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7000-series Gallery 6

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A 6-car Purple Line Express test train of prototype 7000-series cars, trailed by car 7007, passes over Church Street after just departing Davis station on its way to Linden on July 20, 2021. (Photo by Lou Gerard)

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Car 7007 leads a southbound 6-car train of prototype 7000-series cars in revenue service testing as it passes through Clark Interlocking approaching Davis station on July 20, 2021. (Photo by Lou Gerard)

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A Loop-bound Purple Line Express test train of prototype 7000-series cars, led by car 7005, is switched from track 2 to express track 1 at Jarvis Interlocking on July 23, 2021. (Photo by Lou Gerard)

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The prototype 7000-series cars are operating Purple Line Express run 515 the morning of July 23, 2021, as the train -- with car 7007 bringing up the rear -- passes Jarvis station on the express track. It will soon catch up with the 95th-bound Red Line train of predecessor 5000-series cars that just left the station. (Photo by Lou Gerard)

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7000-series prototype car 7007 peaks around the curve at Main Street as it leads southbound run 515 on the Purple Line on July 23, 2021, about to pass over the bridge over the street and into Main station. (Photo by Lou Gerard)

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Car 7007 leads a southbound 6-car train of prototype 7000-series cars entering Main station on the Purple Line on July 23, 2021. Although the train is 6-cars long, typical for a Purple Line Express, it is actually running a Purple Line Shuttle trip to Howard -- the train completed an express trip from the Loop to Linden, and now is returning to Howard. (Photo by Lou Gerard)

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Car 7010 leads a southbound 6-car Purple Line Express train of prototype 7000-series cars approaching Thorndale station (which it will bypass on express track 1) on July 28, 2021. Operating as run 512, the train is en route to the Loop. (Photo by Lou Gerard)

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Loop-bound Purple Line Express run 512, consisting of six prototype 7000-series cars trailed by 7004, is passing through Thorndale Interlocking on July 28, 2021, as viewed from Thorndale station. After passing through the interlocking, the train will be in the "2-track zone" between Thorndale and Montrose Interlocking, where two of the four tracks are removed and being reconstructed as part of the Red-Purple Modernization Project. (Photo by Lou Gerard)

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A 2-car Yellow Line train led by car 7005 is approaching Kilbourne Avenue on its way to Howard on August 4, 2021. (Photo by Lou Gerard)

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7000-series prototype unit 7005-7006, with the former at the rear, has discharged its passengers at Dempster-Skokie and is moving onto the turnback track north of the station to change ends and return to Howard, looking north on August 4, 2021. (Photo by Lou Gerard)

	cta7007_20210720a.jpg (464k) A 6-car Purple Line Express test train of prototype 7000-series cars, trailed by car 7007, passes over Church Street after just departing Davis station on its way to Linden on July 20, 2021. (Photo by Lou Gerard)
	cta7007_20210720b.jpg (562k) Car 7007 leads a southbound 6-car train of prototype 7000-series cars in revenue service testing as it passes through Clark Interlocking approaching Davis station on July 20, 2021. (Photo by Lou Gerard)
	cta7005_20210723.jpg (323k) A Loop-bound Purple Line Express test train of prototype 7000-series cars, led by car 7005, is switched from track 2 to express track 1 at Jarvis Interlocking on July 23, 2021. (Photo by Lou Gerard)
	cta7007_20210723a.jpg (381k) The prototype 7000-series cars are operating Purple Line Express run 515 the morning of July 23, 2021, as the train -- with car 7007 bringing up the rear -- passes Jarvis station on the express track. It will soon catch up with the 95th-bound Red Line train of predecessor 5000-series cars that just left the station. (Photo by Lou Gerard)
	cta7007_20210723b.jpg (433k) 7000-series prototype car 7007 peaks around the curve at Main Street as it leads southbound run 515 on the Purple Line on July 23, 2021, about to pass over the bridge over the street and into Main station. (Photo by Lou Gerard)
	cta7007_20210723c.jpg (401k) Car 7007 leads a southbound 6-car train of prototype 7000-series cars entering Main station on the Purple Line on July 23, 2021. Although the train is 6-cars long, typical for a Purple Line Express, it is actually running a Purple Line Shuttle trip to Howard -- the train completed an express trip from the Loop to Linden, and now is returning to Howard. (Photo by Lou Gerard)
	cta7010_20210728.jpg (355k) Car 7010 leads a southbound 6-car Purple Line Express train of prototype 7000-series cars approaching Thorndale station (which it will bypass on express track 1) on July 28, 2021. Operating as run 512, the train is en route to the Loop. (Photo by Lou Gerard)
	cta7004_20210728.jpg (353k) Loop-bound Purple Line Express run 512, consisting of six prototype 7000-series cars trailed by 7004, is passing through Thorndale Interlocking on July 28, 2021, as viewed from Thorndale station. After passing through the interlocking, the train will be in the "2-track zone" between Thorndale and Montrose Interlocking, where two of the four tracks are removed and being reconstructed as part of the Red-Purple Modernization Project. (Photo by Lou Gerard)
	cta7005-06_20210804a.jpg (477k) A 2-car Yellow Line train led by car 7005 is approaching Kilbourne Avenue on its way to Howard on August 4, 2021. (Photo by Lou Gerard)
	cta7005-06_20210804b.jpg (400k) 7000-series prototype unit 7005-7006, with the former at the rear, has discharged its passengers at Dempster-Skokie and is moving onto the turnback track north of the station to change ends and return to Howard, looking north on August 4, 2021. (Photo by Lou Gerard)