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crt4306.jpg
(83k)
Car 4306 is on the rear of a northbound Howard Express train
at University
station on the Jackson Park Branch. Flag holders were added
to the rapid transit cars starting in 1929, flags were flown
on holidays, a practice the Surface Lines and Chicago Motor
Coach also followed. This custom is still observed by Pace,
the suburban bus operating division of the RTA. (Photo from the Jeff Obarek
collection)
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crt4324.jpg
(79k)
The 4324 is shown at the 22nd/Mannheim
terminal of the Westchester Line on January 15, 1939. The
building to the right of the car is the
contractor's/developer's office, which was built at the same
time as the rapid transit station in 1930. The office was
later removed, making this location appear even more desolate.
After its passenger-carrying days were over, 4324 was
converted to work motor S-348 (in December of 1965).
(Photo from the Jeff Obarek
collection)
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crt4342.jpg
(78k)
4000-series unit 4342,
shown operating as part of an extra train on the North Shore
Line during World War II, was one of 30 plushies equipped
with General Electric PC10 control. The other 175 plushies
used Westinghouse control equipment. All 30 of the
PC10-equipped plushies were assigned to Lake Street service
in CRT days until all 4000s
were reassigned to the subway 1943. As a "minority" group of
cars, the PC10 cars were never favored by the maintenance
department, and all of them were retired at one time,
without any being converted for work service (except for
S-364 [ex-4371], which was put into work service
from 1968-72 "accidentally"). There was also one
PC10-equipped baldie, the 4084. (Photo from
the Jeff Obarek collection)
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crt4312.jpg
(73k)
Car 4312 is shown in the Laramie Yard of the Garfield Park
Line in this undated view. The Metropolitan's own cars used
battery control, while the other CRT divisions used the line
voltage to supply the control circuits. The 4000s
were capable of operating from either supply source, but not
both at the same time. So for a 4000
to train with the Met wood cars, there had to be a means of
changing between line and battery control. This was done by
a manually-thrown changeover switch that a shopman would
throw before the car went into service on the Met.
(Photo from the Jeff Obarek
collection)
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crt4383.jpg
(81k)
The 4383 was just 'another 4000'
at the time of this 1942 photo (the upper sash window flag
decals are the clue as to the date), where it is shown
heading up a westbound Westchester train. In the
CTA era 4383 was
selected for a couple of interesting modifications. In 1950
it was one of three 4000s
known to have received a built-in dash headlight. In the
mid-50s it was one of the plushies that was re-equipped with
inside door controls, in an effort to improve the
conductor's working conditions. (Photo from
the Jeff Obarek collection)
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cta4397.jpg
(82k)
The 4397 heads an Evanston train near Davis Street in the
mid-50s. This pair is interesting in that one car is in the
green and cream livery while the other car retains its brown
and orange paint. After its passenger-carrying days had
ended, 4397 was converted to work motor S-371, part of the
final group of seven 4000s
converted to work service in April of 1972.
(Photo from the Jeff Obarek
collection)
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crt4082.jpg
(78k)
The non-cab corner of car 4082 is presenting itself to the
camera on a sunny day the the train heads northbound on a
Ravenswood run stopping at a local station on the North Side
Main Line. The striking contrast between the green and
orange body colors and salmon roof -- the CRT's first paint
scheme -- suggests 4082 is fresh from the paint shop.
Originally assigned to (and lettered for) the Northwestern
Elevated when bought, most cars like 4082 were relettered
"Rapid Transit" upon unification of the system, although a
few bore "Chicago Elevated" on their letterboard instead.
(Photo from the Jeff Obarek
collection)
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cta4420.jpg
(63k)
Car 4420 is shown in the Forest Park turnback of the Lake
Street line in this undated view. Transfer of plushies to
Lake Street began in the early 50s, and this is one of the
units that lost its number 1 end trolley poles, before
CTA reversed this
decision for the Lake-assigned cars. The 4420 would again
lose the number 1 end pole when it was later transferred to
Evanston service. The pair was part of the group of 4000s that finished out
the revenue service career of this series during 1973.
(Photo from the Jeff Obarek
collection)
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cta4245.jpg
(50k)
Despite their lack of trolley poles, "baldie" 4000s
were assigned to Lake Street from 1959 to 1964, though they
had to be jumpered to at least one "plushie" 4000
for the trip west of Laramie
Avenue. Of course, by the time of this photo in August
1964, the point was moot because the Lake Line west of Laramie had
been elevated to the C&NW embankment and had third rail
running to the terminal. Car 4245 is leading this Lake
Street All-Stop train at Ridgeland only two months before
the car was scrapped. (Photo by Jerry
Appleman)
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cta4000s07.jpg
(50k)
The 4251-4455 series "plushie" 4000
cars were a mainstay on the Evanston Line for more than 15
years -- assigned from the mid-1950s to 1973 -- residing
there longer than on any other line in the Chicago Transit
Authority era. Here, a two-car train of 4000s
is making its way south on the Evanston Shuttle run, just
having left Main
station on January 28, 1967. (Photo by Jerry
Appleman)
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