2400-series - Updates (Retired)

BusHunter · February 6, 2015

During January 2015 2435-36, 2441-42, 2459-60, 2525-26, 2547-48 removed from hold list, presumed scrapped.

I wonder why Graham Garfield hasn't updated his #2400's disposition list. My list has alot of presumed scrapped too. It would be nice to add some official dates of stuff.

Busjack · February 26, 2015

Ordinance says that the latest scrap contract went to Scrap Metal Services LLC (in Burnham). That sounded familiar, and they had a Pace scrap contract.

Busjack · April 21, 2015

My memory is kind of fuzzy. I was on one of the first trains to O'Hare a #2600 and I didn't really recall seeing #2400's out there. I think for me it's a question of when they were transferred off the line. Was it before the O 'Hare opening, (9/3/84 was the opening date) or after the opening? There is actually a video of a 1947-48 era #5000 at O'Hare if you watch the 90 years of Chicago traction video, but he doesn't really show any #2400's either.

Again, a case of fuzzy memory, but wasn't it posted that although the 2400s got their inaugural test on the Lake-Dan Ryan, deliveries were originally to the WNW? Of course, the O'Hare Extension wasn't built then.

andrethebusman · April 24, 2015

Assignments in April 1978 were:

2401-2434 RV (since new or from WNW?)

2435-2448 NS (transferred from WNW)

2449-2490, 2501-2528 WNW

By 10/78 2449-2490, 2501-2506 on NS, 2529-2586 new on WNW

By 12/78 2507-2530 on NS, 2587-2600 delivered to WNW

(2491-2500 did not come in until 1979)

andrethebusman · May 3, 2015

A couple of notes on scrappings - as of 5/30/14 2400's have been removed by BL Duke Scrap in Summit IL, replacing Belson Steel Center in Bourbonnais (coincidentally, located almost exactly where Amtrak's City of New Orleans was wrecked some years back).

Some odd ones:

wrecked 3177 to Acme Refining 3/28/14 (only CTA car they have ever handled, and only 2600 scrapped in recent years)

2347-2348 to Rick Levin & Associates 4/10/14 - this is a real estate outfit. What did they do with these cars???

2320 to Paramount Pictures 6/17/13

2238 to Joe Cacciatore & Co 8/23/13 - another real estate outfit

2231-2232, 2275 to UNICOR-FPI (Federal Prison Industries) 1/27/12, also 2491-2492 10/23/13

Busjack · May 3, 2015

....
2347-2348 to Rick Levin & Associates 4/10/14 - this is a real estate outfit. What did they do with these cars???...

Actually, that's an auction outfit, although they usually auction real estate. That auction is archived here, and was the one when one of the cars went to Jungle Jim's.

Juniorz · May 3, 2015

Does anyone have the service bulletin for the farewell ceremony on January 21st, 2015

andrethebusman · July 10, 2015

Two more dispositions:

2470 10/12/11 to Acme Refining

2503 03/30/11 to US Army (for anti-terror training?)

andrethebusman · July 12, 2015

#2425-26 in service 5/77; sent to Skokie Shops before 4/1/14; presumed scrapped
2425-2426 to Belson 04/30,04/29/14
#2427-28 in service 5/77; put on long term hold 5/14/14, retired 6/14/14 sent to scrap 7/14
2427-2428 to Duke 07/17,07/14/14
#2429-30 in service 5/77
#2431-32 in service 6/77; sent to Skokie Shops before 4/1/14; presumed scrapped
2431-2432 to Belson 04/23,04/22/14
#2433-34 in service 6/77; put on long term hold midway yard 6/10/14; selected as the IRM car; #2434 was moved there on 7/29/14 and #2433 on 7/30/14
#2435-36 in service 6/77; sent to Skokie Shops 1/15; presumed scrapped
2435-2436 to Duke 01/21,01/22/14
#2437-38 in service 6/77; put on long term hold 4/14
2437-2438 to Duke 06/18,06/17/14
#2439-40 in service 6/77; sent to Skokie Shops before 4/1/14; presumed scrapped
2439-2440 to Belson 04/16,04/17/14
#2441-42 in service 7/77; sent to Skokie Shops 1/15; presumed scrapped
2441-2442 to Duke 01/15,01/14/15
#2443-44 in service 7/77; put on long term hold 5/14
2443-2444 to Belson 05/15,05/16/14
#2445-46 in service 7/77; sent to Skokie Shops before 4/1/14; presumed scrapped
2445-2446 to Belson 05/20,05/21/14 (last to Belson)
#2447-48 in service 7/77; unit removed from service 8/3/79; authorized by CTA for retirement 12/21/82, held in storage as of 9/6/83 (still on property as of 9/30/85), eventually scrapped (see b for more info)
2447-2448 to Pielet 07/23/86
#2449-50 in service 7/77
#2451-52 in service 7/77: sent to Skokie Shops between 10-17-23/14; presumed scrapped
2451-2452 to Duke 10/14,10/15/14
#2453-54 in service 7/77; sent to Skokie Shops between 10-17-23/14; presumed scrapped
2453-2454 to Duke 11/03,10/31/14
#2455-56 in service 8/77; sent to Skokie Shops night of 10/23-24/14; was used for the farewell #2400's train on 1/21/15
#2457-58 in service 8/77; sent to Skokie Shops before 4/1/14; presumed scrapped
2457-2458 to Belson 05/12,05/09/14
#2459-60 in service 8/77; sent to Skokie Shops 1/15; presumed scrapped
2459-2460 to Duke 01/19,01/20/15
#2461-62 in service 9/77, put on long term hold 4/14
2461-2462 to Duke 06/05,06/06/14
#2463-64 in service 9/77; sent to Skokie Shops before 4/1/14; presumed scrapped
2463-2464 to Belson 04/14,04/15/14
#2465-66 in service 9/77; sent to skokie shops 8/19/14 presumed scrapped
2465-2466 to Duke 10/09,09/02/14
#2467-68 in service 9/77
#2469-70 in service 9/77; #2470 was retired 2/24/05 cars damaged by fire at 37th Center Track on Green Line on 2/24/2005; car 2469 held in storage, repaired, re-paired with car 2504 on 5/24/2006 and returned to service; 2470 likely to be retired 2/24/2005 due to severe damage (see d for more info); #2469 paired with #2504 put on long term hold 4/14
2470 to Acme Refining 10/12/11
#2471-72 in service 10/77, unit moved from active service to the long-term hold list by 6/5/2013; presumed scrapped
2471-2472 to Belson 11/18,11/15/13
#2473-74 in service 10/77
#2475-76 in service 10/77; put on long term hold 4/14
2475-2476 to Duke 06/23,06/20/14
#2477-78 in service 10/77; put on long term hold 5/14, since retired 6/14/14
2477-2478 to Duke 06/27,06/30/14
#2479-80 in service 10/77; hauled away on a scrap truck 4/1/14
2479-2480 to Belson 03/31,03/28/14
#2481-82 in service 11/77; car 2481 damaged in fire at 61st Street Shops 8/3/79, authorized by CTA for retirement 12/21/82, held in storage as of 9/6/83 (still on property as of 9/30/85), eventually scrapped; 2482 converted to training car at Hawthorne Training Center, re-paired with car 2531 into a mismatched pair and returned to service (see b for more info) For info about #2482 in the post Aug/1979 timeframe info see c
2481 to Pielet 07/23/86

#2483-84 in service 11/77; unit moved from active service to the long-term hold list by 6/5/2013; awaiting scrapping
2483-2484 to Belson 01/16/14
#2485-86 in service 11/77; put on long term hold 11/21/13; presumed scrapped
2485-2486 to Belson 03/26,03/27/14
#2487-88 in service 11/77; unit moved from active service to the long-term hold list by 6/5/2013; presumed scrapped
2487-88 to Belson 12/27,12/30/13
#2489-90 in service 11/77; was sent to Skokie Shops before the 2014 rodeo 9/13/14; storing for now; was used for the farewell #2400's train on 1/21/15
#2491-92 in service 12/77; unit moved from active service to the long-term hold list by 10/2013; sold 10/13/13 to UNICOR FPI (Federal Prison Industries) (removed 10/13/13)
#2493-94 in service 11/79; Unit moved from active service to the long-term hold list by 10/18/2013; presumed scrapped
2493-2494 to Belson 01/09,01/03/14
#2495-96 in service 11/79, put into work train service 4/1/14 at Harlem Yard (Green line), no longer in revenue service, was authorized for scrap 5/23/14
2495-2496 to Duke 06/12,06/16/14
#2497-98 in service 11/79; sent to Skokie Shops before 4/1/14; presumed scrapped
2497-2498 to Belson 02/27/14
#2499-#2500 in service 11/20/79; sent to Skokie Shops before 4/1/14; presumed scrapped
2499-2500 to Duke 05/30,06/04/14 (First to Duke)
#2501-02 in service 1/78; sent to Skokie Shops before 4/1/14; presumed scrapped
2501-2502 to Belson 05/14,05/13/14
#2503-04 in service 1/29/78; car 2503 removed from service in 5/2003 due to a leaky roof, retired and scrapped; car 2504 re-paired with car 2469 on 5/24/2006 and returned to service (see d. for more info about #2504); #2504 paired with #2469 put on long term hold 4/14
2469,2504 to Duke 07/09,07/08/14
#2505-06 in service 2/78
#2507-08 in service 2/16/78
#2509-10 in service 2/17/78; sent to Skokie Shops between 10-17-23/14; presumed scrapped
2509-2510 to Duke 10/22,10/21/14
#2511-12 in service 2/16/78
#2513-14 in service 2/28/78; unit moved from active service to the long-term hold list by 10/18/2013; presumed scrapped
2513-2514 to Belson 01/10,01/13/14
#2515-16 in service 2/24/78
#2517-18 in service 3/78; unit damaged in fire at 61st Street Shops in 8/79; retired and scrapped (see b for more info)
2517-2518 scrapped at Lower 63rd 8/4/79
#2519-20 in service 3/78
#2521-22 in service 3/22/78; unit moved from active service to the long-term hold list by 9/5/2013; presumed scrapped
#2523-24 in service 3/24/78; put on long term hold 4/14
2523-2524 to Duke 07/18,07/17/14
#2525-26 in service 3/24/78; sent to Skokie Shops night of 10/27-28/14 for long term hold; taken off long term hold in 1/15; presumed scrapped
2525-2526 to Duke 01/02/15,12/31/14
#2527-28 in service 4/3/78; sent to Skokie Shops before 4/1/14; scrapping of #2527 occurred on 6/11/14, #2528 unknown
2527-2528 to Belson 05/06,05/07/14
#2529-30 in service 4/12/78; put on long term hold 4/14
2529-2530 to Duke 07/29,07/18/14
#2531-32 in service 4/6/78;unit damaged in a derailment at Howard Yard on 8/26/2000, stored at Skokie; 2532 retired as a result of damage from derailment and scrapped; 2531 repaired and re-paired with car 2482 into a mismatched pair and returned to service (see c for info on #2531); sent to Skokie Shops between 10-17-23/14
2531,2482 to Duke 10/24,10/23/14
#2533-34 in service 4/25/78; retired 6/14/14
2533-2534 to Duke 08/11,08/06/14
#2535-36 in service 4/20/78; sent to Skokie Shops before 4/1/14; scrapped 4/14
2535-2536 to Belson 04/09,04/10/14
#2537-38 in service 5/1/78; sent to Skokie Shops night of 10/27-28/14; was used for the farewell #2400's train on 1/21/15
#2539-40 in service 5/78; sent to Skokie Shops between 10-17-23/14; awaiting scrapping
2539-2540 to Duke 10/16,10/17/14
#2541-42 in service 5/12/78
#2543-44 in service 5/78; sent to Skokie Shops night of 10/27-28/14; was used for the farewell #2400's train on 1/21/15
#2545-46 in service 5/78; sent to skokie shops 8/19/14 presumed scrapped
2545-2546 to Duke 10/13,10/10/14
#2547-48 in service 6/78; sent to Skokie Shops night of 10/27-28/14; presumed scrapped
2547-2548 to Duke 01/12,01/13/15
#2549-50 in service 6/78; long term hold since 3/14, retired 6/14/14, #2550 went to the scrapper 8/1/14
2549-2550 to Duke 08/04,08/01/14
#2551-52 in service 6/78; vandalized 2/14, long term hold since 3/14, sent to Skokie Shops to scrap 5/21/14
2551-2552 to Duke 07/10,07/11/14
#2553-54 in service 6/14/78; unit moved from active service to the long-term hold list by 6/5/2013; presumed scrapped
2553-2554 to Belson 01/14,01/15/14
#2555-56 in service 6/78
2555-2556 to Duke 12/18,12/17/14
#2557-58 in service 6/22/78; unit moved from active service to the long-term hold list by 6/5/2013; presumed scrapped
2557-2558 to Belson 11/21,11/22/13
#2559-60 in service 8/2/78; sent to Skokie Shops before 4/1/14; presumed scrapped
2559-2560 to Belson 05/01,05/02/14
#2561-62 in service 7/78; sent to Skokie Shops night of 10/23-24/14; presumed scrapped
2561-2562 to Duke 12/23,12/26/14
#2563-64 in service 7/78, retired 6/14/14
2563-2564 to Duke 10/30,10/29/14
#2565-66 in service 7/19/78; put in work train service at Harlem Yard (Green line) 4/1/14, was authorized to scrap on 5/23/14
2565-2566 to Duke 06/10,06/11/14
#2567-68 in service 7/78; put on long term hold 11/21/13; scrapped 4/14
2567-2568 to Belson 04/08,04/07/14
#2569-70 in service 8/9/78; put on long term hold 5/16/14; #2569 sent to the scrapper 8/6/14
2569-2570 to Duke 08/06,08/05/14
#2571-72 in service 8/78; sent to Skokie Shops night of 10/23-24/14; presumed scrapped
2571-2572 to Duke 12/22,12/19/14
#2573-74 in service 8/22/78; unit moved from active service to the long-term hold list by 6/5/2013; presumed scrapped
2573-2574 to Belson 02/07/14
#2575-76 in service 8/78; unit moved from active service to the long-term hold list by 6/5/2013; presumed scrapped
2575-2576 to Belson 11/20,11/19/13
#2577-78 in service 8/28/78; sent to Skokie Shops before 4/1/14; presumed scrapped
2577-2578 to Belson 04/25,02/24/14 (note not taken together)
#2579-80 in service 9/78; unit moved from active service to the long-term hold list by early 2010; car 2579 retired 6/12/2011 and scrapped; car 2580 moved from active service to the long-term hold list by 6/5/2013, presumed scrapped
2579-2580 to Belson 11/25,11/26/13
#2581-82 in service 9/78
#2583-84 in service 9/78;sent to Skokie Shops between 10-17-23/14; presumed scrapped
2583-2584 to Duke 10/28,10/27/14
#2585-86 in service 9/22/78; put on long term hold 11/21/13; scrapped 4/14
2585-2586 to Belson 04/04/14
#2587-88 in service 10/78; sent to Skokie Shops night of 10/23-24/14; presumed scrapped
2587-2588 to Duke 12/30,12/29/14
#2589-90 in service 10/78; put on long term hold 11/21/13; presumed scrapped
2589-2590 to Belson 01/17/14
#2591-92 in service 10/16/78; put on long term hold 4/14
2591-2592 to Duke 07/30,07/31/14
#2593-94 in service 10/24/78; put on long term hold 4/14, scrapped 6/24/14
2593-2594 to Duke 06/25,06/24/14
#2595-96 in service 11/9/78; put on long term hold 11/21/13; presumed scrapped
2595-2596 to Belson 01/30,01/24/14
#2597-98 in service 11/2/78; put on long term hold 11/21/13; scrapped 4/14
2597-2598 to Belson 04/02,04/01/14
#2599-#2600 in service 11/29/78; sent to Skokie Shops before 4/1/14; presumed scrapped
2599-2600 to Belson 02/20/14
a. prototypes #2401-#2404 ran in service on most lines for a 600 hour test (at least 2 months) before delivery began on the production cars.
b. On 8/3/79 a fire broke out at 61st shop, 6 cars inside the shop were destroyed. (#2517-18, #6367-68 and #6335-36) 3 cars outside the shop and next to it were also destroyed (#2481, #2447-48) Two more cars, #2479-80, were inside when the fire broke out and were saved by two signal personnel that had just completed the ATC. The shop was never rebuilt.
c. #2482 after the 8/79 fire became a training car at the federal training center and in the past has sporadically been paired with #2503. Currently the car has been paired with #2531 which occurred around the summer of 2002.
d. #2470 burned up 2/24/05 on the green line's 37th middle track, #2469 was paired with #2504 in the summer of 2006.
Dates are from CTA Materials Management as of 01/22/25. CTA calls them "release dates" which apparently means the day the scrapper is given the ok to haul it away, as many times the observed removal date is a day or two later. However, this is what CTA has gone by since the 1950's, so this is the best info available in most cases.
Belson Steel Center is in Bourbonnais IL next to old GM&O (Where Amtrak's City of New Orleans hit the steel truck some years back), though most if not all actually went to subsidiary Chicago Heights Processing at 29th and State in Chicago Heights.
BL Duke is on Canal Bank Road east of Harlem in Forest View, between Santa Fe tracks and the Sanitary & Ship Canal

Edited July 12, 2015 by andrethebusman

chicagopcclcar · September 25, 2015

An Autumn Equinox in the days with 2400 Boeing Series on the Green line is shown here with Chicago's splendid skyline in the background. Sept., 2008.

andrethebusman · October 27, 2015

Here are the removal dates for the last of the 2400's. All to Scrap Metal Services (in Hegewisch??)

2429-30 3/27,26/15

2449-50 4/2,1/15

2467-68 3/26,23/15

2473-74 3/17,16/15

2505-06 3/12,13/15

2511-12 3/31,30/15

2515-16 3/24,25/15

2519-20 3/19,18/15

2581-82 4/7,6/15 (last shipment)

This left 10 cars on property - 2455-56, 2489-90, 2537-38, 2541-42, 2543-44

2541 has since been sold to PMG LS Investment LLC as of 10/10/15, leaving 2542 as the last dead car.

Edited October 27, 2015 by andrethebusman

Busjack · October 27, 2015

Here are the removal dates for the last of the 2400's. All to Scrap Metal Services (in Hegewisch??)
,,,

Burnham.

BusHunter · October 27, 2015

Here are the removal dates for the last of the 2400's. All to Scrap Metal Services (in Hegewisch??)
2429-30 3/27,26/15
2449-50 4/2,1/15
2467-68 3/26,23/15
2473-74 3/17,16/15
2505-06 3/12,13/15
2511-12 3/31,30/15
2515-16 3/24,25/15
2519-20 3/19,18/15
2581-82 4/7,6/15 (last shipment)

This left 10 cars on property - 2455-56, 2489-90, 2537-38, 2541-42, 2543-44
2541 has since been sold to PMG LS Investment LLC as of 10/10/15, leaving 2542 as the last dead car.

So basically just the historical cars are left and the work motors. Do you know what happened to #2507-08? BTW, I just noticed your July 12th post now!! I guess I have some editing to do. Thanks for the hard work!!

chicagopcclcar · October 27, 2015

Burnham.

Burnham, IL. Burnham is not a neighborhood like Hegewisch.

chgofan78 · October 28, 2015

So basically just the historical cars are left and the work motors. Do you know what happened to #2507-08? BTW, I just noticed your July 12th post now!! I guess I have some editing to do. Thanks for the hard work!!

2507-08 are still at Skokie. I just saw them this past Sunday parked along the fence closest to Oakton.

2400seriesrock · October 31, 2015

One year ago today these cars have been out of passenger service, but at least they are still found in work service and sometimes special occasions and also at the IRM.

Edited October 31, 2015 by 2400seriesrock

andrethebusman · November 20, 2015

2532 to Scrap Services 4/15/15. AFR 8045-86. When did it go out of service? 10 years ago? Almost as long as the Metra 7488 that was scrapped 9 years after being wrecked at 47th 09/05!

Edited November 20, 2015 by andrethebusman

andrethebusman · November 20, 2015

Addendum to 2400 rets:

Stored 2423-24, 2507-08, 2521-22

To IRM 2433-2434 7/29, 30/14

To Scrap Metal Services 2532 4/15/15 (last shipment)

This should acount for all 2400's

BusHunter · November 22, 2015

On 11/20/2015, 10:25:24, andrethebusman said:

2532 to Scrap Services 4/15/15. AFR 8045-86. When did it go out of service? 10 years ago? Almost as long as the Metra 7488 that was scrapped 9 years after being wrecked at 47th 09/05!

#2532 out of service from derailment in howard yard 8/26/2000 according to the retirement list. Still had the red and blue ends at skokie shops all this time.

MTRSP1900-CTA3200 · December 1, 2015

On November 22, 2015 at 12:04:46 AM, BusHunter said:

#2532 out of service from derailment in howard yard 8/26/2000 according to the retirement list. Still had the red and blue ends at skokie shops all this time.

I saw a picture of a damaged and unrehabbed 2600 with its original livery at Skokie Shops, but that's for another thread.

joechicago · April 7, 2016

2541 has made it's final trip to the roof of a building under construction in Logan Square.

A bunch of other pictures and more information are located here:

http://chicagoist.com/2016/04/07/photos_new_luxury_logan_square_rent.php

Btrainto63rdandStoney · April 7, 2016

Neat story and video - with architect's plan on 2541 - probably behind the Trib paywall - but - fascinating.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-cta-train-car-logan-square-apartment-met-0408-20160407-story.html

Video shows lifting car into place and the conceptual plan for use of the car.

Old 'L' car the place to mingle at new Logan Square apartments

Bob

Busjack · April 8, 2016

It was also on ABC7.*

*I needed Google Chrome to see the video.

BusHunter · April 8, 2016

I passed by the "L" apartments on the "L" but I couldn't see the "L" they have on the roof. The building seems too high to see it. Too bad I guess. It would have been nice to see it from the "L". I hope they rustproofed it cause it will eventually rust in the rain.

Busjack · April 8, 2016

4 minutes ago, BusHunter said:

I passed by the "L" apartments on the "L" but I couldn't see the "L" they have on the roof. The building seems too high to see it. Too bad I guess. It would have been nice to see it from the "L". I hope they rustproofed it cause it will eventually rust in the rain.

From what was shown on Channel 7, they only used the shell of the car, which is stainless steel, and hence won't rust.

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