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cta2863-64-CoastGaurd.jpg
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The U.S. Coast
Guard & Coast Guard Reserve wrapped one 2600-series
Red Line unit
for recruiting purposes. Cars 2863-2864, seen at Belmont
on February 2, 2004, featured a white background with
oversize gray "USCG"
lettering in the background, red and blue bands, and various
Coast
Guard insignia and information. (Photo
by Matthew Isoda)
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cta2997-98-Altoids.jpg
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After an absence of several years, Altoids
returned with a new advertising wrap, marketing their new
chewy mints. Seen at Western
on the Brown
Line on June 18, 2004, cars 2997-2998 featured a light
green background, images of Altoid tins, and the tagline pun
"Chew-Chew" in red letters. (Photo by
Matthew Isoda)
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cta2800-2799-CTAfunding.jpg
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In 2005, the CTA®
began a concerted campaign to lobby for reformed transit
funding. The campaign included car cards inside railcars and
buses, billboards, a web site, and exterior railcar ads.
Cars 2800-2799 feature the ads, which lobby the public to
"Fight Congestion. Support
transit." and provide the campaign web site,
keepchicagolandmoving.com,
at Belmont on
February 21, 2005. (Photo by Matthew
Isoda)
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cta2600-CTAlogo-IWill.jpg
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After the 2600-series
railcars went through their mid-life overhaul in the late
1990s and early 2000s, their exterior paint scheme was
stripped and the exteriors were left polished metal. The
"Spirit of Chicago" emblem below the motorcab windows was
removed in favor of a (then-current)
CTA® logo. However, as
this 2005 photo shows, after being on the cars for years,
the mark of the Spirit logo can still be discerned on many
car sides. (Photo by Matthew
Isoda)
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cta2863-64-iPod.jpg
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2600-series unit 2863-64,
sitting in the yard at Skokie
Shops on August 28, 2005, show the complete sequence of
iPod
exterior ads from the 2005 campaign. (Photo
by Graham Garfield)
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cta2969-United.jpg
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In September, two units were wrapped for United
Airlines: cars 2969-70 on the Purple
Line and 3133-34 on the Blue
Line. The cars advertised the additional leg room on
United
planes with a cartoon of a man whose legs extended across
both cars of the two-car unit. Car 2969, one half of the
Purple Line
cars, is seen at Howard
on September 29, 2005. (Photo by Graham
Garfield)
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cta2970-United.jpg
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The other half of the United
Airlines Purple
Line ad wrap unit is seen at Howard
on September 29, 2005 on car 2970. The cartoon man's long
legs end and the middle and right end of the graphic feature
United's
logo and tagline. (Photo by Graham
Garfield)
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cta3024-23-AmEx.jpg
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The American
Express credit card wrapped on unit o the Red
Line and one on the Blue
Line. The cars had a "busy" graphic scheme, with a black
background, various items one can buy, and a colored band
under the side windows. The Blue
Line cars, 3024-25, are at 54/Cermak
terminal on October 12, 2005. (Photo by
Graham Garfield)
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cta2999-ChicagoMarathon.jpg
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For many years, the Chicago
Marathon, now sponsored by LaSalle
Bank, would wrap one car (usually on the Brown
Line) to advertise the annual marathon. Brown
Line car 2999 is wrapped for the 2005 marathon at
Diversey on
September 3, 2005. (Photo by Graham
Garfield)
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cta2894-holiday05a.jpg
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The CTA's® Holiday
Train, a perennial favorite of Chicago children and adults
alike, is embellished a little more every year. Put together
with volunteer labor and staffed by volunteer
CTA® employees, the
train travels to different lines throughout late November
and December each year. The 2005 Holiday Train is on a
layover at Midway
terminal on December 18, 2005. (Photo by
Graham Garfield)
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