Nostalgia & History > CTA High-Speed Cars

Rick Burn managed to catch all four high-speed cars at the Kimball Terminal of the Ravenswood Line in April, 1961 as these two pictures show.

NebraskaZephyr wrote about the cars on yesterday's posting.. He wrote, "... Nos. 1-4 were considered "high-speed" cars. Those four were built all-new, not using recycled components from the "Green Hornet" PCC streetcar fleet as cars 5-50 were. Among the differences was a larger diameter wheel (28" vs 26") and additional motor shunts which allowed 1-4 to top out somewhere around 70 MPH, as opposed to the 50 MPH of the average 6000 set. Those four cars originally had a distinctive red and cream paint scheme. "

For more information on the cars see: http://www.chicago-l.org/trains/roster/1-50.html

Enjoy,
Marty Bernard

CTA  High Spered Car at Kimball Ave on the Ravenswood Line, Chicago, IL  April 1961



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/02/15 14:52 by MartyBernard.

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Interetsing.  I've never seen those cars before!

- Jeff Carlson