Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p 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, 565 of them remain in service as of 2014.The 2600 series was the fourth series of five interoperable series of Chicago 'L' cars known as the High Performance Family.The 2600 series cars (numbered 2601–3200) were manufactured by the Budd Company, the same company that made the 2200 series. The cars were first delivered to the CTA in 1981, in time for the upcoming O'Hare Airport extension of the Kennedy Line (now known as the northwestern end of the Blue Line). Originally, an order was made for 300 cars, but this order was later increased to 600 cars, all of which were delivered between 1981 and 1987.With 565 active cars, the series is by far the most abundant in the 'L' rolling stock. They were refurbished by Alstom of Hornell, New York, between 1998 and 2002. They are quite similar in design to the earlier 2400 series.These cars make up the entire Blue Line fleet and half of the Red Line fleet, and car 3458 (originally car 3032) can be found on the Brown Line. However, the Red Line's cars have recently started to be moved over to the Purple Line to replace its 2400-series cars as the 2600-series cars on the Red Line get displaced by the new 5000-series cars. As of March 2014, these cars now make up more than half of the Purple Line fleet.Budd/Transit America had completed car 3200 on April 3, 1987. Car 3200 was not only the final car of the 2600-series order, but was the final railcar to be constructed by Budd/Transit America. Once the order was completed, Budd shut down its railcar business.. }
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- 2600_series_(Chicago_'L') abstract "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, 565 of them remain in service as of 2014.The 2600 series was the fourth series of five interoperable series of Chicago 'L' cars known as the High Performance Family.The 2600 series cars (numbered 2601–3200) were manufactured by the Budd Company, the same company that made the 2200 series. The cars were first delivered to the CTA in 1981, in time for the upcoming O'Hare Airport extension of the Kennedy Line (now known as the northwestern end of the Blue Line). Originally, an order was made for 300 cars, but this order was later increased to 600 cars, all of which were delivered between 1981 and 1987.With 565 active cars, the series is by far the most abundant in the 'L' rolling stock. They were refurbished by Alstom of Hornell, New York, between 1998 and 2002. They are quite similar in design to the earlier 2400 series.These cars make up the entire Blue Line fleet and half of the Red Line fleet, and car 3458 (originally car 3032) can be found on the Brown Line. However, the Red Line's cars have recently started to be moved over to the Purple Line to replace its 2400-series cars as the 2600-series cars on the Red Line get displaced by the new 5000-series cars. As of March 2014, these cars now make up more than half of the Purple Line fleet.Budd/Transit America had completed car 3200 on April 3, 1987. Car 3200 was not only the final car of the 2600-series order, but was the final railcar to be constructed by Budd/Transit America. Once the order was completed, Budd shut down its railcar business.".