Flag Stop 4,614 transit photos from Chicago and beyond, mostly 1940s–2000s
Equipment

Cincinnati Car Master Unit

10 photographs
A close-up side view of a red interurban railcar, number L9, with an orange car numbered 1111 visible behind it on adjacent tracks. A red Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Master Unit interurban car, number L9, is shown in a yard with an orange companion car, number 1111, in the background. c. 1940 to 1963 A vintage black and white photo shows a white, wood-bodied electric interurban car numbered 4427 with a navy recruitment ad along its side, sitting on tracks in a grassy area. Chicago Surface Lines interurban car 4427, a Cincinnati Car Master Unit, displays a 'Join the WAVES' recruitment advertisement while stopped in a grassy yard. 1942 · Skokie, IL A red Chicago Surface Lines streetcar, number 3074, travels down a city street with overhead wires, past a large billboard and older automobiles. Chicago Surface Lines Master Unit streetcar number 3074, running on route 55 to Elston, is captured in motion on a sunny day in the late 1930s. 1949 · 55 and Lawrence, Chicago, IL A red and cream Chicago Surface Lines streetcar, number 328, is stopped on a snowy street with bare trees in the background, as a few people wait to board. A Chicago Surface Lines Master Unit streetcar, number 328, is shown in winter at the intersection of Pulaski and Bryn Mawr. 1949 · Pulaski and Bryn Mawr, Chicago, IL A red and cream streetcar with the number 6184 and route 81 on its destination board travels down a street lined with brick buildings and vintage automobiles. A red Chicago Surface Lines Master Unit streetcar, number 6184 on route 81, travels down a street in Chicago in the late 1930s or early 1940s. 1950 · 81 and Lawrence An interurban train with a green and orange car, numbered 713 and marked 'MUNDELEIN', is stopped at a station platform under overhead wires, with a 1950s car parked nearby. Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee interurban car 713, a Master Unit, is pictured at the Mundelein station in summer. 1954 · Mundelein, IL An orange and silver interurban train car labeled 'Chicago Aurora and Elgin' and numbered 414 is stopped at a station platform beside a river in winter, with industrial buildings and parked cars visible in the background. Chicago Aurora and Elgin interurban car 414, a Master Unit built by Cincinnati Car, is shown at a station platform in winter, with the American Well Works and Mall Lumber Company buildings in the background. March 16, 1955 · Aurora, IL A row of three orange and grey interurban cars, numbers 452, 455, and 456, belonging to the Chicago Aurora and Elgin Railroad, sit on tracks in a grassy yard under a cloudy sky. Three Chicago Aurora and Elgin Master Unit interurban cars, numbers 452, 455, and 456, parked in a yard under an overcast sky. 1958 · Wheaton, IL An old, dilapidated green and cream interurban car covered in snow, with broken windows and a rusted body, rests on tracks in a quiet, empty yard. An abandoned Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee 'Master Unit' interurban car sits in a snowy yard, its windows broken and paint peeling, after the line's 1963 shutdown. January 1, 1984 · Oakton A vintage red and green interurban car numbered 715 is parked on a rail yard beside another historic car, with a modern green and white train visible in the background. Chicago United Traction Co. interurban car 715, a Cincinnati Car Master Unit, is parked in a yard with other historic rail vehicles. August 14, 1995 · Elgin, IL