Chicago Transit Authority S374

Facts and Figures

Current Number	S374
Railway Represented	Chicago Transit Authority
Builder	Cincinnati Car Company
Built In	1924
Builder's order id	2860
Currently in (State)	Ohio
--(Locality)	Chippewa Lake
Totally out of svc date	1979
(Initial retirement date)	1978
Car Type	work motor
-subtype	converted rapid transit car
-designation
Status	stored inoperable
More info
Gauge	4'8.5"
Construction	steel
Roof type	AR
Ended	DE
Length	48'6"
Width	8'11"
Height	12'4"
Weight
#Seats	n/a
#Wheels/Conf.	8
Total HP	340
Trucks	Baldwin 78-25A/72-22A
Brakes	AMU (M23)
Compressor	WABCO D3F
Control	WH ABLFM (XM110)
Motors	WH 567R1 (2)
Voltage (if not 600DC)
Notes	Not accessioned

Car S374 in storage at NORM in 2023
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Car History by Frank Hicks

Chicago Transit Authority 4000-series The most commonly preserved cars from the Chicago elevated system are the 4000-series cars built in the 1910's and 1920's. When the Chicago "L" was unified in 1913, design and construction of the system's first steel cars began. The result was 250 all-steel cars built with more modern trucks and electrical equipment than the older wood cars and designed with subway operation in mind. These cars had steel roofs with no provision for trolley poles (leading to their nickname: Baldies) and three side doors, though the middle doors were never used. After the last of these cars was delivered in 1915 no more cars were bought for the elevated system until another 205 cars of similar design were purchased between 1922 and 1924. Cars 4251-4455 differed from the earlier 4000's in having wood-and-canvas roofs and loading doors only in the vestibules. These cars operated across the Chicago rapid transit system for fifty years with few modifications. Around 1948 the CTA combined all of the 4000's into semi-permanently coupled pairs and rebuilt them for multiple unit door control, but except for these and a few other minor changes the cars that closed out the 4000 era on CTA in 1973 were largely the same cars that had come from the factory fifty years earlier. There are 37 4000-series cars currently preserved, some as work motors.

Ownership History

Owner	Car Num	From	To	Preservation?	Loan?
Chicago Rapid Transit (Illinois, Chicago)	4423	1924	1947	NO	NO
Chicago Transit Authority (Illinois, Chicago)	4423	1947	1972	NO	NO
Chicago Transit Authority (Illinois, Chicago)	S374	1972	1979	NO	NO
Buckeye Lake Trolley (Ohio, Buckeye Lake)	S374	1979	1985?	YES	NO
Northern Ohio Railway Museum (Ohio, Chippewa Lake)	S374	1985?	present	YES	NO