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2400-series Gallery 12

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Driving through the piles of snow left by the blizzard-level snowfall over the last day, car 2563 leads a 6-car Purple Line train across Isabella Street on the grade-level portion of the Evanston branch on its way to Linden, seen looking south on February 2, 2011. (Photo by Bob Bresse-Rodenkirk)

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With the snow still falling that would eventually accumulate to over 21 inches, 2400-series car 2493 makes its way though blizzard conditions on the morning of February 2, 2011, pulling into Clinton station on its way to Ashland/63rd. The flat, recessed front end cap of the 2400-series cars -- designed by Sundberg-Ferar -- is particularly adept as collecting snow due to a lack of angles to channel the snow away. (Photo by Graham Garfield)

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A 6-car train of 2400-series work motors, with car 2417 at the west end of the consist, sits on Track 2 in Ashland Yard on March 27, 2011. Although used in passenger service when needed, these units are specially outfitted to haul flatcars and other service equipment, and these and other work-capable 2400s are used to work the overnight work train out of Lower 63rd Yard, run most nights to drop off supplies or assist in maintenance jobs. (Photo Dennis Herbuth)

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Car 2551 brings up the rear of a southbound Purple Line shuttle train at Davis on April 17, 2003, with the ATSS sign overhead announcing its arrival. (Photo by Graham Garfield)

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An 8-car train of 2400-series cars stops at State/Lake on November 7, 2012, trailed by car 2433. The destination sign on the rear car is not an error -- the train is operating on the Orange Line. 2400-series cars began to be assigned to the Orange Line at the end of October 2012. Rather than replacing 3200s assigned to the line, the 2400s supplemented the fleet and increased the line's car count. The intent was to use them on additional Brown Line runs scheduled to originate from Midway Yard beginning December 16, 2012, and as such the 2400s were chosen because it would limit the use of the 36-year old cars to rush periods. However, the cars occasionally found their way onto Orange Line trips as well. The 2400s are the first type to be permanently assigned to the line other than the 3200-series type the line opened with in 1993. (Photo by Graham Garfield)

	cta2563snow.jpg (237k) Driving through the piles of snow left by the blizzard-level snowfall over the last day, car 2563 leads a 6-car Purple Line train across Isabella Street on the grade-level portion of the Evanston branch on its way to Linden, seen looking south on February 2, 2011. (Photo by Bob Bresse-Rodenkirk)
	cta2493snow.jpg (141k) With the snow still falling that would eventually accumulate to over 21 inches, 2400-series car 2493 makes its way though blizzard conditions on the morning of February 2, 2011, pulling into Clinton station on its way to Ashland/63rd. The flat, recessed front end cap of the 2400-series cars -- designed by Sundberg-Ferar -- is particularly adept as collecting snow due to a lack of angles to channel the snow away. (Photo by Graham Garfield)
	cta2417a.jpg (140k) A 6-car train of 2400-series work motors, with car 2417 at the west end of the consist, sits on Track 2 in Ashland Yard on March 27, 2011. Although used in passenger service when needed, these units are specially outfitted to haul flatcars and other service equipment, and these and other work-capable 2400s are used to work the overnight work train out of Lower 63rd Yard, run most nights to drop off supplies or assist in maintenance jobs. (Photo Dennis Herbuth)
	davis21.jpg (255k) Car 2551 brings up the rear of a southbound Purple Line shuttle train at Davis on April 17, 2003, with the ATSS sign overhead announcing its arrival. (Photo by Graham Garfield)
	cta2433b.jpg (303k) An 8-car train of 2400-series cars stops at State/Lake on November 7, 2012, trailed by car 2433. The destination sign on the rear car is not an error -- the train is operating on the Orange Line. 2400-series cars began to be assigned to the Orange Line at the end of October 2012. Rather than replacing 3200s assigned to the line, the 2400s supplemented the fleet and increased the line's car count. The intent was to use them on additional Brown Line runs scheduled to originate from Midway Yard beginning December 16, 2012, and as such the 2400s were chosen because it would limit the use of the 36-year old cars to rush periods. However, the cars occasionally found their way onto Orange Line trips as well. The 2400s are the first type to be permanently assigned to the line other than the 3200-series type the line opened with in 1993. (Photo by Graham Garfield)