Chicago Transit Authority Photos

Welcome to the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) photo gallery. The CTA began operations in 1947 after acquiring the Chicago Rapid Transit Company and the Chicago Surface Lines. It operates numerous rail lines and surface bus routes in Chicago and surrounding suburbs.

Below is a sample of what the CTA operates, but by no means complete in covering the CTA throughout it's history.

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Thumbnail Year Model Fleet Number Description Photo Date (M/D/Y)
1969-70 Budd Company 2332 The interior train car 2332 while laying over at Chicago O'Hare International Airport on the Blue Line. The doors are know as "blinker" doors that open by folding inwards. This was the last order of cars to have them. Also, these cars received rebuilds in the early 90's and our currently the oldest cars running on the system. This order consisted of 150 cars. (Source:Chicago "L".org). 12/30/2004
1981-87 Budd Company 2610 2610 seen leading a consist on the 95th Street-Dan Ryan line (Red Line). Rebuilding of these cars began in 1998, there is a total of 600 cars (300 married pairs) in this series. (Source:Chicago "L".org) 1/02/2005
1981-87 Budd Company 2632 2632 on the purple line in downtown Chicagoto Linden. 8/05/2014
1981-87 Budd Company 2677 2677 on the orange line in downtown Chicago to Midway. 8/05/2014
1981-87 Budd Company 2966 2966 on the blue line at O'Hare Airport to Forest Park. 8/03/2014
1992-94 Morrison-Knudsen 3220 3220 on the orange line in downtown Chicago to Midway. 8/05/2014
1992-94 Morrison-Knudsen 3268 3268 on the orange line in downtown Chicago to Midway. 8/05/2014
1992-94 Morrison-Knudsen 3403 3403 on the brown line in downtown Chicago to Kimball. 8/05/2014
1992-94 Morrison-Knudsen 3428 3428 on the brown line in downtown Chicago to Kimball. 8/03/2014
1992-94 Morrison-Knudsen 3452 3452 on the brown line in downtown Chicago to Kimball. 8/03/2014
2011 Bombardier 5020 5020 on the red line in downtown Chicago. 8/04/2014
2011 Bombardier 5052 5052 on the green line in downtown Chicago. 8/05/2014
2011 Bombardier 5094 5094 on the green line in downtown Chicago. 8/05/2014
2014 Bombardier 5438 5438 on the green line in downtown Chicago. 8/05/2014
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