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A silver South Shore Line Highliner train with red and black stripes, numbered 5, sits on an elevated track next to a wooden platform, with Chicago skyscrapers in the background. South Shore Line Highliner electric multiple-unit car number 5 at an elevated station in Chicago, likely in the 1980s or 1990s. September 3, 1983 · Michigan and Randolph, Chicago, IL A silver and orange double-decker electric train, marked 'South Shore Line' and numbered 26, is stopped at an elevated station platform. South Shore Line Gallery car 26 at an elevated station. September 3, 1983 · Michigan Randolph, Chicago, IL A dark rapid transit train with a green illuminated destination sign reading 'Douglas Milwaukee B' is visible in a subway tunnel at night. A CTA 2000-series rapid transit car at night in a subway, displaying the route 'Douglas Milwaukee B'. September 3, 1983 · Douglas and Dearborn, Chicago, IL A green and white CTA bus from the 1970s, number 9304, travels down a city street with pedestrians and a bank in the background. A Chicago Transit Authority New Look bus, number 9304, on route 36 Broadway in downtown Chicago. September 3, 1983 · State and Monroe, Chicago, IL A green and cream Chicago Transit Authority bus, numbered 1143, is stopped at an intersection on a city street with storefronts in the background. A Chicago Transit Authority motor bus, fleet number 1143, on route 29 State, captured on a city street in the 1970s. September 3, 1983 · State and Madison, Chicago, IL A green and white trolleybus with the number 7144 on the front drives down a city street lined with buildings and pedestrians. A Chicago Transit Authority MAN trolleybus, number 7144, operates on route 62 Archer to Harlem on a city street in the 1970s. September 3, 1983 · State and Randolph, Chicago, IL A white and green Chicago Transit Authority bus, number 9288, is driving on a city street with tall buildings in the background. A Chicago Transit Authority GM New Look TDH-5303 bus, number 9288, on route 151 Sheridan/Belmont, is shown on a city street at State and Monroe in the 1970s. September 3, 1983 · State and Monroe, Chicago, IL A yellow, cream, and green CTA bus drives down a tree-lined street in front of brick houses on a clear day. A Chicago Transit Authority New Look TDH-5303 bus, number 9822, operates on route 106 along a residential street on a sunny day. September 24, 1983 · 109th Ave. C A long Santa Fe freight train with several blue and yellow diesel locomotives leads a line of freight cars through a dry, shrub-covered landscape with industrial buildings and hills in the background. A Santa Fe freight train led by EMD SD24 locomotive #3429 travels through a desert landscape in California. October 24, 1983 · Monolith, CA Two white Pace buses with blue and yellow stripes are parked at a bus terminal under a concrete overpass, with bare trees and a clear sky in the background. Two Pace motor buses parked at a terminal under an overpass in winter. c. 1984 to 1990 Side view of a blue and orange Metra diesel locomotive number 162 on a track next to a sidewalk and utility pole, with a commuter car partially visible behind it. Metra GP38-2 diesel locomotive number 162, painted in blue and orange livery, is shown on a private right-of-way in a suburban setting. c. 1984 to 1995 A white and red Egged bus is stopped at a red light on a busy urban street in Israel, with people on the sidewalk and other vehicles around it. An Egged Mercedes-Benz O405 bus, number 68940, is stopped at a traffic light on a city street in Israel, with pedestrians on the sidewalk and other buses and cars nearby. c. 1984 to 1995 A roadside view of a Pace and CTA bus terminal on a winter day, showing several buses parked under a covered structure, with people waiting and a line of 1980s cars parked nearby. A Pace and CTA bus terminal in the 1980s, with leafless trees and vintage cars in the foreground. c. 1984 to 1990 Two white transit buses, one with Pace livery and number 8876 and the other with CTA livery, are parked under a covered structure with overhead signs, with bare trees visible in the background. A Pace and a Chicago Transit Authority bus are parked side-by-side at a terminal in winter, circa 1980s. c. 1984 to 1990 A red and white Metra locomotive numbered 607 pulls a line of silver passenger cars along snow-covered tracks beside a street and buildings. A Metra GP38-2 diesel locomotive, number 607, leads a commuter train through a snow-covered street crossing in Chicago. c. 1984 to 1990 A blue and red Metra locomotive numbered 187 pulls a silver passenger car on multiple tracks in a railyard with an industrial building and orange construction equipment in the background. A Metra F40PH locomotive numbered 187 pulls a gallery car through a railyard on an overcast winter day. c. 1984 to 1995 A white and red Chicago Transit Authority bus, number 6043, labeled 'INSTRUCTION BUS' and 'TRAINING BUS,' is on a city street with pedestrians and taxis in the background. A Chicago Transit Authority Flxible Metro bus, number 6043, marked as an instruction and training bus, is stopped at a city intersection under a 'ONE WAY' sign. c. 1984 to 1996 A white and red articulated city bus drives down a street lined with parked cars and modern buildings, with people on the sidewalk. A Chicago Transit Authority Flxible Metro articulated bus, number 7025, operates on a city street with its destination sign reading '27th-ALLEGHENY'. c. 1984 to 1990 A white SUV tows a long, brown flatbed trailer with 'cta' and 'Skokie Shop' lettering down a street lined with storefronts, including a liquor store and a Zenith sign, under an overcast sky. A Chicago Transit Authority flatbed trailer, marked 'Skokie Shop Rail Service Delivery Miniature Train,' is being towed through a street intersection by a white SUV on an overcast day. c. 1984 to 1990 The interior of a abandoned rail car is filled with snow, broken seats, and debris, viewed from one end looking toward a bright doorway. The snow-filled, derelict interior of an abandoned interurban or streetcar, showing broken seats and debris. January 1, 1984 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 red double-decker bus with route 12 to Harlesden, marked RM491, drives on a London street with classic black cabs and storefronts in the background. A red London Transport AEC Regent III bus, number RM491, on route 12 to Harlesden, navigates a city street in the 1970s. February 1984 · London, Ontario A yellow and black Chicago and North Western diesel locomotive numbered 5506 leads a consist across an elevated bridge, with a red car and a billboard visible below and to the side. Chicago and North Western GP38-2 locomotives 5506 and 5503 cross an elevated bridge in Chicago, with a Republic Airlines billboard visible in the background. February 14, 1984 · Cicero, Chicago, IL An elevated view of a silver Chicago 'L' train with red and blue stripes, numbered 221, running on tracks parallel to a multi-lane highway with cars and an overpass in the background on a clear winter day. A Chicago Transit Authority 2200-series rapid transit car, number 221, on the 'A-1' route, travels alongside a highway under an overpass in winter. February 14, 1984 · Congress and Cicero, Milwaukee, WI A yellow and black diesel locomotive numbered 5501 travels over a concrete bridge while cars from the 1980s drive on the road beneath it under a clear sky. A Chicago and North Western GP38-2 locomotive, number 5501, leads a freight train over an elevated concrete viaduct in Cicero, with 1980s automobiles on the street below. February 14, 1984 · Cicero, Chicago, IL A green and cream Chicago Motor Coach Company bus, number 605, is parked on a wet street in front of a large brick building with 'CHICAGO MOTOR COACH CO.' lettered on its facade. Chicago Motor Coach Company bus 605, a GM New Look, is parked before the company's 5201 S. Cottage Grove Avenue garage in the early 1960s. March 25, 1984 · Cottage Grove Two Regional Transportation Authority buses, 8327 and 8237, are parked on a city street lined with bare trees and buildings, with vintage cars nearby, on a clear winter day. A Regional Transportation Authority Flxible Metro bus, number 8327, heads a line of buses on a Chicago street in winter, displaying the destination '19 BROADWAY MILES'. April 1984 · E 6th and Rockwell, Chicago, IL A yellow and green CTA bus with the number 1606 on the front is stopped on a wet street with cars and a building in the background. A Chicago Transit Authority New Look bus, number 1606 on route 78 Montrose, is stopped on a wet city street. April 15, 1984 · Montrose and Elston, Chicago, IL A white and green Chicago Transit Authority bus, number 1514, is driving down a wet street with a police car and a newspaper box nearby. A Chicago Transit Authority New Look bus, number 1514, operates on the 53 Pulaski route on a wet street, with a Chicago Police Department building and a USA Today newspaper box in the background. April 15, 1984 A yellow and green Chicago Transit Authority bus on a wet city street, with storefronts and vintage cars in the background. A Chicago Transit Authority Motor Bus No. 9937, a New Look TDH-5303, operates on route 78 Montrose on a rainy day in Chicago. April 15, 1984 · Montrose and Pulaski, Chicago, IL A silver rapid transit car with red, white, and blue stripes, numbered 2696, is stopped at an elevated station platform under an overcast sky. A Chicago Transit Authority 2600-series rapid transit car, number 2696, in service on an elevated line. April 15, 1984 · Montrose Av., Chicago, IL A red and cream streetcar numbered 4181 travels down a paved street past storefronts, including one named Pete's, with vintage automobiles parked along the sides. A Chicago Surface Lines Master Unit streetcar, number 4181, on route 81, travels down a city street lined with shops and parked cars in winter. June 1984 · Lawrence and Luna, Chicago, IL A gray and red CTA rapid transit train on elevated tracks next to a brick building, with the number 28 and destination 'Evanston Express' visible. Chicago Transit Authority 2000-Series rapid transit car 28 on an elevated track, running as the Evanston Express. June 22, 1984 · Fullerton Ave A silver, green, and red electric train with the number 41 is stopped at the Diversey elevated station, with industrial buildings in the background. An Electric multiple-unit car numbered 41 of the Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad is at the Diversey station on an overcast winter day. June 22, 1984 · Diversey, Chicago, IL A gray CTA train with red and blue stripes, numbered 2562, on elevated tracks beside a large brick building on an overcast day. A Chicago Transit Authority 2600 series rapid transit train on an elevated structure near a brick building. June 22, 1984 · Fullerton Ave., Chicago, IL A green and cream CTA train, number 47, on an elevated track beside a large brick building under an overcast sky. A Chicago Transit Authority 2000-series rapid transit car, number 47, on an elevated track near a brick building. June 22, 1984 · Fullerton, Chicago, IL A silver CTA rapid transit train with the number 3222 on its front moves along tracks beside a highway with 1980s-era cars, under an overpass, on a cloudy day in Chicago. A CTA 2200-Series rapid transit car, number 3222, travels along its tracks near an elevated highway in Chicago, with a white taxi and other 1980s cars visible on the road above. June 23, 1984 · Congress and Kennedy, Chicago, IL A silver CTA train with the number 2260 and destination 'O'HARE' travels on tracks beside a multi-lane highway with cars, viewed from an overpass on a cloudy day. A CTA 2200-series rapid transit car, number 2260, heads toward O'Hare Airport on tracks in an expressway median on an overcast day. June 23, 1984 · Kennedy Ansle, Milwaukee, WI A silver and blue Continental Air Transport bus, number 106, drives on a highway median beside railroad tracks, with a concrete overpass carrying cars overhead; the bus's front sign reads 'O'Hare Airport'. A Continental Air Transport Flxible Metro bus, number 106, travels on an expressway median near railroad tracks with an overpass above, heading to O'Hare Airport. June 23, 1984 · Kennedy and Cicero, Cicero, IL A silver Chicago 'L' train with the number 2209 travels on tracks in the middle of a multi-lane highway, with cars and a yellow Ryder truck visible on the road. A Chicago Transit Authority 2200-series rapid transit car, number 2209, travels along the Congress Line in an expressway median on an overcast day. June 23, 1984 · Congress and Kennedy, Chicago, IL 一辆红色的双层巴士在伦敦街头行驶，车身上标有“53”路和“CAMDEN TOWN”，背景是城市建筑。 一辆伦敦运输公司的AEC Routemaster红色双层巴士正在街道上行驶，路牌显示为53路，开往Camden Town。 July 1984 · London, Ontario A classic red double-decker bus in London, with passengers boarding and people on the street, set against a historic building facade. A red London Transport AEC Routemaster bus, fleet number RM2161, on route 11 near Charing Cross in the late 1960s or early 1970s. July 1984 · London, Ontario An orange and white Illinois Central diesel locomotive pulls a train on a curved track in front of a large industrial building with 'MEADOW GOLD' lettering. An Illinois Central SW1200 locomotive, number 8101, leads a short freight train past a large building with a 'MEADOW GOLD' sign. July 1, 1984 · 16th and Clark, Chicago, IL A white and yellow CTA bus with the number 130 on its front bumper drives down a city street, with pedestrians and another bus visible in the background. A Chicago Transit Authority New Look bus, number 130, navigates a city street with its destination sign reading 'CTA - Lift'. July 1, 1984 · State Madison, Chicago, IL An elevated view of a silver CTA train running in the highway median next to cars from the 1980s, with a clear blue sky above. A Chicago Transit Authority 2200-series rapid transit train, number 2228, travels along the median of the Kennedy Expressway, bound for O'Hare, amidst 1980s traffic. August 20, 1984 · O'Hare and Natoma, Chicago, IL Two damaged CTA buses in a lot, one with a crushed front end and the other with a visible fleet number 9648 and destination sign reading '5 King Drive'. A damaged Chicago Transit Authority New Look bus, number 9648, sits in a lot after a collision, with its front end crumpled and windshield shattered. September 15, 1984 A white, yellow and green Chicago Transit Authority bus with the number 7218 on its front, parked outdoors with a damaged roof and windshield frame, and other buses visible nearby. A Chicago Transit Authority MAN New Look bus, number 7218, is parked in a yard, showing damage to its roof and windshield frame. September 15, 1984 A silver CTA subway car with red and blue stripes, number 2669, stopped at a station platform in a tunnel, with the route number 1136 displayed on its front sign. A Chicago Transit Authority 2600 series rapid transit car, numbered 2669, is shown at a subway station platform with passengers aboard and on the platform. September 17, 1984 · Ohare B Dearborn, Chicago, IL