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CTA 4391 7-4-2010
CTA "Green Hornet" postwar PCC 4391 (St Louis 1948 order 1662) @ Illinois Railway Museum, Union IL 7-4-2010
Unlike the prewar "Blue Geese", the postwar PCC cars were built as Pay As You Enter cars as were most of Chicago's two-man cars. One boarded the car through the triple stream rear doors and paid one's fare to the conductor who stood directly in front of them on the opposite side. One could then take a seat and/or exit the car either at the single center door or the double-stream front doors. Chicago had one of the largest PCC fleets but the size of their system was such that they could be found only on a few heavily used routes.
This is the only postwar Chicago PCC left. All the rest were scrapped and the parts used to make "L" cars 6201-6720 and 1-50.
CTA 4391 7-4-2010
CTA "Green Hornet" postwar PCC 4391 (St Louis 1948 order 1662) @ Illinois Railway Museum, Union IL 7-4-2010
Unlike the prewar "Blue Geese", the postwar PCC cars were built as Pay As You Enter cars as were most of Chicago's two-man cars. One boarded the car through the triple stream rear doors and paid one's fare to the conductor who stood directly in front of them on the opposite side. One could then take a seat and/or exit the car either at the single center door or the double-stream front doors. Chicago had one of the largest PCC fleets but the size of their system was such that they could be found only on a few heavily used routes.
This is the only postwar Chicago PCC left. All the rest were scrapped and the parts used to make "L" cars 6201-6720 and 1-50.