#3998
2200-series (CTA)
🇺🇸 United States ·built by Budd Company· from 1969· class of Chicago 'L' rail cars
3 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. CTA 2346: Fidencio Marbella· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 2. Central cta green line: David Pirmann· CC BY 2.0
- 3. 2200 series on the Blue Line: Russell Sekeet· CC BY 2.0
what is it?
The 2200-series was a series of Chicago "L" cars built in 1969 and 1970 by the Budd Company of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 150 cars were built. The last 8 2200-series cars were retired from service after their ceremonial last trips on the Blue Line on August 8, 2013.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 57 years ago, in 1969.
- Weighs about as much as 4 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 14.6 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 44 years (1969–2013).
carriage / wagon: Unpowered passenger coaches or freight wagons, pulled by a locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1969
- in service from
- 1969
- retired
- 2013
- status
- retired
- number built
- 150
- kind
- carriage / wagon
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- Budd Company
- operators
- Chicago Transit Authority
- top speed
- 113 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Bo’Bo’+Bo’Bo’
- formation
- Married pair
- length
- 14.6 m
- weight
- 21.5 t
- capacity
- 46 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q4631203, Wikipedia: 2200-series (CTA) (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.