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Chicago L’s Great Steel Fleet The Baldies by Bruce G. Moffat 2014 Dispatch #5
Chicago Ls Great Steel Fleet The Baldies by Bruce G. Moffat 2014 Dispatch #5
Shore Line Interurban Historical Society Dispatch Number 5
Copyright 2014
63 Pages
CRT/CSL Fund Contributors 2014 3
Introduction 4
The Congestion Problem 5
Building the Baldies 8
Motors, Controls and Controllers 12
The Public Meets the Baldies 13
More Cars are Purchased 15
Fleet Size 16
Paint Liveries 20
Eucharistic Congress Service 21
Military Trains 22
Transition from CRT to CTA 23
Working The Subway 43
"All Express Service" 45
A Short Explanation of "A" and "B" Trains 47
Fleet Redeployment Begins 48
Car Pairings - The "Unit" Concept 51
Renumberings 53
Remote Door Control 54
Some Noteworthy Appearance Changes 56
One-Man Operation 57
The Phase Out 59
Work Cars 59
Preservation 62
Fleet Assignments and Fleet Size 63
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