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An orange streetcar on a sunlit city street in Rome, with a street sign reading 'CAPOLINEA 30' and a red sign announcing a service change effective in 1984. An orange Stanga streetcar, number 2071, operates on a summer day in Rome, Italy, as indicated by the 'CAPOLINEA' street sign and a notice for a route change effective in February 1984. September 2, 1985 · Rome, Italy A vintage green streetcar with the number 2151 and route 30 sign is driving on a city street in Rome, passing a gas station and surrounded by cars and pedestrians on a sunny day. A pale green Vetture Stanga streetcar, number 2151, operates on route 30 in a Roman street, sharing the road with cars and pedestrians under a clear sky. September 2, 1985 · Rome, Italy A side-front view of a white and blue RTA bus with the number 110 on the front and side, displaying route 22 to Howard, parked on a street lined with trees. A white and blue Regional Transportation Authority Flxible Metro bus, numbered 110, is shown on a street with its destination sign reading '22 to HOWARD'. October 18, 1985 · Rt.22 Clark, Belleplaine A white and blue Flxible Metro bus, fleet number 110, for METRO, is shown on a street with autumn trees in the background. The destination sign reads '22 to HOWARD'. A white and blue Flxible Metro bus, fleet number 110, operating for METRO on route 22 to Howard on a street in autumn. October 18, 1985 · 22 Clark, Bellepiaine Two red and white articulated trams face the camera on cobblestone tracks, with a man standing between them and city buildings and a tall hotel tower behind. Vienna trams 4027 on line 64 to Siebenhirten and 4545 on line 6 to Zentralfriedhof stand side by side at a terminal, likely around 1978–1989. October 28, 1985 · Vienna A white and blue Greyhound bus with the number 4687 on its roof travels down a snow-dusted city street, with a green van beside it and tall buildings in the background. A Greyhound Flxible Metro bus, number 4687, heads toward Duluth on a snowy Milwaukee street in winter. December 17, 1985 · N. 6th St. and W. Wisconsin Ave., Milwaukee, WI A white Regional Transportation Authority Orion I bus with red and blue stripes is driving down a wet street, with bare trees and a brick wall in the background. A Regional Transportation Authority Orion I bus, fleet number 1750, travels down a city street on a winter day. December 23, 1985 · 22 Clark, Southport Several CTA buses parked at a covered terminal at night, with people boarding and a car parked nearby. CTA New Look buses at a terminal at night, with passengers boarding and a sedan parked nearby. c. 1986 to 1995 A white and blue CSX locomotive with the number 1123 is coupled to a bright orange Amtrak boxcar in a railway yard. A person in a blue hard hat walks on the tracks nearby, with industrial buildings and a clear sky in the background. A CSX EMD SW1200 switcher locomotive, number 1123, coupled to an Amtrak boxcar, number 17121, in a rail yard with a man walking nearby. c. 1986 to 1992 A white, yellow and green Chicago Transit Authority bus, number 4062, has a shattered windshield and crushed front bumper in a parking lot, with the destination sign reading K.41.4531.20521C. A Chicago Transit Authority MAN bus, number 4062, is shown with severe front-end damage after a collision in 1986. 1986 A white Orion I motor bus with the number 1750 displayed on the front and side, featuring a blue and red stripe design, is parked on a street with bare trees in the background. An Orion I motor bus numbered 1750, painted in a white livery with blue and red stripes, is parked on a quiet street during winter. January 11, 1986 · Jefferson Park, Chicago, IL A long, gray and white motor coach with red stripes and the words 'Wisconsin-Michigan Trailways' on the side drives on a highway median next to railroad tracks, with 1970s and 80s cars in nearby lanes. A Wisconsin-Michigan Trailways MCI MC-8 bus travels in the median of a Chicago expressway in the 1980s. April 7, 1986 · Kennedy and Hamlin, Chicago, IL A Greyhound bus with the number 6253 and destination 'MADISON' is shown driving on a multi-lane highway alongside other vehicles, with a freight train track visible on the right and a concrete retaining wall in the background. A Greyhound MC-8 motor coach, number 6253, travels in highway traffic on an expressway median, with a destination sign reading 'MADISON'. April 29, 1986 · Ainsle Kennedy A white and yellow Pace South Division Scania bus, numbered 352 and showing 'HALSTED' on its destination sign, is parked on a street with another bus partially visible behind it. A Pace South Division Scania 11640 bus, number 352, is parked on a sunny street with its destination sign reading '352 HALSTED'. May 4, 1986 · Taft and Canal A brown, white, red, and blueRegional Transportation Authority motor bus, number 8269, travels down a wet street under a dark overpass on a cloudy day. An RTA Gillig bus, number 8269, on route 270 to Jefferson Park Station, drives under an overpass on a rainy day in Chicago. May 6, 1986 · Milwaukee and Kennedy, Chicago, IL An STA bus drives down an expressway with other cars under a clear sky. The bus is white with blue and yellow stripes, and the number 653 is visible on its front. An STA MAN SG 220 bus, number 653, travels in the median of a Chicago expressway on a sunny day, surrounded by 1980s traffic. May 9, 1986 · Ainslie, Chicago, IL Inside a streetcar, a round farebox numbered 3575 sits in a railed conductor's area beside brown seat backs. Barred windows sit below a row of small upper windows, and a man stands holding a railing at the right edge. The conductor's area and farebox inside a preserved streetcar that appears to be a PCC, at the museum in Union, Illinois. June 7, 1986 · Conductor's Area, Union, IL Close view from inside a streetcar of a brown leather operator's seat on a chrome frame beside brown-painted control gear, a black dash panel with a small dial meter, and bright windows behind. Operator's seat and controls inside a streetcar cab, likely at the Illinois Railway Museum in Union, Illinois. June 7, 1986 · Union, IL A dim, empty interior of an old railway car: a center aisle with a ribbed floor runs between rows of brown seats, each with a vertical metal grab pole, under a row of ceiling lights, with arched windows along the sides and a pair of large windows at the far end. Interior of an old electric railway car, looking down the aisle between rows of seats with grab poles, likely at the Illinois Railway Museum in Union, Illinois. June 7, 1986 · Union, IL Dim streetcar interior with rows of dark seats and chrome grab handles along a sunlit aisle. At the far end is a cab with an orange cabinet under two bright end windows, and a trolley pole shows outside. Interior of a preserved streetcar, looking down the aisle toward the operator's end. The note places it at the Illinois Railway Museum in Union, Illinois. June 7, 1986 · Union, IL A green and cream streetcar with an orange stripe and a raised trolley pole stands on gravel track under overhead wire, its front sign reading 36 119-MORGAN. Chicago Transit Authority PCC streetcar 4391, signed for route 36 to 119-Morgan, likely at the Illinois Railway Museum in Union, Illinois. June 7, 1986 · Union, IL A rusted green and cream streamlined streetcar with broken windows and damaged lower side panels stands inside a wooden-trussed barn, with a red car behind it and a person standing at the right. A weathered Chicago Transit Authority PCC streetcar in green and cream waits for restoration in a storage barn, likely at the Illinois Railway Museum in Union, Illinois. June 7, 1986 · Union, IL A silver and red striped GM New Look motor bus with fleet number 112, labeled 'CHARTER' on the front, parked in front of a garage with another bus partially visible to the left. A Suburban Lines GM New Look motor bus, fleet number 112, parked in a bus garage with its front destination sign reading 'CHARTER'. June 7, 1986 · 168 and Van Dam Rd A silver and red Southeastern Trailways motor bus, number 107, is parked on a gravel lot with a green pickup truck in the background. A Southeastern Trailways GM Buffalo motor coach, number 107, in a silver and red livery, parked on a gravel lot. June 7, 1986 · 168 and Van Dam Rd A vintage wooden interurban train car is parked inside a large wooden building with a truss roof; other similar cars are visible behind it. A maroon wooden interurban car, likely from the Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad, is parked inside a wooden-trussed carbarn. June 7, 1986 · Union, IL A two-unit diesel locomotive painted in yellow and dark green with the letters CNW on the side moves along a track next to a green, grassy field under an overcast sky. A Chicago and North Western GP40 locomotive, number 5512, leads a train through a rural field in its signature yellow and dark green livery. June 7, 1986 · Illinois Railway Museum, Union, IL Two green Burlington Northern locomotives pulling a long freight train through a dry, brush-covered landscape with distant mountains under a blue sky with white clouds. Two Burlington Northern GP38-2 locomotives, numbered 8008 and 8022, lead a long freight train through a high desert landscape under a clear sky. June 11, 1986 · N./Trinidad Mp A white Madison Metro bus, number 4339, is elevated on a maintenance lift inside a garage with tires and tools nearby. A Madison Metro New Flyer D40 bus, number 4339, is raised on a lift inside a bus garage for maintenance. July 12, 1986 · E. Main St. and Ingersoll St., Madison, WI A white Madison Metro bus with fleet number 4431 is parked on a city street, with the Wisconsin State Capitol visible in the background under an overcast sky. A Madison Metro Flxible Metro bus, number 4431, is seen on a city street with the Wisconsin State Capitol in the background. July 12, 1986 · E. Washington, Madison, WI A long freight train with multiple locomotives moves along a track set against a dry, brush-covered hillside under a clear sky. A freight train travels along a hillside on a clear summer day. August 9, 1986 · Cason, CA A silver and blue Chicago 'L' train, car number 2202, runs on tracks in the median of a busy expressway, with cars and a Greyhound bus visible on the road. A Chicago Transit Authority 2200-series rapid transit car, number 2202, travels through an expressway median with a destination sign for O'Hare Hamlin, surrounded by 1980s traffic. August 12, 1986 · O'Hare Hamlin A green, black and white CTA bus numbered 1226 is stopped on a city street with pedestrians on the sidewalk and storefronts including 'Chess King' in the background. A Chicago Transit Authority New Look bus, number 1226, on a city street in the 1970s. August 17, 1986 A silver Chicago 'L' train with red and blue stripes, numbered 2558, travels on an elevated track against a backdrop of city buildings on an overcast day. A Chicago Transit Authority 2600-series rapid transit car, number 2558, travels on an elevated structure near Lake and Balbo Street. August 17, 1986 · Lake and Balbo, Chicago, IL A silver Chicago Transit Authority rapid transit car with red and blue stripes, numbered 3124, sits on a flat railcar for transport on a sunny day. A Chicago Transit Authority 3000-series rapid transit car, number 3124, is transported on a Trailer Train flatcar, MTTX 95344, under a clear summer sky. September 1, 1986 · Elston and North Av., Chicago, IL A stainless steel Chicago Transit Authority rapid transit car with fleet number 3123 is loaded on a flatcar, with other freight cars visible in the background in a sunny rail yard. A Chicago Transit Authority 2600 series rapid transit car, number 3123, is shown being transported on a Trailer Train flatcar in a rail yard. September 1, 1986 · Elston North Ay. An elevated view of a white and green Chicago Transit Authority bus, number 1262, driving down a city street with pedestrians on the sidewalk and another CTA bus parked nearby. A Chicago Transit Authority New Look bus, number 1262, operates on State Street near Wacker Drive on a sunny day with pedestrians and a second CTA bus in the background. September 2, 1986 · State and Wacker, Chicago, IL A blue, red and gray Regional Transportation Authority F40PH locomotive numbered 514 pulls a yellow and blue Chicago and North Western passenger car over a concrete viaduct under an overcast sky. An RTA F40PH locomotive #514 leads a train of Chicago and North Western Highliner cars across an elevated structure. September 20, 1986 A front view of a silver and red South Shore Line train car, number 32, with an RTA logo, parked inside a well-lit train shop with other cars and equipment nearby. South Shore Line Electric Multiple-Unit Car 32, bearing the RTA logo, is photographed from the front inside a maintenance shop. October 11, 1986 · Michigan City, IN Rear view of a South Shore Line electric multiple-unit car inside a rail maintenance shop, with other cars and a yellow utility vehicle visible. A South Shore Line electric multiple-unit car in a maintenance shop, flanked by other railcars. October 11, 1986 · Michigan City, IN Front view of a South Shore Line electric train car, number 21, inside a rail shop with maintenance equipment and other cars nearby. A South Shore Line Budd Highliner electric multiple-unit car, number 21, is shown front-on inside a shop, with the RTA logo displayed on its nose. October 11, 1986 · Michigan City, IN A photograph of a rail yard with several train cars parked on separate tracks. The ground is gravel and weeds, with trees in the background under an overcast sky. A scene of a rail yard with out-of-service passenger cars and cabooses on adjacent tracks, surrounded by overgrown vegetation. October 11, 1986 · Michigan City, IN A blue Conrail diesel locomotive numbered 8086 is pulling a line of freight cars along a curving track, with trees showing autumn colors in the background. A Conrail GP38-2 diesel locomotive, number 8086, leads a freight train on a mainline track in autumn. October 11, 1986 · New Carlisle, IN Two trains, a silver gallery car and a red caboose, are parked on parallel tracks in a gravel yard surrounded by trees under an overcast sky. A Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad silver gallery car and a red caboose on a gravel yard in Michigan City, Indiana, in autumn. October 11, 1986 · Michigan City, IN A silver and orange passenger railcar labeled Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad, number 10, sits on tracks in a gravel yard with overhead wires and trees in the background. A Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad electric multiple-unit car, number 10, in a yard under overhead wires. October 11, 1986 · Michigan City, IN A long freight train with yellow and black locomotives moves across a desert landscape with rocky terrain and sparse shrubs, mountains visible in the distance. A freight train travels across a barren desert landscape under a clear blue sky, with distant mountains on the horizon. October 19, 1986 · Ash Hill, CA A photograph showing multiple railroad tracks in the foreground and a building in the background with signs for CSX Transportation's Chicago Division Barr Yard and safety messages, under an overcast sky with light snow on the ground. A winter scene at CSX Transportation's Chicago Division Barr Yard, featuring a building with safety slogans and a nearby billboard. c. 1987 to 1999 A winter scene in a railroad yard with several locomotives parked on snow-covered tracks, including Canadian Pacific red engines and a yellow GATX engine, with a sign reading 'ENGINES ARE NOT ALLOWED ON SCALE WEIGH-RAILS'. A snowy railroad yard scene featuring Canadian Pacific locomotives 5067 and 4248 next to a GATX GP38-2 and another CP engine. c. 1987 to 1996 A red double-decker bus with 'Chicago Motor Coach Company' and 'Luxury Service with a Smile!' lettering is driving on a city street with skyscrapers in the background. A red double-decker bus from the Chicago Motor Coach Company, number 555, drives on a city street under an overcast sky. c. 1987 to 1995