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[edit] 2400 series not fit for expressway medians?

There needs to be a citation for this edit. The CTA ran the 2400 series on the Lake-Dan Ryan run for years and, as stated, on the Red Line when the 2600 series was being rehabbed. Also, I know the 2600 series design to be nearly identical to that of the 2400 series, so I don't see why it couldn't be used on expressway medians. Finally, they run the 2400 series work trains down the the 95th yard all the time, to move around supplies and so forth. The 2400 series not being fit for expressway median use just doesn't seem likely to me, especially given the interoperability all cars from the 2000 series on have. —BorgHunter (talk) 04:15, 27 March 2007 (UTC)


Actually, the 2400's were moved to Lake-Dan Ryan to replace now long retired 2000 series. It was the 2000's that were discovered to have problems running in the medians due to the salt used on the roadways in winter getting into the traction motors and damaging them. The 2000's were moved to what was then the Englewood-Jackson-Park-Howard line. There is no real reason the 2400's can't be run in the expressway medians, except that the CTA decided they be assigned solely to the Green & Purple lines. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.0.156.210 (talk) 03:31, 29 December 2007 (UTC)