CTA 'L' Rosters

[renardo870]

On 9/14/2025 at 5:05 AM, Mr.NewFlyer1279 said:

 

#5411-5414 are at skokie shops for rehabs, so purple is using some extras off the red. 

I believe 5705 -5706 are being used on the Purple Line tor the moment as well. 

Edited September 15 by renardo870
Correction

[Mr.NewFlyer1279]

7 hours ago, renardo870 said:

I believe 5705 -5706 are being used on the Purple Line tor the momentas well. 

idk if the set is still out there or probably back on purple but i’ve seen #5401-5402 on the swift with a fresh rehab 

[Bus1883]

3203-04, 3219-20, 3325-26 and 3341-42 are on the Brown Line   

[artthouwill]

8 hours ago, Bus1883 said:

3203-04, 3219-20, 3325-26 and 3341-42 are on the Brown Line   

Are you saying that 3200s are beginning to transfer from the Blue Line to the Brown Line,?  Pretty interesting since I still saw some 2600s on the Blue Line a few days ago  

[Sam92]

2 hours ago, artthouwill said:

Are you saying that 3200s are beginning to transfer from the Blue Line to the Brown Line,?  Pretty interesting since I still saw some 2600s on the Blue Line a few days ago  

Well they were down to 20 and we've questioned numerous times if Blue would need to keep 400 cars as the fleet age lowers.... If there is bloat and CTA's ready to slim that down then those 2600s might just go straight to scrap from the blue line which might explain why they started on the 3200s. 

[Bus1883]

4 hours ago, artthouwill said:

Are you saying that 3200s are beginning to transfer from the Blue Line to the Brown Line,?  Pretty interesting since I still saw some 2600s on the Blue Line a few days ago  

I’ve saw 3073-74 in a consist bound for O’Hare with the rest all 3200s, we’re down to around 16 cars left now. It’s odd to see 3200s begin to get transferred back to their home lines before the last of the 2600s get removed. Seems like CTA is having a hard time removing the remainder of them, but yet last year yall were quick to store them OOS.

[renardo870]

On 9/14/2025 at 5:05 AM, Mr.NewFlyer1279 said:

 

#5411-5414 are at skokie shops for rehabs, so purple is using some extras off the red. 

Cars 5411- 5414 have returned to the Purple Line.

[Mr.NewFlyer1279]

6 hours ago, renardo870 said:

Cars 5411- 5414 have returned to the Purple Line.

well damn tbh i’m not surprised on 5411-12 they were in the shop ready to get sent back out, but 5413-14 were sitting outside the shop awaiting rehab im shocked they got done that quick with the set. 

 

this was taken the 13th. 

[renardo870]

I believe that 5709 - 5710 is on loan to the Purple Line as I saw it yesterday evening passing me by @ Morse.

[Busjack]

7 hours ago, renardo870 said:

I believe that 5709 - 5710 is on loan to the Purple Line as I saw it yesterday evening passing me by @ Morse.

Since RPY are from Howard Yard, and all Howard Yard cars have RPY maps for this reason, what's the surprise?

[renardo870]

On 10/18/2025 at 10:23 AM, Busjack said:

Since RPY are from Howard Yard, and all Howard Yard cars have RPY maps for this reason, what's the 

Well for a time, Red Line equipment had stopped being loaned to Purple Line when they were short on equipment per mgmt but it has been using 5700's for a few months now.

[Bus1883]

15 minutes ago, renardo870 said:

Well for a time, Red Line equipment had stopped being loaned to Purple Line when they were short on equipment per mgmt but it has been using 5700's for a few months now.

Should just only be 5711-14

[renardo870]

2 minutes ago, Bus1883 said:

Should just only be 5711-14

It was but they had a few pieces of Red Equipment. 5699-5700, which returned back to Red about 3 weeks now, 5705 - 5706, 5707 - 5708 and now 5709 - 5710. 5411 -5414 was being repaired at Skokie Shops but they have since returned back to the Purple Line. I believe more Purple Line equipment are being repaired or rehabbed.

[Bus1883]

6 hours ago, renardo870 said:

It was but they had a few pieces of Red Equipment. 5699-5700, which returned back to Red about 3 weeks now, 5705 - 5706, 5707 - 5708 and now 5709 - 5710. 5411 -5414 was being repaired at Skokie Shops but they have since returned back to the Purple Line. I believe more Purple Line equipment are being repaired or rehabbed.

Rehabbed

[Sam92]

On 10/18/2025 at 10:23 AM, Busjack said:

Since RPY are from Howard Yard, and all Howard Yard cars have RPY maps for this reason, what's the surprise?

 

14 hours ago, renardo870 said:

It was but they had a few pieces of Red Equipment. 5699-5700, which returned back to Red about 3 weeks now, 5705 - 5706, 5707 - 5708 and now 5709 - 5710. 5411 -5414 was being repaired at Skokie Shops but they have since returned back to the Purple Line. I believe more Purple Line equipment are being repaired or rehabbed.

Heck I'm kinda surprised it hasn't happened sooner and more often to balance milage considering how much 5400s sit around being Purple Line cars. 

[artthouwill]

1 hour ago, Sam92 said:

 

Heck I'm kinda surprised it hasn't happened sooner and more often to balance milage considering how much 5400s sit around being Purple Line cars. 

Since the pandemic. CTA has drastically cut down on coupling and uncomplicated cars except in the yard for maintenance reasons. 

[renardo870]

On 10/21/2025 at 10:24 PM, renardo870 said:

It was but they had a few pieces of Red Equipment. 5699-5700, which returned back to Red about 3 weeks now, 5705 - 5706, 5707 - 5708 and now 5709 - 5710. 5411 -5414 was being repaired at Skokie Shops but they have since returned back to the Purple Line. I believe more Purple Line equipment are being repaired or rehabbed.

5705 - 5706 has returned to the Red Line.