6127 - 6130, married pairs were equipped with trolley poles AND very high speed motors. Could do over 70 MPH in the middle 1950's. I rode them in 1956. Ran from Evanston to the Loop in AM Shoppers Special.
They have trolley poles mounted on the top. The second car in the video doesn't have a trolley pole, so it's jumpered off of the first car (which does have a pole). The cars with poles, with the exception of two of them (which were equipped with them at the museum, not on the CTA) are "authentic" because they retained them after the Evanston line's trolley wire was replaced with third rail - those were cars formerly used on that route.
that is cool! I wish more railroad museumes would get old subway cars they are sweet!
metraF40PH163 1 year ago
6127 - 6130, married pairs were equipped with trolley poles AND very high speed motors. Could do over 70 MPH in the middle 1950's. I rode them in 1956. Ran from Evanston to the Loop in AM Shoppers Special.
rail64 2 years ago
IRm has running cta cars? Where do they get power from? I didn't think they had third rails
franklinterrier 3 years ago
They have trolley poles mounted on the top. The second car in the video doesn't have a trolley pole, so it's jumpered off of the first car (which does have a pole). The cars with poles, with the exception of two of them (which were equipped with them at the museum, not on the CTA) are "authentic" because they retained them after the Evanston line's trolley wire was replaced with third rail - those were cars formerly used on that route.
bytebark 3 years ago