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7000-series Gallery 7

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After changing ends on the turnback track, car 7005 leads a 2-car Yellow Line train crossing the pedestrian crossing and pulling into the boarding platform at Dempster-Skokie to begin its southbound trip on August 4, 2021. (Photo by Lou Gerard)

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The operator of a Yellow Line train led by car 7005 stands at Dempster-Skokie station with the doors open for entering passengers to board while he awaits his scheduled departure time to begin the southbound trip to Howard, on August 4, 2021. (Photo by Lou Gerard)

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Prototype 7000-series unit 7005-7005 is berthed at the Dempster-Skokie terminal on August 4, 2021, as it awaits departure time for its southbound trip. (Photo by Lou Gerard)

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A 2-car Yellow Line train with car 7010 as the headcar speeds along the ground-level section of the line in Skokie, passing Keystone Avenue on its way to Howard, on August 5, 2021. The train passes under catenary towers that are nearly a century old, although the overhead wire has been replaced with third rail for two decades. (Photo by Lou Gerard)

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On August 5, 2021, 7000-series prototype unit 7010-7009 breezes along the Yellow Line during its testing period. The Yellow Line is the only line where the 7000s were tested in revenue service as single 2-car units, due to the Yellow Line being the only "L" route that runs trains that short in scheduled service. (Photo by Lou Gerard)

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Car 7010 and its mate, 7009, has just gone through the turnback track at Dempster-Skokie terminal, and is returning to the station to berth at the inbound platform to begin its trip south, crossing over the station's pedestrian crossing on August 5, 2021. (Photo by Lou Gerard)

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Car 7010 leads a 2-car Yellow Line train pulling into the station pocket at Dempster-Skokie station, passing alongside the station house on August 5, 2021. (Photo by Lou Gerard)

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After making its station stop at Oakton-Skokie station, a southbound Yellow Line train led by prototype 7000-series car 7010 crosses Oakton Street, looking northwest on August 5, 2021. (Photo by Lou Gerard)

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The prototype 7000-series railcars moved from in-service testing on the Orange Line to the Brown Line on October 18, 2021; they remained on the Brown Line for approximately one month, until November 12. A few weeks into testing there, car 7005 leads a Kimball-bound Brown Line train stopping at Wellington on November 4, 2021. (Photo by Graham Garfield)

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An 8-car Brown Line train of 7000-series, with headcar 7005, stops at Wellington on its way to Kimball on November 4, 2021, as Red Line trains of 5000-series cars pass in both directions on the busy 4-track North Main Line -- car 5299 leads a Howard-bound train approaching from behind on the adjacent track, while a 95th-bound train on track 2 is trailed by car 5615. (Photo by Graham Garfield)

	cta7005-06_20210804c.jpg (435k) After changing ends on the turnback track, car 7005 leads a 2-car Yellow Line train crossing the pedestrian crossing and pulling into the boarding platform at Dempster-Skokie to begin its southbound trip on August 4, 2021. (Photo by Lou Gerard)
	cta7005_20210804.jpg (379k) The operator of a Yellow Line train led by car 7005 stands at Dempster-Skokie station with the doors open for entering passengers to board while he awaits his scheduled departure time to begin the southbound trip to Howard, on August 4, 2021. (Photo by Lou Gerard)
	cta7005-06_20210804d.jpg (417k) Prototype 7000-series unit 7005-7005 is berthed at the Dempster-Skokie terminal on August 4, 2021, as it awaits departure time for its southbound trip. (Photo by Lou Gerard)
	cta7010-09_20210805a.jpg (370k) A 2-car Yellow Line train with car 7010 as the headcar speeds along the ground-level section of the line in Skokie, passing Keystone Avenue on its way to Howard, on August 5, 2021. The train passes under catenary towers that are nearly a century old, although the overhead wire has been replaced with third rail for two decades. (Photo by Lou Gerard)
	cta7010-09_20210805b.jpg (446k) On August 5, 2021, 7000-series prototype unit 7010-7009 breezes along the Yellow Line during its testing period. The Yellow Line is the only line where the 7000s were tested in revenue service as single 2-car units, due to the Yellow Line being the only "L" route that runs trains that short in scheduled service. (Photo by Lou Gerard)
	cta7010_20210805.jpg (412k) Car 7010 and its mate, 7009, has just gone through the turnback track at Dempster-Skokie terminal, and is returning to the station to berth at the inbound platform to begin its trip south, crossing over the station's pedestrian crossing on August 5, 2021. (Photo by Lou Gerard)
	cta7010-09_20210805c.jpg (391k) Car 7010 leads a 2-car Yellow Line train pulling into the station pocket at Dempster-Skokie station, passing alongside the station house on August 5, 2021. (Photo by Lou Gerard)
	cta7010_20210805a.jpg (299k) After making its station stop at Oakton-Skokie station, a southbound Yellow Line train led by prototype 7000-series car 7010 crosses Oakton Street, looking northwest on August 5, 2021. (Photo by Lou Gerard)
	cta7005_5299_20211104.jpg (282k) The prototype 7000-series railcars moved from in-service testing on the Orange Line to the Brown Line on October 18, 2021; they remained on the Brown Line for approximately one month, until November 12. A few weeks into testing there, car 7005 leads a Kimball-bound Brown Line train stopping at Wellington on November 4, 2021. (Photo by Graham Garfield)
	cta7005_5299_5615_20211104.jpg (226k) An 8-car Brown Line train of 7000-series, with headcar 7005, stops at Wellington on its way to Kimball on November 4, 2021, as Red Line trains of 5000-series cars pass in both directions on the busy 4-track North Main Line -- car 5299 leads a Howard-bound train approaching from behind on the adjacent track, while a 95th-bound train on track 2 is trailed by car 5615. (Photo by Graham Garfield)