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2600-series (CTA)
🇺🇸 United States ·built by Budd Company· from 1981· class of Chicago 'L' car
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5 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Blue Line at California heading to Forest Park: Cragin Spring from Richmond Illinois, United States· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 2. CTA 2600 series 2016: mhellekjaer from Royal Oak, MI, USA· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 3. Chicago subway 2600 series (n°2674 & 2902): Kyah117· CC BY 4.0
- 4. CTA 2600 Series over Chicago Ave, Chicago, Illinois: Pokemonprime· CC BY 4.0
- 5. CTA 5000-Series Meets 2600-Series: vxla from Chicago, US· CC BY 2.0
what is it?
The 2600-series is a series of Chicago "L" car built between 1981 and 1987 by the Budd Company of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 600 cars were built, and 406 of them remain in service.
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 45 years ago, in 1981.
- 328 kW is about 4 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 4 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 14.6 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Still in service after 45 years.
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1981
- in service from
- 1981
- status
- in service
- number built
- 600
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- Budd Company
- operators
- Chicago Transit Authority
- top speed
- 113 km/h
- power
- 328 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- formation
- Married pair
- length
- 14.6 m
- weight
- 24.6 t
- capacity
- 46 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q4632347, Wikipedia: 2600-series (CTA) (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.