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2600-series | |
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![]() Rehabbed 2600-series cars on the Orange Line | |
In service | 1981–present |
Manufacturer | Budd Company |
Built at | Red Lion Plant, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Family name | High Performance |
Constructed | 1981–1987 |
Entered service | 1981[citation needed] |
Refurbished | 1999–2002,[1][2] Alstom Plant, Hornell, New York |
Scrapped | [citation needed] |
Number built | 600 |
Number in service | 491 (additional 18 in work service)[citation needed][3] |
Number scrapped | 21[citation needed] |
Successor | 7000-series |
Formation | Married pair |
Fleet numbers |
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Capacity | 45 (A car) or 46 (B car) seated |
Operators | Chicago Transit Authority |
Depots | |
Lines served | |
Specifications | |
Car body construction | Stainless steel with fiberglass end bonnets |
Car length | 48 ft (14.63 m) |
Width | 9 ft 4 in (2.84 m) |
Height | 12 ft (3.66 m) |
Doors | 4 per car |
Maximum speed |
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Weight | 54,140 lb (24,560 kg) |
Traction motors | 4 × GE 1262A1 110 hp (82 kW) DC motor |
Power output | 440 hp (330 kW) |
Electric system(s) | Third rail, 600 V DC |
Current collector(s) | Contact shoe |
Braking system(s) | Regenerative and disc brakes |
Track gauge | 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge |
The 2600-series is a series of Chicago "L" car built between 1981 and 1987 by the Budd Company of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 600 cars were built, and 491 of them remain in service.[3]