#3750
2000-series (CTA)
🇺🇸 United States ·built by Pullman Company· from 1964· class of Chicago Transit Authority cars
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. 19670906 01 CTA 2141 @ Laramie Ave: David Wilson from Oak Park, Illinois, USA· CC BY 2.0
what is it?
The 2000-series was a series of Chicago "L" car built in 1964 by Pullman-Standard of Chicago, Illinois. 180 cars were built. The 2000-series was the first of five series of Chicago "L" cars known as the High-Performance Family.
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 62 years ago, in 1964.
- Weighs about as much as 4 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 14.6 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 29 years (1964–1993).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1964
- in service from
- 1964
- retired
- 1993
- status
- retired
- number built
- 180
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- Pullman Company, Pullman-Standard Car Manufacturing Company
- operators
- Chicago Transit Authority
- top speed
- 105 km/h
- power
- 298 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- formation
- Married pair
- length
- 14.6 m
- weight
- 21.5 t
- capacity
- 51 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q4598091, Wikipedia: 2000-series (CTA) (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.