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cta2402e.jpg
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This was one of several official company photos taken in
1976 of the then-brand new 2400-series
cars. This view of prototype unit 2401-02, with car 2402
nearest the camera, looking northeast on the Lake Street
bridge over the approach tracks to Union Station near the
Chicago River. The Merchandise Mart, home of the
CTA headquarters at
the time, is visible in the background on the left. The
blonde-haired child in the front side window is one Chris
Pankonen, 5-year old child of a
CTA employee and
contributor of the photo. (CTA photo, Chris
Pankonen Collection)
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cta2551.jpg
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By the Spring of 2006, as the
CTA continues to
change its railcar fleet to all silver/gray exterior,
relatively few 2400-series
cars remained with red, white, and blue end caps and belt
rails. On April 12, 2006, cars 2551-52, seen passing
Madison/Wabash
northbound, were chosen specifically for a charter run for
railfan David Harrison because they still retained this
increasingly-rare livery. (Photo by Graham
Garfield)
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cta2511.jpg
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Car 2511, standing in the north pocket at Ashland/63
terminal on April 12, 2006, displays the
CTA's current livery
for all series of railcars: plain stainless steel sides,
matching gray end caps, and the new
CTA "dot" logo under
the motorcab window at the #1 of the carside. Note the
silver exterior with gray end cap and new logo. Note the new
outside signal sights (OSLs) retrofit onto the exterior next
to the #2 door: a white light (signifying battery failure)
and green light (signifying use of the low-speed interlock
bypass). The 2400s didn't
originally have these OSLs. (Photo by Graham
Garfield)
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cta2538.jpg
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A six-car Green Line train trailed by car 2538 leaves
Ashland/63 on
its way to Harlem/Lake,
seen looking east from Ashland Tower, on April 12, 2006. On
its way east on the Ashland
(Englewood) branch, the train will first pass by
Ashland
Yard, visible on the right. (Photo by
Graham Garfield)
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cta2552.jpg
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A 2-car charter train, led by 2552, is berthed at Dempster
station on the Yellow
Line on April 12, 2006. The operator, 2005
CTA Rail Rodeo winner
Michael Sheehan, is checking the side of the train as
passengers alight before closing the sidedoors. The trip out
to Skokie
with these 2400-series
cars would not have been possible two years earlier, when
there was no third rail this far out. (Photo
by William Davidson)
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cta2552b.jpg
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Car 2552, the lead car on a 2-car charter train, is stopped
on Track 4 at Sheridan
on April 12, 2006 for photos. The charter had this section
of Track 4, used by Purple Line Express trains during
weekday rush hours, all to itself during the midday period.
(Photo by William Davidson)
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cta2552c.jpg
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At the end of its systemwide tour, from 63rd Street on the
south to Linden and
Skokie on
the north, traveling via both Loop and subway, charter train
2552-51 sits at Ashland/63rd
terminal on the afternoon of April 12, 2006.
(Photo by William Davidson)
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cta2465.jpg (145k)
Car 2465 is bringing up the rear of a 4-car Green Line train heading to Cottage Grove, stopping at a Loop station on the last weekend of September, 2008. What is unusual is where it is stopping -- Washington/Wells, a station not normally served by the Green Line. During most weekends in late 2008, the Lake and Wabash sides of the Loop were closed and trains rerouted for track renewal. (Photo by Dennis Herbuth) |
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cta2571-72.jpg (119k)
2400-series cars 2571-72, in their original paint scheme, are bringing up the rear of a Lake-Dan Ryan train departing Oak Park station, looking northeast in the Fall of 1985. (Photo by Tarey Potter) |
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cta2439-40.jpg (108k)
Boeing cars 2439-40 lead an inbound Lake-Dan Ryan train departing Oak Park station in the Summer of 1986 as the station passes the Euclid Avenue station house. The missing letters in the entrance name on the wall convey the dilapidated state of the Euclid facility, which by this time was functioning as an auxiliary exit only. (Photo by Tarey Potter) |