CTA 75th Anniversary Celebration (with heritage trains and buses)

In 1947, the Illinois state government created the Chicago Transit Authority to take over train and streetcar operations in the Windy City. The CTA would go on to take over bus operations in 1952 as well. On October 1st, 2022, the CTA celebrated their 75th anniversary by running a fleet of heritage trains and buses throughout the Loop. We wouldn’t miss this for the world, so here is our video report of the day’s events.

The trains and buses featured:
CTA 4000 series train: built in 1923, retired in the 1970s.
CTA 6000 series train: built in 1950, retired in 1992.
CTA 2400 series train: built in 1976, retired in 2014.

Bus 3706: built in 1969, retired in 1991. Narrow bus, used on Lake Street Route.
Bus 301: built in 1962, retired in 1983.
Bus 8499: built in 1960, retired in the 1970s. Used to experiment with new design elements.

Trains Are Awesome!

Chapters
0:00 Introduction
0:49 History of the CTA
6:41 Arriving at the Celebration
10:56 Riding the 6000 Series
17:03 Riding the 2400 Series
21:38 Riding the 4000 Series
26:59 Bus 3706
28:48 Bus 301
32:47 Bus 8499