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

Pullman-Standard Master Unit

12 photographs
A black and white street scene from the 1930s showing a Chicago Surface Lines streetcar on a cobblestone street with an elevated railway in the background. A Chicago Surface Lines Master Unit streetcar, number 3259, heads to the North Western Station on a winter day in the 1930s. May 7, 1932 · Franklin and Washington, Chicago, IL A vintage orange interurban train with the number 1260 on its side and a destination sign reading 'EVANSTON MILMETTE' travels on elevated tracks surrounded by trees on a clear day. Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Master Unit interurban car 1260, heading to Evanston and Wilmette, on an elevated structure in summer. c. 1940 to 1963 A vintage black and white photo of a Chicago streetcar numbered 1735, with several people near it and a car parked alongside, in front of a building labeled UPTOWN. A Chicago Surface Lines Master Unit streetcar, number 1735, is shown on a street in front of a building marked 'UPTOWN'. April 1941 · Broadway and Lawrence, Chicago, IL A vintage orange and maroon interurban railcar, number 1100 of the Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad, sits on tracks with overhead wires and trees in the background. The Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad's unique Master Unit car, number 1100, is shown in its distinctive orange and maroon livery on a private right-of-way. 1949 · Michigan City, IN A vintage black-and-white photo of a dark, riveted steel streetcar with the number 3359 and signs for route 4 and Lincoln Park Zoo, stopped on a cobblestone street with a Coca-Cola sign in the background. Chicago Surface Lines Master Unit streetcar 3359 on route 40, bound for Lincoln Park Zoo, at Wabash & 9th Street in the late 1930s or early 1940s. 1950 · Wabash and 9TH ST., Chicago, IL A vintage red streetcar with the number 6152 travels down a cobblestone street lined with brick buildings, including a Studebaker dealership and a Drewrys Beer billboard. A red and cream Chicago Surface Lines Master Unit streetcar, number 6152, runs on a cobblestone street past a Studebaker dealership and a Drewrys beer billboard. 1950 · Lawrence and Clark, Chicago, IL A vintage black-and-white photo of a streetcar numbered 127 running on a city street under a railway bridge marked 'Englewood Union'. A Chicago Surface Lines Master Unit streetcar, number 127, on a Chicago street near the Englewood Union Station underpass. 1950 · 63rd and State, Chicago, IL A vintage Chicago streetcar numbered 1783, running on the Lake route, is shown in a city street with a Ford dealership sign in the background and passengers visible inside. Chicago Surface Lines Master Unit streetcar 1783 on the Lake route at the intersection of Lake and Dearborn Streets in Chicago, circa 1950s. 1953 · Lake and Dearborn, Chicago, IL A black and white photo shows a vintage streetcar on a city street with an elevated train structure overhead and several cars parked nearby. A Chicago Surface Lines Master Unit streetcar, number 6155, operates on a city street under the Lake Street 'L' elevated structure. June 1955 · Lake and J Laramie, Chicago, IL An orange and silver electric train with a pantograph on its roof travels on a two-track line surrounded by grass and utility poles under an overcast sky. A South Shore Line Master Unit electric train in its classic orange and silver livery travels along a private right-of-way in Skokie, Illinois, circa 1950-1965. 1958 · Near East Prairie Road, Skokie, IL A green and white electric multiple-unit train, number 406, marked 'NOT IN SERVICE', is stopped on an elevated track beside a station platform, with overhead power lines and a brick building in the background. South Shore Line Master Unit 406, marked 'NOT IN SERVICE', sits on an elevated track at a station platform in Evanston, Illinois. August 13, 1978 · 4/1 and 28, Evanston, IL A green and red historic interurban car numbered 715 sits on a track next to a rusty red interurban car, with a red boxcar and a sedan in the background on a sunny day. A Kenosha car numbered 715, a former Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Master Unit, is displayed next to a rusted Bend Railroad car in a museum or yard setting on a sunny day. August 14, 1995 · Elgin, IL