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ctaS-348b.jpg
(88k)
CTA® work motor S-348
-- formerly 4000-series
passenger car 4324, converted for work service in 1965 -- is
seen with a work train at 63rd
Street lower yard in June, 1968. (Photo
by Jerry Applemen)
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ctaS-355b.jpg
(85k)
When converted to work car service in December 1965, car
4315 was equipped with a snow plow to help clear the track
in winter. Given the service car number S-355, it is seen in
Harlem Yard
in March, 1966. The plow blade itself is steel edged with
two-ply rubber car flooring backed with canvas and fastened
with carriage bolts, which makes the edge stiff enough to
clean down to the running rails but safe to run along the
third rail. (Photo by Jerry
Applemen)
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cta4437.jpg
(90k)
A 2-car 4000-series train
made of cars 4437 and 4438 are seen on the tail track at
Dempster
station during a CERA
fantrip on October 25, 1964. (Photo by Jerry
Appleman)
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cta4145-46.jpg
(85k)
Crossing over the Milwaukee Road tracks to Union Station, a
2-car train of 4000-series
"baldie" cars 4146 (left) and 4145 -- note the "bald",
smooth rolled steel roofs and sealed center side doors --
operates as a Lake "B" run in March, 1964. Note how the old
viaduct, now since rebuilt, was essentially a bridge on top
of another bridge. The Merchandise Mart,
CTA® headquarters at
the time, is visible in the background.
(Photo by Jerry Appleman)
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cta4072.jpg
(51k)
Cincinnati-built 4000-series
"baldie" car 4072 leads a Douglas-Milwaukee "B" train
turning around the reverse loop in 54th Yard in April, 1964.
The stool visible in the open door of the motorman's
position was typical equipment of a train operator, but it
wasn't left in the train. Each motorman had to bring his
own. Note the metal coil on the front of the train, to the
right of the motorman's legs, which transmitted a radio
signal and is what sorted the Douglas
trains from the Congress
trains at Loomis
Junction. (Photo by Jerry
Appleman)
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