One of My favorite memorys growing up in Chicago during the 1960's and 70's, was the once everyday sight of the Chicago Transit Authority's lightweight 6000 series rapid transit cars. These cars were built during the 1950's, utilizing electrical parts and components from scrapped PCC electric streetcars. Although many Chicagoans before Me hated to see electric streetcar service end by 1958, this turned out to be a very "Cost Effective" way for the CTA to modernize their heavily trafficked subway and elevated rapid transit lines.
I took this photo during a March 1985 fantrip that was sponsored by the Illinois Railway Museum in Union Illinois. The old 6000 series cars were nearing the end of their service lives during the mid 1980's, and would be retired by the early to mid 1990's. Several retired CTA 6000 series cars began arriving at the Illinois Railway Museum in 1996. Others eventually found homes at various railroad museums as well.
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