Past Additions -- 1999

Metra scoots and MOW train at Norwood Park station, at the Chicago Passenger Terminal, and the north leads to Union Station.

Metra 7703 Bilevel commuter coach car (flat side/painted) in the Chicago Passenger Terminal train shed. METX 7703, METX 8449, METX, METX coach cars, Passenger cars, Built by PS, Ex CNW, METX cab cars, photographed on 3 September 1999 at Chicago Passenger Terminal train shed by Harold A. Driscoll using a Sony Mavica MVC-FD88 digital camera [railfan/1999/09/99903074.jpg] NEW 2 November 1999 This image size is ( 1200 x 800; 214 KB ). A smaller image ( 600 x 400; 60 KB ) is also available.

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Synopsis: Metra 7703, 161-seat 85' gallery coach car, light weight 122,800 pounds, built in 1960 by Pullman-Standard as C&NW 52, to RTA in 1978. --had

Metra 7703, C&NW 52: Built 1959, 1960-61, 1966-68-70, Built by P.S.C.M.CO., Class: Two Level Coaches, A.A.R. Class: "PB", Over buffers coupled length: 85' 0", Truck centers: 59' 6", Light weight: 122,800, Width inside: 9'3-5/8", Width over grab handles: 10' 7", Height top of rail to top of roof: 15'10", Construction: L.A.H.T Steel, Roof: steel, Air conditioning: Trans-Co. Two 8-Ton self contained units ea. comp. with condensor, comp. Evap. & other necessary components, Lighting: Fluorescent, seating upper deck 67, lower deck 94. [with floor plan and additional specifications] [source: Passenger Car Diagram Book, Reproduced by Archives Committee of the CNWHS, July 1998]

Metra 7703: Bilevel car (flat side/painted), Numbers: 7700-7801, Type: Coach, Builder: Pullman, Built: 1960-61, Notes: ex C&NW 49-150. Most cars continue to operate over the former Chicago and North Western lines, now Union Pacific. [Courtesy of Metra Railfan Page]

Metra 7703, C&NW 52: C&NW numbers 49 to 76, PS [Pullman-Standard] lot 7002, plan 53194, serial number PS60-1493-004. Between 1960 and 1970, the Chicago & North Western railway ordered [from Pullman-Standard] a total of 231 bi-level commuter coaches in eight separate lots (twenty-eight 168 seat coaches, one-hundred-thirty-nine 161 seat coaches and sixty-four 155 seat coaches with contral cabs)[...]. All 231 cars were produced at Pullman-Standard's Worcester facility to plan W-53194. These cars were built using the Pullman-Standard girder construction with smooth sides painted in C&NW's yellow and green, and rode on 41-HL-11 (CIB) trucks. They were built for use with locomotives supplying head end power, with all mechanical equipment inside the car body except for the air brakes. All 231 cars became the property of the Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) in 1978. [source: {The Official Pullman-Standard Library, Vol. 9 Chicago & North Western, W. David Randall & William G. Anderson, Railway Production Classics, Godfrey (Illinois), 1990]

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