cta7005_20200904.jpg (249k) Car 7005, and its mate 7006 in the background, are on track L-South in Skokie Shop on September 4, 2020. (Photo by Graham Garfield)
	cta7006_20201007a.jpg (253k) Car 7006 leads its mate on Track 1 on the North Side Main Line on October 7, 2020 on the first day of non-revenue testing outside of Skokie Yard. The pair operated back and forth on Track 1 between Howard and Wilson during the midday on October 7th and 8th when no Purple Line Express service was scheduled (allowing the track to be closed to all other trains). The cars are approaching Bryn Mawr, where a temporary station is under construction (steel on the background for a southbound platform, and foundations in the foreground for extending the existing island platform for northbound trains) for the RPM project. (Photo by Graham Garfield)
	cta7006_20201007b.jpg (260k) 7000-series prototype cars 7005-7006 are running back and forth on North Main Track 1 during their first day of main line nonrevenue testing on October 7, 2020. The cars are moving "against traffic" (in the opposite direction trains normally go on the track) away from the camera, as evidenced by the fact that the red taillights (including the red ring around the head/taillight module) are illuminated on car 7006, indicating it is the rear of the train. The white-painted steel behind the train is for the temporary southbound platform and canopy being built for Bryn Mawr station. (Photo by Graham Garfield)
	cta7006_20201007c.jpg (257k) Car 7006 is leading a 2-car test train of the first 7000-series prototype cars passing Bryn Mawr on October 7, 2020. The cars operated in non-revenue service, without passengers, bi-directionally on Track 1, testing the propulsion, braking, Global Positioning, leveling, public address, and other systems, as well as clearances. (Photo by Graham Garfield)
	cta7005_20201007a.jpg (293k) 7000-series prototype car 7005 is keyed up and ready to go -- note the white headlights illuminated -- for non-revenue testing on North Main Track 1 on October 7, 2020. The cars carried CTA engineers and other personnel, to conduct tests, monitor and troubleshoot issues, and analyze the results. (Photo by Graham Garfield)
	cta7005_5287_20201007.jpg (282k) While on its first day of main line non-revenue testing, 7000-series prototype car 7005 is set up to operate against traffic on track NM1, while 5000-series car 5287 passes on track NM2 while bringing up the rear of a passing Red Line train leaving Bryn Mawr on October 7, 2020. The view gives a good aesthetic comparison of the new 7000s and their predecessors, the 5000s. (Photo by Graham Garfield)
	cta7005_20201007b.jpg (265k) Car 7005 is at the north end of 7000-series prototype unit 7005-7006 on its first day of non-revenue testing on Track 1, the southbound Purple Line Express track, between Howard and Wilson midday on October 7, 2020. (Photo by Graham Garfield)
	cta7010_20201017.jpg (244k) 7000-series prototype car 7010, and its mate 7009, is inside Skokie Shop on October 17, 2020 for inspection and testing following delivery and prior to the cars being released for road testing. Note the car on the adjacent track in the left background, car 5714--the final 5000-series car built. (Photo by Graham Garfield)
	cta7010_5714_7007_20201017.jpg (258k) Several 7000-series prototype cars are in Skokie Shop on October 17, 2020 for inspection and testing following delivery and prior to the cars being released for road testing -- from right to left, car 7010, 5000-series car 5714 (the final 5000 built), car 7007, and a third 7000 whose car number is not visible. (Photo by Graham Garfield)
	cta7006_20201210.jpg (348k) Car 7006 is at the lead end of a 4-car train of 7000-series prototype cars in nonrevenue testing, coming around Sheridan Curve and into Sheridan station on North Main Track 4, looking east on December 10, 2020. (Photo provided to Chicago-L.org)