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A six-car train of 6000s pulls out of what is most likely the Southport Ravenswood station in September 1979. (Collection of Joe Testagrose)

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A Douglas-Milwaukee "B" train of orange/green/cream colored 6000s pulls into Jefferson Park terminal as a Congress-Milwaukee "A" train of Mint Green and Alpine White 6000s begins its trip to Desplaines on July 6, 1971. (Photo by Doug Grotjahn, Collection of Joe Testagrose)

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Heritage Car 6102 prepares to lead a 2-car Ravenswood All-Stop out of Kimball terminal on August 28,1982. (Photo by Doug Grotjahn, Collection of Joe Testagrose)

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Car 6133, in its classic cream/green/orange paint scheme, heads an Englewood-Howard "A" train waiting to pull out of Howard on July 20, 1968. On the next track, another PCC train (probably an Evanston Shuttle that hasn't switched its rear destination sign) is loading passengers. (Photo by Doug Grotjahn, Collection of Joe Testagrose)

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Car 6138 is in the Skokie Shops Yard on August 20,1970. Note the set of newly-arrived 2200s on the next track. (Photo by Joe Testagrose)

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Several generations of CTA equipment in one yard: car 6139 (on the right), painted in the red/white/blue scheme introduced by the 2400s, sits with (from right to left) fellow 6000-series car 6120, 1-50 series cars 16 and 18, and 2400-series car 2405 in the Kimball Yard on August 17,1978. (Photo by Doug Grotjahn, Collection of Joe Testagrose)

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Car 6139 rests in the Kimball Yard on August 17, 1978. Several CTA paint schemes can be seen in this six-car train: 6139-6140 wears the red/white/and blue scheme introduced by the 2400s in 1976; the pair behind wears the Bicentennial scheme, the predecessor of the R/W/B scheme; the last pair wears the Mint Green and Alpine White introduced with the 2000s, first applied to the 6000s in 1965. (Photo by Doug Grotjahn, Collection of Joe Testagrose)

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6139 leads a 2-car westbound Lake-Dan Ryan "A" train at Halsted/Lake on November 11, 1977. Several 6000s, like 6139-6140, received a new red/white/blue paint scheme after the 2400s arrived with it in 1976, a variation of the Bicentennial scheme. (Collection of Joe Testagrose)

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A southbound 8-car Jackson Park-Howard "B" train is led by 6158 as it passes Armitage on August 20, 1970. The tower over the platform was added in 1943 to control the interlocking at the entrance to the State Street Subway, just south of Armitage. Note the old-style station sign on the left. (Photo by Joe Testagrose)

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Car 6192 picks up the rear of a six-car northbound Ravenswood train passing Wellington station in September 1979. (Collection of Joe Testagrose)