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3 hours ago, Bus1883 said:

Looks like #5051-52 are OOS/LTH. Why’s does Skokie shops unmate cars if they’re not retiring them?

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2 hours ago, strictures said:

Must be easier to work on an individual car.

That's correct. Going back to about 1948, CTA books said that it didn't go beyond the initial 4 articulated PCC cars (see here on chicago-l.org) because they had to be disassembled for the pit or lift, and only the Marshfield shop had the equipment to avoid that. Apparently, it's easier to disassemble 2 cars than a 3 piece articulated car.

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23 hours ago, Bus1883 said:

Looks like #5051-52 are OOS/LTH. Why’s does Skokie shops unmate cars if they’re not retiring them?

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I swear I just saw 5051-5052 recently. 5051-5052 have a zebra like wrap, and they have been in that same wrap since either 2018 or 2019. Was this photo taken recently? I didn't know 2811-2812 were still on CTA property.

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On 9/12/2024 at 2:49 PM, Erin Mishkin Jr. said:

I swear I just saw 5051-5052 recently. 5051-5052 have a zebra like wrap, and they have been in that same wrap since either 2018 or 2019. Was this photo taken recently? I didn't know 2811-2812 were still on CTA property.

Those photos look recent, it was a screenshot I took I wasn’t going to bother doing it because I thought it would be #5271-72 in that exact spot #5051-52 appears to have sat in.

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