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cta3393-94-AAcars.jpg
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Two of the Orange Line's four American Airlines ad cars,
unit 3393-94, are sitting in Midway
Yard between runs on May 22, 2003, looking down from the
airport parking garage. The car designs consist of quotes
from people saying how much they flew on American for, along
with their name and city of residence. Only one of the four
cars assigned to each line actually says "American
Airlines", however, so if the married-pairs are run
separately, the American Airlines logo and tagline car is
separated from two of the testimonials.
(Photo by Graham Garfield)
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cta3443c.jpg
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Car 3443 leads a two-car Yellow Line train dropping off
passengers at the alighting platform at Skokie
Terminal on July 2, 2003. This platform has no fare
controls to speak of, since the line ends here and anyone
boarding would be spotted by the operator when he switches
ends. (Photo by Leon Kay)
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cta3444b.jpg
(100k)
After dropping off its riders, the train in the above photo,
with mate 3444 bringing up the rear, pulls forward from the
Skokie
arrival platform and pauses at the pedestrian crossing
before heading onto the turnaround track to change ends and
pull onto the boarding platform on July 2, 2003.
(Photo by Leon Kay)
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cta3419-YellowBook.jpg
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Yellow Book is advertising its phone directory on a
simply-designed ad wrap, seen on 3419 at Washington/Wells
on September 16, 2003, on cars on three lines. The design
has a yellow background on the sides, with a photo of a
Yellow Book directory on the left car and black lettering
underneath the windows of both cars. (Photo
by Graham Garfield)
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cta3341-target.jpg
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Orange Line car 3341 sports the newest Target wrap as
adapted to the fluted sides of a 3200, seen at Washington/Wells
on August 14, 2003. The design has
models in red and white clothes with Target logos on a red
background. Just in time for Fall, the scene depicts a
"wind-swept" theme, with the models appearing to struggle
(joyfully, of course) against a hard wind while the clothes
flap in the breeze. (Photo by Graham
Garfield)
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cta3302-Nextel.jpg
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Brown Line cars 3301-02 -- the latter is nearest the camera
-- are one of three pairs to be wrapped for Nextel, seen
leaving Southport
on October 4, 2003. Overall, the cars have a solid yellow
background with black lettering below the side windows. At
least one side of the cars have the tagline
"BE YOUR OWN ACTION FIGURE.", with
the break between the married-pair landing between the words
"ACTION" and
"FIGURE". (Photo by
Graham Garfield)
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cta3258-Haunted2003.jpg
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Car 3258 leads the 4-car Haunted "L" Train on the Inner Loop at Randolph/Wabash
on October 4, 2003. The exterior wrap, which only covers the
first of the four cars of the Haunted "L", has a spooky
haunted castle theme, with "stone walls", the car side and
end doors wrapped to look like heavy wooden doors, and
jack-o'-lanterns, with the name of the train on the side in
spooky green lettering. (Photo by Graham
Garfield)
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cta3254-Haunted2003a.jpg
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The three trailing cars on the Haunted "L" Train -- 3253-54
and 3257 -- have only "Rail King" car side decorations with
the name of the train and spooky jack-o'-lanterns, seen on a
media run passing Randolph/Wabash
on October 4, 2003. (Photo by Graham
Garfield)
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cta3254-Haunted2003b.jpg
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Between the first and second trips for the media and invited
guests on October 4, 2003, passengers disembark at Randolph/Wabash
behind a partition to separate them from the regular
passengers, assisted by a
CTA supervisor, after
enjoying a trip on the Haunted "L" Train.
(Photo by Graham Garfield)
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