Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p The 2000 series was a series of Chicago 'L' car built in 1964 by the Pullman Company. 180 cars were built; all the cars were scrapped in 1993, Four pairs were saved, 2 are stored at the Skokie Shops in Skokie, Illinois and the other 2 are preserved at the Illinois Railway Museum in Union, Illinois.The 2000 series was the first of five interoperable series of Chicago 'L' cars known as the High Performance Family.The 2000-series cars (numbered 2001–2180) were delivered to the CTA in 1964. Like the 6000-series before them, the 2000-series were built as married-pair sets. The cars had a number of modern features, including air conditioning, fluorescent lighting, large picture windows, and sculptured fiberglass front ends for the car bodies. The car bodies were mainly aluminum.The 2000-series' more modern control systems initially prevented them from being used in a train with other system types, until the delivery of the 2200-series and later cars.The last 2000-series cars were scrapped after their final service on the Green Line on December 17, 1993.The 2000-series had a short service life of only 29 years, with every car of the series being scrapped in 1993. Two cars are preserved at the Illinois Railway Museum. The rest were scrapped.. }
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- 2000_series_(Chicago_'L') abstract "The 2000 series was a series of Chicago 'L' car built in 1964 by the Pullman Company. 180 cars were built; all the cars were scrapped in 1993, Four pairs were saved, 2 are stored at the Skokie Shops in Skokie, Illinois and the other 2 are preserved at the Illinois Railway Museum in Union, Illinois.The 2000 series was the first of five interoperable series of Chicago 'L' cars known as the High Performance Family.The 2000-series cars (numbered 2001–2180) were delivered to the CTA in 1964. Like the 6000-series before them, the 2000-series were built as married-pair sets. The cars had a number of modern features, including air conditioning, fluorescent lighting, large picture windows, and sculptured fiberglass front ends for the car bodies. The car bodies were mainly aluminum.The 2000-series' more modern control systems initially prevented them from being used in a train with other system types, until the delivery of the 2200-series and later cars.The last 2000-series cars were scrapped after their final service on the Green Line on December 17, 1993.The 2000-series had a short service life of only 29 years, with every car of the series being scrapped in 1993. Two cars are preserved at the Illinois Railway Museum. The rest were scrapped.".