Monday, June 11, 2018

New car added to list

I was able to add another car to my list this past week - it's not a car that entered preservation recently, but rather one whose existence has only recently been confirmed. CTA 4325 is a standard Chicago "4000" elevated car that was sold by the CTA in 1978 and stored for a time in Minneapolis, apparently under the auspices of the Minnesota Transportation Museum. At some point it was acquired by the owner of the Escanaba & Lake Superior and moved to that railroad's location in Michigan, where it is kept in secure storage. It is one of only a few extant 4000s that were fitted with gasket-style upper sash windows, as shown above in a 1970s photo, and presumably still has this style of window.

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