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As an inbound 2600-series
Blue Line train pulls out of Logan
Square station on October 23, 2003, new station name
signs placed down the center of the platform, hung overhead
on newly-installed brackets suspended from the arched
ceiling, are visible over the custom-designed,
original-to-the-station bench. (Photo by
Graham Garfield)
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cta2898-holiday03a.jpg
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On its way out to O'Hare, the Holiday Train stops at
Clark/Lake
while the train's operator, Bruce Nelson, checks the doors
on November 28, 2003. Although the main purpose was to
transfer to the train to Rosemont Yard in anticipation of
the train's scheduled operation on the Blue Line the next
day, the train ran in service and carried passengers between
Racine and
O'Hare that night.
(Photo by Graham Garfield)
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Blowing snow and biting wind were not enough to stop the
Holiday Train, stopped here at Library
station, from operating on the Loop Elevated for the
lighting of Chicago's Holiday Tree in Daley Center Plaza on
November 28, 2003. (Photo by Graham
Garfield)
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The CTA® Holiday
Train, led by car 2898, is parked at O'Hare
Terminal for the CTA's Employee Appreciation Day on
December 6, 2003. (Photo by Graham
Garfield)
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After completing its runs on the Loop Elevated for the
lighting of Chicago's Holiday Tree in Daley Center Plaza,
the Holiday Train was transferred to the Blue Line via the
new Paulina Connector. After changing ends at Harrison
Junction, the train is descending the Loomis Ramp down to
the Congress Line on November 28, 2003. The Sears Tower is
visible in the background of Chicago's winter skyline.
(Photo by Graham Garfield)
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cta2898-holiday03c.jpg
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The Holiday Train sits on the layup track at Kimball
during a 2-hour layover on December 21, 2003.
(Photo by Graham Garfield)
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Cars 3187-88, sporting the new US Cellular ad wrap, pass the
new Western
station on the Douglas while bringing up the rear of an
inbound train on February 25, 2004. The second US Cellular
scheme had a light blue background and thin yellow
"streaks", with a row of five cell phones below the center
side windows. Over the right side door on each side is the
"easyedge" logo and below the door, in the thin band at the
bottom of the car body, is the US Cellular logo. The design
superseded a previous US Cellular wrap and appeared in
December 2003. (Photo by Graham
Garfield)
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cta2879-21stCenturyInsurance.jpg
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Heading through Howard
Yard back to the station after turning around on the
turnback loop, car 2879 sports the new full-body ad wrap for
21st Century Insurance on April 9, 2004. It is one of eight
cars so wrapped. The cars feature a light blue background
with a pink seat belt and white lettering. Eight cars total
were so wrapped. (Photo by Graham
Garfield)
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Continuing Altoids'
tendency toward lighthearted ad wraps, car 2998 is
advertising the mint company's new chewing gum while
stopping at Diversey
on June 7, 2004. Although its hard to see from a distance,
the car's pale green background has a very light diamond
pattern in it. (Photo by Graham
Garfield)
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cta2650-Fanta.jpg
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Car 2650 is wrapped for Coca Cola's Fanta
cola beverage, stopped at Belmont
while leading an northbound Red Line train on June 7, 2004.
The car's orange color relates to one of the four fruit
flavors of the cola, and the circles suggest carbonation
bubbles. (Photo by Graham
Garfield)
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