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cta6111.jpg
(96k)
Can't you just imagine the squeal of the flanges against the
rail as 6111 runs around the loop at Desplaines
Avenue? This undated view of a portion of the car brings
to mind some interesting points about the first order of
6000s. In an effort to
bring the per-car price under $40,000 (remember, we're
talking 1950 Dollars!),
CTA's engineers went
to the married-pair concept, saving money on the additional
couplers and control cabs that would have been required for
double-ended cars. Next, the track brakes were eliminated
for another cost savings. Of course, as is evident in this
view (the track brake is visible under the trolley
beam/shoe) it turned out that having the track brakes
available was an operational as well as an engineering
advantage, so they were added to cars early in their
operating careers. (Photo from the Jeff
Obarek collection)
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cta6489.jpg
(64k)
Car 6489 leads a six-car train on the Jackson Park-Howard
"B" run in August 1966, passing Armitage
southbound just before entering the subway. The "Baseball
Today" sign was commonly hung on the front chains when games
were being served, but it's hard to tell if the sign refers
to a Cubs game at Wrigley or a Sox game at Comiskey; a "B"
train would have served both Addison
and Tech-35th!
The 6489-6510 series cars were the last to receive Clark B-2
trucks, but the first to get GE motors, after their
successful testing on the 6129-30 testbed units.
(Photo by Jerry Appleman)
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cta6693-94.jpg
(55k)
A 2-car train of 1959-built cars 6693-6694 emerges from the
west side of the Lotus Tunnel, a half mile from the city
limits, on its way to Desplaines
in September, 1965. At Lotus, the Congress Line dives under
the eastbound lanes of the Eisenhower Expressway, bringing
the rapid transit tracks from the highway median to the CSX
right-of-way immediately to the south. Note the third tunnel
opening on the left: the Congress Line was designed to have
express tracks that were never installed. (Photo by Jerry Appleman)
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cta6093.jpg
(101k)
6093 leads a 6-car Ravenswood train rocking into Kimball terminal. (Photo by Michael
Roegner)
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cta6114.jpg
(106k)
6114 on the head end of a southbound rush hour Ravenswood
train taking the curve off Franklin street north of
Merchandise Mart station. (Photo by Michael
Roegner)
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cta6101l.jpg
(101k)
6101-6102 on the rear end of a southbound Ravenswood rush
hour train at Merchandise Mart station on a hot summer
day. (Photo by Michael Roegner)
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cta6684.jpg
(95k)
A Jackson Park train with 6684 on the rear end has left 35th
Street station and is heading northbound up the
roller-coaster South Side Main Line. (Photo
by Michael Roegner)
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cta6000s@Sheridan.jpg
(107k)
The rear of a southbound Jackson Park train leaving Sheridan station on the North-South Route. (Photo by
Michael Roegner)
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cta6000s@Sheridan2.jpg
(101k)
Actually a continuation of the Sheridan shot. The rear of a
southbound Jackson Park train traveling at roof top level
south of Sheridan station. (Photo by Michael
Roegner)
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cta6043-44.jpg
(52k)
Cars 6043-6044, two of only 44 6000-series
cars assigned to the line at the time, form a two-car
southbound Ravenswood train crossing the North Branch of the
Chicago River on the Ravenswood branch in October, 1965. The
cars still wear the livery in which they were delivered 15
years earlier. (Photo by Jerry
Appleman)
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