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ctaS-374.jpg
(141k)
One of two 4000-series
cars at the Northern
Ohio Railway Museum in Chippewa Lake, Ohio, S-374, which
began life as car 4423 and was converted to a work car by
CTA in 1972, is
slated to be scrapped for parts. The trucks, air &
control equipment is to be used to restore Lake Shore
Electric car 42. This view of the car is on January 19,
2004. (Photo by Frank Hicks)
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ctaS-347b.jpg
(80k)
4000-series work car S-347
is seen in the yard at Skokie
Shops in November, 1965 shortly after being converted
from passenger unit 4323. Outwardly, the car has barely been
changed at all from its days in revenue service, save for
the service number painted under the
CTA logo on the
carside. (Photo by Jerry
Applemen)
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ctaS-349.jpg
(86k)
Converted for work service in December 1965 from car 4318,
S-349 is leading a work train passing Berwyn
on the North Side Main Line in April 1967. Like most of the
Plushie's converted to work service in the mid-1960s, S-349
was given sealed-beam marker lights, blocked-out windows,
and a yellow paint job. At one time equipped with a snow
plow, S-349 only saw a few years of work service, being
retired in December 1972. (Photo by Jerry
Applemen)
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ctaS-601.jpg
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Flatcar S-601 is laid up in 98th
Yard on May 2, 2004 between uses. S-601, built by Itel
in 1990, is usually assigned as a Skokie
Yard supply car and has a carry capacity of 100,000
pounds. (Photo by Matthew Isoda)
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cta2401-02_S-601_2409-10.jpg
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Flatcar S-601 is carrying supplies, book-ended by 2400-series
work motors 2401-02 and 2409-10, at 33rd Street on the
Dan Ryan
Line on September 28, 2004. (Photo by
Matthew Isoda)
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ctaS-718.jpg
(167k)
S-718 os one of CTA's tie replacement cranes, specially made for handling ties
safely and efficiently on open trestles. Manufactured by
Kershaw
Manufacturing, S-718 is working south of Armitage
on July 22, 2004, rebuilding the stub track that was
relocated to the south. (Photo by Matthew
Isoda)
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ctaS-332b.jpg
(84k)
Chicago Transit Authority S-332, originally built by Jewett
in 1906, was converted from ex-Northwestern car 1753 to work
service in 1957. S-332 is parked in Lower
63rd Yard in April 1965. (Photo by Jerry
Applemen)
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ctaS-348b.jpg
(88k)
CTA work motor S-348
-- formerly 4000-series
passenger car 4324, converted for work service in 1965 -- is
seen with a work train at 63rd
Street lower yard in June, 1968. (Photo
by Jerry Applemen)
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ctaS-355b.jpg
(85k)
When converted to work car service in December 1965, car
4315 was equipped with a snow plow to help clear the track
in winter. Given the service car number S-355, it is seen in
Harlem Yard
in March, 1966. The plow blade itself is steel edged with
two-ply rubber car flooring backed with canvas and fastened
with carriage bolts, which makes the edge stiff enough to
clean down to the running rails but safe to run along the
third rail. (Photo by Jerry
Applemen)
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ctaS-520.jpg
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Snowbroom S-520 is sitting in Howard Yard, at the far south end of Track 1S, on March 28, 2010. Built by Marmon Transmotive in 1982, the S-520 is one of several small Marmon snowbrooms CTA owns, but all are now in poor condition and are rarely, if ever, used. (Photo by Dennis Herbuth) |
