is once again the case today with the Green Line. Car 2485
leads a Lake-Dan Ryan "A" train, looking east at State/Lake
on August 30, 1982. (Photo by Doug Grotjahn,
Collection of Joe Testagrose) |
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Car 2501 (on the left) and another 2400-series
car sit inside the Boeing-Vertol car factory at Ridley,
Pennsylvania on October 29, 1977. Behind them is what
appears to be a Boston Green Line subway
car. (Photo by Doug Grotjahn, Collection of
Joe Testagrose) |
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Finishing mechanical and aesthetic touches are still
needed on car 2501, seen at the Ridley, PA Boeing Plant on
October 29, 1977, before it can be sent to Chicago for
service. (Photo by Doug Grotjahn, Collection
of Joe Testagrose) |
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A Congress-Milwaukee "A" train, led by car 2509, speeds
past the incline to the Douglas branch, through Loomis
Junction, toward the Racine
station on August 16, 1978. (Photo by Doug
Grotjahn, Collection of Joe Testagrose) |
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Cars 2557-2558 trail four 2200-series
units on a West-Northwest train approaching Jefferson
Park on August 17, 1978. A set of 2400s
leads sets of 2200s on
another train heading in the other
direction. (Photo by Doug Grotjahn,
Collection of Joe Testagrose) |
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A Douglas-Milwaukee "B" train made up of Boeing-Vertol
2400-series cars stops at
Washington/Dearborn
in 1978. It is interesting to note that despite it being 27
years after the Dearborn Subway opened and the CTA being in
the middle of their second large-scale signage
initiative (this time the KDR-style
signs), this photo contains a large amount of
original-design signage dating back to the subway's 1951
opening. (Photo by Brian J.
Cudhay) |