7000-series - Delivery & Updates

[wayfaringrob]

19 hours ago, Bus1883 said:

Got to track them when they return at first they appeared very identical to the production cars minus the floors

Yeah I haven’t been able to identify any end cap differences

[Mr.NewFlyer1279]

1 hour ago, wayfaringrob said:

Yeah I haven’t been able to identify any end cap differences

the production cars have a clear coat on em as 7011 and up don’t.

[wayfaringrob]

7239 7240 in service

[scotthilly]

On 8/13/2025 at 12:03 PM, Mr.NewFlyer1279 said:

changing out the door control boxes and the non cab partition window as well as get new end caps to match with 7011 and up and other random things updated 

Anyone able to explain the new end cap differences? Checked around from photos and couldn’t tell any differences.

[Mr.NewFlyer1279]

#7157-7158 were involved in a 10-74 with a pair of #3200’s earlier in the rosemont yard, damage has been reported on the end door of 7158. 

[Bus1883]

47 minutes ago, Mr.NewFlyer1279 said:

#7157-7158 were involved in a 10-74 with a pair of #3200’s earlier in the rosemont yard, damage has been reported on the end door of 7158. 

Same pair that was late. How bad was the damage

[artthouwill]

At Jefferson Park,  two CTA yellow jackets boarded the train and went into the operator cab.  One of them drove the train.  Car 7230 waa the lead.  Every time the warning sound came on for the operator to slow down, it continued to sound until the operator brought the train to a complete stop.  I got off at Rosemont but I would guess that upon reaching O'Hare,  they probably took that train out of service. 

[garmon757]

19 hours ago, artthouwill said:

At Jefferson Park,  two CTA yellow jackets boarded the train and went into the operator cab.  One of them drove the train.  Car 7230 waa the lead.  Every time the warning sound came on for the operator to slow down, it continued to sound until the operator brought the train to a complete stop.  I got off at Rosemont but I would guess that upon reaching O'Hare,  they probably took that train out of service. 

ATC Red Cab Aspect failed to clear. It can be a defect on that particular rail car or defective wayside signals outside. Anyway it goes, the operator was intercepted while being authorized to operate on the ATC Bypass. 

[renardo870]

I saw 7243-7244 on the end of a drag being led by 7090 -7089 leaving Howard Wednesday night going to Rosemont and 7249-7250 @Skokie Yard while working the Yellow Line.

[Mr.NewFlyer1279]

6 hours ago, renardo870 said:

I saw 7243-7244 on the end of a drag being led by 7090 -7089 leaving Howard Wednesday night going to Rosemont and 7249-7250 @Skokie Yard while working the Yellow Line.

here’s 7249-7250

#7157-7158 are also at skokie shops from a 10-74 at rosemont yard minor damage on 7158 so they should be back real soon. 

[Javi75]

Anymore 7000s go into service recently? 

[artthouwill]

11 hours ago, Javi75 said:

Anymore 7000s go into service recently? 

7249/50 are the highest numbered cars i have seen and rode on so far.  I have no idea what is in Skokie Shops or the CRRC facility.

[Busjack]

16 hours ago, Bus1883 said:

The 7000s are definitely not going to orange line. At some point the 3200s will go back as a few already went back to the brown.

 

12 hours ago, Sam92 said:

 

Orange line is gonna be the last to get the 7000s. Once Blue is equipped then they start hitting the brown line who in turn will send its 3200s to Midway to start scrapping the 2600s there. Then finally Orange gets them so were probably like 2-3 years away before we see any new cars on the Orange 

Again, I don't know how this devolved in the wrong topic, but since CTA doesn't knpw (as typified by the pullback of the 9000s proposal and the CT Board not yet having exercised the options for 7000s), you all certainly don't know.

For that matter, nobody has seen anything higher than 7250, and that was 2 MONTHS AGO.

 

[Mr.NewFlyer1279]

On 11/9/2025 at 12:58 PM, Busjack said:

 

Again, I don't know how this devolved in the wrong topic, but since CTA doesn't knpw (as typified by the pullback of the 9000s proposal and the CT Board not yet having exercised the options for 7000s), you all certainly don't know.

For that matter, nobody has seen anything higher than 7250, and that was 2 MONTHS AGO.

 

production has been put on pause as of October 2025 until further notice, this is all related to the tariffs being inputed on china, i think skokie might have a few more cars being prepped for service im not to sure. 

[Busjack]

1 hour ago, Mr.NewFlyer1279 said:

production has been put on pause as of October 2025 until further notice, this is all related to the tariffs being inputed on china, i think skokie might have a few more cars being prepped for service im not to sure. 

All I know about this is that when thr contract was issued, there was a dispute with MBTA over tariffs, and CTA said that if tariffs were increased, CRRC would have to absorb it.

But later, CTA excused other CRRC delays, and gave them more money.

[Bus1883]

6 hours ago, Mr.NewFlyer1279 said:

production has been put on pause as of October 2025 until further notice, this is all related to the tariffs being inputed on china, i think skokie might have a few more cars being prepped for service im not to sure. 

Ouch

[Javi75]

Any updates with the 7000s or any signs of production moving forward? 

[Bus1883]

14 hours ago, Javi75 said:

Any updates with the 7000s or any signs of production moving forward? 

As of right now nothing

[Mr.NewFlyer1279]

20 hours ago, Javi75 said:

Any updates with the 7000s or any signs of production moving forward? 

CRRC was able to get some shells recently, we should be expecting to see up to 7260 soon. 

[Busjack]

6 hours ago, Mr.NewFlyer1279 said:

CRRC was able to get some shells recently, we should be expecting to see up to 7260 soon. 

Are the shells from China? Not fabricated here like Bombardier did? No wonder things are messed up 

[Tcmetro]

Yes, shells are manufactured in China, but they still meet the Buy America requirements. Supposedly, manufacuring what they can in China is their competitive advantage over other carmakers.

CRRC MA (building the Boston and LA subway cars) has had their shells held at port and have started to lay off their workers.

https://www.masslive.com/business/2026/01/crrc-will-lay-off-workers-because-us-customs-still-blocking-car-shells-from-china.html

[artthouwill]

31 minutes ago, Tcmetro said:

Yes, shells are manufactured in China, but they still meet the Buy America requirements. Supposedly, manufacuring what they can in China is their competitive advantage over other carmakers.

CRRC MA (building the Boston and LA subway cars) has had their shells held at port and have started to lay off their workers.

https://www.masslive.com/business/2026/01/crrc-will-lay-off-workers-because-us-customs-still-blocking-car-shells-from-china.html

So how are the CTA cars getting through and not the Boston ones?  Also, why hasn't more than 10 shells shown up at CRRC Chicago in the last several months?

[Adam Hubbard]

Is the rest of the base order and option for 400 more have been cancelled entirely?

[Tcmetro]

12 minutes ago, artthouwill said:

So how are the CTA cars getting through and not the Boston ones?  Also, why hasn't more than 10 shells shown up at CRRC Chicago in the last several months?

CRRC Sifeng in Chicago and CRRC MA are two different companies although they have the same parent company. Maybe they have different sourcing? Mr. New Flyer seems to indicate that they had issues too, however.

[Elkmn]

3 hours ago, Adam Hubbard said:

Is the rest of the base order and option for 400 more have been cancelled entirely?

well there are no certainties as of yet but they most likely wouldn't cancel the rest of the base order unless the tariffs really do get insurmountable (all shall be revealed!!), but the option for 400 more probably isn't happening.