CTA (Chicago Transit Authority) releasing cars in historic liveries to mark its 75th anniversary.

Still have many items all keys personal metal badge now a simple cloth badge sewn on from my days operating the 2000 lake st trains 6000 douglas/congress trains the 2200 series we called the silver bullet and the at the time modern 2600 series trains

The 2000 series trains that traveled the rails right next to the dan ryan expressway would go as fast as 70mph passing cars then they governed the motors to 55mph as the cab signal would only allow.

The 6000 series were my favorite even though a sweat box in the heat and humidity and to hand roll up all those windows in the yard if one had that shift was a arm workout.

Could write a book and then some of the adventures as a conductor /motorman /switchman/ flagman some good some very sad .

Retired ATU Member Local 308

John,

Thanks for sharing this news.  I just recently bought this 4-car MTH CTA PS3 set from Trainz and it's nice to know it's still relevant in Chicago.  Even though they aren't running it these days, they certainly pay homage to it.

BTW, it reminds me of how cool the Illinois Railway Musuem is.  I look forward to visiting there again soon.

Mike

Very cool! Hey MTH let’s get these made!

Thanks for sharing @jay jay and some great stories and insight, @Dieseler !   I've been away from Chicago for a few years with my job, but growing up driving into the city with my family, I would always see the Blue Line paralleling us on the Eisenhower.  I second @bigtruckpete, let's get these made, MTH!!! And also recatalog all the other schemes too. 

I was looking at the 75th anniversary swag page and they have some interesting items. Go down to the Home & Decor page and they have maps of the CTA lines, posters and my personal favorite, a live map with lights showing where the trains are. You just plug it into Wifi to make the map real time.

https://ctagifts.com/collectio...niversary-collection

Steve, that is a cool CTA tracker.  It might look cool in a layout room next to a control board.  I wonder how well it actually works.

Thanks for posting the link.

Mike

I bet it works fine. It’s just a fun novelty thing anyway.