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cta2735-36-Nokia.jpg
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Cars 2735-2736, featuring an ad for Nokia
cellular phones, are in the middle of a Red
Line consist at 95th/Dan
Ryan terminal waiting to depart for downtown on July 31,
2004. (Photo by Mike Vainchtein)
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ROW@Wrightwood01.jpg
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A southbound Red Line train, trailed by 2600-series
car 2755, is seen on the North Side Main Line near
Wrightwood looking south on April 18, 2003. The Northwestern
Elevated was built as a four-track line here with separated
express and local tracks. Today, the Red Line operated on
the inside former express tracks and, skipping stations
between Belmont
and Armitage,
functions somewhat as an express. Meanwhile, Brown Line
trains serve the former local stations on the outside
tracks. There was formerly a local station at Wrightwood,
closed in 1949. (Photo by Graham
Garfield)
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cta2931-SBCYahooDSL.jpg
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Red Line car
2931, stopped at Belmont
station on November 3, 2004, features a full-body
advertising wrap for SBC
Yahoo! DSL internet service. The graphics feature
characters from the movie The
Incredibles, referencing the speed of the advertised
service. (Photo by Graham
Garfield)
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cta2649-McDonalds.jpg
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A series of advertising wraps bought by McDonald's
in 2004 featured the company's logo the words
"RED LINE" at various angles in red
on a yellow background. An example of the Red
Line-placed wrap is seen in car 2649 at Belmont
on December 16, 2004. (Photo by Graham
Garfield)
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cta3099-UScellular.jpg
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US
Cellular released a new ad wrap for summer 2005 on the
Red and
Blue lines.
The cars had a blue background are have white cartoon "word
bubbles" with a light blue outline and the words
"CALL ME" in black repeated all over
the car. The Blue
Line cars, 3099-3100, are at O'Hare
terminal waiting to pick up travelers on May 20,
2005. (Photo by Graham Garfield)
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cta2748-iPod.jpg
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Beginning in late May 2005, the largest single exterior
advertising contract began when cars on the Red
Line began to appear with king-size carside ad panels
promoting the iPod,
a personal digital music player from Apple
Computers. The ads featured brightly colored backgrounds
and silhouettes of people listening to iPods. Car 2748
features the ads stopped at Belmont
on July 23, 2005. Note the Ford City destination sign in the
middle of the car. (Photo by Graham
Garfield)
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cta2736-Nokia_RCN.jpg
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A southbound Red
Line train of 2600-series
cars stopped at Belmont
on August 12, 2004 features multiple advertising wraps. The
cars in the foreground, cars 2735-36, have a full-body wrap
for Nokia
cellular phones. In the background, a car has a red
"king-size" ad panel for RCN
cable. The Red
Line is a popular route for advertisers.
(Photo by Matthew Isoda)
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cta2753-54-BallPark.jpg
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Red Line cars
2753-2754 wear an eye-catching full-body advertising wrap
for Ball
Park hot dogs featuring a royal blue background and
large images of grilled hot dogs. The cars are southbound at
Cermak-Chinatown
on August 8, 2004. Although barely recognizable, the cars
curiously feature destination signs for Roosevelt,
a station the train has already passed.
(Photo by Matthew Isoda)
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cta2753-54-BallPark02.jpg
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The ad cars for Ball
Park franks find themselves at the head end of a
northbound Red
Line train turning through the curve approaching
Sheridan station
on September 5, 2004. The graphics feature a grilling theme,
with images of a man with a outdoor grill and grilled hot
dogs. (Photo by Graham Garfield)
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cta2842-Target02.jpg
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Target
department stores, one of the more frequent purchasers of
exterior advertising wraps on the
CTA®, often featured a
seasonal set of wraps. One of their winter wraps is seen on
car 2842 northbound at Belmont
on February 7, 2004. What's unusual here is that this
Red Line train
is on the outside track (Track 4), usually used by Brown
Line trains. (Photo by Matthew
Isoda)
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