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ctaS-347.jpg
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S-347 was one of many work motors converted from
4000-series cars (many of
which are shows below), in this case car 4323. It is in the
63rd Street
Yard on August 6, 1972. (Photo by Bruno
Berzins, Collection of Joe Testagrose)
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ctaS-348.jpg
(115k)
4000-series car 4324,
converted to work motor S-348 in February 1965, is in
Lower 63rd
Yard on August 6, 1972. (Photo by Bruno
Berzins, Collection of Joe Testagrose)
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ctaS-350.jpg
(127k)
Work motor S-350, known as car 4318 in its previous
incarnation, is in the 63rd
Materials Yard on October 4, 1972.
(Photo by Steve Zabel, Collection of Joe
Testagrose)
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ctaS-350b.jpg
(121k)
S-350, seen at 63rd
Street on August 6, 1972, was the first of several S-350
series work motors that were equipped with snow plows. A
wooden blade wouldn't stand up in service and a plain steel
one could not safely clear ice off the third rail, so
two-ply rubber flooring material was fastened to the blade
with canvas backing to make it strong enough to move snow
but flexible (and nonconductive) enough to be effective in
service. (Photo by Bruno Berzins, Collection
of Joe Testagrose)
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ctaS-351.jpg
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Work motor S-351 leads a train of ex-4000s
on the North Side Main Line at Bryn
Mawr on October 21, 1968, as
CTA crewman converse
across the right-of-way. (Photo by Doug
Grotjahn, Collection of Joe Testagrose)
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ctaS-353.jpg
(140k)
Ex-4314 work motor S-353 is at Granville
station -- six years before being rebuilt -- on August 7,
1974. Only one of the dual trolley poles is actually for
drawing power: the second pole, over the motorman's cab, is
a sleet scrapper. The scrapper and snow plow make S-353 a
powerful winter-fighting unit! (Photo by
Doug Grotjahn, Collection of Joe Testagrose)
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ctaS-353b.jpg
(160k)
S-353, with its sleet-scrapper trolley pole and snow
plow, is in Howard
Yard on August 7, 1974, several months away from winter
snow service. Line car S-606, originally a North Shore Line
car, is also in the yard, on the left.
(Photo by Doug Grotjahn, Collection of Joe
Testagrose)
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ctaS-355.jpg
(132k)
A fresh paint job can make all the difference: Work motor
S-355, formally 4000-series
passenger car 4315, is on the North Side Main Line at
Bryn Mawr on
October 21, 1968 sporting a fresh coat of work-car-yellow,
making a rather striking contrast to its dirty and faded
sister to the left. (Photo by Doug Grotjahn,
Collection of Joe Testagrose)
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ctaS-356.jpg
(107k)
In December 1965, car 4316 became one of twelve 4000-series
units to be converted to work service, all with snow plows.
Re-christened S-356, the car is in Lower
63rd Yard on October 4, 1972. (Photo by
Steve Zabel, Collection of Joe Testagrose)
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ctaS-358.jpg
(125k)
S-358, formally car 4430, and another work motor are
hauling ballast car S-361 at Bryn
Mawr on October 21, 1968. The S-350 series work cars
were commonly used to haul ballast cars where trolley poles
were needed. Ballast for the North Side Line was often
loaded on the South Boulevard team track. For one year, a
series of belt loaders were used to load ballast at
Lower Wilson
Yard. (Photo by Doug Grotjahn,
Collection of Joe Testagrose)
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