Equipment Information

Chicago Transit Authority 41 is an aluminum-bodied PCC type ‘L’ car that was built using recycled components from retired CTA streetcars. It was one of a series of 50 cars that were the last single-unit ‘L’ cars built for Chicago, all later CTA cars being permanently coupled in pairs. Car 41 is restored to its 1990s appearance while in service on the Skokie Swift (now the Yellow Line).

Builder: St. Louis Car Company
Year Built: 1959
Seats: 46
Length: 48ft
Width: 9ft 4in
Height: 13ft 5in
Weight: 46000 lbs
Brakes: All Electric
Motors: 4 WH 1432LK
Control: XDA1G-B2A
Trucks: StL B3
Description: Double End / Double Truck / Arch Roof / PCC
Arrived: 1998
Condition: Complete / unrestored / operational

Read more about the history of this car in Rail & Wire #176

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Ownership History
1959-1998 – Chicago Transit Authority
1998-present – Illinois Railway Museum, Union, IL

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