Interior view of a retired pair of Chicago Transit Authority 6000 series Rapid Transit cars. The Illinois Railway Museum. Union IL. August 2000.

I took this photo, on an August 2000 visit to The Illinois Railway Museum, located in Union Illinois. This site greeted many a Chicago CTA Rapid Transit commuter going and coming from work on any given weekday. This is an interior view of a Chicago Transit Authority 6000 series Rapid Transit car. The 6000 series Rapid Transit cars were refered to as PCC Rapid Transit cars, as they were built from components that were salvaged from scrapped CTA PCC or Presidents Conference Commitee streamlined elecreic streetcars. These cars were in service from the early 1950's, to the mid 1990's. Phasing out, and last run fantrips began in the mid 1980's, as well as several being demoted into Maintenance of Way, or "Work Service Motors". The cars originally had two tone green interiors, but several wound up into the brown and cream colors that are shown here after rebuildings took place in the late 1970's and early 1980's. The standard two car permanently coupled "Married Pair" shown here, hauls visiting museum patrons today.