Bus1883 Posted January 28 Report Share Posted January 28 2 hours ago, Busjack said: 2400s originally had the red, white, and blue end caps that turned up on the historic vehicles, along with the bands on the sides, but they were gel coated gray, presumably for maintenance reasons. chicago-l.org picture of 2401, original design 2600s had a bit of blue on the stripping for the spirit of Chicago livery Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackson232 Posted January 28 Report Share Posted January 28 On 1/27/2024 at 10:47 AM, Jackson232 said: So I saw something today about CTA having charter trains, and I think they use the 2400 series cars. So it’s possible that they kept 2401 and its mate for the charter train. Is that a possible reason why they kept 2401 and its mate? Does anybody know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dailycommuter62 Posted January 28 Report Share Posted January 28 Probably for spare parts to keep the others running, they've still kept the full 8 restored ones even though they only used 4 for events for a while now. There some pics on facebook of them taking out the full width cabs to restore the 2 man operation on the cars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kdavis77 Posted January 29 Report Share Posted January 29 On 1/23/2024 at 12:18 AM, andrethebusman99 said: 2023 departures to Scrap Metal Services 2403-2404 6/23 2405-2406 4/23 2407-2408 4/23 2409-2410 7/23 2411-2412 5/23 2413-2414 9/23 2415-2416 4/23 2417-2418 5/23 2419-2420 6/23 2421-2422 9/23 2423-2424 8/23 2603-2604 10/23 2662 3/23 2823-2824 9/23 2923-2924 6/23 2951-2952 10/23 2953-2954 7/23 3085-3086 7/23 3111 3/23 Total 36 What about if the l cars number of 2600 series is 2601-2602 was retired should we save them from the scraping and put them in railway museum or Muesum of Science and Industry in Chicago? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bus1883 Posted January 29 Report Share Posted January 29 1 hour ago, kdavis77 said: What about if the l cars number of 2600 series is 2601-2602 was retired should we save them from the scraping and put them in railway museum or Muesum of Science and Industry in Chicago? MSI wouldn’t be interested in buying L cars from CTA. You’re best bet would be IRM or Fox Trolley Musuem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackson232 Posted January 30 Report Share Posted January 30 On 1/28/2024 at 4:54 PM, dailycommuter62 said: Probably for spare parts to keep the others running, they've still kept the full 8 restored ones even though they only used 4 for events for a while now. There some pics on facebook of them taking out the full width cabs to restore the 2 man operation on the cars. So they are using some for events and also spare parts. Thanks for answering Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bus1883 Posted 20 hours ago Report Share Posted 20 hours ago On 4/8/2023 at 4:38 PM, chgofan78 said: I was riding the metra Rock Island line on Friday near the Robbins station and just happened to look out the window. I spotted a scrap yard with a few 2400 series cars in it. The train was not close enough to see any car numbers. Even though it was in the scrap yard, it funny how many of those cars are still around in some form- the work motors, the heritage train cars, the cars in West Virginia, the car on top of that apartment complex, the IRM set and maybe a few in scrap yards. There has to be close to 40 still in existence. #2503 is used in a training facility in Indiana Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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