Chicago Transit Authority 4449

Facts and Figures

Current Number	4449
Railway Represented	Chicago Transit Authority
Builder	Cincinnati Car Company
Built In	1924
Builder's order id	2860
Currently in (State)	Ohio
--(Locality)	Worthington
Totally out of svc date	1975
(Initial retirement date)	1973
Car Type	rapid transit car
-subtype	elevated car
-designation
Status	situation unknown
More info
Gauge	4'8.5"
Construction	steel
Roof type	AR
Ended	DE
Length	48'6"
Width	8'11"
Height	13'3"
Weight	76800
#Seats	52
#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	To be scrapped

Car 4449 stored derelict at ORM circa 2020
Ozark Mountain Railcar
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Car 4449 stored derelict at ORM in 2022
Railroad Picture Archives
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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)	4449	1924	1947	NO	NO
Chicago Transit Authority (Illinois, Chicago)	4449	1947	1975	NO	NO
Ohio Railway Museum (Ohio, Worthington)	4449	1975	present	YES	NO