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3200-series (CTA)
🇺🇸 United States ·built by Morrison-Knudsen· from 1992· class of Chicago 'L' car
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3 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Chicago Transit Authority Brown Line train: Laurence's Pictures from USA· CC BY 2.0
- 2. Chicago subway 3200 series (n°3433): Kyah117· CC BY 4.0
- 3. CTA 2600, 3200-Series at Washington-Wabash (July 2026): RailTypes· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The 3200-series (numbered 3201–3457) is a series of 'L' cars built between 1992 and 1994 by Morrison-Knudsen of Hornell, New York, with body shells built by Brazilian subcontractor Mafersa. 257 cars were built. The 3200-series was the last of five series of Chicago "L" cars known as the High Performance Family and the last railcars ordered for the Chicago Transit Authority that use direct current motors.
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 34 years ago, in 1992.
- 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 34 years.
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1992
- in service from
- 1992
- status
- in service
- number built
- 257
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- Morrison-Knudsen
- 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
- 39 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q12052514, Wikipedia: 3200-series (CTA) (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.