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Articles about the rolling stock of the Chicago 'L'. Pages in category "Chicago "L" rolling stock" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total.
A pair of 4000-series "Plushie" cars at the Illinois Railway Museum Car no. 4439 at the East Troy Electric Railroad. The 4000-series cars were manufactured by the Cincinnati Car Company of Cincinnati, Ohio, between 1914 and 1924. They were the first steel cars on the Chicago "L" system.
5000-series bodies had a curved profile previously used by North Shore Line and then Chicago, Aurora & Elgin cars which operated on the "L". The floor width was the 8 ft 8 in (2.64 m) needed for platform clearance, then above the sides curved outward, so the car was wider at seat level.
Nickey Chevrolet (also called Nickey Chicago) was a Chevrolet automobile dealership located in Chicago, Illinois, USA.Founded in 1925 by brothers E.J. and Jack Stephani, Nickey Chevrolet became one of the largest factory dealerships, specializing in high performance muscle car sales and services.
The 5000 series is a series of Chicago "L" car built between 2009 and 2015 by Bombardier Transportation of Plattsburgh, New York. A $577 million order for 406 cars was placed in 2006. [ 1 ] In July 2011, the CTA ordered 300 more cars (later increased to 308 cars) for $331 million as an option on the first contract.
Initially, a single train operated each day, departing from a terminal in Chicago at Water St. and Kinzie St. at 8:30 am and returning from Waukegan at 3:30 pm. [6] [7] The president of the railroad, former Chicago mayor Walter S. Gurnee, speculated on land in Lake County spurring the development of railway suburbs along the line. [8]
The famous Illinois home featured in the 1990 Christmas classic first hit the market for $5.25 million in May 2024 ... The high mortgage rates, scarce inventory and dismal affordability that have ...
Victory Auto Wreckers was an auto salvage yard in Bensenville, Illinois, near Chicago's O'Hare International Airport. It is well known in the Chicago area for its former television commercial, in which a young man struggles with a car door that has just detached from its hinges. The commercial aired with limited changes from 1985 to 2015 ...