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2000-series Gallery 8

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Newly-delivered Pullman-Standard cars 2129-2130, the CTA's first High-Performance Family cars and the first series in which all cars were air conditioned, are on a CERA fantrip approaching Laramie Avenue eastbound on the Douglas branch on October 25, 1964. (Photo by Jerry Appleman)

cta2000s_rendering-StLouis.jpg (128k)
When CTA solicited bids for new "L" cars in 1963, they invited responding companies to submit their own interpretation of the specifications and propose an aesthetic design for their interpretation of a "New Look" style railcar, similar to the New Look buses being purchased at the time. This is the design submitted by the St. Louis Car company for the new modern "L" car. (Rendering from the CTA Collection)

cta2000s_rendering-Pullman-alt.jpg (192k)
When CTA solicited bids for new "L" cars in 1963, they invited responding companies to submit their own interpretation of the specifications and propose an aesthetic design for their interpretation of a "New Look" style railcar, similar to the New Look buses being purchased at the time. This is the design submitted by the Pullman-Standard company for the new modern "L" car. (Rendering from the CTA Collection)

cta2000s_rendering-Pullman-final.jpg (189k)
After CTA accepted Pullman-Standard's submission as the lowest qualified bid when including the optional air conditioning, Pullman further refined their aesthetic design of the cars. This rendering shows the final design Pullman submitted and was accepted by the CTA. It is, without a doubt, a streamlined car with a look in keeping with postwar, "space age" sensibilities of futuristic modernity. (Rendering from the CTA Collection)

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On April 22, 1964, CTA Board members and staff visited the Pullman-Standard plant on Chicago's South Side to preview the prototypes of the new 2000-series cars. Here, they are standing inside a series of fiberglass front end shells inside the plant. (Photo from the CTA Collection)

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Prototype 2000-series cars 2001-2002 stand on the test track at the Pullman plant on April 22, 1964, gleaming and sleek in new mint green and alpine white paint, ready to provide demonstration rides for CTA Chairman George L. DeMent and members of Chicago Transit Board. (Photo from the CTA Collection)

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CTA Board Chairman DeMent and Pullman-Standard company president J.W. Scallon view prototype car 2002 on the Pullman plant test track on April 22, 1964. The two-car unit was run back and forth on the Pullman test track to demonstrate the riding comfort of the wide seats and the new-type trucks equipped with steel and rubber springs and shock absorbers. (Photo from the CTA Collection)

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The original interior of the 2000-series cars is illustrated by car 2003, seen in 1964 -- patterned off-white melamine ceiling and side panels, backlit advertising sash, rows of seats upholstered in "lake blue" vinyl, and light gray rubber floor covering. The air conditioning unit can be seen overhead, over the aisle. (Photo by Jim Northcutt)

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A Lake train of 2000-series cars is stopping at Randolph/Wabash station, looking northwest in 1967. The Marshall Field & Company department store is seen in the background. The Pullman 2000-series cars are only a few years old here and still sport their original mint green and alpine white livery. (Photo by Miles Beitler)

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A Lake "B" train of 2000-series cars approaches the Randolph/Wabash station, looking southwest in 1967. (Photo by Miles Beitler)

	cta2129.jpg (150k) Newly-delivered Pullman-Standard cars 2129-2130, the CTA's first High-Performance Family cars and the first series in which all cars were air conditioned, are on a CERA fantrip approaching Laramie Avenue eastbound on the Douglas branch on October 25, 1964. (Photo by Jerry Appleman)
	cta2000s_rendering-StLouis.jpg (128k) When CTA solicited bids for new "L" cars in 1963, they invited responding companies to submit their own interpretation of the specifications and propose an aesthetic design for their interpretation of a "New Look" style railcar, similar to the New Look buses being purchased at the time. This is the design submitted by the St. Louis Car company for the new modern "L" car. (Rendering from the CTA Collection)
	cta2000s_rendering-Pullman-alt.jpg (192k) When CTA solicited bids for new "L" cars in 1963, they invited responding companies to submit their own interpretation of the specifications and propose an aesthetic design for their interpretation of a "New Look" style railcar, similar to the New Look buses being purchased at the time. This is the design submitted by the Pullman-Standard company for the new modern "L" car. (Rendering from the CTA Collection)
	cta2000s_rendering-Pullman-final.jpg (189k) After CTA accepted Pullman-Standard's submission as the lowest qualified bid when including the optional air conditioning, Pullman further refined their aesthetic design of the cars. This rendering shows the final design Pullman submitted and was accepted by the CTA. It is, without a doubt, a streamlined car with a look in keeping with postwar, "space age" sensibilities of futuristic modernity. (Rendering from the CTA Collection)
	cta2000s_caps.jpg (171k) On April 22, 1964, CTA Board members and staff visited the Pullman-Standard plant on Chicago's South Side to preview the prototypes of the new 2000-series cars. Here, they are standing inside a series of fiberglass front end shells inside the plant. (Photo from the CTA Collection)
	cta2001-2002.jpg (174k) Prototype 2000-series cars 2001-2002 stand on the test track at the Pullman plant on April 22, 1964, gleaming and sleek in new mint green and alpine white paint, ready to provide demonstration rides for CTA Chairman George L. DeMent and members of Chicago Transit Board. (Photo from the CTA Collection)
	cta2002.jpg (173k) CTA Board Chairman DeMent and Pullman-Standard company president J.W. Scallon view prototype car 2002 on the Pullman plant test track on April 22, 1964. The two-car unit was run back and forth on the Pullman test track to demonstrate the riding comfort of the wide seats and the new-type trucks equipped with steel and rubber springs and shock absorbers. (Photo from the CTA Collection)
	cta2003interior.jpg (206k) The original interior of the 2000-series cars is illustrated by car 2003, seen in 1964 -- patterned off-white melamine ceiling and side panels, backlit advertising sash, rows of seats upholstered in "lake blue" vinyl, and light gray rubber floor covering. The air conditioning unit can be seen overhead, over the aisle. (Photo by Jim Northcutt)
	randolph-wabash08.jpg (135k) A Lake train of 2000-series cars is stopping at Randolph/Wabash station, looking northwest in 1967. The Marshall Field & Company department store is seen in the background. The Pullman 2000-series cars are only a few years old here and still sport their original mint green and alpine white livery. (Photo by Miles Beitler)
	cta2000s08.jpg (216k) A Lake "B" train of 2000-series cars approaches the Randolph/Wabash station, looking southwest in 1967. (Photo by Miles Beitler)